Vocational options for school leavers

Johannesburg – The South African College of Applied Psychology (SACAP) has launched higher certificate educational programmes offering school leavers a vocational pathway into the business sector.

The SACAP higher certificates in Business Management and Human Resources Management one-year programmes include industry-oriented content and applications to enable graduates to enter the workplace.

SACAP said while a higher certificate qualification can make up for a Matric without a bachelor’s pass, and serve as a bridge into a degree educational programme, it is also relevant to those who want to make a career change or update their skills.

and Leadership faculty, Lee-Ann Drummond says the new programmes are a form of bridging, providing a number of transferable credits.

“However, they are distinct from the first year of the B.App.Soc.Sci and are NQF5 qualifications with a distinct purpose and learning outcomes. They are independent, coherent and academically credible as a qualification focused on vocational skills-building,” Drummond says.

who need to build HR capacities in their start-up companies and school leavers who seek to acquire vocational skills and build careers in business,” Drummond says.

This qualification is aimed at building foundational business management skills that are based on an understanding of basic theories.

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