Production Technology Level 4
Title of Qualification:
SAQA ID: 58779 Further Education and Training Certificate: Production Technology Level 04
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:143
Module 1 – Communicate production and manufacturing related operational information to a variety of end users
Module 2 – Applying Numeracy in a production environment
Module 3 –Operating in a production environment
Module 4 – Monitoring and control quality control practices in a manufacturing Environment
The combination of learning outcomes that comprise this qualification will provide the qualifying learner with vocational knowledge and skills appropriate to the context of production technology. This qualification provides learners with the range of learning and skills required to be able to perform a series of activities to support manufacturing, engineering and technology processes. Learners will acquire a range of skills in the identification of production parameters in manufacturing, engineering and technology industries and basic strategies to achieve them.
The qualifying learner will be able to:
• Measure, control and improve factors influencing productivity.
• Contribute to budgeting processes in an operational unit to optimise resources.
• Solve operational problems in a production process.
• Promote, implement and maintain procedures that support quality assurance and control. This qualification is the third qualification in a pathway of three (3) qualifications for learners in the production technology environment.
Who is the course intended for?
This qualification will add value to a specific manufacturing, engineering and technology context by complementing contexts specific qualifications within these sectors. The supportive relationship between occupational qualifications and this suite of qualifications is embedded in the inclusion of production technology competencies that have previously not been included in mainstream production, manufacturing and technological qualifications in order to address these identified gaps.
Learning assumed to be in place and recognition of prior learning
• Communication at NQF Level 3.
• Mathematical literacy NQF Level 3.
• Apply the fundamental concepts, theories and techniques of production systems, NQF Level 3.
• Apply the fundamental concepts relating to production planning, scheduling and control, NQF Level 3.
• Apply quality control & quality assurance practices for efficient and effective production processes, NQF Level 3.
Learners may access this Qualification in terms of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), which is subject to quality assurance by the relevant accredited ETQA and is conducted by a registered workplace assessor, subject to the terms of the model decided upon by the relevant ETQA. The qualification is specifically designed to accommodate a broad range of recognition of prior learning. This intention is reflected in the structure of the qualification and in the rules for combination of credits towards the qualification. The intention is to provide recognition for all the relevant skills which learners already possess and even to provide recognition for skills which might not be relevant to the job through the elective category.
The successful candidate will be able to achieve the following outcomes:
1. Measure, control and improve factors influencing production. Range: Factors include not limited to MRP, Just in Time (JIT), logistics, supply chains, value chains, labour, materials, capacity planning, maintenance, scheduling and planning, ergonomics, capability studies, work study techniques, statistical process control, reliability studies.
2. Contribute to budgeting processes in an operational unit to optimise resources.
3. Solve operational problems in a production process. 4. Promote, implement and maintain procedures that support quality assurance and control. Data Communications and Network Support
