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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY |
REGISTERED QUALIFICATION: |
Occupational Certificate: Metaphysics Practitioner |
SAQA QUAL ID | QUALIFICATION TITLE | |||
118868 | Occupational Certificate: Metaphysics Practitioner | |||
ORIGINATOR | ||||
Development Quality Partner - HWSETA | ||||
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY | NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK | |||
- | OQSF - Occupational Qualifications Sub-framework | |||
QUALIFICATION TYPE | FIELD | SUBFIELD | ||
Part-Qualification | Field 09 - Health Sciences and Social Services | Promotive Health and Developmental Services | ||
ABET BAND | MINIMUM CREDITS | PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL | NQF LEVEL | QUAL CLASS |
Undefined | 77 | Not Applicable | NQF Level 05 | Regular-ELOAC |
REGISTRATION STATUS | SAQA DECISION NUMBER | REGISTRATION START DATE | REGISTRATION END DATE | |
Registered | EXCO 0522/24 | 2022-02-03 | 2025-12-31 | |
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT | LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT | |||
2026-12-31 | 2029-12-31 |
In all of the tables in this document, both the pre-2009 NQF Level and the NQF Level is shown. In the text (purpose statements, qualification rules, etc), any references to NQF Levels are to the pre-2009 levels unless specifically stated otherwise. |
This qualification does not replace any other qualification and is not replaced by any other qualification. |
PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION |
Purpose:
The purpose of Occupational Certificate: Metaphysics Practitioner is to prepare a learner to operate as a Metaphysics Practitioner. This part-qualification will encourage and build a community of Metaphysics teachers and practitioners who offer professional; quality care; through well-structured, applied quality education aligned with international best practice. A qualified learner will be able to: Rationale: This part-qualification will encourage and build a community of practitioners and teachers who offer cost-efficient quality wellness care; through well-structured, applied quality education aligned with international best practice. This approach to up-skilling and re-skilling South African Metaphysics Practitioner/Healers and new learners. This will elevate the industry as a whole and encourage skills transferability in the public and private sectors. The outcome of this is recognition, legitimacy, and collaboration of this industry. This will uplift service delivery from natural energy healers and academies, which encourage overall empowerment, upliftment and financial success. In the social context, this ratification, of a previously fragmented industry brings wellness options to communities and individuals, encouraging them to take accountability for their wellbeing with the support of trained, skilled and dedicated practitioners at all levels. The minimum number of credits is attributed to the content, complexity and nature of training, which still exceeds the average international duration for the same training course. |
LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING |
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL):
RPL for Access to the External Integrated Summative Assessment Accredited providers and approved workplaces must apply the internal assessment criteria specified in the related curriculum document to establish and confirm prior learning. Accredited providers and workplaces must confirm prior learning by issuing a statement of result or certifying a work experience record. This shall be applied through institutional RPL policy in line with QCTO and SAQA's RPL and Assessment policies. RPL for Access to the Qualification Accredited providers and approved workplaces may recognise prior learning against the relevant access requirements. This shall be applied through institutional RPL policy in line with QCTO and SAQA's RPL and Assessment policies. Credit Accumulation and Transfer policies shall apply as contained in the institution's policies. Entry Requirements: The minimum entry requirement for this part-qualification is: |
RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING? |
Y |
QUALIFICATION RULES |
This part-qualification is made up of compulsory Knowledge, Practical Skill and Work Experience Modules:
Knowledge Modules Total number of credits for Knowledge Modules: 32 Practical Skill Modules 4 Credits. 4 Credits. Total number of credits for Practical Skill Modules: 24 Work Experience Modules Total number of credits for Work Experience Modules: 21 |
EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES |
1. Manage fundamental scope, dynamics, and ethics of the energy healing industry.
2. Facilitate client wellbeing by applying the Metaphysical process. |
ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA |
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2: Integrated Assessment: Integrated Formative Assessment The skills development provider will use the curriculum to guide them on the stipulated internal assessment criteria and weighting. They will also apply the scope of practical skills and applied knowledge as stipulated by the internal assessment criteria. Formative assessment will be conducted through written, oral, practical assessment and portfolio of evidence. Short exercises, assignments, projects, investigations, oral presentations, observation checklists, case studies and tests concluded by internal examinations shall be used for Integrated Formative Assessment. This formative assessment leads to entrance into the External Integrated Summative Assessment. Integrated Summative Assessment An external integrated summative assessment, conducted through the relevant QCTO Assessment Quality Partner is required for the issuing of this qualification. The external integrated summative assessment will focus on the exit level outcomes and associated assessment criteria. This shall be conducted in the form of an examination. |
INTERNATIONAL COMPARABILITY |
The South African part-qualification was compared with qualifications from two countries, viz. New Zealand and Britain.
Britain: The School of Metaphysics offers Metaphysics Practitioner course over 18 months, which covers the following: The Spiritual Practitioner's Toolkit; Healing through Awareness; The Fundamental Principles of Spiritual & Metaphysical Counselling; Becoming a more effective Practitioner; Tuning into Higher Wisdom; Practitioner's Casebook; Daily Spiritual Practice to Enhance the realisation of Oneness; The Problem always has a gift within it; Self Worth and the Approval Trap; Surrender VS Struggle; Understanding True Relationship; The Power of Prayer & Its Many Forms; When the Learner is Ready the Teacher will appear; Dealing with Clients at their Level of Awareness; Helping the client turn adversity into Opportunity; The Challenges of the Spiritual Path; The True Identity behind the Mask; Going beyond the script of the False Self; The Darkest Hour is just before Dawn; The 4 Levels of Forgiveness; Expressing Feelings and Needs; Embracing the Inner Critic; Meeting the disowned Selves; The Way of the Mystic; Setting up Your Practice and much, much more. New Zealand: Holistic Harmony offers a course in Metaphysics that covers the following: Learn healing techniques on yourself and others using pendulums; Understand the seven main energy centres, called chakras, and the seven auric layers that surround and interpenetrate the body; Adjusting to the 'Heart Centred' Golden Age - where we are heading as an evolved human (homo sentient) and the light-workers' role; Learn techniques to balance, energise, and clear blockages from the chakras; How to clear your 'space' and transmute negative energy into positive in your home or work environment; Learn different ways of protection; including psychic, environment, and inner negativity; Understanding mirroring and projection and how we can dramatically improve our personal relationships; Learn the Power of Intention to enhance the quality of life and enhance healings; The Universal Laws of Vibration and Attraction - how we attract people and the circumstances in our lives; Introduction to Cosmology and how the planetary alignments affect us; Learn to give healings at a distance, (past, present, and future), including self, others, animals and planetary events; Manifesting and projecting future goals; Gain a deeper understanding of animals and how we can enhance and improve the quality of their lives; Learn techniques to detect imbalances, blockages, and negativity in the auric field using the hands; Understand the workings of our Emotional Guidance System and the Unconscious Mind; Discover how to strengthen the immune system and improve the quality of life with little effort; Understand how miasms, spirit attachments, negativity, and etheric cords form in our auric field and how to remove them; 'New' Science and Spirituality - how we can 'consciously' participate in changing our lives and the world around us for the betterment of all; Metaphysical causations of illness (adapted from 'You can heal Your Life' by Louise Hay); How to prepare for a typical healing session in a professional capacity; Learn simple yet powerful techniques on how to process and heal emotional hurts; Learn the science of the 'Intuitive Heart'; Understand how our thoughts, feelings and emotions affect our bodies and the world around us. Conclusion: This qualification is a uniquely South African product that addresses the learning needs for the natural energy healing modalities covered in the qualification. The modules included in this qualification are comparable with the international content and level of complexity of related courses. |
ARTICULATION OPTIONS |
This part-qualification provides opportunities for horizontal and vertical articulation options.
Horizontal Articulation: Vertical Articulation: |
NOTES |
Qualifying for External Assessment:
To qualify for an external assessment, learners must provide proof of completion of all required modules by means of statements of results and work experience. Additional Legal or Physical Entry Requirements: > None Criteria for the accreditation of providers Accreditation of providers will be done against the criteria as reflected in the relevant curriculum on the QCTO website. The curriculum title and code are: Metaphysics Practitioner: 532906-000-00-05. Encompassed Trade This part-qualification encompasses the following trades as recorded on the NLRD: Parent Qualification Occupational Certificate: Natural Energy Healing Practitioner. Related Part-qualifications LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST THIS QUALIFICATION |
LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST THIS QUALIFICATION: |
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PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS QUALIFICATION: |
This information shows the current accreditations (i.e. those not past their accreditation end dates), and is the most complete record available to SAQA as of today. Some Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionaries have a lag in their recording systems for provider accreditation, in turn leading to a lag in notifying SAQA of all the providers that they have accredited to offer qualifications and unit standards, as well as any extensions to accreditation end dates. The relevant Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionary should be notified if a record appears to be missing from here. |
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All qualifications and part qualifications registered on the National Qualifications Framework are public property. Thus the only payment that can be made for them is for service and reproduction. It is illegal to sell this material for profit. If the material is reproduced or quoted, the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) should be acknowledged as the source. |