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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED QUALIFICATION THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE:

Bachelor of Technology: Engineering: Refractories

SAQA QUAL ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE
16761	Bachelor of Technology: Engineering: Refractories
ORIGINATOR
Committee of Technikon Principals
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY			NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK
Was CHE until Last Date for Achievement			HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework
QUALIFICATION TYPE	FIELD		SUBFIELD
B Tech	Field 12 - Physical Planning and Construction		Civil Engineering Construction
ABET BAND	MINIMUM CREDITS	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	QUAL CLASS
Undefined	480	Level 7	Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L7	Regular-Provider-ELOAC
REGISTRATION STATUS		SAQA DECISION NUMBER	REGISTRATION START DATE	REGISTRATION END DATE
Passed the End Date - Status was "Registered"		SAQA 9900/00	2003-07-01	2006-06-30
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2007-06-30		2012-06-30

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
72397	Bachelor of Technology: Engineering: Refractories	Level 7	Level N/A: Pre-2009 was L7	480	Complete

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION

The purpose of the qualification is to prepare the qualifying learner to function as a refractories engineering technologist in the refractories industry with limited supervision in a multidisciplinary team.

The qualified learner will be able to apply technology from a combination of selected specialisations of natural sciences and engineering.

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

First Degree/National Diploma: Engineering: Refractories or equivalent qualification

RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING?

QUALIFICATION RULES

The qualification will be awarded to a learner who has provided evidence to the satisfaction of the assessors that the stated competence of the qualification, as detailed in the specified outcomes has been achieved, through education and training in accredited providers` learning programme, and through experiential learning programme, that complies with the stated specified outcomes.

EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES

1. Manage the acquisition, collation processing and interpretation of refractories engineering data and information in conjunction with the integration and evaluation of information for decision-making purposes. (C) (NQF 7: 69 credits)

2. Apply knowledge of refractory engineering processes in the refractories industry, environmental and construction fields to formulate models for decision-making purposes. (NQF 7: 25 credits)

3. Manage the application of appropriate techniques and associated instrumentation to support refractory engineering investigations (NQF 7: 26 credits)

SPECIFIED OUTCOMES:

a) Manage resources allocated to a refractory engineering project/programme to ensure cost efficiency and/or specific resources allocated to a refractory engineering project/programme to ensure cost efficiency (F, E) (NQF 7: 17 credits)

b) Lead the application of appropriate technique(s) for the acquisition, processing and interpretation of relevant refractory engineering data/information (C) (NQF 7: 9 credits)

c) Integrate refractory engineering data/information (C)

All relevant data/information from various sources are integrated into a whole. (NQF 7: 17 credits)

d) Synthesize and/or process entire set of data/information (C)

Synthesis and processing of information is appropriate to problem solving. (NQF 7: 17 credits)

e) Ensure adherence to legal, economic an environmental, code of practice and safety standards (E) (NQF 7: 9 credits)

a) Knowledge of refractory engineering, are applied in conjunction with integrated and synthesized data/information (C) (NQF 7: 25 credits)

a) Manage resources allocated to particular projects/programmes to ensure cost efficiency (F, E) (NQF 7: 9 credits)
b) Observations and results of refractory engineering to formulate models for decision making purposes (C) (NQF 7: 9 credits)
c) Develop novel techniques and associated instrumentation for refractory engineering investigations (C) NQF 7: 9 credits)

ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

The qualifying learner should provide evidence of his/her abilities to:

1. Manage the allocated resources efficiently

Manage the data acquisition and interpretation.

Integrate and synthesize data/information in order to solve problems and/or contribute to decision-making

Implement legal, economic environmental and safety standards in the exploitation of earth resources

The qualifying learner should provide evidence of his/her abilities to:

Apply advanced knowledge of all relevant refractory engineering concepts and principles in conjunction with integrated synthesized data for the formulation of models for the refractories engineering fields.

The qualifying learner should provide evidence of his/her abilities to:

2. Manage the activities and resources relating to the application of appropriate techniques and instrumentation for refractories engineering investigations.

Develop novel techniques/instrumentation for refractory engineering investigations

Integrated assessment:

1. Year mark through continuous formative evaluation of tests, assignments, projects and tutorials.

2. Summative evaluation through written examination on mastery of all components of learning for all subjects.

ARTICULATION OPTIONS

This qualification leads to vertically (up) to admittance for a M Tech.

MODERATION OPTIONS

Moderation of all existing courses is done by SERTEC

CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS

Comply to the regulations of the extend accreditation body (SERTEC)

NOTES

While South Africa still had Technikons, all of their qualifications were registered under the Committee of Technikon Principals. After the Technikons became Universities of Technology or merged with Universities, the qualifications were registered under each of these institutions, and the CTP qualifications fell away (hence the end date of 2006, above). Where relevant, replacement information is
shown in the table above.

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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