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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED UNIT STANDARD THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE:

Enhancing and developing CFTA Retail/Wholesale practices

SAQA US ID	UNIT STANDARD TITLE
7600	Enhancing and developing CFTA Retail/Wholesale practices
ORIGINATOR
SGB Retail and Wholesale
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY
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FIELD			SUBFIELD
Field 11 - Services			Wholesale and Retail
ABET BAND	UNIT STANDARD TYPE	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	CREDITS
Undefined	Regular	Level 5	Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5	20
REGISTRATION STATUS		REGISTRATION START DATE	REGISTRATION END DATE	SAQA DECISION NUMBER
Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"		2003-12-03	2006-12-03	SAQA 1351/03
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 unit standard does not replace any other unit standard and is not replaced by any other unit standard.

PURPOSE OF THE UNIT STANDARD

This unit is an elective standard towards the qualification of National Diploma in Retail Sales and Service

Management.
It will bring coherence and relevance to the field of CFTA retail and wholesale sales and give previously disadvantaged individuals access to a tertiary level qualification

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

Basic research and development to equivalent NQF 4Merchandising practices NQF 4 equivalent

UNIT STANDARD RANGE

Stock movement indicators including stock levels, stock turns, stock covers, forward plans?

Factors influencing development of CFTA merchandise buying strategies including local and international fashion trends, seasonal trends, customer feedback, competitors' products, performance of stores and products, historical data, sales trends, emerging markets

UNIT STANDARD OUTCOME HEADER

The demonstrated ability to make decisions and con

Specific Outcomes and Assessment Criteria:

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 1

The demonstrated ability to make decisions and consider options when

OUTCOME NOTES

Analysing and interpreting a range of strategic factors influencing development of CFTA merchandise buying strategies?

Developing and presenting CFTA merchandising strategies to relevant role-players ensuring effective implementation of merchandising processes?

Developing a range of CFTA stock movement indicators for determining future stock levels ?

Managing and adjusting CFTA merchandising plans in accordance with stock performance indicators and current sales trends in merchandising departments?

Conceptualising and developing CFTA marketing, packaging and display plans for ranges of merchandise beinng promoted ?

Developing CFTA procedures and standards for merchandise displays across retail/wholesale chains

OUTCOME RANGE

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

The ability to produce all of the following types of evidence:

ASSESSMENT CRITERION NOTES

The evidence should be evaluated by a registered Retail/Wholesale assessor:?

Describe a range of organisational procedures for CFTA policy development ?

Enumerate the factors that are researched and analysed when developing CFTA merchandise buying strategies?

Produce evidence of research and analysis forming the basis for development of current CFTA merchandise buying strategy?

Produce evidence of procedures and standards developed for CFTA merchandise displays? Evaluate CFTA

stock performance and sales trends for a given period against current merchandising plans

ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE

UNIT STANDARD ACCREDITATION AND MODERATION OPTIONS

The Retail/Wholesale SETA will accredit providers against this standard. Moderation will be provided by the HEQC

UNIT STANDARD ESSENTIAL EMBEDDED KNOWLEDGE

The demonstrated understanding of:?

Organisational procedures for CFTA policy development?

Techniques for interpreting international and local CFTA fashion and seasonal trends?

Techniques for researching and analysing local and international CFTA merchandising and consumer buying trends?

Techniques for analysing and interpreting customer feedback?

Knowledge of CFTA competitors, products, promotional strategies, pricing structures?

Techniques for conceptualising CFTA merchandise promotions, packaging and visual presentations of merchandise

Critical Cross-field Outcomes (CCFO):

UNIT STANDARD CCFO IDENTIFYING

Identify and solve problems when interpreting stock performance indicators and current sales trends so that CFTA merchandising strategies can be timeously readjusted with minimal loss of profits

UNIT STANDARD CCFO WORKING

Demonstrate an understanding of the world as a set of related systems where ongoing monitoring, research and evaulation of all factors influencing stock performance and consumer demand is key to maintaining CFTA market share and profitability

UNIT STANDARD CCFO ORGANISING

Work with others as a member of a team when developing CFTA merchandise buying strategies so that new ideas and valid suggestions can be gathered for input into development of merchandise buying strategies

UNIT STANDARD CCFO COLLECTING

Collect, analyse, organise and critically evaluate information when developing merchandise buying strategies so that a wide range of data is researched and analysed to facilitate decisionmaking about future CFTA merchandise requirements

UNIT STANDARD CCFO COMMUNICATING

Communicate effectively when presenting merchandising strategies so that all role-players are informed and equipped to carry out merchandising processes in accordance with CFTA requirements

UNIT STANDARD ASSESSOR CRITERIA

Assessment Criteria:

The ability to produce all of the following types of evidence:

The evidence should be evaluated by a registered Retail/Wholesale assessor:?

Describe a range of organisational procedures for CFTA policy development ?

Enumerate the factors that are researched and analysed when developing CFTA merchandise buying strategies

Produce evidence of research and analysis forming the basis for development of current CFTA merchandise buying strategy?

Produce evidence of procedures and standards developed for CFTA merchandise displays?

Evaluate CFTA stock performance and sales trends for a given period against current merchandising plans

QUALIFICATIONS UTILISING THIS UNIT STANDARD:

	ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	STATUS	END DATE	PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QA FUNCTIONARY
Elective	13720	National Diploma: Retail and Wholesale, Product and Service Management Technology	Level 5	NQF Level 05	Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"	2012-06-30	W&RSETA

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.

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