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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED UNIT STANDARD THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE:

Distribute South African legal tender

SAQA US ID	UNIT STANDARD TITLE
7288	Distribute South African legal tender
ORIGINATOR
SGB Banking and Micro Finance
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY
BANKSETA - Banking Sector Education and Training Authority
FIELD			SUBFIELD
Field 03 - Business, Commerce and Management Studies			Finance, Economics and Accounting
ABET BAND	UNIT STANDARD TYPE	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	CREDITS
Undefined	Regular	Level 5	Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5	16
REGISTRATION STATUS		REGISTRATION START DATE	REGISTRATION END DATE	SAQA DECISION NUMBER
Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"		2018-07-01	2023-06-30	SAQA 06120/18
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2026-06-30		2029-06-30

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

PURPOSE OF THE UNIT STANDARD

This unit standard is intended for people who ensure the safe movement of banknotes and coin. People accredited with this unit standard are able to administer and co-ordinate currency movements and formulate and provide new currency procedures and orders.

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

Grade twelve, Administrative experience, Inventory control.

Specific Outcomes and Assessment Criteria:

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 1

Formulate and provide annual new currency orders.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

1. Accurate, relevant statistics and historical data are collected and collated.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE

Includes but is not limited to figures for notes destroyed and commercial bank practices.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

2. Stock levels are monitored on a regular basis as per bank policy requirements.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

3. Accurate research denomination regarding usage is applied.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4

4. The life span of notes is accurately determined and monitored.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5

5. Economic trends analysis is sourced, collated, interpreted and applied.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE

Includes but is not limited to inflation forecast, real spending forecast and nominal spending.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 6

6. Banking industry practice and public trends are researched, analysed and applied.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 7

7. All research is accurately documented and reported as a decision making document as per Bank-specific formats.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 8

8. Currency orders comply with budget guidelines.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 9

9. Conditions of the operational agreements are applied.

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 2

Administer and co-ordinate South African currency movements.

OUTCOME RANGE

Domestic and foreign.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

1. Currency volume requirements are identified as per regional determinations.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

2. Methods of movements are determined as per bank requirements.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE

Includes but is not limited to security, resource allocation, cost-effectiveness, distance, geographic locations, volumes, insurance requirements, transport vehicles.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

3. Communication of process complies with bank policy in terms of accuracy, timeliness, security, confidentiality and coding.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4

4. The administration and authorisation process complies with bank policy in terms of accuracy, timeliness, security, confidentiality and coding.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5

5. Currency movements meet budget allocations.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 6

6. Developments in the securing of cash consignments are consistently researched, documented and reported.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 7

7. Currency distributed is planned according to approved, prescribed South African Reserve Bank policy and procedures.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 8

8. All currency movements are documented and reported according to Bank-specific formats.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 9

9. Conditions of service level agreements with service providers are applied.

UNIT STANDARD ACCREDITATION AND MODERATION OPTIONS

1 Anyone assessing a learner against this unit standard must be registered as an assessor with the relevant ETQA.
2 Any institution offering learning that will enable achievement of this unit standard or assessing this unit standard must be accredited as a provider with the relevant ETQA.
3 Moderation of assessment will be overseen by the relevant ETQA according to the moderation guidelines in the relevant qualification and the agreed ETQA procedures.

Therefore anyone wishing to be assessed against this unit standard may apply to be assessed by any assessment agency, assessor or provider institution which is accredited by the relevant ETQA.

UNIT STANDARD ESSENTIAL EMBEDDED KNOWLEDGE

Administrative, project management.
Communication, writing skills.

Critical Cross-field Outcomes (CCFO):

UNIT STANDARD CCFO IDENTIFYING

The learner is able to identify and solve problems when using statistics and historical data to formulate annual currency orders.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO WORKING

The learner is able to work effectively with others when public trends are researched, analysed and applied.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO COLLECTING

The learner is able to collect, organise and critically evaluate information on banking industry practice, public trends and on currency movements.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO COMMUNICATING

The learner is able to communicate effectively verbally and in writing when reporting currency movements and the research of economic trends.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO DEMONSTRATING

The learner is able to understand the relationship between statistics, historical data, economic trends and currency volume requirements.

REREGISTRATION HISTORY

As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this unit standard was Reregistered in 2012; 2015.

QUALIFICATIONS UTILISING THIS UNIT STANDARD:

	ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	STATUS	END DATE	PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QA FUNCTIONARY
Elective	61589	National Certificate: Banking	Level 5	Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5	Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"	2023-06-30	As per Learning Programmes recorded against this Qual

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.	Absa Learning & Development
2.	AFRICAN BANK LTD
3.	Chartall Business College
4.	Plumb Line Risk Alignment
5.	Riverwalk Trading 151 CC trading as Culhane Consulting
6.	Standard Bank Personal and Business Banking
7.	The Institute of Literacy Advancement
8.	THE SHERQ CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE PTY LTD