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

Categorise heritage resources 
SAQA US ID UNIT STANDARD TITLE
255675  Categorise heritage resources 
ORIGINATOR
SGB Heritage Management Studies 
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY
-  
FIELD SUBFIELD
Field 02 - Culture and Arts Cultural Studies 
ABET BAND UNIT STANDARD TYPE PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL NQF LEVEL CREDITS
Undefined  Regular  Level 5  Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5  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 does not replace any other unit standard and is not replaced by any other unit standard. 

PURPOSE OF THE UNIT STANDARD 
The purpose of the learning is to be able to categorise heritage resources based on their significance (e.g. social, political, scientific, aesthetic, natural, cultural, etc.), to ensure that heritage resources are properly managed, preserved, and conserved, and are accessible. Credited learners can investigate heritage resource taxonomies, identify and classify heritage resources according to specified classification systems based on their significance and value and in consultation with relevant experts.

Although the categorisation of heritage resources is specific to the heritage management sector, the competencies of valuing resources and consulting with experts are transferable and required in many other sectors. Improved categorisation will impact positively on the heritage sector as resources will be better preserved and more accessible and resource management will be more effective.

Credited learners are capable of:
  • Describing heritage resources for classification.
  • Assess movable and immovable heritage resource significance according to specified procedures.
  • Consulting experts regarding heritage resource classification.
  • Recording heritage resource categorisation information. 
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    LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING 
    The credits and level assigned to this unit standard is based on the assumption that learners have already attained the following competencies:
  • Communication (NQF Level 4).
  • Computer literacy (NQF Level 3). 
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    UNIT STANDARD RANGE 
    Learners are required to categorise either movable or immovable heritage resources, for example, buildings, sites (e.g. archaeological, palaeontological, natural, etc.), geological features, graves, institutions, objects, places, structures, etc.

    Other range statements are provided, where relevant, with specific outcomes and assessment criteria.

    Learners are required to create mechanisms that ensure that given Acts, policies and procedures are implemented. Range statements are provided with specific outcomes and assessment criteria where relevant. 

    Specific Outcomes and Assessment Criteria: 

    SPECIFIC OUTCOME 1 
    Describe heritage resources for classification. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERIA     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 
    Heritage resources are identified according to specified criteria and organisation procedures. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 
    Identification processes in line with relevant heritage resource management legislation and policies, are conducted. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 
    Heritage resources are identified in terms of recognised categories for management, conservation and preservation. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 
    Methods and techniques appropriate for specific contexts and heritage resources are employed. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5 
    Agreed ethical and legal requirements are adhered to. 

    SPECIFIC OUTCOME 2 
    Assess movable or immovable heritage resource significance according to specified procedures. 
    OUTCOME RANGE 
    Assessment relates to movable or immovable heritage resource taxonomies, for example, accessioning of movable heritage resources, grading immovable heritage resources for declaration as heritage sites, etc. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERIA     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 
    Heritage resource significance criteria are accurately identified. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE 
    Significance criteria are usually contained within classification systems and are usually specific for movable or immovable heritage resources.
     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 
    The purpose and required procedures for categorising heritage resources are determined according to relevant heritage resource taxonomies/classification systems. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 
    Heritage resources are assessed against specified criteria for value. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE 
    Value can be historical, aesthetic, scientific, social, cultural, etc. and based on the degree of significance (e.g. rarity, representivity); assessment can include, for example, comparing immovable heritage resources with others already classified.
     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 
    Procedures for stating significance of specific heritage resources are followed according to organisation guidelines. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE 
    Standard procedures may specify how to, for example, catalogue movable heritage resources, nominate a heritage site, etc.
     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5 
    Agreed ethical and legal requirements are adhered to. 

    SPECIFIC OUTCOME 3 
    Consult experts regarding heritage resource classification. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERIA     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 
    Experts are consulted about heritage resource classification, where relevant, according to organisation policies and procedures. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 
    Consultations meet experts' information and operational requirements as agreed prior to consultation. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 
    Instructions given to experts regarding next steps are clear, and clarified where necessary. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 
    Communications for expert support the establishment, maintenance and/or continuity of relationships with experts in a way that contributes to the quality of heritage resource management. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5 
    Agreed ethical and professional requirements are adhered to. 

    SPECIFIC OUTCOME 4 
    Record heritage resource categorisation information. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERIA     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 
    Heritage resource categorisation is recommended based on all available information and according to specified organisation procedures. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE 
    Recommendations can include accessioning and de-accessioning movable heritage resources, declaring heritage sites, etc.
     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 
    All available information regarding heritage resources is recorded on relevant databases according to organisation guidelines, and all required heritage resource data fields are included according to agreed national and international standards. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE 
    Information can include, for example, donor details, history of heritage resources, provenance (origin) of movable heritage resources, ownership of immovable heritage resources, significance, physical description, locality, bibliographies, current protections and restrictions, experts consulted, etc.; recording can include photographing objects, sites, buildings, structures, etc.; databases can include, for example, accession registers for movable heritage resources.
     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 
    Information regarding heritage resources is kept up to date. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 
    Agreed ethical and legal requirements for record keeping are adhered to. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5 
    Information is organised, controlled, monitored, stored, recorded, maintained and retrieved according to organisation policy requirements and international legislation and standards. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 6 
    Heritage resource data is retrievable and usable for all relevant persons. 


    UNIT STANDARD ACCREDITATION AND MODERATION OPTIONS 
  • Assessment of learner achievements takes place at providers accredited by a 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 a relevant ETQA.
  • Any institution offering learning that will enable achievement of this unit standard must be accredited as a provider with a 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:
  • Movable and immovable heritage resource taxonomies/classification systems.
  • Significance and value criteria of heritage resources.
  • Statement of significance (e.g. sphere), and procedures for stating significance.
  • Heritage resource management legislation and policies.
  • Heritage resource categories and categorisation.
  • Methods and techniques for describing heritage resources.
  • Ethical, professional and legal requirements.
  • Heritage resource acquisition and cataloguing criteria and standard procedures.
  • Cataloguing, accession and de-accessioning procedures and purpose.
  • In-situ and derived locations.
  • Heritage resource information management (i.e. organisation, control, monitoring, storage, maintenance and retrieval), data fields, databases (e.g. accession registers) and national and international standards.
  • Issues of community participation, ownership and indigenous knowledge.
  • The relationship between provenance, authenticity and accuracy. 
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    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 when heritage resource categorisation is recommended based on all available information. 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO WORKING 
    Work effectively with others as a member of a team, group, organisation or community to consult experts regarding heritage resource classification. 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO ORGANISING 
    Organise and manage oneself and one's activities responsibly and effectively when agreed ethical and legal requirements are adhered to. 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO COLLECTING 
    Collect, analyse, organise and critically evaluate information to describe heritage resources for classification. 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO COMMUNICATING 
    Communicate effectively using visual, mathematic and/or language skills in the modes of oral and/or written presentation to record heritage resource categorisation information. 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO SCIENCE 
    Use science and technology effectively and critically, showing responsibility towards the environment and health of others when methods and techniques appropriate for specific contexts and heritage resources are employed and all information recorded is transferred into relevant databases. 

    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 identification processes are conducted in line with relevant heritage resource management legislation and policies. 

    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 
    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 title to ensure assessment is integrated rather than fragmented. Remember we want to declare the person competent in terms of the title. Where assessment at 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
    Core  61349   National Certificate: Heritage Resource Management  Level 5  Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5  Passed the End Date -
    Status was "Reregistered"     		 2023-06-30  CATHSSETA 


    PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS UNIT STANDARD: 
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