Occupational Certificate in Community Development Practitioner (NQF 5)
QCTO Occupational Qualifications 212 Credits 2 Years Register OnlinePurpose of Qualification
The purpose of this qualification is to prepare a learner to operate as a Community
Development Practitioner. A Community Development Practitioner acts as a change agent to
add value to community development practice by exploring and coordinating networks and
partnerships; conducts community-based research to inform interventions, aligned to relevant
legal and regulatory frameworks; plans, designs and manages community interventions
through the application of appropriate leadership and management styles,
all of which are done to promote ethical and professional community development practice.
Career Focus
- Entry level into the private sector in organisations where they are doing community work in terms of the various industry charters.
Registered with
Department of Higher Education and Training
Accredited by
QCTO (SAQA ID: 97691)
Admission requirements
- Successful completion for the Occupational Certificate: Community Development Worker NQF level 4
- National Senior Certificate (NSC)
Articulation options
Horizontal
- National Certificate: Community Development: Integrated Development Planning, at NQF 5; SAQA ID 83392.
Vertical
- Diploma Local Government, at NQF Level 6, SAQA ID 35956
Assessment of Programme
PC Educational Holdings will conduct internal assessments by means of assessment activities and signed-off work experience log sheets. Upon successful completion of all modules, PC Educational Holdings provides a statement of results to the candidate and QCTO, as part of the candidate’s application to complete the External Summative Assessment conducted by the QCTO.
Module Breakdown
Occupational Certificate in Community Development Practitioner – Module Breakdown Year 1
Year 1 Total Credits: 117
Semester 1
NQF level
Credits
Administration
community profiles (households,
infrastructure (assets),
structures,economic viability etc.)
Semester 2
NQF level
Credits
development structures and
facilitate the establishment of the appropriate structures
effective community development
structures
practitioners
Occupational Certificate in Community Development Practitioner – Module Breakdown Year 2
Year 2 Total Credits: 95
Semester 1
NQF level
Credits
departments)
community settings
community development initiatives
Semester 2
NQF level
Credits
the outcomes of forums and
meetings to stakeholders
stakeholders regarding community
development initiatives
community, interdepartmental and civil society forums
supervisory situations relevant to the work of field workers
* In collaboration with PC Educational Holdings
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