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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED QUALIFICATION THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE:

National Diploma: Clothing, Textiles, Footwear and Leather (CTFL) Mechanician Processes

SAQA QUAL ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE
48968	National Diploma: Clothing, Textiles, Footwear and Leather (CTFL) Mechanician Processes
ORIGINATOR
SGB Clothing, Textiles, Footwear and Leather
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY			NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK
FPMSETA - Fibre Processing and Manufacturing Sector Education and Training Authority			OQSF - Occupational Qualifications Sub-framework
QUALIFICATION TYPE	FIELD		SUBFIELD
National Diploma	Field 06 - Manufacturing, Engineering and Technology		Manufacturing and Assembly
ABET BAND	MINIMUM CREDITS	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	QUAL CLASS
Undefined	250	Level 5	NQF Level 05	Regular-Unit Stds Based
REGISTRATION STATUS		SAQA DECISION NUMBER	REGISTRATION START DATE	REGISTRATION END DATE
Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"		SAQA 0695/12	2012-07-01	2015-06-30
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2016-06-30		2020-06-30

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 does not replace any other qualification and is not replaced by any other qualification.

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION

The qualification is applicable to people across the CTFL sector as the fundamental and core and elective components deal with knowledge, skills, values and attitudes required by all mechnicians in the sector. Learners will deal with specific clothing, textile (dry) or textile (wet) processes through the chosen elective area.

The purpose of the qualification is to build the mechanician competence at level 5 to address the following:

1. The need for mechanicians to plan and implement a waste management system.
2. The need for mechanicians to implement quality elements and enhance quality systems.
3. The need for mechanicians to promote employer / employee relationships in a CTFL plant.
4. The need for mechanicians to integrate electrical, steam, electronic, hydraulic, pneumatic and mechanical systems to engineer new products.
5. The need for mechanicians to source new materials, chemicals and lubricants.
6. The need for mechanicians to develop and manage maintenance policies and schedules.
7. The need for mechanicians to maintain advanced clothing machinery or
8. The need for mechanicians to diagnose and conduct major repairs to machines in dry process textile industry and to set and adjust complex parameters to a textile dry process or
9. The need for mechanicians to conduct major repairs to machines in the wet process in the textiles industry

Note, In addition, footwear and leather processes will be included later.

This qualification will allow a learner to obtain a nationally recognised qualification in mechanician processes. It will set a standard for proficiency and assist in reducing high costs related to machine and equipment maintenance and breakdown. It will also assist with attracting and retaining quality learners. This qualification will also provide for the recognition of prior learning by allowing learners to obtain credits for knowledge and skills that they already possess and so obtain the qualification in whole or in part through such recognition.

The qualification supports the objectives of the National Qualifications Framework in the following ways:

It meets the NQF principle of portability in that 30 credits are carried over to the manufacturing processes qualifications at the same level in clothing, textiles, footwear and leather. Furthermore, it gives the opportunity for learners to obtain official recognition for knowledge and skills that they possess in mechanicians processes the awarding of an officially recognised qualification It also meets the principle of progression in that learners accessing this qualification would have acquired the NQF level 4 mechanician qualification and it may allow for learners to progress to higher level related engineering degree qualifications.

The provision that the qualification may be obtained through recognition of prior learning facilitates access to an education, training and career path in mechanicians processes, and thus accelerates the redress of past unfair discrimination in education, training and employment opportunities.

The inclusion of the specified unit standards in the fundamental and core categories contributes to the full personal development of each learner and the social and economic development of the nation at large.

Rationale for the qualification

The National Diploma in CTFL Mechanician Processes at NQF Level 5 is designed to meet the needs of learners who are involved in mechnician processes or who enter the CTFL sector with related engineering qualifications. This qualification reflects the workplace-based needs across the sector. The current and future need for competent mechanicians has been expressed by employers and employees, and is captured in this qualification. This qualification provides the learner with accessibility to be employed in manufacturing or support processes and provides the flexibility in that learners accessing this qualification may move into the qualifications in Clothing, Textiles, Footwear and Leather manufacturing processes. To this end 30 credits in this qualification are portable across to the manufacturing process qualifications. This National Diploma is structured in such a away that it gives learners exposure to a broad set of core competencies while the electives may be chosen from either clothing, textiles (dry) or textiles (wet) processes. (Note: further work in developing elective standards in footwear and leather will complete the qualification for those specific elective areas). This qualification will allow for competence in the learner's current work environment or chosen future work environment.

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

Learners should be competent at level 4 mechanicians or equivalent.

Recognition of prior learning

This qualification may be achieved in part or in whole through the recognition of prior learning, which includes formal, informal and non-formal learning and work experience.

RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING?

QUALIFICATION RULES

Level, credits and learning components assigned to the qualification

This National Diploma in CTFL mechanician's processes at NQF level 5 comprises of unit standards, which are fundamental, core and elective. The qualification will have a minimum of 250 credits of which 10 credits are fundamental 180 credits are core and 60 credits are in the elective component.

In this qualification the credits are allocated as follows:
Fundamental 10 credits 4%
Core 180 credits 72%
Elective 60 credits 24%

Credits for the fundamental component:

These unit standards are compulsory. These unit standards will add value to learners both socially and economically in terms of their ability to operate at the level of literacy and numeracy required of mechanicians in the sector. 5 credits will apply to standards in communication studies and language and 5 credits apply to the physical, mathematical computer and life sciences field.

Credits for the core component:

The unit standards classified as core describe the generic mechanician competence applicable to the CTFL sector. The unit standards require learners to describe, identify, and comply with a range of knowledge and skill at this level. Furthermore, it is a broad and generic understanding of systems and concepts that will be important at this level. All these unit standards are compulsory.

Credits for the elective component:

Learners are required to select electives that add up to 60 credits from unit standards in the clothing, textile (dry) or textile (wet) processes. In the case of textiles (dry) processes further portability principles are enhanced because 30 of the 60 credits exist in the textile (dry) manufacturing process qualification at this level.

EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES

The outcomes are specified in terms of a combination of specific and critical cross-field outcomes as defined in the different unit standards.

On achieving this qualification, a learner is able to:

Plan and implement a waste management system, working effectively with people to ensure successful company implementation.

Implement quality elements and enhance quality systems understanding technology where sampling or testing needs to be appropriate to the desired outcome.

Promote employer / employee relationships in a CTFL plant, communicating to all role players to ensure positive consultation and solving a range of interpersonal problems.

Integrate electrical, steam, electronic, hydraulic, pneumatic and mechanical systems to engineer new products, understanding the impact and the interrelationship between the various systems and where each best applies in the CTFL sector.

Source new materials, chemicals and lubricants and making decisions to the benefit of the application of such materials.

Develop and manage maintenance policies and schedules, effectively managing information related to policies and procedures.

Maintain advanced clothing machinery; or

Diagnose and conduct major repairs to machines in dry process textile industry and set and adjust complex parameters to a textile dry process; or

Conduct major repairs to machines in the wet process in the textiles industry focussing on the application and implementation of practices to minimize downtime, wear and tear and on costs related to this.

ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Assessors should check that the learner can demonstrate an ability to consider a range of options, make decisions and apply the skills that relate to:

Waste management systems which are planned and implemented and waste is reduced to acceptable sector standards.

Quality systems that are interpreted and enhanced and evaluated against company standards.

Employer and employee relationships that are promoted to result in positive climate through responding and consulting.

Electric, electronic, hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical and steam systems that are integrated.

Raw materials, chemicals and lubricants are sourced, structures developed and implementation of new sources are managed.

Maintenance policies and procedures are developed and meet all legislative, sector and company requirements.

Advanced clothing machinery that is maintained according to laid down procedures.

Textile dry machinery that are diagnosed and repaired according to laid down procedures.

Textile dry processes that are set and adjusted.

Textile wet process machinery that is maintained according to laid down procedures.

Integrated assessment

The competence (practical, foundational and reflective competencies) of this qualification will be achieved if a learner is able to achieve all the exit level outcomes of the qualification. The identification and solving of problems, working in a team, organising self, using data, understanding the implications of actions and reactions in the world as a set of related systems must be assessed during any combination of practical, foundational and reflexive competencies assessment methods and tools to determine the whole person development and integration of applied knowledge and skills in the field of management.

Certain exit level outcomes are measurable and verifiable through assessment criteria assessed in one application. Competence will be assessed when conducting formative and summative assessment.

Formative assessment:

The assessment criteria for formative assessment are described in the various unit standards. Formative assessment takes place during the process of learning and assessors should use a range of assessment methods and tools that support each other to assess total competence.

These tools include the following:

On-the-job observations where practical demonstration is required.

Role-play simulations where observation of people interaction competence is required.

Structured group discussions that require communication and team work.

Knowledge tests, exams, case studies, projects, registers, logbooks, workbooks that applicable to specific contexts.

Verbal report backs (presentations) that require accuracy of information.

Portfolios of evidence that may be applicable to prior learning.

Projects especially relating to a complete process of either diagnosing, repairing, testing and maintaining machines.

Completed production related documentation, progress and variance reports.

Requisition documentation in terms of spares and / or equipment.

Costing documentation relating to appropriate spares and / or equipment.

Assessment tools must encourage learners to give an account of the thinking and decision-making that underpins their demonstrated performance. Some assessments will be of a more practical nature others will be more theoretical. The assessment method and/or tools used by the assessor must be fair so as not to hinder or advantage the learner, valid in a sense that it measures what it intents to measure, reliable in a sense that it is consistent and delivers the same output across a range of learners and practical in a sense that it takes into account the available financial resources, facilities, equipment and time.

The key to successful assessment in the field of mechanician processes lies in ongoing formative assessment. There will need to be a continuous process of evaluation of results achieved which will include the demonstration of all the outcomes in the context where learners are responsible for performing a range of mechanician operations.

Summative assessment:

Summative assessment is carried out at the end of the learning programme, under the direction of the appropriate ETQA/s, to assess the overall achievement of the learner. A detailed portfolio of evidence is required to prove the practical, applied and foundational competencies of the learner.

Assessors and moderators:

Assessors and moderators should develop and conduct their own integrated assessment by making use of a range of formative and summative assessment methods. Assessors should assess and give credit for the evidence of learning that has already been acquired through formal, informal and non-formal learning and work experience.

Unit standards associated with the qualification must be used to assess specific and critical cross-field outcomes. During integrated assessments the assessor should make use of formative and summative assessment methods and should assess combinations of practical, applied, foundational and reflective competencies.

INTERNATIONAL COMPARABILITY

The qualification was benchmarked against mechanician qualifications in Britain, Australia and New Zealand, and was found to be comparable with other qualifications at this level, in terms of the outcomes and assessment criteria. In addition, the existing internationally benchmarked textile trades, were used as input.

ARTICULATION OPTIONS

This qualification provides the following articulation possibilities at level 5:

The National Diploma in Textile Technology (NQF 6).

The National Diploma in Clothing Manufacturing Technology (NQF 5).

The National Diploma in Footwear Technology (NQF 5).

The National Diploma in Leather Technology (NQF 5).

Any other manufacturing related qualifications.

MODERATION OPTIONS

Assessors must be registered as an assessor with the relevant ETQA.

Moderators must be registered as assessors with the relevant ETQA, or with an ETQA that has a Memorandum of Understanding with the relevant ETQA.

The mechanisms and requirements for moderation should be applied in accordance with the requirements of the relevant ETQA.

Anyone wishing to be assessed against this Qualification may apply to be assessed by any assessment agency, assessor or provider institution that is accredited by the relevant ETQA.

CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS

Assessors need experience in the following areas:

Interpersonal skills.

Subject matter.

Assessment.

The assessor needs to be competent in the planning and conducting of assessment of learning outcomes and in the design and development of assessments as described in the unit standards 'Plan and conduct assessment of learning outcomes NQF level 4'. Subject matter experience must be well developed within the different functional areas of the specific industry.

The assessor must have completed:

A similar qualification at the level with a minimum of 6-12 months field experience after he/she has completed the qualification or,

The subject matter experience of the assessor can be established by recognition of prior learning.
Assessors need to be registered with the relevant Education and Training Quality Assurance Body.

REREGISTRATION HISTORY

As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this qualification was Reregistered in 2012.

NOTES

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UNIT STANDARDS:

	ID	UNIT STANDARD TITLE	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	CREDITS
Core	116456	Develop and manage maintenance policies and schedules	Level 5	Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5	20
Core	116401	Integrate electrical, steam, electronic hydraulic, pneumatic and mechanical systems to engineer new products	Level 5	Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5	50
Core	116404	Interpret quality elements and enhance quality systems	Level 5	Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5	30
Core	116417	Plan and implement a waste management system	Level 5	Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5	40
Core	116420	Promote employer/employee relationships in a CTFL plant	Level 5	Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5	30
Core	116423	Source new materials, chemicals and lubricants	Level 5	Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5	10
Fundamental	10293	Mediate language, literacies and mathematics across the curriculum	Level 5	Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5	20
Fundamental	12433	Use communication techniques effectively	Level 5	Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5	8
Elective	116391	Diagnose and conduct major repairs on machinery in the textile industry (dry processes)	Level 5	Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5	30
Elective	116395	Diagnose and conduct major repairs on machinery in the textile industry (wet processes)	Level 5	Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5	60
Elective	116410	Maintain advanced clothing machinery	Level 5	Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5	60
Elective	116422	Set and adjust complex parameters to a textile dry process	Level 5	Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5	30

LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST THIS QUALIFICATION:

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PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS QUALIFICATION:

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