SayPro Online National Certificate in Steelworks 65709

SAQA ID: Operate a Windows System NQF Level 04 Credits 06

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION
Purpose:

Learners found competent against this qualification will be able to install concrete reinforcing or steel structures in a safe, cost effective manner and in compliance with project specifications.

For those who have been in the workplace for a long time, this Qualification can be used in the recognition of prior learning process to assess and recognise workplace skills acquired without the benefit of formal education and training.

For the new entrant, this Qualification describes the learning outcomes required to participate effectively in a structured workplace. For education and training providers, this Qualification provides guidance for the development of appropriate learning programmes and assessment documentation. For employers, this Qualification enables skills gaps to be identified and addressed ensuring that productivity levels are increased and business objectives achieved.

This Qualification has been developed to assist with the advancement of the learner across the Civil Engineering and Construction Industry and is aimed at Construction Concrete Reinforcing practitioners and Structural Steel Erectors in the Industry, ensuring the upliftment of standards in general.

The combination of learning outcomes will provide the qualifying learner with vocational knowledge and skills appropriate to the context of Civil Engineering Construction environment. It will also equip learners with a foundation for further intellectual development, opportunities for gainful employment and reward for contributions to society.

This Qualification will provide the Industry with qualified Construction Concrete Reinforcing practitioners, thereby facilitating social and economic transformation, empowerment and upliftment in the Industry and country in general.

Qualifying learners will be capable of:
Applying health, safety and environmental requirements during steelwork operations.
Performing steelwork operation related administration.
Preparing for the installation of steel structures or concrete reinforcing.

Rationale:

This Qualification has been developed for the Construction Steelwork occupational area within the Civil Engineering Construction Industry that focuses on installation of concrete reinforcing and steel structures. It will continue to provide a unit standards based approach for persons who perform construction concrete reinforcing and steel erecting activities on Civil Engineering Construction sites, whether in micro, small, medium or large operations.

In the past many practitioners in the Civil Engineering and Construction area were denied career advancement and possible professional registration. This National Certificate in Construction: Steelwork will allow learners, both unemployed and employed, to reach their full potential of advancement and will allow for Recognition of Prior Learning. It will also serve to facilitate the development of a professional community of Construction Concrete Reinforcing practitioners.

The competencies contained in this Qualification are essential for social and economic transformation, empowerment and upliftment within the construction steelwork environment, whilst simultaneously improving the skills base of the country.