FTC has 5 programmes that are fully accredited by the South African Qualifications Authority, viz.:
- Higher Education and Training Certificate: Development Practice
- Training of Trainers (TOT) Programme
- Training of Educators and Practitioners Programme
- English @ Work Course/ Business English/ Business Writing Programme
- Confident Communication Programme
- General Mangement Qualification
These programmes are offered as a full qualification in the form of a skills programme, a learnership or a straight course. The broader programme can also be broken into smaller, standalone components, which we are able to present as short courses.
FTC is accredited with the following unit standards by the ETDP SETA:
Course Title (Unit Standard Title) | NQF Level | Credits | NLRD ID No. |
Plan a learning event (Plan a learning event) | 4 | 8 | 10231 |
Organise a Learning Programme (Organise a programme of learning) | 5 | 8 | 10288 |
Facilitate a Learning Programme (Facilitate a programme of learning) | 5 | 24 | 10289 |
Facilitating adult learning (Facilitate an adult learning event) | 4 | 16 | 7384 |
How to use Learning Aids (Evaluate, select and adapt published learning materials and develop, use and evaluate own supplementary learning aids) | 5 | 12 | 10290 |
Evaluating your facilitation (Evaluate own facilitation performance) | 4 | 8 | 7388 |
Administration of learning groups (Fulfil administrative requirements of a learning group) | 4 | 6 | 7387 |
Assessing Learners (Assess learners within a learning situation) | 4 | 10 | 7386 |
Communication (Engage in sustained oral communication and evaluate spoken texts) | 4 | 5 | 119462 |
Using language learning programmes (Use language and communication in occupational learning programmes) | 4 | 5 | 119471 |
Accommodating your Audience in Communication (Accommodate audience and context needs in oral/ signed communication) | 3 | 5 | 119472 |
Writing Course (Write for a wide range of contexts) | 4 | 5 | 119459 |
Responding to Text (Read/ view, analyse and respond to a variety of texts) | 4 | 5 | 119469 |
Interpreting Information (Interpret and use information from texts) | 3 | 5 | 119457 |
Facilitate ABET levels 1 and 2 (Facilitate an additional language (English) at ABET levels 1 and 2) | 5 | 16 | 7393 |
Facilitate Communications at ABET levels 3 and 4 (Facilitate Communications at ABET levels 3 and 4) | 5 | 20 | 10297 |
Establish a community resource project (Establish a community resource project) | 5 | 20 | 14800 |
The Theories and Principles of Transformative Development Practice (Demonstrate a critical understanding of theories and principles of transformative development practice) | 5 | 8 | 110058 |
Plan Advocacy Campaigns and Workshops (Plan advocacy campaigns and workshops in development practice) | 5 | 8 | 110063 |
Plan and conduct assessment (Plan and conduct assessment of learning outcomes) | 5 | 15 | 7978 |
Plan and Conduct Research (Plan and conduct research that redresses social development issues) | 5 | 10 | 110059 |
Plan Learning Programmes (Plan learning programmes that redress social development issues) | 5 | 8 | 110060 |
Plan the Facilitation of Learning (Plan the facilitation of learning in development practice) | 5 | 10 | 110062 |
Prepare Learning Materials for Programmes (Prepare learning materials for programmes in development practice) | 5 | 8 | 110061 |
Entrepreneurship (Demonstrate an understanding of entrepreneurship and develop entrepreneurial qualities) | 1 | 7 | 14444 |
Business Plans (Demonstrate an understanding of a general business plan and adapt it to a selected business idea) | 1 | 2 | 10006 |
HIV/AIDS and its Implications (Demonstrate an understanding of HIV/AIDS and its implications) | 2 | 4 | 8494 |
Understanding the Project Cycle (Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the aspects of the project cycle) | 4 | 8 | 110481 |
Human Rights and Democracy (Demonstrate understanding of the concept of human rights and democracy and its application in society) | 5 | 12 | 119665 |