SAQA ID49605, Level 2, 128Credits
The specific purpose of this qualification represents the skills, knowledge and values required by competent practitioners to:
1. Operate and maintain machinery and equipment and use resources in an environmentally responsible manner
2. Apply basic principles and tools of environmental practice to avoid, minimize or remedy negative environmental impacts
* Environmental management
* Waste management
* Conservation manager.
The qualification is suitable for learners who:
* Have attended courses and then apply the knowledge gained to activities in a workplace or in a community, or
* Are already workers and have acquired the skills and knowledge without attending formal courses, or
* Are already active in the community and have acquired the skills and knowledge without attending formal courses, or
* Participate in skills programs and appropriate work experience or community work, or
* Are part of a learnership program which integrates structured learning and work experience, or
* Acquire their learning through any combination of the above.
Learners should be competent in:
* Communication at NQF Level 2
* Mathematical Literacy at NQF level 2.
