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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY 
REGISTERED UNIT STANDARD THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE: 

Provide long distance coach/bus services 
SAQA US ID UNIT STANDARD TITLE
123252  Provide long distance coach/bus services 
ORIGINATOR
SGB Transport and Logistics Operations 
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY
-  
FIELD SUBFIELD
Field 11 - Services Transport, Operations and Logistics 
ABET BAND UNIT STANDARD TYPE PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL NQF LEVEL CREDITS
Undefined  Regular  Level 3  NQF Level 03  10 
REGISTRATION STATUS REGISTRATION START DATE REGISTRATION END DATE SAQA DECISION NUMBER
Passed the End Date -
Status was "Reregistered" 		 2018-07-01  2023-06-30  SAQA 06120/18 
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2024-06-30   2027-06-30  

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 unit standard replaces: 
US ID Unit Standard Title Pre-2009 NQF Level NQF Level Credits Replacement Status
10957  Provide long distance coach/bus services  Level 3  NQF Level 03  10   

PURPOSE OF THE UNIT STANDARD 
The purpose of the learning credited in this unit standard is to ensure that learners are able to safely provide long distance coach/bus services. Learners are required to ensure passenger safety and comfort. Improved passenger services, passenger safety and passenger comfort lead to improved customer service and profitability, decreased human and economic costs due to injury and damage, and improved professional image of the transport sector.

Credited learners are capable of:
  • Preparing coach/bus, documentation and ancillary equipment according to specified procedures.
  • Collecting passengers from arrival points and delivering them at destinations according to specified procedures.
  • Receiving and delivering luggage according to specified procedures.
  • Completing journey and operational information according to specification. 
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    LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING 
    It is assumed that learners have already attained the competencies of Mathematic literacy at NQF Level 2, and Communication and language at NQF Level 2. The learner is also assumed to be competent at driving a rigid vehicle, obtaining and communicating transport operational information, and fostering and maintaining customer relations. 

    UNIT STANDARD RANGE 
    The typical scope of this unit standard includes:
  • Controlled office or workshop environments, transport depots, open yard areas, mobile vehicles and/or customer premises.
  • Transportation on the open road. 
    		•

    Specific Outcomes and Assessment Criteria: 

    SPECIFIC OUTCOME 1 
    Prepare coach/bus, documentation and ancillary equipment according to specified procedures. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERIA     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 
    Documentation required for the trip or shift is completed according to organisational and legal requirements. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE 
    Documentation could include but is not limited to passenger lists and manifests, luggage receipts and claims, pre-negotiated agreements, galley inventory, trip journals, cross-border permits, log books, client questionnaires, quality control checklist (amenities), driving licences and professional driving permits, accident-, incident- and inspection reports, fuel- and service orders and costing/expenditure sheets.
     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 
    Equipment is verified, installed or tested according to manufacturer's specifications and organisational requirements. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE 
    Equipment includes air-conditioning, public address and sound systems, video players and monitors, auxiliary power supply units, on-board entertainment movies and sound recordings, fire extinguishers, warning triangles, blankets, first aid kits, radios, cell phones, luggage compartments and/or trailer, toolkits and spares.
     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 
    Saloon amenities and equipment benefiting passengers are inspected for operation, safety and comfort according to manufacturer's and organisational specifications. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE 
    Amenities and equipment include passenger seating, blinds and curtains, individual ventilation, lighting, sound and service controls, safety belts and on-board promotional material, galley amenities for cold storage, refreshment preparation, serving and cleaning, toilet operation, paper, ventilation, air freshening, maintenance and chemicals.
     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 
    Passenger comfort, hygiene, entertainment and refreshment provisions are loaded, verified against inventory and stored in accordance with health and hygiene requirements, provider specifications and organisational policies. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE 
    Passenger provisions include personal comfort and entertainment packs, pre-packed or self-serve refreshments, disposable or re-usable crockery and utensils.
     

    SPECIFIC OUTCOME 2 
    Collect passengers from arrival points and deliver them at destinations according to specified procedures. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERIA     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 
    Coach/bus is prepared for boarding or off-loading with consideration of security and convenience factors. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE 
    Factors include proximity to main pedestrian entrances, access to luggage compartments and ease of conveyance and loading, security of parked and unattended coach/bus.
     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 
    Tour group is identified efficiently and trip instructions and authorisations confirmed according to organisational policies. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 
    Correct and appropriate identification procedures are utilised at reception and information desks, areas and services, passenger customs exit and arrival points, e.g. sign boards with organisational names and logos, tour group names, coach/bus destination or personal identifiers. 

    SPECIFIC OUTCOME 3 
    Receive and deliver luggage according to specified procedures. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERIA     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 
    Luggage is identified correctly, labelled, recorded and loaded in accordance with organisational policies. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE 
    Luggage includes personal luggage, consumables, curios, sport-, camping- and infant equipment and equipment for disabled persons.
     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 
    Luggage is accepted as per allowances; excess luggage accepted as per organisational condition; prohibited items refused as per legislation and fragile or valuable items handled according to customer instructions or organisational guidelines. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 
    All information on documentation is completed, accurately, comprehensively and legibly. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE 
    Luggage receipts, labels, excess payment receipts and returns, luggage claims and complaints.
     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 
    Luggage handling procedures and conditions of carriage are adhered to. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5 
    Luggage is off-loaded and returned to passengers or handed to porter services and labelled for delivery in accordance with organisational policies. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 6 
    Coach/bus is checked for lost or misplaced luggage. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 7 
    Lost or misplaced luggage is put in safekeeping and safe return arranged according to organisational policies. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 8 
    Luggage problems are addressed and resolved as soon as possible with the service being consistent, reliable and helpful. 

    SPECIFIC OUTCOME 4 
    Complete journey and operational information according to specification. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERIA     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 
    All information on documentation is completed, accurately, comprehensively and legibly. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE 
    Passenger lists and manifests, luggage returns, journey deviations and unusual occurrences report, quality control checklists, customer feedback reports, galley inventory consumption, trip journals and reports.
     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 
    Information is submitted on time and in accordance with organisational policies. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 
    Information affecting the journey is communicated according to organisational requirement. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE 
    Unusual passenger requests, saloon amenity shortages or failures, route deviations and delays, breakdowns, vehicle defects and accidents.
     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 
    Operational information on documentation is completed, accurately, comprehensively and legibly. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE 
    Customer quality reports, incident reports, accident reports, inspection reports, tachograph and other monitoring devices.
     


    UNIT STANDARD ACCREDITATION AND MODERATION OPTIONS 
  • Assessment of learner achievements takes place at providers accredited by the relevant ETQA (RSA, 1998b) for the provision of programs that result in the outcomes specified for this unit standard.
  • Anyone assessing a learner against this unit standard must be registered as an assessor with the relevant ETQA.
  • Any institution offering learning that will enable achievement of this unit standard must be accredited as a provider with the relevant ETQA.
  • The relevant ETQA according to the moderation guidelines and the agreed ETQA procedures will oversee moderation of assessment and is responsible for moderation of learner achievements of learners who meet the requirements of this unit standard. 
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    UNIT STANDARD ESSENTIAL EMBEDDED KNOWLEDGE 
    Credited learners understand and can explain:
  • Organisational guidelines and policies regarding route selection criteria, luggage carriage and delivery systems, coach provisioning and quality assurance systems, coach and content security procedures, long distance operating procedures and lost luggage procedures.
  • Legal requirements regarding legal carrying capacities, emergency equipment and entry and escape provisions on passenger vehicles, and reserved and limited parking for buses and coaches.
  • Manufacturer specifications regarding saloon amenities and equipment. 
    		•

    UNIT STANDARD DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOME 
    N/A 

    UNIT STANDARD LINKAGES 
    N/A 


    Critical Cross-field Outcomes (CCFO): 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO IDENTIFYING 
    Identify and solve problems where responses to problems show that such critical and creative thinking has been used to make responsible decisions in selecting routes and solving lost luggage problems. 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO WORKING 
    Work effectively with others as a member of a team, group, organisation or community as leader and guide of tour groups. 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO ORGANISING 
    Organise and manage oneself and one's activities responsibly and effectively in order to maintain quality of service. 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO COLLECTING 
    Collect, analyse, organise and critically evaluate information in order to inform customers and superiors. 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO COMMUNICATING 
    Communicate effectively using visual, mathematic and/or language skills in the modes of oral and/or written presentation with customers and report within organisation. 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO DEMONSTRATING 
    Demonstrate an understanding of the world as a set of related systems by recognising that problem-solving contexts do not exist in isolation when marketing services. 

    UNIT STANDARD ASSESSOR CRITERIA 
    N/A 

    REREGISTRATION HISTORY 
    As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this unit standard was Reregistered in 2012; 2015. 

    UNIT STANDARD NOTES 
    This unit standard replaces unit standard 10957, "Provide long distance coach/bus services", Level 3, 10 credits.

    Notes to assessors:

    Assessors should keep the following principles in mind when designing and conducting assessments against this unit standard:
  • Focus the assessment activities on gathering evidence in terms of the main outcome expressed in the unit standard title to ensure assessment is integrated rather than fragmented. Remember that the person must be declared competent in terms of the overall unit standard outcome. Where assessment at unit standard title level is unmanageable, focus assessment around each specific outcome, or groups of specific outcomes.
  • Make sure evidence is gathered across the entire range, wherever it applies. Assessment activities should be as close to the real performance as possible, and where simulations or role-plays are used, there should be supporting evidence to show the learner is able to perform in the real situation.
  • Do not focus the assessment activities on each assessment criterion. Rather make sure the assessment activities focus on outcomes and are sufficient to enable evidence to be gathered around all the assessment criteria.
  • The assessment criteria provide the specifications against which assessment judgements should be made. In most cases, knowledge can be inferred from the quality of the performances, but in other cases, knowledge and understanding will have to be tested through questioning techniques. Where this is required, there will be assessment criteria to specify the standard required.
  • The task of the assessor is to gather sufficient evidence, of the prescribed type and quality, as specified in this unit standard, that the learner can achieve the outcomes again and again and again. This means assessors will have to judge how many repeat performances are required before they believe the performance is reproducible.
  • All assessments should be conducted in line with the following well documented principles of assessment: appropriateness, fairness, manageability, integration into work or learning, validity, direct, authentic, sufficient, systematic, open and consistent. 
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    QUALIFICATIONS UTILISING THIS UNIT STANDARD: 
      ID QUALIFICATION TITLE PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL NQF LEVEL STATUS END DATE PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QA FUNCTIONARY
    Elective  50285   National Certificate: Professional Driving  Level 3  NQF Level 03  Passed the End Date -
    Status was "Reregistered"     		 2023-06-30  TETA 


    PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS UNIT STANDARD: 
    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.
     
    1. ACT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT 
    2. Afro Fleet (Pty) Ltd 
    3. Akane Training Academy 
    4. Algoa Bus Company 
    5. All-in-one Driving Academy 
    6. Andebe Group 
    7. Andzanie Trading Enterprise (Pty) Ltd 
    8. Bakubung Driver Training and consultants CC 
    9. Bev Short Training Consultants 
    10. Bolton Business College & Computer Studies 
    11. Brilliant Skills Development & Training Solutions 
    12. Bumbene Safety Consultants (Pty) Ltd 
    13. Buscor 
    14. Cathy Hill Solutions (Pty) Ltd 
    15. Centre for Logistics Excellence (Pty) Ltd 
    16. CHAMDOR DRIVER TRAINING CC 
    17. Circleway College 
    18. Dee's Training (PTY) LTD 
    19. Dee-Bravo Training Centre 
    20. Dees Driver Training Centre 
    21. Dionysus Skills Development Initiative (Pty) Ltd 
    22. Diversity technology Training Institute 
    23. Dynamic Institute of Training S.A 
    24. Edu Wize Group Pty Ltd 
    25. ESS Holdings (PTY) Ltd 
    26. Golden Arrow Bus Services_pty Ltd 
    27. GREENRIM TRAINING PTY LTD 
    28. He and She Driver Training Centre 
    29. Inkqubela Consultants 
    30. Innovative Shared Services 
    31. Interstate Bus Lines 
    32. IRT TRAINING (PTY) LTD 
    33. Kempston Driver Academy 
    34. Kempston Driving Academy 
    35. Khabanyane Training and development 
    36. Khulani HR Consultancy (Pty) Ltd 
    37. Kitta Transport Training Academy 
    38. KKH Operator Training and Projects Pty Ltd 
    39. Learncorp 
    40. Learning Exchange Pty (Ltd) 
    41. Little Treehouse Holdings (PTY) Ltd 
    42. LTM Training & Remote Learning Solutions 
    43. LTM Training and Remote Learning Solutions 
    44. Lwaze Lwanda General Traders CC 
    45. MadibengGeneral Suppliers 
    46. Madidi Supply Chain Institute & Business Institute 
    47. Makwedeng Training 
    48. Maliwa Investment (Pty)Ltd 
    49. Mnce Trading cc 
    50. Mpofu Engineering Projects 
    51. NDWAMATO TRAINING SOLUTIONS (PTY) LTD 
    52. Ndwamato Training Solutions PTY LTD 
    53. NOSA LOGISTICS PTY LTD 
    54. Nowethu Learning Institute cc 
    55. Ntsoaki Driving School 
    56. Pal Passenger Bus Services 
    57. Phephani Learnerships cc 
    58. PPLE Group Pty Ltd 
    59. Precision skills development and training 
    60. Primeserv Corporate Solutions (Pty) Ltd 
    61. Pro Driver Training (Pty) Ltd 
    62. PUTCO Limited 
    63. PUTCO Pty Ltd 
    64. Quantum Leap College Pty Ltd 
    65. Rasehlo Transport and Tourism 
    66. Royal Impression Academy 
    67. Safe and Eco Driving Pty Ltd 
    68. Sediba Sabasadi Skills Training Academy (Pty) Ltd 
    69. Segaole Driving School 
    70. Siyashayela Training and Development 
    71. Sobabini Group Pty Ltd 
    72. Sophia''s Excellence Driving Academy 
    73. Sophia's Excellence Driving Academy 
    74. SPINA Consultancy cc Cape Town 
    75. SVA Training 
    76. THABO Training and Services 
    77. The Assessment Zone (Pty) Ltd 
    78. THE SKILLS COLLEGE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING(PTY) LTD 
    79. Thobologo Training and Education Group 
    80. Thwala Training Services (Pty) Ltd 
    81. TIESPRO (Pty) Ltd 
    82. Training Consultant and SD College 
    83. Tshireletso Multi-skills and Training 
    84. Uzoyithola Training and Consulting 
    85. Vhonisani Training Academy & Projects 
    86. Victoria driving School (PTY) LTD 
    87. Victoria driving School PTY LTD 
    88. VSL General Trading CC 
    89. Wheelman S A 


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