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| SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY |
| REGISTERED QUALIFICATION: |
| Occupational Diploma: Traffic Officer |
| SAQA QUAL ID | QUALIFICATION TITLE | |||
| 121688 | Occupational Diploma: Traffic Officer | |||
| ORIGINATOR | ||||
| Development Quality Partner-SASSETA | ||||
| PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY | NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK | |||
| - | OQSF - Occupational Qualifications Sub-framework | |||
| QUALIFICATION TYPE | FIELD | SUBFIELD | ||
| Occupational Dip | Field 08 - Law, Military Science and Security | Safety in Society | ||
| ABET BAND | MINIMUM CREDITS | PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL | NQF LEVEL | QUAL CLASS |
| Undefined | 371 | Not Applicable | NQF Level 06 | Regular-ELOAC |
| REGISTRATION STATUS | SAQA DECISION NUMBER | REGISTRATION START DATE | REGISTRATION END DATE | |
| Registered | EXCO 1121/24 | 2024-01-30 | 2029-01-30 | |
| LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT | LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT | |||
| 2030-01-30 | 2033-01-30 | |||
| 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 replaces: |
| Qual ID | Qualification Title | Pre-2009 NQF Level | NQF Level | Min Credits | Replacement Status |
| 62289 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Road Traffic Law Enforcement | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 145 | Complete |
| 97639 | Occupational Certificate: Traffic Officer | Not Applicable | NQF Level 06 | 406 | Complete |
| PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION |
| Purpose:
The purpose of this qualification is to prepare a learner to operate as a Traffic Officer. A traffic officer directs, controls and coordinates traffic operations in pursuit of safety on public roads. They provide effective law enforcement through planning and co-ordination of road traffic matters to ensure safe, secure, and responsible use of roads in the republic. A qualified traffic officer will be able to: Rationale: As at the end of June 2021, the registered vehicles population as per the National Traffic Information Management System (NATIS) reflected a total 12 913 175 vehicles. With every second person who enters the world of work wanting to own and drive a car, coupled with South Africa becoming a sought-after tourist destination the demand for an essential service of the traffic law enforcement is envisaged to grow exponentially. The need for this qualification stems from the necessity to revise the existing similar qualifications, namely, the Occupational Certificate: Traffic Officer with SAQA ID: 97639. Eventually the Occupational Certificate: Traffic Officer, SAQA ID: 97639 and the legacy qualification, FETC: Road Traffic Law Enforcement, SAQA ID: 62289 will be replaced by the revised occupational qualification. Amongst others, the significance of the revised qualification is the inclusion of crime prevention modules, and the basic firer fighting and basic first aid modules as well as the splitting of the previously burdened modules in the current qualification that reflected disproportion of credits to workload during implementation by the skills development providers. This qualification is geared to repositioning the training norms and standards of traffic officers in line with the envisaged development of a 21st Century Cadre of traffic personnel for South Africa. The development of this qualification did not only earn acknowledgement of achievement in South Africa, but also sparked interest from several members of Southern African Development Community (SADC). This qualification is ringfenced and can only be offered by Traffic Training Centres that have been approved in terms of the National Road Traffic Act, 93 of 1996. According to Section 3D (1) (a) of the National Road Traffic Act, 1996, (Act No. 93 of 1996), the minimum requirements for registration as a traffic officer, shall be that the applicant has obtained his/her qualification at a Traffic Training Centre approved as prescribed by Regulation 2B of the National Road Traffic Regulations, 2000, and the Policy Document of Traffic Training Centres as published in the Government Gazette no. 34292 of 2011. The above is reinforced by Section 18 of the Road Traffic Management Act, 20 of 1999 wherein the Shareholders Committee must accordingly, as part of the organisational structuring of the Road Traffic Management Corporation, establish a unit responsible for the training of traffic personnel amongst many other functional units to ensure effective management of the road traffic fraternity. Furthermore, it should also be noted that the legacy qualification, FETC, Road Traffic Law Enforcement, FETC, SAQA ID: 62289 and the Occupational Certificate: Traffic Officer, SAQA ID: 97639 were ringfenced as per the above-mentioned reasons, but have now reached their registration end date. The benefit to the traffic law enforcement fraternity from the revised qualification will be a pool of properly trained and competent "Responsible, Accountable, Relevant and Ethical" (RARE) traffic law enforcement officers. The economy will benefit as more ethical and legally compliant traffic law enforcement officers will be deployed to curb the unacceptably high levels of road carnage on our public roads. Consequently, millions of Rands claimed from the Road Accident Fund (RAF) due to road accidents will be saved as road crash rates reduce as is the orphaned children who relies on the social grants from the Department of Social Development The society will also benefit from safer roads since motorists/drivers are likely to obey rules of the road as more qualified traffic officers will be deployed and visible on the public roads. The typical learners are the new entrants selected by the different spheres of government responsible for road traffic law enforcement in terms of the National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act 93 of 1996), as well as currently practising traffic officers who would access this qualification through recognition of prior learning (RPL). Learners who successfully complete this qualification will be eligible to operate as Traffic and Metro Police Officers, Examiners of Vehicles and Examiners for Driving Licences. Currently, no registration with a professional body is required for practicing traffic officers. However, after successfully completing this qualification, the qualified traffic officers will be required to register with the relevant enforcement authority in terms of the National Road Traffic Act (NRTA). This enforcement authority will issue them with an appointment certificate and an infrastructure number that will enable and allow them to execute their traffic law enforcement duties as authorised officers. Broader consultations were conducted with institutions of higher learning, department of transport, police and traffic training institutions and other transport agencies during the review of this occupational qualification. |
| RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING? |
| N |
| QUALIFICATION RULES |
| This qualification is made up of compulsory Knowledge, Practical Skill and Work Experience Modules:
Knowledge Modules Total number of credits for Knowledge Modules: 175 Practical Skill Modules Total number of credits for Practical Skill Modules: 75 Work Experience Modules Total number of credits for Work Experience Modules: 120 |
| EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES |
| 1. Apply standard methods and techniques in the context of road traffic legislation, road safety audits, statistical analysis, and relevant standard operating procedures to evaluate and interpret traffic flow and traffic crash patterns.
2. Demonstrate the ability to select and apply appropriate methods, procedures, and techniques to ensure that vehicles comply with prescribed minimum standards of roadworthiness. 3. Demonstrate the ability to implement and manage driver licencing testing centres' processes by assessing and certifying driver's licence applicants in accordance with prescribed legislation and procedures. 4. Demonstrate the ability to collect, evaluate, and synthesize information derived from various data sources to prepare a case within the context of crime and crash prevention models. 5. Demonstrate the ability to evaluate potentially dangerous situations and select an appropriate tactical response in accordance with the minimum force regulations, apply restraining techniques and use a firearm when necessary to protect oneself and members of society. 6. Demonstrate the ability to respond to crash and crime scenes, incidents as well as dangerous goods events and manage a plan that encompasses various other role players to mitigate secondary risks effectively and efficiently in the preliminary investigations as a first responder. |
| ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA |
| Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:
ELO 1: Apply standard methods and techniques in the context of road traffic legislation, road safety audits, statistical analysis, and relevant standard operating procedures to evaluate and interpret traffic flow and traffic crash patterns. Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2: ELO 2: Demonstrate the ability to select and apply appropriate methods, procedures, and techniques to ensure that vehicles comply with prescribed minimum standards of roadworthiness. Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3: ELO 3: Demonstrate the ability to implement and manage driver licencing testing centres' processes by assessing and certifying driver's licence applicants in accordance with prescribed legislation and procedures. Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4: ELO 4: Demonstrate the ability to collect, evaluate, and synthesize information derived from various data sources to prepare a case within the context of crime and crash prevention models. Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 5: ELO 5: Demonstrate the ability to evaluate potentially dangerous situations and select an appropriate tactical response in accordance with the minimum force regulations, apply restraining techniques and use a firearm when necessary to protect oneself and members of society. Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 6: ELO 6: Demonstrate the ability to respond to crash and crime scenes, incidents as well as dangerous goods events and manage a plan that encompasses various other role players to mitigate secondary risks effectively and efficiently in the preliminary investigations as a first responder. Integrated Assessment: Integrated Formative Assessment The Skills Development Providers will use the curriculum to guide them on the stipulated internal assessment criteria and weighting. They will also apply the scope of practical skills and applied knowledge as stipulated by the internal assessment criteria. This formative assessment leads to entrance into the integrated External Summative Assessment. Integrated Summative Assessment An External Integrated Summative Assessment, conducted through the relevant QCTO Assessment Quality Partner is required to issue this qualification. The External Integrated Summative Assessment will focus on the Exit Level Outcomes and Associated Assessment Criteria. Additional to the written assessment the learner must also submit a portfolio of evidence compiled of outcomes achieved in the workplace. A written assessment will take place over one day and it will consist of various question types, based on theoretical and practical skills with the inclusion of relevant scenarios and or case studies. The assessment will be decentralised and conducted at assessment site/s and assessment centres recommended by the Assessment Quality Partner and approved by the QCTO. |
| INTERNATIONAL COMPARABILITY |
| The Occupational Certificate: Traffic Officer was compared internationally with two countries - Australia and the Republic of Namibia. The two countries do not separate training with respect to policing and traffic officers but rather combines and incorporate traffic law enforcement with policing functions into one qualification. This is different from South Africa where Police Officers and Traffic Officers are trained separately.
Australia The Bachelor's degree in Policing with UAC Code: 727060 offered by the Western Sydney University as an on-campus mode at the Liverpool Campus for a duration of three years. This degree is also offered on part time basis over a period of six years at the same campus. The student profile/targeted student and admission criteria for this degree is based on the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) ranging from recent secondary education with any two units of English, work, and life experiences well as Vocational Education and Training (VET) study. This degree has been designed in collaboration with the police to prepare and develop the professional practice of those wishing to enter careers in law enforcement. The students are said to graduate with a strong foundation in both skills and knowledge directly relevant to policing and law enforcement. Professional recognition in collaboration with the New South Wales (NSW) Police Force fulfils the academic requirements for employment with them. Graduate seeking employment will be required to meet the entry standards of the NSW Police Force competitively (e.g., physical fitness and other aspects of professional suitability). In particular, the NSW Police force recognises academic and tertiary qualifications as part of the recruitment eligibility. Furthermore, the Australian Government subsidises the tuition fee for this course with the remaining balance being paid by the student. Major areas of study include Criminal Justice, Criminology, Policing Theory and Practice. This Degree generates career opportunities in criminal and community justice systems, corrective services, border protection, intelligence, security, and fraud management etc. Similarities: Both the Bachelor of Policing Degree in Australia and the Occupational Certificate: Traffic Officer in South Africa cover similar topics/subjects, namely Criminology, Criminal Justice System, Professionalism and Practice Legal Framework for Law enforcement. This represents nearly 50% of topics/modules cutting across the qualifications within these two countries. Differences: In the case of the Bachelor's in Policing career opportunities includes roles in intelligence agencies, border protection, security management, fraud management criminal justice systems, correction services. In contrast, the Occupational Certificate prepares a qualified learner to operate as a Traffic Police Officer, Metro Police Officer, Traffic Warden, Examiner for Driving Licences and Examiner of Vehicles. The Occupational Certificate: Traffic Officer also targets employees who have experience in this field, but without formal recognition of skills and competencies. Therefore, a qualified learner in South Africa cannot operate as a fraud manager or take up a role at intelligence agencies as is the case with Australia. The Australian Bachelor's Degree for Policing can be offered part time and is offered at a university while the Occupational Certificate: Traffic Officer in SA is full time and is offered by an accredited Training Provider which is not a university. Furthermore, with the Occupational Certificate: Traffic Officer, additional requirements include amongst others, persons between the ages of 18 and 35 years, a medical report from the doctor indicating that the applicant can do strenuous exercises, no criminal record, etc. The Republic of Namibia: The Bachelor of Criminal Justice in Policing, NQF Qualification ID: Q0114, NQF Level 7 with 375 credits offered by the Polytech in Namibia was also used. This qualification is aimed at a range of policing and security agencies including Namibian Police (NAMPOL), Municipal Police and Private Security Agencies. It is designed to equip students with essential theoretical knowledge as well as analytical and practical skills of police operations, administration, and management within the context of the criminal justice system of Namibia. The duration of the qualification is three years and can be achieved through distance learning as an option. Curriculum Layout for the Namibian Qualification: Similarities Areas such as discipline, professional conduct, legislation, crime detection, prevention and investigation are similar and managed within the broader context of code of conduct cut across the two qualifications. The Namibian qualification has a component of Work Integrated Learning (WIL) to be assessed by an institutional supervisor in consultation with the WIL coordinator. A student must obtain a final mark of 50% to successfully complete the WIL. Similarly, the SA qualification comprises of Work Experience Skills which allows the learners to be deployed at the workplace for a specified period. These learners will be working real-time under the mentorship of an experienced mentor/employee. On completion of the work experience component in SA, the learner will be provided with a signed Statement of Work Experience confirming exposure to workplace processes and procedures. Then, the learner will qualify to sit for an external integrated summative assessment (EISA) and on successful completion the learner could be certificated. Differences Candidates in Namibia may be admitted to the Bachelor of Criminal Justice in Policing programme if they meet the general admission requirements of the Polytechnic of Namibia. In the case of SA, the educational entry requirements are NQF level 4 plus other additional legal requirements like vetting for criminal records, medical report from the doctor indicating that the candidate can do strenuous exercises, possession of a valid driving licence - manual transmission, candidates must be between the age of 18 and 35 years, amongst others. The Namibian Bachelor's Degree for Criminal Justice in Policing can be offered part time and is offered at a university while the Occupational Certificate: Traffic Officer in SA is fulltime and is offered by an accredited Training Provider which is not a university. Conclusion: Based on the above, the Occupational Certificate: Traffic Officer in South Africa, compares favourably with the Bachelor of Policing in Australia and the Bachelor of Criminal Justice in Policing at the Namibia University of Science & Technology in Namibia. |
| ARTICULATION OPTIONS |
| This qualification provides opportunities for horizontal and vertical articulation options.
Horizontal Articulation: Vertical Articulation: Diagonal Articulation: |
| NOTES |
| Qualifying for External Assessment:
To qualify for an external assessment, learners must provide proof of completion of all required knowledge and practical modules by means of statements of results and a record of completed work experience. Additional Legal or Physical Entry Requirements: Learners must satisfy the entry requirements as stipulated in the applicable National Policy Document for Traffic Training Centres. Criteria for the accreditation of providers Accreditation of providers will be done against the criteria as reflected in the relevant curriculum on the QCTO website. The curriculum title and code are: Traffic Officer: 541201-000-00-01. Encompassed Trade: Assessment Quality Partner (AQP) |
| LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST THIS QUALIFICATION: |
| When qualifications are replaced, some (but not all) of their learning programmes are moved to the replacement qualifications. If a learning programme appears to be missing from here, please check the replaced qualification. |
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| PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS QUALIFICATION: |
| 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. |
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| All qualifications and part qualifications registered on the National Qualifications Framework are public property. Thus the only payment that can be made for them is for service and reproduction. It is illegal to sell this material for profit. If the material is reproduced or quoted, the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) should be acknowledged as the source. |