NATIONAL CERTIFICATE:BUILDING AND CIVIL CONSTRUCTION CERTIFICATE

Getting a qualification is not enough, on its own, to prepare you to traverse the rapidly changing world of work, where industry 4.0 and 5.0 are rendering many professions obsolete. We will work with you throughout your studies to help you develop six critical attributes to navigate the new world order, along with the skills and knowledge you need to excel in any environment.

PURPOSE
Typically, qualifying learners are employed in the construction sector as painters, tilers, plasterers,
masons, joiners, carpenters, roofers, or are self-employed as micro-enterprise owners who provide
services to construction contractors and members of the public (e.g. private households). Consequently,
this employment sector consists of many small and micro-enterprises.
Qualifying learners will be able to:

• Plan construction activities using mathematical principles.
• Communicate with relevant persons.
• Plan construction activity.
• Establish work area.
• Execute construction activity.

Rationale:
As a result of past legacies, many practitioners within the building construction sector were denied
career advancement and possible recognition as qualified tradesmen. This was as a direct result of poor
educational opportunities at some schools, leading to a lack of entry to formal training institutions. This
qualification:

• Encourages individual entrepreneurship and job creation.
• Supports redress and provide access to employment opportunities.
• Promotes career advancement and further learning.
• Results in transformation/social upliftment of individuals, communities and the South African society at large.
• Most learners taking this qualification have not had access to structured skills training in the past, and therefore their competence has not been formally recognised. Although they may have been
  economically active within the area of construction building and civil construction for many years, most unqualified construction painters, tilers, plasterers, masons, joiners, carpenters, roofers have gained their experience in workplaces where little attention was paid to efficient, correct performance within acceptable time/production rates.
• The qualification not only allows qualifying learners to gain access to the formal construction sector, but also recognises any previously acquired competence that current workers in the sector may hold and improves their employability prospects.
• Personal career development and job satisfaction, social and economic transformation not only of persons who are skilled in building and civil construction, but of their local communities and the national economy, are further benefits to be derived from the skills enhancement gained through achievement of this qualification.
• This qualification will support the creation of a larger community of competent building and civil construction workers and ensure that this sector of the national economy is positively sustained.
• The range of competencies achieved by learners who successfully complete this qualification is
  transferable to other areas of training and fields of operation, thereby providing a basis for further
  learning in the construction sector, as well as possibilities of transferring into other fields of economic activity/employment.
• The construction sector requires a specific focus on quality management to
  ensure implementation compliant with Health and Safety Regulations. To ensure sustainability and a positive image of their businesses, employers demand high performance standards and quality workmanship. Qualified construction building and civil construction workers will deliver services of competitive quality; their earning ability will be increased.
• This qualification may be achieved through any of the (four) routes, which includes apprenticeship,
  leadership, internship, RPL. To successfully complete this qualification, the learner must spend a
  minimum time in the workplace and will be completed in this qualification over an 18-months period.

• LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING
  It is assumed that learners are already competent in the following:
• Communication at NQF Level 2.
• Mathematical Literacy at NQF Level 2.

Recognition of Prior Learning:
Pre-assessments in both the Fundamental and Core areas of learning associated with this qualification
will be conducted on learners prior to entry into the qualification. Successful demonstration of
competence against all criteria contained in unit standards, against which prior learning is measured,
will culminate in the award of credits to the learner. Learners’ will not be required to repeat learning in
those areas where prior learning is recognised and accredited.
The Recognition of Prior Learning process will also be applied where learners’, who have achieved this
Qualification, wish to continue their further learning and enter other trades at NQF Level 3.

Access to the Qualification:

Access to the qualification is open, except where there are restrictions placed on learners, based on
their physical ability to adhere to legal occupational health, safety and environment standards that may
prevent them from gaining access to this qualification.

•  Plan construction activities using mathematical principles.Range: Construction activities include Painting, Tiling, Plastering, Masonry, Joinery, Carpentry, and Roofing.
• Communicate with relevant persons.
• Plan construction activity.
• Establish work area.
• Execute construction activity.Range: Construction activities include Painting, Tiling, Plastering, Masonry, Joinery, Carpentry, and Roofing.Critical Cross-Field Outcomes:
  This qualification promotes, in particular, the following critical cross-field outcomes:
  Identifying and solving problems in which responses display that responsible decisions using critical and
  creative thinking have been made when:
  Identifying and developing component shapes for construction activity.
  Obtaining information where instructions or information on drawings is insufficient.
  Identifying and pro-actively reporting on non-availability of resources and materials.
  Working effectively with others as a member of a team, group, organisation, and community during:
  Activities involving clients, co-workers and other trades on site.
  Communicating and receiving advice from supervisor.
  Organising and managing oneself and one’s activities responsibly and effectively when:
  Setting out and preparing the work area.
  Performing activities in accordance with industry standards.
  Selecting tools and equipment in accordance with the requirements of the task.
  Ensuring tools, equipment and materials are securely stored.
  Maintaining minimum quantities of materials in accordance with task requirements.
  Safety equipment and clothing is selected and prepared in accordance with legislative requirements.
  Collecting, analysing, organising and critically evaluating information to better understand and explain
  by:
  Carrying out written site instructions issued by the client.
  Correctly interpreting information contained in drawings.
  Level and plumb in accordance with instructions and drawings.
  Communicating effectively using visual, mathematical and/or language skills in the modes of oral and/or
  written persuasion when:
  Issuing clear verbal instructions to team members.
  Actively listening to feedback received from team members.
  Evaluating and reporting problem situations to the client, co-workers and peers.
  Using science and technology effectively and critically, showing responsibility towards the environment
  and health of others when:
  By applying the appropriate tools and materials for different construction activities.
  Demonstrating an understanding of the world as a set of related systems by recognising that problemsolving contexts do not exist in isolation when:
  Setting up and preparing work area reflecting a consideration for environmental impact factors.
  Reflecting a respect and consideration of other trades on a construction site.