SAQA ID: 20175
NC: Hygiene and Cleaning Supervision Level 3

Title of Qualification:
SAQA ID: 20175 National Certificate: Hygiene and Cleaning Supervision Level 3

Duration of Qualification:
This programme consists of Fundamental and Elective Unit Standards and will be covered over a period of one year (see breakdown for more information)

Total Number of Credits: 132

Entry Requirements
N/A

The contextualized purpose of this Qualification is to maintain the foundational, practical and reflexive competencies in an individual, required for a career in the Hygiene & Cleaning Services Industry, which will positively impact on the National social and economic transformation. Credits gained at this level for this Qualification will be portable and transferable throughout the NQF system, giving the learner the opportunity of building up credits, within the wider spectrum of employment in South Africa, towards additional Qualifications. This will contribute to the self and career development of the learner. The credits reflect the practical and theoretical education and training aspects of the Qualification. This Qualification will promote advancement for learners in the industry from the NQF level 2 National Certificate: Specialist Hygiene and Cleaning Services.

Who is the course intended for?

This Qualification will promote advancement for learners in the industry from the NQF level 2 National Certificate: Specialist Hygiene and Cleaning Services

Learning assumed to be in place and recognition of prior learning.

It is expected that learners participating in NQF level 3 will have achieved competence at NQF level 2 in communication/language and mathematics/numeracy. They also would have achieved cleaning skills and knowledge in the cleaning sub-field applicable to their career path (e.g. commercial cleaning, laundry, carpet and upholstery, hospital cleaning, industrial cleaning etc). Learners who already work in the cleaning industry and who believe that they possess the competencies to enable them to meet all of the outcomes listed in the Unit Standards will be able to present themselves for assessment against the Unit Standards of their choice and the Qualification.

Course Objectives

The successful candidate will be able to achieve the following outcomes:
1. Maintain equipment
2. Maintain marble, terrazzo, and stone floors
3. Restore marble, terrazzo, concrete and stone floors
4. Demonstrate knowledge of surfaces and chemicals
5. Remove spots from carpets – specialist
6. Identify business opportunities in a cleaning environment