level: 3 Credits: 122 PURPOSE SAQA ID: 878 National Certificate: Local Government Councilor Practices The purpose of the qualification is to enable qualifying learners to apply the relevant competences required to fulfill the roles and responsibilities of a Local Government councilor. The learning outcomes contained in this qualification are based on the competencies required to contribute to municipal processes from a councilor perspective. These competences relate to: Demonstrating an understanding of the interests of the people in a municipality. Demonstrating an understanding of the main issues in their municipality. Providing the link between the public and the council and ensuring primary loyalty to the public. Participating in policy making. Participating in decision making pertaining to local government matters. Passing by laws. Giving direction to the related administration. EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES Demonstrate an understanding of how Local Government functions. Fulfill the roles and responsibilities of councilors to achieve Local Government objectives. Apply municipal processes to the councilor function. Facilitate public participation and citizen involvement in Local Government processes. METHODOLOGY AND DELIVERY OF PROGRAMME IPASA operates within the given Quality Assurance policies, procedures and processes as prescribed by the accounting SETA and provides a guided and supported learning environment for the learner. Learners will be pre assessed and orientation to the programme will be conducted prior to programme delivery. Learners will be taken through all unit standards as per the modular breakdown. Delivery is very interactive and outcomes based. We ensure that all learning is formatively and summatively assessed. It is compulsory for a learner to submit a Portfolio of Evidence (PoE) for each module as required by the SETA. Learner support will be provided throughout the programme to ensure that learners deliver on the PoE.
TARGET GROUPS Learners entering this qualification may come from various backgrounds and will generally be persons, elected for the purpose of serving as a Local Government councilor in order to achieve municipal objectives. Learning Unit 1: Communication skills ELO US Type NLRD US Title Credits Fundamental 11972 Accommodate audience and context needs in oral/signed communication Fundamental 1197 Interpret and use information from tests Fundamental 1197 Use language and communication in occupational learning programmes Fundamental 119 Write/present/sign texts for a range of communicative contexts TOTAL CREDIT VALUE 20 Learning Unit 2: Mathematical literacy US Type NLRD US Title Credits ELO3 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 Fundamental 9013 Describe, apply, analyse and calculate shape and motion in 2 and 3 dimensional space in different contexts Fundamental 9012 Investigate life and work related problems using data and probabilities Fundamental 7 Use mathematics to investigate and monitor the financial aspects of personal, business and national issues 2 TOTAL CREDIT VALUE 1
Learning Unit 3: Local government functions ELO US Type NLRD US Title Credits ELO1 217 Demonstrate an understanding of the policy and legal framework guiding Local Government 3 10 2188 Facilitate public participation and citizen involvement in Local Government processes 3 217 Facilitate co-operative governance and intergovernmental relations 3 218 Apply key municipal processes in a council function 3 12 Learning Unit : Local government councilor practices TOTAL CREDIT VALUE 3 ELO US Type NLRD US Title Credits ELO2 218 Facilitate Council and related meetings to achieve Local Government objectives 2180 Exercise leadership in a councilor context 2288 Demonstrate knowledge of and apply the Public Sector Code of Conduct in own work roles and context Learning Unit : Municipal councilor functions TOTAL CREDIT VALUE 1 ELO US Type NLRD US Title Credits ELO3 2190 Utilise advocacy and lobbying skills to represent municipal interests in inter governmental structures and processes 2183 Fulfil the roles and the responsibilities of a councilor Elective 1232 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the project and the project support services environment
ELO US Type NLRD US Title Credits Elective 1283 Provide assistance in implementing and assuring project work meets quality requirements TOTAL CREDIT VALUE 22 Learning Unit : Local government processes ELO US Type NLRD US Title Credits ELO 2280 Apply the Batho Pele principles to own work role and context 129 Apply communication principles, strategies and processes in a leadership role 1391 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of HIV/AIDS in a workplace, and its effects on a business sub sector, own organisation and a specific workplace 0 TOTAL CREDIT VALUE 1