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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY |
REGISTERED QUALIFICATION THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE: |
National Diploma: Club Professional Golfing |
SAQA QUAL ID | QUALIFICATION TITLE | |||
73209 | National Diploma: Club Professional Golfing | |||
ORIGINATOR | ||||
SGB Sport | ||||
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY | NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK | |||
CATHSSETA - Culture, Arts, Tourism, Hospitality and Sports Education and Training Authority | OQSF - Occupational Qualifications Sub-framework | |||
QUALIFICATION TYPE | FIELD | SUBFIELD | ||
National Diploma | Field 02 - Culture and Arts | Sport | ||
ABET BAND | MINIMUM CREDITS | PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL | NQF LEVEL | QUAL CLASS |
Undefined | 250 | Level 5 | NQF Level 05 | Regular-Unit Stds Based |
REGISTRATION STATUS | SAQA DECISION NUMBER | REGISTRATION START DATE | REGISTRATION END DATE | |
Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
SAQA 9999/99 | 2018-07-01 | 2023-06-30 | |
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT | LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT | |||
2026-06-30 | 2030-06-30 |
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 replaces: |
Qual ID | Qualification Title | Pre-2009 NQF Level | NQF Level | Min Credits | Replacement Status |
50017 | National Diploma: Club Professional Golfing | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 240 | Complete |
PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION |
Purpose:
The purpose of the NQF Level 5 in the Club Professional Golfing Qualification is to provide a structured programme for aspiring golfing professionals and those working within the golf coaching, and retailing sectors to enable them to provide support to strategic leadership and to provide the management needed to transform the golf sport sector. The need for well-qualified efficient, client-oriented club professionals is therefore identified as a priority within the professional golfing environment. The National Diploma is aimed at practitioners working in the golfing and sporting sectors. It is a Qualification in a career pathway towards an accomplished business management, sports coaching management and administration specialist. The National Diploma in Club Professional Golfing consists of exit level learning outcomes covering, sports coaching and training, sports science, financial accounting and retail management and administration, budgeting, business calculations, and human resources for the golfing sector. The competencies covered in the proposed Unit Standards encapsulate the competencies required by golfing professionals working at the operational and club level. The Qualification will therefore enhance the ability of the qualifying learner as an aspiring golfing professional to perform the necessary tasks expected, as well as improve his/her management abilities. In this way, the Qualification enhances transferability of skills within different spheres of the sport sector. At the same time, a learner will gain a firm foundation required for studies leading to Qualification registered at NQF Levels 6 and 7. Qualifying learners could follow a career in the following sectors in the golf environment: Rationale: Golfing professionals (at club level as opposed to touring or tournament professionals) in South Africa operate in a wide variety of social, business and community roles within South African society. Often they work in diverse operating and service delivery environments and contexts including golf training, coaching, golf business in regard to retail, equipment repair and customisation, and club and event management. The game of golf is a large sport discipline and golf professionals are widely acknowledged for their understanding and awareness of the unique characteristics and challenges they face in the process of service delivery. The sustainability and development of sport in South Africa in general and of golf and the golfing industry are strongly linked to capacity building in this sports segment. It is imperative that golf professionals at club level receive an up to date relevant and respected financial management and administration, coaching, training and golfing practice qualification that recognises that the knowledge and skills which South Africa's professional golfers have, have been satisfactorily obtained. In order to do that most effectively, future club professionals need to have excellent awareness and understanding of the changing needs of today's golf coaching, training, retailing and service delivery systems. They need to identify very clearly the highly relevant expertise which these professionals bring to their roles in the golfing sector which is an integral part of the wider arts and culture sector. The exit level learning outcomes highlight the coaching, training and golfing skills required within the golfing sports sector. Such skills and knowledge are geared towards enabling persons wishing to become golfing professionals to operate effectively and successfully in a demanding environment. Therefore, Exit Level Outcomes and related Assessment Criteria are outlined for the areas of competence, which mark out financial and retail management, coaching and teaching, equipment technology, tournament management and sport science as key and highly influential in the golf and golfing services delivery. The National Diploma in Club Professional Golfing is a specialised Qualification which offers administrative, managerial and financial knowledge, coaching, training and golfing skills to learners who wish to be employed in the capacity as a professional at a golf club providing such services as coaching players, running the pro-shop and organising and running tournaments. The skills, knowledge, values and attitudes reflected in the Qualification are building blocks that will be developed further in a related Qualification at NQF Level 6. The intention is: The National Diploma in Club Professional Golfing: NQF Level 5 should produce knowledgeable, multi-skilled workers who are able to contribute to improved productivity and efficiency within the golfing sport sector. It should provide the means for current workers to receive Recognition of Prior Learning, to upgrade their skills and achieve a nationally recognised Qualification. It should also assist new entrants to the sporting and golfing sector. It will ensure that the quality of education and training in the golfing and sporting sector is enhanced and of a world-class standard. The National Diploma at NQF Level 5 allows the learner to work towards a nationally recognised Qualification. The Qualification will allow both those in formal education and those already employed in organisations in the golfing field of learning in the sport sector access to a Qualification that can be used as a benchmark to gauge their competence against local and international standards. |
LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING |
It is assumed that learners accessing this Qualification are competent in:
Access to the Qualification: All learners accessing this Qualification must be in possession of a Further Education and Training Certificate or equivalent Qualification. Recognition of Prior Learning: The structure of this Unit Standard based Qualification makes the Recognition of Prior Learning possible. Learner and Assessor will jointly decide on methods to determine prior learning and competence in the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes implicit in the Qualification and the associated Unit Standards. Recognition of Prior Learning will be done by means of an Integrated Assessment as mentioned in the previous paragraph. This Recognition of Prior Learning may allow for: All recognition of Prior Learning is subject to quality assurance by the relevant ETQA or an ETQA that has a Memorandum of Understanding with the relevant ETQA. |
RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING? |
Y |
QUALIFICATION RULES |
The qualification is made up of Unit Standards that are classified as Fundamental, Core and Elective. A minimum of 250 credits is required to complete the qualification.
In this Qualification the credits are allocated as follows: Fundamental: Core: Electives: Total 250 Credits. Motivation for Number of Credits Assigned to Fundamentals, Core and Electives: Fundamental Component: Unit Standards to the value of 18 Credits are allocated to the subject areas of personal and career development, anatomy and physiology and the holistic understanding of golf and its ethos. The personal and career development aspect of the fundamental component focuses on the application of basic management skills to self management, personal and career development and planning and the application of these skills to obtain employment within the golfing industry. Five credits have been included for these skills. Five credits in the application of anatomical and physiological knowledge to golfing activities have also been included in the Fundamental Component, focusing on the fundamental concepts relating to the human skeletal, muscular, energy and cardio-reparatory systems required to effectively work within the golf coaching, training, fitness and sport science sectors. Eight credits have been allocated to the holistic understanding of golf, golfing and the ethos of the sport including the history of golf, and its administration and noteworthy tournaments, golf courses and golfers of the past and present. All the Unit Standards are compulsory. Core Component: 222 Credits have been allocated to Unit Standards in the Core Component of this Qualification. This is to ensure that the Qualification has a strong club professional focus and caters for the major roles presently fulfilled by club professionals in the golfing sector. The Unit Standards classified as Core develop: The Unit Standards encourage application of knowledge and skills in real situations. The Core Unit Standards provide the basic knowledge and skills that all club professionals need to know about golf, the golfing sector and employment within the professional golfing sector. All Unit Standards are compulsory. Elective Component: There are Unit Standards totalling 67 Credits in this component. These Unit Standards continue from the core component in focusing on learning areas pertinent to the Golfing Club Professionals and will enable learners to gain further knowledge relating to business administration and management, sports management and administration, human resources management, sports programmes and sports coaching, which are particularly relevant, or of interest to the learner or a particular learning context. Learners are required to select Electives that add up to at least ten credits. While learners may choose any of the electives to make up the ten credits, it is preferable that the learner chooses the standards in the area in which the learner contemplates further studies or wishes to actively pursue in his/her career. |
EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES |
1. Demonstrate an understanding of and apply basic concepts of Sport Science in a golf coaching and development environment.
2. Apply basic business management principles to managing a golfing business. 3. Describe and apply the swing theory and coaching skills in golf. 4. Demonstrate an understanding of and apply the rules of golf, golf tournaments and the history and ethos of golf. 5. Apply knowledge of equipment technology to equipment repair, golfing characteristics, and customization. |
ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA |
Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:
1.1 Skills acquisition concepts are applied to golfing development and coaching. 1.2 Human anatomical and physiological knowledge is applied to golfing activity. 1.3 Golfing injuries and their prevention are understood and graded. 1.4 The role of diet and nutrition in improving golfing performance is understood and used to advance performance of the coach and those being coached. 1.5 Sports psychology is understood and applied in a golfing environment. 1.6 Biomechanics is applied to golf movements. Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2: 2.1 Business management concepts are applied to managing own career and personal development. 2.2 A business plan for a golfing 'pro-shop' is developed. 2.3 Merchandise is purchased and a procurement process is established, implemented and controlled to ensure the financial viability of the shop. 2.4 Accounting practices and budgeting is performed according to standard accounting principles. 2.5 Golf technology is described and applied in a merchandising and golf workshop environment. Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3: 3.1 The way in which the golf swing is built is understood and taught to clients. 3.2 Swing faults are analyzed in golf coaching sessions. 3.3 Techniques in the short game of golf are understood and taught to clients. 3.4 Coaching skills are applied in teaching golf skills. Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4: 4.1 The layout and rules of golf in various contexts are understood and applied in golf tournaments. 4.2 The rules relating to professional and amateur status are understood so as to assist clients not to inadvertently contravene the rules and jeopardise their status. 4.3 The rules relating to golfing equipment are understood so that only correct equipment is obtained for the pro-shop and clients only sold compliant equipment. 4.4 The rules relating to the tournament organization and management are understood and applied to golf tournaments. 4.5 The history of golf, its administration, tournaments, courses and players both past and present and the ethos of the game are understood. Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 5: 5.1 Building the golf swing is described and taught to clients with a range of abilities. 5.2 Swing faults are analyzed in golf coaching. 5.3 Techniques in the short game of golf are described and taught to clients. 5.4 The rules of golf are applied practically to situations in golf tournaments. 5.6 The rules of tournament organization are understood and applied to local tournaments. Integrated Assessment: Because assessment practices must be open, transparent, fair, valid, and reliable and ensure that no learner is disadvantaged in any way whatsoever, an integrated assessment approach is incorporated into the Qualification. Learning, teaching and assessment are inextricably lined. Whenever possible, the assessment of knowledge, skills, attitudes and values shown in the unit standards should be integrated. Assessment of the communication, language, literacy and numeracy should be conducted in conjunction with other aspects and should use authentic Debt Recovery contexts wherever possible. A variety of methods must be used in assessment and tools and activities must be appropriate to the context in which the learner is working. Where it is not possible to assess the learner in the workplace or on-the-job, simulations, case studies, role-plays and other similar techniques should be used to provide a context appropriate to the assessment. The term 'Integrated Assessment' implies that theoretical and practical components should be assessed together. During integrated assessments the assessor should make use of formative and summative assessment methods and assess combinations of practical, applied, foundational and reflective competencies. Assessors and moderators should make use of a range of formative and summative assessment methods. Assessors should assess and give credit for the evidence of learning that has already been acquired through formal, informal and non-formal learning and work experience. Assessment should ensure that all Specific Outcomes, Embedded Knowledge and Critical Cross-Field Outcomes are evaluated. The assessment of the Critical Cross-Field Outcomes should be integrated with the assessment of Specific Outcomes and Embedded Knowledge. |
INTERNATIONAL COMPARABILITY |
Internationally the sport of golf is governed and administered according to the rules of the American Professional Golfers Association in the United States of America and in the rest of the world by local professional golfers associations that follow the rules of the professional golfers association of the United Kingdom and Ireland. In South Africa golfing is regulated and administered, following the UK model by the South African PGA.
The differences between golf administration and training in the United States and the rest of the world, which follow the UK and Ireland system, is not vast. Both groups of internationl PGAs provide academic and practical training to golfers within a learning pathway that leads learners to becoming a club professional. The PGAs in most golf playing countries, either themselves or in association with a tertiary institution offer a professional qualification for prospective club professionals. This South African qualification, which has been modelled on the qualification provided by the PGA of the United Kingdom and Ireland, is typical of and fully comparable with qualifications offered to Professional Golfers by PGAs in other countries around the world following the UK and Irish model. South Africa and African countries It should be noted that the PGA South Africa is pioneering the formal development of programmes in golfing based on English and American standards for third world and developing countries. In this regard, PGA South Africa is working closely with St Andrews to determine how to effectively address golfing in developing countries, with South Africa being the blueprint from which to replicate a development programme aligned to a national framework. Within South Africa, the PGA has recently conducted an impact study as to how golf impacts on the economy of the country. This impact study indicates how golf is an integral part of the economy and it would like to find ways to replicate this in a wider African context and create development and job opportunities via golf and golfing career pathways. Comparability analysis: The following is provided as a representative sampling: The United Kingdom and Ireland The PGA of the United Kingdom and Wales (after which this course has been modelled) provides their training as a BA degree in Applied Golf Management Studies through the University of Birmingham. The UK Qualification is accordingly at a higher level than this Qualification. However subjects taught in both Qualifications cover similar topic areas and are in all other respects comparable. In the UK Qualification, across all three years of the degree, the learner covers modules in the areas of applied sports science, materials science and coaching theory. In the first year the learner covers a generic approach to sport and golf; sports science, equipment technology, coach education and business management. In the second and third years the learner covers more applied modules, including Golf Psychology, Swing Theory, Sports Science (Physiotherapy) and Event Management. This Qualification is generally set out in the same format as this South African one. The United States of America. In the USA various universities and colleges provide Qualifications in partnership with the American PGA. A typical, and representative example is Pen State University in Pennsylvania. Pen State integrates the PGA Golf Management Program into the university curriculum for students wishing to become professional golfers. The curriculum is at a degree level which is higher than NQF Level 5 and includes subjects that are also comparable and consistent with the international position. The program includes courses on: Canada. The Canadian PGA, which follows the UK model likewise partners with tertiary institutions to provide its learners with suitable Qualifications. Typical, and representative is the course presented by Holland College-Prince Edward Island in Canada. The program is a Diploma in Professional Golf Management and comprises the competencies: Scientific analysis of the golf swing, Golf strategies, Player development, Applied human anatomy and kinesiology, advanced business communications, Applied sport psychology for golf, Professional selling, Retail and Merchandise Management, Advanced Computer Software Applications, Accounting for Club Operations and Advertising. Australia and New Zealand. The Qualifications offered in these countries are not Unit Standard based However, the Qualification content is very similar to that being covered in the South African Qualification, including: This Qualification differs in that it also covers club design, construction and repair. However, in this regard, the South African golf profession would rather include this in another Qualification at NQF Level 6 as this is not the main focus of the Level 5 Diploma. Switzerland The Swiss PGA themselves offer various courses for golf teaching and other disciplines. They also offer similar content to this Qualification, including: On the commercial side, the following is covered: In conclusion, it can be stated that while the Qualifications that are offered to aspiring golf professionals in other countries tend to be at Bachelors Degree level, the programmes include the same competencies as those offered in this South African Qualification. It is also felt that in view of the South African situation that it is justifiable to have this Qualification as a Diploma at Level 5. This is in view of the complexity of learning in the Qualification and the profile of learner accessing the Qualification. |
ARTICULATION OPTIONS |
This Qualification articulates horizontally with the following Qualifications:
Vertical articulation is possible with the following Qualifications: |
MODERATION OPTIONS |
CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS |
For an applicant to register as an assessor, the applicant needs:
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REREGISTRATION HISTORY |
As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this qualification was Reregistered in 2012; 2015. |
NOTES |
As per the SAQA decision to re-register all provider-based qualifications on the National Qualifications Framework that meet the criteria for re-registration, this qualification has been re-registered from 1 July 2018. As per the SAQA decision to re-register all provider-based qualifications on the National Qualifications Framework that meet the criteria for re-registration, this qualification has been re-registered from 1 July 2018. N/A |
UNIT STANDARDS: |
ID | UNIT STANDARD TITLE | PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL | NQF LEVEL | CREDITS | |
Core | 120209 | Apply basic concepts of sport psychology in a golfing context | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 12 |
Core | 336077 | Apply basic principles of purchasing and stock control in a small business | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 12 |
Core | 120207 | Apply coaching skills in teaching golfing skills | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 6 |
Core | 120210 | Apply concepts of 'skills acquisition' to golfing performance | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 6 |
Core | 120204 | Apply knowledge of diet and nutrition to improving golf performance | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 10 |
Core | 120203 | Apply knowledge of equipment technology and golfing characteristics to equipment repair and customisation | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 16 |
Core | 336055 | Apply knowledge of finance, accountancy, bookkeeping and tax to a specific small business | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 20 |
Core | 336075 | Apply practical principles of marketing to a specific small business | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 12 |
Core | 336076 | Apply South African business law in a selected business | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 20 |
Core | 120208 | Apply the rules of golf in various contexts | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 8 |
Core | 336054 | Demonstrate an understanding of the basic elements of golf fitness | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 10 |
Core | 120206 | Describe, implement and teach the principles and building blocks of a golf swing | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 12 |
Core | 120205 | Display and apply knowledge of biomechanics in a golfing context | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 8 |
Core | 120194 | Find and analyse swing faults in golf swing teaching | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 12 |
Core | 336074 | Identify, analyse, interpret and apply key concepts in retail merchandising in a specific small business | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 20 |
Core | 120212 | Plan, manage and report on a golf tournament | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 8 |
Core | 120195 | Prevent and grade golf injuries | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 10 |
Core | 262380 | Produce a business plan for a small business | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 12 |
Core | 120196 | Teach, and describe techniques used in the short game in golf | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 8 |
Fundamental | 120192 | Apply anatomical and physiological knowledge to golfing activity | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 5 |
Fundamental | 120211 | Display a holistic understanding of golf and golfing | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 8 |
Fundamental | 120197 | Plan and implement personal and career development goals within a golfing environment | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 5 |
Elective | 114587 | Determine and manage the human resource needs of a new venture | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 4 |
Elective | 14483 | Apply entrepreneurship to the administration of a sport or fitness business | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 5 |
Elective | 14480 | Coaching sport to intermediate and/or advanced level performers with disabilities | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 5 |
Elective | 10215 | Conduct a screening procedure | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 5 |
Elective | 13203 | Counsel workgroup members in respect of HIV/AIDS | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 3 |
Elective | 14479 | Describe the organisation of sport in South Africa | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 5 |
Elective | 14472 | Identify and develop talent in sport | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 10 |
Elective | 10220 | Include persons with disabilities in sport, recreation or fitness activities | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 5 |
Elective | 10218 | Motivate and encourage participation in physical activity | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 3 |
Elective | 14481 | Operate as a professional coach | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 5 |
Elective | 14460 | Organise and administer sport | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 5 |
Elective | 110531 | Plan, organise and control the day-to-day administration of an office support function | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 4 |
Elective | 110526 | Plan, organise, implement and control record-keeping systems | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 4 |
Elective | 10219 | Utilise wellness concepts for lifestyle change | Level 5 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 4 |
LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST THIS QUALIFICATION: |
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PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS QUALIFICATION: |
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