The programme progresses through three levels. Each N Level takes place over one semester. After each semester, you are eligible for a National Certificate on that level. We recommend continuing through all three levels in order to qualify for the National Diploma. The National Diploma requires students to work for 18 months at a Marketing Institution before they are entitled to receive the highly respected Diploma.
Period of delivery: one semester per level (18 month programme)
Entry Level Requirements
N4
N5
N6
Certificate or Grade 12
• NCV L4
Marketing Management or an
Equivalent Qualification
Marketing Management or an
Equivalent Qualification
Modules by Semester
N4
N5
N6
• Entrepreneurship and Business
Management
• Management Communication
• Computer Practice
• Sales Management
• Entrepreneurship and Business
Management
• Computer Practice
• Sales Management
• Marketing Research
• Marketing Communication
Articulation Options
N4
N5
N6
allow entry into N5.
allow entry into N6.
or Bachelor’s Degree.
The following criteria must be met in order to write the National DHET Examinations
* DP 40%
* Attendance Ratio 80%
Career Paths
- Salesperson
- Marketing Manager
- Marketing Researcher
- Marketing Communications Expert
- Marketing Consultant
- Advertiser
Learning Outcomes
- Nature and extent of personal sales, sales forecasts and quotas, sales territories, the sale process, types of sales, improvement of personal effectiveness
- Intro to Mercantile law, Law of contract, Contract of sale, Credit Agreements, Lease, Contracts of service, Negotiable instruments
- Product and service policy, Distribution Policy, Price Policy, Promotion Policy
- The management functioning of marketing, Industrial marketing, The marketing of services, International marketing
- The research process, Sources of information, The questionnaire and its launching, The use of random sample tests in market research, Analysis of data, Forecasting and question analysis, and Reporting
National Diploma: Marketing Management
Completion of National Certificates: Marketing Management N4, N5 and N6 as above plus 18 months of practical experience in a workplace shall result in the award of a National Diploma: Marketing Management.
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