Accredited learning programmes

Accreditation of learning programmes

As a training provider in the development sector, PASCaP's learning programmes are accredited by the Education, Training and Development Practices (ETDP) Sector Education Training Authority (SETA).

What does accreditation mean?

Accreditation means that the training provided is:

	of a nationally-accepted standard
	aligned with nationally determined learning outcomes
	nationally certificated and recognised
	applied to enable the learner to achieve progress in attaining qualifications at different levels of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF).

The importance for development in South Africa

The accreditation of non-profit providers such as PASCaP is critical in enabling access to to high quality, nationally recognised education and training opportunities to the unemployed and those living in poverty.

Education is important in countering the effects of apartheid as it empowers those that are marginalised and facilitates access to improved economic and social standards of living.

Education also enables communities to help themselves and one another more effectively, and to draw in the required resources to improve their collective circumstances.

The unit standards against which PASCaP offers training and an RPL (recognition of prior learning) service are:

Unit standard	NQF level	Credits
Manage a medium-scale ECD service	5	18
Manage a small-scale ECD service – ID number 7406	3	12
Facilitate creative art activities in ECD programmes	3	8
Facilitate learning through play	2	12
Develop and manage the ECD learning programme	5	24
Manage the ECD learning programme	4	20
Facilitate active learning in ECD programmes	4	30
Assist with Managing the ECD learning programme	1	12
Support active learning in ECD programmes	1	24
Facilitate targeted skills development	4	14
Plan, organize and support project meetings and workshops	4	4
Prepare learning aids	4	6
Plan learning events	4	10
Conduct elementary field research in ETD or occupational practice	4	8

The list of unit standards that PASCaP is awaiting accreditation for (owing to liaison with various SETAs) are:

Unit standards	NQF Level	Credits
Schedule project activities to facilitate effective project execution	4	8
Contribute to project initiation, scope, definition and scope change control	4	9
Demonstrate an understanding of basic accounting practices	1	4
Demonstrate an understanding of managerial expertise and administrative capabilities	1	4
Work as a project team member	4	8
Apply a range of project management tools	4	8
Identify, organize and co-ordinate project life cycle phases for control purposes	1	5
Implement project administration processes according to requirements	4	5
Support the project environment and activities to deliver the project objectives	5	14
Evaluate and improve the project team’s performance	5	8
Conduct project documentation management to support project processes	4	6
Supervise a project team of a developmental project to deliver project objectives	5	14
Monitor, evaluate and communicate project schedules	4	4
Demonstrate a critical awareness of the self as a physical, mental, intellectual and social being with particular belief systems	1	2
Understand human mental and physical development, health and sexuality and their consequences	1	2
Display critical insight into one-to-one; family and community dynamics and value systems	1	2
Display a critical understanding of social diversity	1	2
Display a critical understanding of human rights and alternative perspectives	1	2
Demonstrate skills that relate to a safe and secure environment	1	2

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