Further Education and Training Certificate: Project Management

Qualification Title: Further Education and
Training Certificate: Project Management

SAQA I.D. 50080
NQF Level: NQF Level 04
Credits: 136

Course duration:  24  contact days over 12 months

This is an accredited qualification

Develop your project management skills, equip yourself with the required project management tools and learn more about the role of a project manager  Enrol now on BOTI’s Project Management Essentials Course!

Develop your project management skills, equip yourself with the required project management tools and learn more about the role of a project manager  Enrol now on BOTI’s Project Management Essentials Course!

‘A project management approach means project success’

What you will learn

Discover the exciting world of project management

Simple projects are seen to be ones that involve few resources with limited impact on stakeholders and the environment.

The project industry – a key component of the global business environment

The project industry is a key component of the global business environment and skilled practitioners must cater to industry demands, provide significant benefits to individuals and corporations as well as the country at large.

Develop your project management skills, equip yourself with the required project management tools and learn more about the role of a project manager  Enrol now on BOTI’s Project Management Essentials Course!

Projects are diverse in nature

Since projects are diverse in nature, in order to manage effectively manage them, a broad set of competencies is needed.

Project management – a vital component of any business system

Project management is a vital component of any business system and this course is a must for those who manage a business.

BOTI’s Project Management Essentials Course will equip you with basic project management skills and knowledge required to develop further related competencies that will enable you to become an effective and efficient member of a project team and provide support to the project manager and project team in respect of medium to large projects.   You will also develop your skills in specialised technical aspects as these pertain to the project management process.

Develop your project management skills, equip yourself with the required project management tools and learn more about the role of a project manager  Enrol now on BOTI’s Project Management Essentials Course!

Practical training includes projects that may involve business, government or community development initiatives and hone in on various economic sectors.

BOTI’s Project Management Essentials Course will equip you with the skills, knowledge and attitudes needed in order to be able to manage more effectively and in a professional manner.

Course outcomes

Upon completion of this course you will be able to effectively:

  • Provide assistance with implementation and assure project work meets quality requirements
  • Conduct project documentation management in support of project processes
  • Provide input in terms of project initiation, scope definition and scope change control
  • Within one’s own field of expertise contribute to the management of project risk

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  • Compile a simple schedule in order to facilitate effective project execution
  • Understand and explain the fundamentals of project management
  • Implement project administration processes in terms of specific requirements
  • Monitor, evaluate and communicate basic project schedules
  • Actively participate in the estimation and preparation ofa cost budget for a project or sub project and monitor and control actual cost against budget
  • Function as an effective member of a project team
  • Take into account the needs of the audience and appropriate context in respect of oral communication
  • Interpret and apply information from written text
  • Apply correct use of language and communication techniques in occupational learning programmes
  • Produce written text spanning a variety of communicative contexts

Develop your project management skills, equip yourself with the required project management tools and learn more about the role of a project manager  Enrol now on BOTI’s Project Management Essentials Course!

  • Apply a working knowledge of statistics and probability in order to critically interrogate and effectively communicate findings in respect of life-related problems
  • Sustain oral communication engagements and evaluate spoken text
  • Read, analyse and respond to various forms of written communication
  • Represent, analyse and calculate shape and motion in 2-and 3- dimensional space within various different contexts
  • Apply mathematics to investigate and monitor the financial aspects of personal, business, national and international affairs
  • Apply the writing process in order to compose appropriate texts required in the business environment
  • Write for a broad spectrum of contexts
  • Apply a variety of project management tools and techniques
  • Evaluate and improve the performance of the project team

Who is this course suitable for?

This course is aimed at those individuals who have prior work experience in project management or business administration or the equivalent thereof.

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UNIT STANDARDS:

 

  ID         UNIT STANDARD TITLE PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL NQF LEVEL CREDITS
Core 120383 Provide assistance in implementing and assuring project work meets quality requirements Level 3 NQF Level 03 6
Core 120376 Conduct project documentation management to support project processes Level 4 NQF Level 04 6
Core 120373 Contribute to project initiation, scope definition and scope change control Level 4 NQF Level 04 9
Core 120374 Contribute to the management of project risk within own field of expertise Level 4 NQF Level 04 5
Core 120384 Develop a simple schedule to facilitate effective project execution Level 4 NQF Level 04 8
Core 120372 Explain fundamentals of project management Level 4 NQF Level 04 5
Core 120381 Implement project administration processes according to requirements Level 4 NQF Level 04 5
 Core 120387 Monitor, evaluate and communicate simple project schedules Level 4 NQF Level 04 4
Core 120375 Participate in the estimation and preparation of cost budget for a project or sub project and monitor and control actual cost against budget Level 4 NQF Level 04 6
Core 120382 Plan, organise and support project meetings and workshops Level 4 NQF Level 04 4
Core 120379 Work as a project team member Level 4 NQF Level 04 8
Fundamental 8968 Accommodate audience and context needs in oral communication Level 3 NQF Level 03 5
Fundamental 8969 Interpret and use information from texts Level 3 NQF Level 03 5
Fundamental 8973 Use language and communication in occupational learning programmes Level 3 NQF Level 03 5
Fundamental 8970 Write texts for a range of communicative contexts Level 3 NQF Level 03 5
Fundamental 9015 Apply knowledge of statistics and probability to critically interrogate and effectively communicate findings on life related problems Level 4 NQF Level 04 6
Fundamental 8974 Engage in sustained oral communication and evaluate spoken texts Level 4 NQF Level 04 5
Fundamental 8975 Read analyse and respond to a variety of texts Level 4 NQF Level 04 5
Fundamental 9016 Represent analyse and calculate shape and motion in 2-and 3-dimensional space in different contexts Level 4 NQF Level 04 4
Fundamental 7468 Use mathematics to investigate and monitor the financial aspects of personal, business, national and international issues Level 4 NQF Level 04 6
Fundamental 12153 Use the writing process to compose texts required in the business environment Level 4 NQF Level 04 5
Fundamental 8976 Write for a wide range of contexts Level 4 NQF Level 04 5
Elective 120385 Apply a range of project management tools and techniques Level 4 NQF Level 04 7
Elective 120380 Evaluate and improve the project team’s performance Level 5 Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 7