The programme progresses through three levels. Each N level takes place over one semester.
After each semester, students 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 a National Diploma.
Section 1
Entry Level Requirements
N4
N5
N6
• An appropriate National Senior
Certificate or Grade 12
• NCV L4
Certificate or Grade 12
• NCV L4
• A National Certificate: N4:
Marketing Management or an
Equivalent Qualification
Marketing Management or an
Equivalent Qualification
• A National Certificate: N4:
Marketing Management or an
Equivalent Qualification
Marketing Management or an
Equivalent Qualification
Section 2
Modules by Semester
N4
N5
N6
• Marketing Management
• Entrepreneurship and Business
Management
• Management Communication
• Computer Practice
• Entrepreneurship and Business
Management
• Management Communication
• Computer Practice
• Marketing Management
• Sales Management
• Entrepreneurship and Business
Management
• Computer Practice
• Sales Management
• Entrepreneurship and Business
Management
• Computer Practice
• Marketing Management
• Sales Management
• Marketing Research
• Marketing Communication
• Sales Management
• Marketing Research
• Marketing Communication
Section 3
Articulation Options
N4
N5
N6
This qualification has been designed to
allow entry into N5.
allow entry into N5.
This qualification has been designed to
allow entry into N6.
allow entry into N6.
Higher certificate, Diploma
or Bachelor’s Degree.
or Bachelor’s Degree.
The following criteria must be met in order to write the National DHET Examinations
* DP 40%
* Attendance Ratio 80%
Section 4
Career Paths
- Salesperson
- Marketing Manager
- Marketing Researcher
- Marketing Communications Expert
- Marketing Consultant
- Advertiser
Section 5
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
Section 6
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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