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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY |
REGISTERED QUALIFICATION THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE: |
National Certificate: Financial Services: Wealth Management |
SAQA QUAL ID | QUALIFICATION TITLE | |||
48493 | National Certificate: Financial Services: Wealth Management | |||
ORIGINATOR | ||||
SGB Financial Services | ||||
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY | NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK | |||
Was INSETA until Last Date for Achievement | OQSF - Occupational Qualifications Sub-framework | |||
QUALIFICATION TYPE | FIELD | SUBFIELD | ||
National Certificate | Field 03 - Business, Commerce and Management Studies | Finance, Economics and Accounting | ||
ABET BAND | MINIMUM CREDITS | PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL | NQF LEVEL | QUAL CLASS |
Undefined | 140 | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Regular-Unit Stds Based |
REGISTRATION STATUS | SAQA DECISION NUMBER | REGISTRATION START DATE | REGISTRATION END DATE | |
Passed the End Date - Status was "Registered" |
SAQA 1852/04 | 2004-02-11 | 2007-02-11 | |
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT | LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT | |||
2008-02-11 | 2011-02-11 |
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 qualification is replaced by: |
Qual ID | Qualification Title | Pre-2009 NQF Level | NQF Level | Min Credits | Replacement Status |
57917 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Wealth Management | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 150 | Complete |
PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION |
The purpose of the Qualification is to empower learners to acquire knowledge, skills, attitudes and values required to operate ethically and responsibly as Financial Advisors, Planners or Intermediaries and to respond to the challenges of the economic environment and changing nature of the Financial Services Industry. It should add value to the qualifying learner in terms of enrichment of the person, status, licensing and recognition.
As a Qualification in Wealth Management, it provides a framework for learners to develop competencies related to the Long Term Insurance Sub-Sector, which includes Life Benefits, Healthcare Benefits Administration and Employee Benefits, Short Term Insurance and the Collective Investment Sub-Sector. It provides a balanced learning experience that allows flexible access to life-long learning, and to productive employment in Wealth Management, Collective Investments, Short Term and Long Term Insurance. It provides an opportunity for learners to learn and apply academic skills in relation to the workplace and will allow for multi-skilling. The Qualification is structured in such a way that it exposes learners to different kinds of investments with a view to enabling them to make an informed recommendation involving Financial Investments, Wealth Creation and Wealth Management. It is anticipated that this Qualification will promote the notion of life-long learning. Rationale for the qualification: The National Certificate in Financial Services: Wealth Management: NQF Level 4 is designed to meet the needs of learners in a variety of positions in the Financial Services industry with a particular focus on learners who could be deemed to give financial advice. It aims to develop informed and skilled learners in Wealth Management, which combines Long Term Insurance, Collective Investments and other aspects of investment and wealth creation and takes a holistic view of Wealth Management. It is intended for learners who The National Certificate in Wealth Management: Level 4 is a bridging certificate that allows the individual to work towards a nationally recognised qualification. It is flexible enough to accommodate both learners in formal education and learners already employed in the Financial Services Industry. The Qualification at this Level is the start of may lead to specialisation in various sectors of the Financial Services industry. It is generic enough to allow maximum mobility within the industry. The intention is: The skills, knowledge, values and attitudes reflected in the Qualification are building blocks that can be developed further at Level 5. Learners already employed in Wealth Management at this Level do work that requires fundamental knowledge of the most important areas of wealth management and the applicable legislation, economic principles and knowledge of the Financial Services Industry in general. They are required to interpret information and use their knowledge to propose and substantiate potential financial solutions within the level of their licensing mandate. Work roles related to Wealth Management include but are not limited to: |
LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING |
The Unit Standards that make up the certificate are the building blocks of knowledge and skill that are necessary for the level 5 National Certificate in Financial Services: Wealth Management. For the most part only communication, mathematical literacy and financial literacy at level 3 are assumed.
Recognition of prior learning: The National Certificate in Financial Services: Wealth Management: NQF Level 4 allows open access and may be achieved in part or in whole by Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). Provision has been made for prior learning to be recognised if a learner is able to demonstrate competence in the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes implicit in this Qualification. Application for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) should be made to INSQA or a relevant accredited ETQA. |
RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING? |
Y |
QUALIFICATION RULES |
RULES OF COMBINATION
Fundamental Component Core Component All the Unit Standards designated as Core, totaling 52 credits, are compulsory Elective Componenets Learners must choose Unit Standards, totaling 22 credits, from the Unit Standards designated as Elective |
EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES |
Qualifying learners should be capable of:
The learner is able to demonstrate ability to In addition this Qualification contributes to the full personal development of each learner and the social and economic development of the society at large, by making it the underlying intention of any programme of learning to make the individual aware of the importance of: |
ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA |
Integrated assessment: Assessment practices must be fair, transparent, valid and reliable and should ensure that no learner is disadvantaged. Learners who wish to be assessed against this standard should direct enquiries to the Insurance Sector Quality Authority, INSQA. The focus of assessment must be on the assessment of the learning outcomes rather than learning outputs. The Specific Outcomes guide the learning and training process towards the outcomes on a continuous basis. The purpose is to determine whether the outcomes have been attained. Situations should present a wide range of options. Applications should require significant choices from a wide range of procedures and in a number of contexts. |
INTERNATIONAL COMPARABILITY |
International comparability was undertaken as part of the qualification design and Unit Standard generation process for the registered Long Term, Short Term and Collective Investment qualifications at level 4. As Wealth Management combines all aspects of insurance and investment into a holistic qualification the findings of the original writing teams are relevant to this qualification.
Writing teams consulted numerous Internet web sites to access Unit Trust Standards and Qualifications from other countries for comparison purposes. No equivalent Qualifications or Unit Standards were found. The following web sites were consulted: Long Term Insurance (Life, Group Benefits and Healthcare Benefits) Unit Standards were compared to the NVQs from England and the Australian Insurance Qualifications. No insurance Unit Standards were obtained from New Zealand as there are none registered in that country. The NVQs included broad generic Core and Elective Unit Standards. It was ascertained that these qualifications were similar to the approach taken by South Africa with the exception of the inclusion of Fundamental Unit Standards deemed essential by SAQA. Short Term Unit Standards were compared to the NVQs from England and the Australian Insurance Qualifications. No insurance Unit Standards were obtained from New Zealand as there are none registered in that country. The NVQs included broad generic Core and Elective Unit Standards. It was ascertained that these qualifications were similar to the approach taken by South Africa with the exception of the inclusion of Fundamental Unit Standards deemed essential by SAQA. The level descriptors in the United Kingdom and Australia were similar to those adopted by SAQA. The format, assessment guidelines and methods of British standards were similar to the South African requirements. In general, British qualifications include four generic Unit Standards and the requirement of three options from an offering of twelve or thirteen core Unit Standards. It was decided to make use of the 1995 and 1996 British NVQs to determine international comparison throughout the process. In general the British philosophy allowed flexibility and it was felt that this approach was applicable to the international insurance industry and more specifically to the South African environment, with its focus on portability within the broader financial services industry. The qualification will therefore, be benchmarked against the British Qualifications. The Insurance Unit Standards have been compared to the standards and qualifications mentioned above. They are, in the opinion of the FSSGB, more relevant to the South African situation as the baselines of the British and Australian qualifications are so different it would be difficult to compare them Level to Level. The South African Fundamental Unit Standards for Financial Services Qualifications are relevant to the South African situation. Some of the Unit Standards in this Qualification were registered with the Level 4 National Certificate in Risk Management. The international trend is to risk management with insurance as a component. The FSSGB compared the National Certificate in Risk Management: NQF Level 4 to qualifications in risk management in the UK, USA and Australia. The UK, USA and Australia have Higher Education qualifications, but the SGB could not locate an equivalent qualification at an FET non-specialist level. A delegation from Inseta visited the UK and Ireland in 2002 with a view to benchmarking the insurance Qualifications registered with SAQA. Both countries indicated that at present they have nothing to compare our South African Qualifications to and would like to benchmark against the South African standard in about two years time. |
MODERATION OPTIONS |
INSQA or a relevant accredited ETQA will monitor and quality assure moderation and assessment according to guidelines in the Qualification and INSQA procedures.
Moderators must comply with the following criteria: |
CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS |
This Qualification will be internally assessed by a provider registered by the Insurance Sector Quality Authority (INSQA) or a relevant accredited ETQA that has a Memorandum of Understanding with INSQA. The mechanisms and requirements for sample moderation will be contained in the document obtainable from INSQA.
INSQA framework for assessment and moderation. Assessors must comply with the following criteria: |
NOTES |
This qualification has been replaced by qualification 57917, which is "Further Education and Training Certificate: Wealth Management", Level 4, 150 credits.
Exit points for learners who do not complete a Qualification: |
UNIT STANDARDS: |
ID | UNIT STANDARD TITLE | PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL | NQF LEVEL | CREDITS | |
Core | 8992 | Describe retirement funding in South Africa | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 2 |
Core | 113922 | Explain the structure of the financial services industry in South Africa | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 3 |
Core | 8986 | Research the history of the Financial Services Industry in South Africa | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 10 |
Core | 113925 | Analyse current events reported in the media that could impact on wealth management | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 10 |
Core | 13940 | Demonstrate knowledge and application of ethical conduct in a business environment | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 4 |
Core | 12164 | Demonstrate knowledge and insight of the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act (FAIS) (Act 37 of 2002) | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
Core | 15007 | Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of South African law and the regulation of risk management | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 4 |
Core | 14979 | Describe issues of compliance or non-activity that could result in civil or criminal liability in terms of business law | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
Core | 113916 | Explain basic investment principles | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 3 |
Core | 113928 | Explain the application of the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2 of 2002 and the Electronic Transactions and Communications Act, 25 of 2002, in Wealth Management | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
Core | 14506 | Explain the Finance Intelligence Centre Act, Act 38 of 2001 and its implications for client relations | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 3 |
Core | 14995 | Explain the nature of risk and the risk management process | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 4 |
Core | 113914 | Investigate the range of options available for wealth management | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 5 |
Fundamental | 9302 | Access information in order to respond to client enquiries in a financial services environment | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 2 |
Fundamental | 8968 | Accommodate audience and context needs in oral communication | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 5 |
Fundamental | 9303 | Communicate verbally with clients in a financial environment | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 3 |
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 | 12154 | Apply comprehension skills to engage oral texts in a business environment | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 5 |
Fundamental | 12155 | Apply comprehension skills to engage written texts in a business environment | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 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 | 10389 | Describe the basic principles of personal income tax | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 3 |
Fundamental | 15008 | Determine risk exposure in order to manage the risk in a specific situation | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
Fundamental | 10385 | Develop a business plan for a small business | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 5 |
Fundamental | 8974 | Engage in sustained oral communication and evaluate spoken texts | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 5 |
Fundamental | 10388 | Interpret basic financial statements | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 3 |
Fundamental | 10387 | Investigate ways of managing financial risk in own lives | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 6 |
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 | 8979 | Use language and communication in occupational learning programmes | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 5 |
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 | 9004 | Market a single need insurance policy to a niche market | Level 2 | NQF Level 02 | 2 |
Elective | 12550 | Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the role functions and responsibilities of Trustees of Medical Schemes | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 4 |
Elective | 12547 | Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the role, functions and duties of trustees of Retirement Funds | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 4 |
Elective | 8990 | Describe collective investment schemes | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 2 |
Elective | 8995 | Describe funeral insurance | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 2 |
Elective | 9002 | Describe healthcare funding in South Africa and the role of intermediaries in the sector | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 3 |
Elective | 8988 | Describe life insurance | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 2 |
Elective | 8989 | Describe short term insurance | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 2 |
Elective | 9001 | Explain basic transactions in the collective investment industry | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 2 |
Elective | 8991 | Explain Healthcare Benefits Administration in South Africa | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 2 |
Elective | 9005 | Explain the types of compulsory statutory insurance in South Africa | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 2 |
Elective | 9000 | Indicate how collective investment scheme portfolios are reported | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 2 |
Elective | 8987 | Indicate how different needs lead to the development of different insurance products | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 4 |
Elective | 8996 | Indicate the scope of life insurance in South Africa | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 3 |
Elective | 8997 | Indicate the scope of short term insurance in South Africa | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 3 |
Elective | 12319 | Perform change overs in a production or packaging environment | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 7 |
Elective | 10714 | Research costs associated with marriage, birth, divorce and death in own circumstances | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 4 |
Elective | 113911 | Use an electronic system as a tool in a financial services context | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 2 |
Elective | 14314 | Analyse the different products available in the Long Term Insurance Industry and the benefits of each | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 10 |
Elective | 12168 | Analyse the Financial Services industry and the role of insurance in a business environment | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 9 |
Elective | 113927 | Analyse the proposed National Health policy as a means of providing healthcare for the nation | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 4 |
Elective | 113930 | Apply industry knowledge to develop an investment strategy for a group retirement fund or medical scheme | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
Elective | 113921 | Apply knowledge of the sales cycle in wealth management | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 3 |
Elective | 14991 | Apply the law of contract to insurance | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
Elective | 12167 | Demonstrate knowledge and insight into the Capital Gains Tax Legislation as it applies to insurance and investment | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
Elective | 12166 | Demonstrate knowledge and insight into the Collective Investment Schemes Act, 45 of 2003 (CICSA) | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
Elective | 10392 | Demonstrate knowledge and insight into the Estate Duties Act (45 of 1955) as it applies to insurance | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
Elective | 14315 | Demonstrate knowledge and insight into the Income Tax Act (58 of 1962 and the accompanying regulations) as amended as it applies to insurance and investment products | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
Elective | 14316 | Demonstrate knowledge and insight into the Long Term Insurance Act (1998) | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
Elective | 12335 | Demonstrate knowledge and insight into the Medical Schemes Act (131 of 1998) and the accompanying regulations | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 3 |
Elective | 12332 | Demonstrate knowledge and insight into the Policyholder protection legislation | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
Elective | 10194 | Demonstrate knowledge and insight into the Short Term Insurance Act (No 53 of 1998) and the accompanying regulations | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
Elective | 10390 | Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of different group retirement benefit products | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
Elective | 12323 | Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of different products marketed by Healthcare Benefits Administrators | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 4 |
Elective | 14994 | Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of insurable risk | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
Elective | 10371 | Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of personal accident insurance | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
Elective | 10369 | Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of personal/domestic insurance in South Africa | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 3 |
Elective | 14432 | Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of reinsurance at a basic level in long term insurance | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 3 |
Elective | 10393 | Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the Primary legislation that impacts on retirement funds | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
Elective | 14988 | Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the risks involved in the manufacture, use, handling and storage of dangerous and hazardous substances | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 3 |
Elective | 14317 | Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the sales process in Long Term Insurance | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 5 |
Elective | 10379 | Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the sales process in short term insurance | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 5 |
Elective | 10381 | Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the Value Added Tax Act, 89 of 1991as amended as it applies to insurance policies | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
Elective | 113903 | Demonstrate skills and techniques required to build a relationship with a client in a financial services environment | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 3 |
Elective | 113910 | Describe disability insurance solutions in the context of financial planning | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 4 |
Elective | 10372 | Describe financial interactions of insurers and intermediaries in short term insurance | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
Elective | 10395 | Describe group insured benefits | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
Elective | 12318 | Describe managed care as it is applied in Health Benefits Administration in South Africa | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 6 |
Elective | 12321 | Describe the control of fraud in Healthcare Benefits Administration | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 8 |
Elective | 14318 | Describe the control of fraud in Long Term Insurance | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 3 |
Elective | 113931 | Describe the main aspects of pre and post retirement planning | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
Elective | 113906 | Explain Capital Markets as fixed interest bearing instruments | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
Elective | 113905 | Explain Equity Markets | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
Elective | 14987 | Explain fidelity insurance as a means of managing people related financial risk | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 3 |
Elective | 113923 | Explain fiduciary responsibilities and the associated risks | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 1 |
Elective | 113908 | Explain money markets as fixed interest bearing instruments | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
Elective | 113926 | Explain options for healthcare in order to make an informed decision | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
Elective | 113917 | Explain the basic principles of asset management that apply to financial markets and insurance | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 4 |
Elective | 12314 | Explain the concept of coding as used in Healthcare Benefits Administration | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 4 |
Elective | 113932 | Explain the Medicines and Related Substances Control Amendment Act, 59 of 2003, as it impacts on medical schemes | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
Elective | 113919 | Explain the options available for post retirement healthcare funding | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 3 |
Elective | 12183 | Indicate how different needs lead to the development of different investment products | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 5 |
Elective | 113913 | Investigate dread disease products and their place in wealth management | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
Elective | 113920 | Investigate possible funding options for investors exiting a group retirement fund | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 2 |
Elective | 10386 | Investigate the possibilities of establishing and running a small business enterprise (SMME) | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 3 |
Elective | 12325 | Research the Healthcare Benefits Administrator sub-sector in South Africa | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 5 |
Elective | 15011 | Underwrite a credit risk | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 4 |
LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST THIS QUALIFICATION: |
When qualifications are replaced, some of their learning programmes are moved to being recorded against the replacement qualifications. If a learning programme appears to be missing from here, please check the replacement. |
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PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS QUALIFICATION: |
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