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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED QUALIFICATION THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE:

National Certificate: Chemical Manufacturing Operations

SAQA QUAL ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE
36156	National Certificate: Chemical Manufacturing Operations
ORIGINATOR
Chemical Industries SGB
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY			NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK
Was CHIETA until Last Date for Achievement			OQSF - Occupational Qualifications Sub-framework
QUALIFICATION TYPE	FIELD		SUBFIELD
National Certificate	Field 06 - Manufacturing, Engineering and Technology		Manufacturing and Assembly
ABET BAND	MINIMUM CREDITS	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	QUAL CLASS
Undefined	120	Level 2	NQF Level 02	Regular-Unit Stds Based
REGISTRATION STATUS		SAQA DECISION NUMBER	REGISTRATION START DATE	REGISTRATION END DATE
Passed the End Date - Status was "Registered"		SAQA 0151/03	2003-12-03	2006-12-03
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2007-12-03		2010-12-03

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
58955	National Certificate: Chemical Manufacturing	Level 2	NQF Level 02	120	Complete

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION

The understanding of the technology is required to empower the learner to make decisions and take responsibility for work in the operation of equipment in a chemical manufacturing environment. The learner will also maintain quality control practices and perform basic maintenance functions. It also forms the basis for more advanced learning. As such, this qualification will contribute to the full development of the learner, providing recognition within the chemical manufacturing environment, and the potential mobility and transportability to other manufacturing fields such as Food Manufacturing.

The skills, knowledge and understanding demonstrated within this qualification are essential to achieve the increased employability and productivity needed for social and economic transformation, upliftment and economic growth in the chemical industries.

The manner in which this is achieved is described in the exit level outcomes.

Rationale of the qualification

This qualification reflects the need in the chemical industries for a person with the knowledge and skills required to assist with the manufacturing and or packaging of chemical products. Operating equipment typically does this. This is a need expressed by employers and employees to address current and future needs. This qualification enables the learner to access employment within several sub-sectors of the chemical industries. The qualification further provides the flexibility to articulate to other manufacturing sectors, for example, the food and beverage manufacturing and packaging environments.

The level of flexibility within the range of electives will enable the individual to pursue a career in manufacturing operations, mechanical machine maintenance, or leadership.

The qualification is appropriate for people who have an understanding of the chemical industry and intend to follow a technical career within this sector.

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

At NQF level 1 or equivalent:

Knowledge, comprehension and application of language, mathematics, natural science.

Some basic understanding of the chemical or related industries.

Technology, safety health environment, quality, housekeeping, hygiene practices and procedures will assist the learner to achieve this qualification.

Where this learning is lacking appropriate additional learning interventions will be needed.

Recognition of prior learning

This qualification may be achieved in part or completely through the recognition of prior learning, which includes formal, informal and non-formal learning, and work experience.

RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING?

QUALIFICATION RULES

N/A

EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES

1. Operate equipment in a chemical manufacturing environment.
2. Maintain quality practices in a chemical manufacturing environment.
3. Understand and apply appropriate technology.
4. Demonstrate understanding of fundamental knowledge in a chemical manufacturing environment.

ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Start up, shut down and monitor manual and semi-automated equipment according to Company standard operating procedures

Conduct basic maintenance on equipment including cleaning and performing minor adjustments

Explain and apply safety health and environmental practices that are relevant to the manufacturing operations where learning takes place.

2.

Associated Assessment Criteria

Apply sampling theory & practice maintaining quality procedures in a chemical manufacturing environment.

3.

Demonstrate and apply knowledge of product specific technology that is appropriate within a chemical manufacturing operation.

Handle and use chemicals safely in a chemical manufacturing environment.

4.

Use fundamental mathematics and communication skills within the chemical manufacturing context.

Integrated Assessment

The applied competence (practical, foundational and reflexive competencies) of this qualification will be achieved if a candidate is able to operated equipment in a chemical manufacturing environment, maintain quality control practices, demonstrate knowledge of chemical operations technology and perform basic maintenance functions.

Appropriate methods and tools must be used to assess practical, foundational and reflexive competence of the learner in all the exit level outcomes listed above, as well as to determine a learner`s ability to solve problems, work in a team, organize him/herself, use applied science, and understand the implications of actions and reactions in the world as a set of related systems. Such an assessment process will determine development of the whole person, and the integration of applied knowledge and skills.

Assessors should develop, conduct, and ensure integration of, assessment by making use of a range of formative and summative assessment methods against the unit standards that make up the qualification. Combinations applied, foundational and reflective competencies, including critical cross-field outcomes, should be assessed wherever possible.

Moderators should ensure that assessment is valid, consistent and integrated into work or learning, and that there is sufficient and authenticated evidence of learner competence against the whole qualification.

INTERNATIONAL COMPARABILITY

Benchmarking was done against the NVQ from Britain, SVQ from Scotland as well as Australian and New Zealand qualifications. The following results were found for a qualification on this level:

New Zealand: Energy and Chemical Plant: The National Certificate in Energy and Chemical Plant at Level 2 of the NZQA is suitable for large energy and chemical plants such as petroleum refineries. There are no possible comparisons.

However, the Food and Related Products Processing at Level 2 have similar qualifications because (a) food is produced through batch processes and (b) Food is packaged. There is evidence, also, that chemically-related Fast Moving Consumer Goods were included in the Food and Related Products domain initially, and have used these qualifications. (Reference: Lever Rexona, New Zealand).

UK: NVQ Level 2 in Packaging Operations: This qualification is currently under review, and an update is expected during 2003. It is comparable to the proposed qualification.

Australia: No exact comparison has been found, but a number of competency units at Level 2 are similar to the unit standards proposed within this qualification.

ARTICULATION OPTIONS

This qualification will enable the qualifying candidate to progress to learning for manufacturing-related National Certificates at NQF Levels 3 and 4, and further, on to relevant National Diplomas and degrees as indicated in the table below.

Articulation is also practical between this qualification and manufacturing environments outside the chemical industries such as the food and beverage environments and chemical analysis.

MODERATION OPTIONS

Anyone moderating the assessment of learners against this Qualification must be registered as moderator with the relevant ETQA.

Any institution offering learning that will enable the will enable the achievement of this Qualification must be accredited or recognized as a provider with the relevant ETQA.

Assessment and moderation will be overseen by the relevant ETQA according to the ETQAs polices and guidelines for assessment and moderating; in terms of agreements reached around assessment and moderation between ETQAs (including professional bodies); and in terms of the moderation guidelines details immediately below.

Moderation must include both internal and external moderation of assessments at exit points of the qualification, unless ETQ policies specify otherwise. Moderation should also encompass achievement of the competence described competence described in the qualification.

Anyone wishing to be assessed against this Qualification may apply to be assessed by any assessment agency, assessor or provider institution that is accredited by the relevant ETQA.

CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS

In order to assess this qualification, the assessor needs:

Well developed interpersonal skills, personal credibility, and a record of ethical behaviour

Registration with the Education, Training and Development Practitioners` ETQA as a generic assessor.

Competence against the unit standard "Plan and conduct assessment of learning outcomes."

Detailed documentary proof of educational qualification, practical training undergone, and/or experience gained at an appropriate level of manufacturing operations, as per the relevant ETQA policies and guidelines. The subject matter expertise of the assessor can be established through the recognition of prior learning.

Registration with, or recognition by, the Chemical Industries Education and Training Quality Assurance Body and uMalusi

NOTES

This qualification has been replaced by qualification 58955, which is the National Certificate: Chemical Manufacturing, Level 2, 120 credits.

UNIT STANDARDS:

	ID	UNIT STANDARD TITLE	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	CREDITS
Core	14782	Apply process chemistry and related technology in the chemical industry	Level 2	NQF Level 02	10
Core	110001	Communicate effectively in teams	Level 2	NQF Level 02	5
Core	110011	Handle and use chemicals safely in a manufacturing environment	Level 2	NQF Level 02	5
Core	110012	Operate Equipment	Level 2	NQF Level 02	10
Fundamental	8963	Access and use information from texts	Level 2	NQF Level 02	5
Fundamental	9009	Apply basic knowledge of statistics and probability to influence the use of data and procedures in order to investigate life related problems	Level 2	NQF Level 02	3
Fundamental	7480	Demonstrate understanding of rational and irrational numbers and number systems	Level 2	NQF Level 02	3
Fundamental	9008	Identify, describe, compare, classify, explore shape and motion in 2-and 3-dimensional shapes in different contexts	Level 2	NQF Level 02	3
Fundamental	8962	Maintain and adapt oral communication	Level 2	NQF Level 02	5
Fundamental	8967	Use language and communication in occupational learning programmes	Level 2	NQF Level 02	5
Fundamental	7469	Use mathematics to investigate and monitor the financial aspects of personal and community life	Level 2	NQF Level 02	2
Fundamental	9007	Work with a range of patterns and functions and solve problems	Level 2	NQF Level 02	5
Fundamental	8964	Write for a defined context	Level 2	NQF Level 02	5
Elective	9357	Develop and use keyboard skills to enter text	Level 1	NQF Level 01	4
Elective	14784	Apply sampling theory and practice in the chemical industry	Level 2	NQF Level 02	5
Elective	8822	Clean and sanitise a food processing system using an automated cleaning in-place-system	Level 2	NQF Level 02	5
Elective	110005	Fill and cap containers using automated filling equipment	Level 2	NQF Level 02	8
Elective	110016	Hand over responsibility for a manufacturing operation	Level 2	NQF Level 02	5
Elective	110013	Label product containers using automated labelling equipment	Level 2	NQF Level 02	8
Elective	8766	Mix or blend food raw materials for processing using automated equipment	Level 2	NQF Level 02	4
Elective	7547	Operate a personal computer system	Level 2	NQF Level 02	6
Elective	9087	Operate shrink-wrapping equipment on a food and beverages automated packaging line	Level 2	NQF Level 02	12
Elective	110018	Organize and maintain work station in a continuous improvement environment	Level 2	NQF Level 02	5
Elective	12202	Package products in a manual or semi-automated packaging operation	Level 2	NQF Level 02	6
Elective	110020	Produce extruded and packaged product in a chemical manufacturing environment	Level 2	NQF Level 02	6
Elective	110022	Receive and store hazardous chemicals	Level 2	NQF Level 02	2
Elective	110002	Transfer liquids in chemical manufacturing operations	Level 2	NQF Level 02	4
Elective	110007	Weigh raw materials for product manufacture in a chemical manufacturing environment	Level 2	NQF Level 02	4

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:

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