Learners should be competent in the following:
- Communication at Level 3
- Mathematical Literacy at Level 3
- Computer Literacy at Level 3, or the equivalent thereof
Management skills are still critical skills required across organisations and industries within South Africa. Generic management skills can be applied across a wide range of specialised fields.
This programme offers learners the ability and skills to move into a supervisory or management role from an operational role. This qualification lays the foundation for the development of management qualifications across various sectors and industries.
It specifically develops management competencies required by learners in any occupation, particularly those who are currently operating as junior managers.
The scope of management covers four domains: leadership, self-management, people management and management practices. This qualification addresses each of these domains with generic competencies, thereby enabling learning programmes to be contextualised for specific sectors and industries.
Provides opportunities for people to transfer between various specialisations within management. This will therefore enable management competencies to be strengthened, and enable managers to better manage systems, processes, resources, self, teams and individuals in various occupations. It is intended to empower learners to acquire knowledge, skills, attitudes and values required to operate confidently as individuals in the South African community and to respond to the challenges of the economic environment and changing world of work.
Ultimately, this qualification is aimed at improving the productivity and efficiency of managers within all occupations in South Africa.
On achieving this Qualification, the learner will be able to:
- Planning: Develop plans to achieve defined objectives
- Organising: Organise resources in accordance with developed plan
- Leading: Lead a team to work co-operatively to achieve objectives
- Controlling: Monitor performance to ensure compliance to a developed plan
- Ethics: Make decisions based on a code of ethics
This qualification requires a total of 136 credits as listed below.
The Fundamental Component consists of 56 Unit Standards in:
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- Mathematical Literacy at Level 4 to the value of 16 credits
- Communication at Level 4 in a First South African Language to the value of 20 credits
- Communication in a Second South African Language at Level 3 to the value of 20 credits
It is compulsory for learners to do communication in 2 different South African languages, one at NQF level 3 and one at NQF level 4
Learners are to achieve Unit Standards to the minimum of 22 credits
