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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY |
REGISTERED QUALIFICATION THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE: |
National Certificate: Locksmithing |
SAQA QUAL ID | QUALIFICATION TITLE | |||
50541 | National Certificate: Locksmithing | |||
ORIGINATOR | ||||
SGB Security | ||||
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY | NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK | |||
SAS SETA - Safety and Security SETA | OQSF - Occupational Qualifications Sub-framework | |||
QUALIFICATION TYPE | FIELD | SUBFIELD | ||
National Certificate | Field 08 - Law, Military Science and Security | Safety in Society | ||
ABET BAND | MINIMUM CREDITS | PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL | NQF LEVEL | QUAL CLASS |
Undefined | 123 | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | Regular-Unit Stds Based |
REGISTRATION STATUS | SAQA DECISION NUMBER | REGISTRATION START DATE | REGISTRATION END DATE | |
Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
SAQA 06120/18 | 2018-07-01 | 2023-06-30 | |
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT | LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT | |||
2024-06-30 | 2027-06-30 |
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 is replaced by: |
Qual ID | Qualification Title | Pre-2009 NQF Level | NQF Level | Min Credits | Replacement Status |
116130 | Occupational Certificate: Locksmith | Not Applicable | NQF Level 04 | 545 | Complete |
PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION |
Purpose:
This qualification will provide learners with access to employment opportunities within the locksmithing industry. This qualification will contribute to increasing levels of security, efficiency and effectiveness and will develop a common integrated and co-ordinated approach to this highly regulated and controlled industry. It provides learners with a formal qualification that allows for recognition, further mobility and portability. A person acquiring this qualification will be able to obtain the necessary applied competence to work in the locksmithing sector. Depending on the area of specialisation, a person acquiring this qualification will have an understanding of the general and specialised locksmithing skills and techniques. The qualification aims at developing a competent and professional work force to provide a service to clients in a safe, secure and confidential manner. The skills, knowledge, values and understanding demonstrated in this qualification will contribute to a positive impact on social and economic transformation and upliftment within the democratic South African society. Qualifying learners will be able to: Rationale: The key-cutting and locksmithing industry is supported by very strict rules and therefore requires appropriately trained and competent practitioners. The National Certificate in Locksmithing at NQF Level 3 is the first step in providing the industry with an accountable and quality assured environment. It will ensure that the locksmithing industry will have in place the required standards by which it can be measured. This qualification aims to develop learners, promote professionalism and work ethics within the locksmithing industry, while at the same time bringing it into line with international standards. It will allow clarification of the specific roles and responsibilities of the learners and provide them with a platform when they come into the industry or platform for those who want to up-skill themselves. It will also mean that learners will receive a formal qualification in the field of locksmithing where previously no formal recognition of expertise and competence existed. Training was done by short courses offered by a range of different providers of education and training. These courses were not always recognised, as they were not against recognised standards. It is foreseen that the locksmithing industry will grow and assist in the economic development of the country as the competencies will easily enable learners to work within an area (rural or urban) and will promote small business enterprise. This will lead to empowering learners and creating employment possibilities. |
LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING |
Recognition of prior learning The structure of this qualification makes the Recognition of Prior Learning possible through the assessment of individual Unit Standards. This qualification may therefore be achieved in part or completely through the recognition of prior learning, which includes formal, informal and non-formal learning and work experience. The learner should be thoroughly briefed on the mechanism to be used and support and guidance should be provided. Care should be taken that the mechanism used provides the learner with an opportunity to demonstrate competence and is not so onerous as to prevent learners from taking up the RPL option towards gaining a qualification. If the learner is able to demonstrate competence in the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes implicit in this qualification the appropriate credits should be assigned to the learner. This Recognition of Prior Learning may allow: Access to the qualification Access to this qualification is open bearing in mind the learning assumed to be in place. |
RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING? |
Y |
QUALIFICATION RULES |
The National Certificate: Locksmithing is made up of a planned combination of learning outcomes that have a defined purpose and will provide qualifying learners with applied competence and a foundation for further learning.
The qualification is made up of unit standards classified as Fundamental, Core and Elective. Fundamental Component Core Component Elective Component |
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:
1. Operate within a Locksmithing environment. 2. Implement key cutting and locksmithing practices. 3. Apply key origination and duplication practices. |
ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA |
1.
2. 3. Integrated assessment Assessment should be carried out at regular intervals as well as at the end of the periods of study and should be offered in an integrated way. It is envisaged that learners will work at more than one unit standard at a time. The achievement of applied competence of this qualification will be demonstrated if the learner is able to apply key cutting and lock mechanism knowledge and skills to open, replace and restore lock to their original integrity. Evidence is required that the candidate is able to achieve the purpose of the qualification as a whole at the time of the award of the qualification. Integration of skills will be demonstrated through the achievement of the core operational standards. Assessors should note that evidence of integration could well be presented by candidates when being assessed against the individual unit standards. Thus, there should not necessarily be separate assessments for each unit standard and then further assessment for integration. Well designed assessments should make it possible to gain evidence against each unit standard while at the same time gaining evidence of integration. |
INTERNATIONAL COMPARABILITY |
The Locksmithing profession is an area with globally recognised best practices, standards and Qualifications. This Qualification and set of Unit Standards utilizes international and locally recognised best practice and standards. The leaders in the key cutting and locksmithing industry are the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States of America.
The following qualifications, courses and modules were used as part of the international comparability exercise: New Zealand Qualifications Framework Standards registered on the NZQF: NMIT - Australian Qualifications Framework approved Certificate I in Engineering Technology (Locksmithing) National code: 2106A/C: Red Deer College - Canada Locksmithing programme: ICS Canada - Trade School/Colleges Career Diploma in Locksmithing: Master Locksmiths Association (MLA) - United Kingdom General Locksmithing course: Penn Foster Career School - USA - The Largest Accredited School. Penn Foster Professional Locksmithing program: The contents of the international qualifications, courses and modules are reflected clearly in this Qualification's Exit Level Outcomes, in the related Associated Assessment Criteria and in the Unit Standards. It is evident that the international qualifications and the South African qualification have very similar contents. This Qualification together with its USA counterpart also focuses on introducing the learners to entrepreneurial skills thus enabling them to start and/or run their own businesses. |
ARTICULATION OPTIONS |
Horizontal articulation is possible with:
Vertical progression is possible with: |
MODERATION OPTIONS |
CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS |
REREGISTRATION HISTORY |
As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this qualification was Reregistered in 2012; 2015. |
NOTES |
N/A |
UNIT STANDARDS: |
ID | UNIT STANDARD TITLE | PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL | NQF LEVEL | CREDITS | |
Core | 113924 | Apply basic business ethics in a work environment | Level 2 | NQF Level 02 | 2 |
Core | 9964 | Apply health and safety to a work area | Level 2 | NQF Level 02 | 3 |
Core | 114974 | Apply the basic skills of customer service | Level 2 | NQF Level 02 | 2 |
Core | 12219 | Select, use and care for engineering power tools | Level 2 | NQF Level 02 | 6 |
Core | 10255 | Select, use and care for power tools | Level 2 | NQF Level 02 | 5 |
Core | 123586 | Apply methods of opening locks | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 9 |
Core | 123591 | Duplicate and cut keys | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 11 |
Core | 123595 | Install and remove locks | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 5 |
Core | 123589 | Maintain a safe and tidy working environment | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 3 |
Core | 123593 | Maintain key cutting machines | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 4 |
Core | 123588 | Open and restore the security of non-categorised safes | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 5 |
Core | 123587 | Originate keys | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 11 |
Core | 13936 | Outline the legal environment of a selected industry | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 2 |
Core | 123596 | Perform keying and repairs of lock systems | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 7 |
Fundamental | 119472 | Accommodate audience and context needs in oral/signed communication | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 5 |
Fundamental | 9010 | Demonstrate an understanding of the use of different number bases and measurement units and an awareness of error in the context of relevant calculations | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 2 |
Fundamental | 9013 | Describe, apply, analyse and calculate shape and motion in 2-and 3-dimensional space in different contexts | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 4 |
Fundamental | 119457 | Interpret and use information from texts | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 5 |
Fundamental | 9012 | Investigate life and work related problems using data and probabilities | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 5 |
Fundamental | 119467 | Use language and communication in occupational learning programmes | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 5 |
Fundamental | 7456 | Use mathematics to investigate and monitor the financial aspects of personal, business and national issues | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 5 |
Fundamental | 119465 | Write/present/sign texts for a range of communicative contexts | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 5 |
Elective | 114959 | Behave in a professional manner in a business environment | Level 2 | NQF Level 02 | 4 |
Elective | 119666 | Determine financial requirements of a new venture | Level 2 | NQF Level 02 | 8 |
Elective | 114903 | Interact with customers | Level 2 | NQF Level 02 | 8 |
Elective | 114906 | Mark merchandise and maintain displays | Level 2 | NQF Level 02 | 10 |
Elective | 119670 | Produce a business plan for a new venture | Level 2 | NQF Level 02 | 8 |
Elective | 246694 | Explain the requirements for becoming a security service provider | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 4 |
Elective | 123590 | Open a vehicle without key | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 4 |
Elective | 114896 | Receive stock | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 12 |
Elective | 114600 | Apply innovative thinking to the development of a small business | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 4 |
Elective | 123585 | Apply vehicle transponder technology in the locksmithing environment | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 10 |
Elective | 123594 | Install electronic locking systems | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 10 |
Elective | 123592 | Open and restore the security of a categorised safe | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 12 |
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. |
NONE |
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. |
1. | CITY LOCKSMITHS |
2. | LASA WESTERN CAPE |
3. | LOCKSMITHS ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA |
4. | LOCKSMITHS ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA FREE STATE |
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. |