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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED UNIT STANDARD THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE:

Promote environmental health to community members

SAQA US ID	UNIT STANDARD TITLE
14035	Promote environmental health to community members
ORIGINATOR
SGB Water Sector
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY
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FIELD			SUBFIELD
Field 12 - Physical Planning and Construction			Civil Engineering Construction
ABET BAND	UNIT STANDARD TYPE	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	CREDITS
Undefined	Regular	Level 4	NQF Level 04	5
REGISTRATION STATUS		REGISTRATION START DATE	REGISTRATION END DATE	SAQA DECISION NUMBER
Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"		2005-09-13	2008-09-13	SAQA 0160/05
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2009-09-13		2012-09-13

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 does not replace any other unit standard and is not replaced by any other unit standard.

PURPOSE OF THE UNIT STANDARD

The qualifying learner achieving this unit standard in combination with context expertise standard(s) will be able to promote environmental health to community members using facilitation skills and participatory methodologies. This competence will enable the learner to develop, implement and monitor action plans related to environmental health issues. This will contribute towards improved environmental health within a community and a sustainable water environment. This competence will equip the learner with knowledge that contributes to the learner's personal development, which will enhance employability of the qualifying learner in both the water sector and other related jobs.

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

Literacy NQF Level 2, Facilitation skills,
Knowledge of environmental health and hygiene

UNIT STANDARD RANGE

The learner must know all of the range

Water and sanitation: Cholera, diarrhea, malaria, scabies, typhoid, related diseases trachoma, hepatitis, shigella, bilharzia and worms

Vulnerable people: The poor, women, the youth, the aged, the sick, HIV/ aids patients

Role players: Other community members, community leaders, ward committee, implementing agents and local government

Specific Outcomes and Assessment Criteria:

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 1

Explain factors that impact on environmental health

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

1.Possible sources of water and sanitation related diseases are explained.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

2.The impact of current community practices on the sustainability of future resources is explained.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

3.The impact of inadequate water and sanitation on vulnerable people is explained.

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 2

Explain environmental health control systems relating to own community

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

1.Own community environmental health control systems are explained.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

2.Sanitation practices and waste disposal are explained.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

3.Household hygiene practices are observed and explained.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4

4.Water collection and storage is observed and explained.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5

5.Problems are identified and appropriate corrective action is explained.

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 3

Explain problems related to environmental health in own community

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

1.Problem behaviour is identified.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

2.Appropriate solutions are explained.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

3.Information is reported to relevant person.

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 4

Promote environmental health amongst community members using participatory methodologies

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

1.Protocol for communicating environmental health issues to community members is explained.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

2.Participatory session is planned.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

3.Information related to environmental health issue is gathered using participatory methodologies and appropriate language.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4

4.Community specific environmental health solutions are identified and an action plan is agreed and developed.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5

5.Indicators for monitoring implementation of the action plan are identified and agreed.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 6

6.Indicators and action plan are recorded.

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 5

Implement the action plan

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

1.Key role players are identified.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

2.Roles and responsibilities of role players are explained.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

3.Own roles and responsibilities are explained and implemented.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4

4.Frequency of data collection & format for recording progress against indicators is explained.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5

5.Possible solutions if indicators are not achieved are explained.

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 6

Monitor the implementation of the action plan

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

1.Intervention is implemented in accordance with action plan.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

2.Deviations from plan are identified, recorded and explained.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

3.Corrective action is explained.

UNIT STANDARD ACCREDITATION AND MODERATION OPTIONS

1.Anyone assessing a learner or moderating the assessment of a learner against this unit standard must be registered as an assessor with the relevant ETQA.
2.Any institution offering learning that will enable the achievement of this unit standard must be accredited as a provider with the relevant ETQA.
3.Assessment and moderation of assessment will be overseen by the relevant ETQA according to the ETQA's policies and guidelines for assessment and moderation.
4.Moderation must include both internal and external moderation of assessments at exit points of the qualification, unless ETQA policies specify otherwise. Moderation should also encompass achievement of the competence described both in individual unit standards as well as the integrated competence described in the qualification.

UNIT STANDARD ESSENTIAL EMBEDDED KNOWLEDGE

Learners should have a knowledge and understanding of:

1.The importance of promoting environmental health to community members.
2.The sustainability of locally identified health improvements.
3.The impact of externally imposed environmental health solutions on the community.
4.The link between environmental health and sustainable resources.
5.The importance of good hygiene practices.
6.Alternative ways to promote environmental health.
7.The difference between an action plan and an intervention plan.

Critical Cross-field Outcomes (CCFO):

UNIT STANDARD CCFO IDENTIFYING

Identify and solve problems in which responses display that responsible decisions using critical and creative thinking have been made.

Explain factors that impact on environmental health.

Problems are identified and appropriate corrective action is explained.
Problem behaviour is identified.
Possible solutions if indicators are not achieved are explained.
Deviations from plan are identified, recorded and explained.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO WORKING

Work effectively with others as a member of a team, group, organisation, and community.

Refer to all assessments

UNIT STANDARD CCFO ORGANISING

Plan, organise and manage oneself and one's activities responsibly and effectively.

Participatory session is planned.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO COLLECTING

Collect, analyse, organise and critically evaluate information.

Sanitation practices and waste disposal are explained.
Household hygiene practices are observed and explained.
Water collection and storage is observed and explained.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO COMMUNICATING

Communicate effectively using visual, mathematical and/or language skills in the form of oral and/or written presentation.

Refer to all assessments

UNIT STANDARD CCFO SCIENCE

Use science and technology effectively and critically, showing responsibility towards the environment and health of others.

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.

Refer to all assessments

UNIT STANDARD NOTES

INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT

When conducting assessments, assessors must ensure that they are familiar with the full text of the unit standards being assessed. Assessors must ensure that the assessment covers the specific outcomes, critical cross-field outcomes and essential embedded knowledge by developing assessment activities and tools, which are appropriate to the contexts in which the learners are working. These activities and tools may include self-assessment, peer assessment, formative and summative assessment. It may be more effective and efficient to assess a number of unit standards together in an integrated way, thus reducing the overall number of assessments and ensuring that commonalities that exist between a number of unit standards are captured in a way that makes sense for assessment.

ASSESSMENT OPTION

Learners could be assesed using the following methods:
Oral or written questions
Observation
Product sample plans/reports

QUALIFICATIONS UTILISING THIS UNIT STANDARD:

	ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	STATUS	END DATE	PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QA FUNCTIONARY
Core	61669	Further Education and Training Certificate: Community Water, Health and Sanitation Facilitation	Level 4	NQF Level 04	Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"	2023-06-30	EWSETA
Core	23708	National Certificate: Community Water, Sanitation and Health Facilitation	Level 4	NQF Level 04	Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"	2008-06-11	Was EWSETA until Last Date for Achievement
Elective	23473	National Certificate: Community Water, Health and Sanitation Promotion	Level 2	NQF Level 02	Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"	2008-06-11	Was EWSETA until Last Date for Achievement
Elective	50309	Further Education and Training Certificate: Environmental Practice	Level 4	NQF Level 04	Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"	2023-06-30	LG SETA

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.	A4 Consultancy CC
2.	AVAX SA 481 CC. T/A Mandisa Development Services
3.	Edutraining Business College
4.	ESKOM GENERATION - PALMIET PUMP STORAGE GRABOUW
5.	Growth Management Consulting
6.	IQ Skills Academy (PTY) LTD.
7.	Jobafrik Consulting
8.	Josmap Training Institute
9.	Kay Beez Development Projects
10.	Mementos Training Pty Ltd
11.	Nemalale Eagles Consultancy CC
12.	PFIM Trading (Pty) Ltd
13.	POWER SYSTEMS TRAINING, CAPE TOWN
14.	Siza Nesu Training and Consultants
15.	Thando Consulting Services
16.	TLD Consulting
17.	Tshepang Consulting & Project
18.	Umqondo Consultancy
19.	University of Venda
20.	Ursivox Interactive Systems
21.	Vhutshilo Health And Training Organisation