SAQA ID: 36233
NC: Specialist Hygiene and Cleaning Services Level 2
Title of Qualification:
SAQA ID: 36233 National Certificate: Specialist Hygiene and Cleaning Services Level 2
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:120
Entry Requirements
N/A
Skills Programme 1 - Communicate effectively
Skills Programme 2 – Apply mathematics
Skills Programme 3 – Organise oneself in the workplace
Skills Programme 4 – Health and Safety
Skills Programme 5 – Prepare for Cleaning
Skills Programme 6 – Implement Cleaning Procedures
The primary purpose of this Qualification is to develop the foundational, practical and reflexive competencies in an individual, required for a career in the Hygiene and Cleaning Services Industry and to positively impact on social and economic transformation. Central to the qualification is the development of a culture of quality service and professionalism in a cleaning services environment. This qualification intends to produce cleaners who can find gainful employment in the cleaning industry.
This Qualification will afford learners, who have attained the GETC: Domestic Services and the National Certificate in Hygiene and Cleaning Services at NQF level 1, the opportunity to develop further along this career pathway.
Who is the course intended for?
The range of typical learners will include cleaners, team leaders, supervisors, temporary or relief cleaners and emerging entrepreneurs who currently, or who aspire, to operate in the cleaning industry at large, including individuals looking for the opportunity to develop further along this career pathway.
Learning assumed to be in place and recognition of prior learning.
As this is an NQF Level 2 Qualification, it is expected that learners participating in NQF level 2 will have achieved competence in NQF level 1 communication/language and mathematics/ numeracy skills or ABET Level 4. Learners would also have achieved competence in skills and knowledge of cleaning at NQF level 1 in sub fields applicable to their career paths (i.e. commercial, Laundry, Health).
Course Objectives
The successful candidate will be able to achieve the following outcomes:
1. Clean, Sterilize and Disinfect Healthcare Areas.
2. Clean carpet and Upholstery using various methods of cleaning.
3. Use scrubber driers to clean floors.
4. Strip, seal and vacuum wet floor surfaces
