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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY 
REGISTERED UNIT STANDARD THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE: 

Promote environmental health to community members 
SAQA US ID UNIT STANDARD TITLE
14035  Promote environmental health to community members 
ORIGINATOR
SGB Water Sector 
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY
-  
FIELD SUBFIELD
Field 12 - Physical Planning and Construction Civil Engineering Construction 
ABET BAND UNIT STANDARD TYPE PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL NQF LEVEL CREDITS
Undefined  Regular  Level 4  NQF Level 04 
REGISTRATION STATUS REGISTRATION START DATE REGISTRATION END DATE SAQA DECISION NUMBER
Passed the End Date -
Status was "Reregistered" 
2005-09-13  2008-09-13  SAQA 0160/05 
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2009-09-13   2012-09-13  

In all of the tables in this document, both the pre-2009 NQF Level and the NQF Level is shown. In the text (purpose statements, qualification rules, etc), any references to NQF Levels are to the pre-2009 levels unless specifically stated otherwise.  

This unit standard does not replace any other unit standard and is not replaced by any other unit standard. 

PURPOSE OF THE UNIT STANDARD 
The qualifying learner achieving this unit standard in combination with context expertise standard(s) will be able to promote environmental health to community members using facilitation skills and participatory methodologies. This competence will enable the learner to develop, implement and monitor action plans related to environmental health issues. This will contribute towards improved environmental health within a community and a sustainable water environment. This competence will equip the learner with knowledge that contributes to the learner's personal development, which will enhance employability of the qualifying learner in both the water sector and other related jobs. 

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING 
Literacy NQF Level 2, Facilitation skills,
Knowledge of environmental health and hygiene 

UNIT STANDARD RANGE 
The learner must know all of the range

Water and sanitation: Cholera, diarrhea, malaria, scabies, typhoid, related diseases trachoma, hepatitis, shigella, bilharzia and worms

Vulnerable people: The poor, women, the youth, the aged, the sick, HIV/ aids patients

Role players: Other community members, community leaders, ward committee, implementing agents and local government 

Specific Outcomes and Assessment Criteria: 

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 1 
Explain factors that impact on environmental health 

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 
1.Possible sources of water and sanitation related diseases are explained. 

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 
2.The impact of current community practices on the sustainability of future resources is explained. 

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 
3.The impact of inadequate water and sanitation on vulnerable people is explained. 

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 2 
Explain environmental health control systems relating to own community 

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 
1.Own community environmental health control systems are explained. 

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 
2.Sanitation practices and waste disposal are explained. 

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 
3.Household hygiene practices are observed and explained. 

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 
4.Water collection and storage is observed and explained. 

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5 
5.Problems are identified and appropriate corrective action is explained. 

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 3 
Explain problems related to environmental health in own community 

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 
1.Problem behaviour is identified. 

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 
2.Appropriate solutions are explained. 

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 
3.Information is reported to relevant person. 

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 4 
Promote environmental health amongst community members using participatory methodologies 

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 
1.Protocol for communicating environmental health issues to community members is explained. 

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 
2.Participatory session is planned. 

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 
3.Information related to environmental health issue is gathered using participatory methodologies and appropriate language. 

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 
4.Community specific environmental health solutions are identified and an action plan is agreed and developed. 

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5 
5.Indicators for monitoring implementation of the action plan are identified and agreed. 

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 6 
6.Indicators and action plan are recorded. 

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 5 
Implement the action plan 

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 
1.Key role players are identified. 

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 
2.Roles and responsibilities of role players are explained. 

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 
3.Own roles and responsibilities are explained and implemented. 

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 
4.Frequency of data collection & format for recording progress against indicators is explained. 

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5 
5.Possible solutions if indicators are not achieved are explained. 

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 6 
Monitor the implementation of the action plan 

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 
1.Intervention is implemented in accordance with action plan. 

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 
2.Deviations from plan are identified, recorded and explained. 

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 
3.Corrective action is explained. 


UNIT STANDARD ACCREDITATION AND MODERATION OPTIONS 
1.Anyone assessing a learner or moderating the assessment of a learner against this unit standard must be registered as an assessor with the relevant ETQA.
2.Any institution offering learning that will enable the achievement of this unit standard must be accredited as a provider with the relevant ETQA.
3.Assessment and moderation of assessment will be overseen by the relevant ETQA according to the ETQA's policies and guidelines for assessment and moderation.
4.Moderation must include both internal and external moderation of assessments at exit points of the qualification, unless ETQA policies specify otherwise. Moderation should also encompass achievement of the competence described both in individual unit standards as well as the integrated competence described in the qualification. 

UNIT STANDARD ESSENTIAL EMBEDDED KNOWLEDGE 
Learners should have a knowledge and understanding of:

1.The importance of promoting environmental health to community members.
2.The sustainability of locally identified health improvements.
3.The impact of externally imposed environmental health solutions on the community.
4.The link between environmental health and sustainable resources.
5.The importance of good hygiene practices.
6.Alternative ways to promote environmental health.
7.The difference between an action plan and an intervention plan. 


Critical Cross-field Outcomes (CCFO): 

UNIT STANDARD CCFO IDENTIFYING 
Identify and solve problems in which responses display that responsible decisions using critical and creative thinking have been made.

Explain factors that impact on environmental health.

Problems are identified and appropriate corrective action is explained.
Problem behaviour is identified.
Possible solutions if indicators are not achieved are explained.
Deviations from plan are identified, recorded and explained. 

UNIT STANDARD CCFO WORKING 
Work effectively with others as a member of a team, group, organisation, and community.

Refer to all assessments 

UNIT STANDARD CCFO ORGANISING 
Plan, organise and manage oneself and one's activities responsibly and effectively.

Participatory session is planned. 

UNIT STANDARD CCFO COLLECTING 
Collect, analyse, organise and critically evaluate information.

Sanitation practices and waste disposal are explained.
Household hygiene practices are observed and explained.
Water collection and storage is observed and explained. 

UNIT STANDARD CCFO COMMUNICATING 
Communicate effectively using visual, mathematical and/or language skills in the form of oral and/or written presentation.

Refer to all assessments 

UNIT STANDARD CCFO SCIENCE 
Use science and technology effectively and critically, showing responsibility towards the environment and health of others. 

UNIT STANDARD CCFO DEMONSTRATING 
Demonstrate an understanding of the world as a set of related systems by recognising that problem-solving contexts do not exist in isolation.

Refer to all assessments 

UNIT STANDARD NOTES 
INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT

When conducting assessments, assessors must ensure that they are familiar with the full text of the unit standards being assessed. Assessors must ensure that the assessment covers the specific outcomes, critical cross-field outcomes and essential embedded knowledge by developing assessment activities and tools, which are appropriate to the contexts in which the learners are working. These activities and tools may include self-assessment, peer assessment, formative and summative assessment. It may be more effective and efficient to assess a number of unit standards together in an integrated way, thus reducing the overall number of assessments and ensuring that commonalities that exist between a number of unit standards are captured in a way that makes sense for assessment.

ASSESSMENT OPTION

Learners could be assesed using the following methods:
Oral or written questions
Observation
Product sample plans/reports 

QUALIFICATIONS UTILISING THIS UNIT STANDARD: 
  ID QUALIFICATION TITLE PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL NQF LEVEL STATUS END DATE PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QA FUNCTIONARY
Core  61669   Further Education and Training Certificate: Community Water, Health and Sanitation Facilitation  Level 4  NQF Level 04  Passed the End Date -
Status was "Reregistered" 
2023-06-30  EWSETA 
Core  23708   National Certificate: Community Water, Sanitation and Health Facilitation  Level 4  NQF Level 04  Passed the End Date -
Status was "Reregistered" 
2008-06-11  Was EWSETA until Last Date for Achievement 
Elective  23473   National Certificate: Community Water, Health and Sanitation Promotion  Level 2  NQF Level 02  Passed the End Date -
Status was "Reregistered" 
2008-06-11  Was EWSETA until Last Date for Achievement 
Elective  50309   Further Education and Training Certificate: Environmental Practice  Level 4  NQF Level 04  Passed the End Date -
Status was "Reregistered" 
2023-06-30  LG SETA 


PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS UNIT STANDARD: 
This information shows the current accreditations (i.e. those not past their accreditation end dates), and is the most complete record available to SAQA as of today. Some Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionaries have a lag in their recording systems for provider accreditation, in turn leading to a lag in notifying SAQA of all the providers that they have accredited to offer qualifications and unit standards, as well as any extensions to accreditation end dates. The relevant Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionary should be notified if a record appears to be missing from here.
 
1. A4 Consultancy CC 
2. ALL CONNECTIONS TRAINING AND CONSTRUCTION (PTY) LTD 
3. AVAX SA 481 CC. T/A Mandisa Development Services 
4. CHILUTSI TRADING ENTERPRISE 
5. DINALEDI MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 
6. Edutraining Business College 
7. ESKOM GENERATION - PALMIET PUMP STORAGE GRABOUW 
8. Growth Management Consulting 
9. HAZYVIEW WATER SKILLS ACADEMY 
10. INDUSTRIES EDUCATION & TRAINING INSTITUTE - PE TTC 
11. IQ Skills Academy (PTY) LTD. 
12. Jobafrik Consulting 
13. Josmap Training Institute 
14. Kay Beez Development Projects 
15. Mamuhle Academy 
16. Mementos Training Pty Ltd 
17. Ndwamato Training Solutions (Pty) Ltd 
18. Nemalale Eagles Consultancy CC 
19. Nkinane Trading Enterprise 
20. Petra Institute of Development 
21. PFIM Trading (Pty) Ltd 
22. PMA Holdings (PTY ) LTD. 
23. POWER SYSTEMS TRAINING, CAPE TOWN 
24. PROGRESSIVE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ENGINEERING (PTY) LTD 
25. Reflections Development Institute 
26. SEANEGO INTERGRATED NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 
27. Siza Nesu Training and Consultants 
28. Thando Consulting Services 
29. THOBOLOGO TRAINING & EDUCATION GROUP 
30. TLD Consulting 
31. Tovani Traiding 299 
32. Tshepang Consulting & Project 
33. Tshwane Training Institute (PTY) LTD. 
34. Umqondo Consultancy 
35. University of Venda 
36. Ursivox Interactive Systems 
37. Vhutshilo Health And Training Organisation 
38. Wildlife and Enviroment Society of South Africa 



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