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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED QUALIFICATION THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE:

Certificate: Construction Project Management

SAQA QUAL ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE
13914	Certificate: Construction Project Management
ORIGINATOR
University of Natal
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY			NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK
CHE - Council on Higher Education			HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework
QUALIFICATION TYPE	FIELD		SUBFIELD
National Certificate	Field 03 - Business, Commerce and Management Studies		Project Management
ABET BAND	MINIMUM CREDITS	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	QUAL CLASS
Undefined	128	Level 5	Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5	Regular-Provider-ELOAC
REGISTRATION STATUS		SAQA DECISION NUMBER	REGISTRATION START DATE	REGISTRATION END DATE
Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"		SAQA 2663/05	2006-07-01	2009-06-30
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2010-06-30		2013-06-30

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 is replaced by:

Qual ID	Qualification Title	Pre-2009 NQF Level	NQF Level	Min Credits	Replacement Status
81206	Certificate: Construction Project Management	Level 5	Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5	128	Complete

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION

1. To provide Project Management capacity at a Certificate and Diploma level specifically recognising the realities of contemporary South Africa. Responding to a need to provide construction Project Management capacity relevant to Public Works Department

2. To develop competencies relevant to contemporary issues in diverse building project environments

3. Accommodate continued professional development need in the area of Project Management to managers in the construction Industry

4. To encourage project managers to embrace more holistic approaches to problem solving and decision making

5. To develop skills in the appropriate and effective use of project planning and administration techniques

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

Admission to the certificate programme is open to matriculated persons who also have construction related working experience. Prospective candidates must be currently in employment and have access to experiential opportunity through their employment.

Learners are required to provide documented evidence of prior experience in the construction industry, together with contact particulars of three referees who are able to attest to their academic potential.

RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING?

EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES

1. Demonstrate a working knowledge of the principles of general management and project management and the relationship between these two bodies of knowledge and to understand important contemporary developments in the field of management, especially as these might impact the practice of project management

2. Locate project management in the South African context

3. Consider practical approaches to stakeholder involvement in projects and the organisation of projects to accommodate stakeholder interests

4. Identify the roles of consultants and consider their appropriate use in the project context

5. Apply value management techniques in the project environment and familiarise students with the use and purposes of the technique

6. Explain the meaning of cost benefit

7. Familiarise students with project evaluation techniques, both conventional as well as non-conventional: risk, financial, environmental, socio-economic and energy: rules and parameters for practical application

ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

1. Analyse both qualitative and quantitatively - assessed by examination and assignments

2. Develop rational problem solving and create flexible thinking as well as overcoming conceptual blocks - assessed by examination and assignments

3. Solve `soft; (people) and `hard` (task) problems - assessed by examination and assignments

4. Work independently or in a team - assessed by practical work

5. Extend the knowledge gained through instruction by independent study - assessed by examination and assignments

6. Learn about themselves, values and to judge interactions, people and situations - assessed by assignments and practical work

7. Motivate and facilitate - assessed by practical work

8. Make decisions in unstructured situations - assessed by practical work assignments and exam

9. Choose among competing resource demands - assessed by practical work assignments and exam

10. Use existing concepts to explain or to interpret an assortment of information - assessed by practical work assignments and exam

INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT

The University of Natal is currently reforming its assessment strategies to include the assessment of applied competence for each qualification. In the meantime, a combination of continuous assessment and traditional written examinations serve to assess the integration of all/most of the learning outcomes for each module in a qualification.

ARTICULATION OPTIONS

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MODERATION OPTIONS

The ETQA system for HE is not yet fully developed. Until such time as it is, procedures described under 10 above suffice.

CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS

Until the HEQC establishes a registration system for assessors in the HET Band, the University of Natal assumes that, on the basis of its rigorous selection criteria for the appointment of academic staff (who also have opportunities for staff development in assessment), staff are competent to assess students on the modules they teach. This assessment is quality assured via a university system of internal moderation and external examination. External examiners are appointed for their teaching and disciplinary expertise and subject to the approval of Faculty Boards. The University of Natal ruling is that 66% of all assessments at exit level, i.e. leading to a qualification are externally examined.

REREGISTRATION HISTORY

As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this qualification was Reregistered in 2006.

LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST THIS QUALIFICATION:

When qualifications are replaced, some of their learning programmes are moved to being recorded against the replacement qualifications. If a learning programme appears to be missing from here, please check the replacement.

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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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