Pre-2009 NQF Level Understanding Training

Learning Outcomes

• Explain the structure and principles of the pre-2009 NQF.
• Distinguish between NQF levels and their descriptors as defined before 2009.
• Apply pre-2009 NQF level designations to historical qualifications and unit standards.
• Analyze the relationship between pre-2009 NQF levels and the current NQF framework.
• Demonstrate the ability to locate and interpret pre-2009 NQF information from SAQA databases.

Target Audience

This course is designed for educators, trainers, HR professionals, and quality assurance practitioners who need to work with qualifications and unit standards registered under the pre-2009 NQF.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Practicals provide hands-on experience in analysing pre-2009 unit standards, calculating credits, mapping qualifications, and applying RPL principles. These activities reinforce theoretical concepts and develop practical skills for interpreting and working with legacy qualifications.

Practical Activities

• Practical 1: Analysing Pre-2009 Unit Standards — Learners analyse a set of pre-2009 unit standards, identifying components such as title, purpose, specific outcomes, and assessment criteria. (6h)
• Practical 2: Mapping Pre-2009 Qualifications to Current NQF Levels — Learners map pre-2009 qualifications to current NQF levels using level descriptors, and create a mapping report. (6h)
• Practical 3: RPL Portfolio Development — Learners develop a simulated RPL portfolio for a candidate with prior learning, mapping evidence to pre-2009 unit standard outcomes. (6h)
• Practical 4: Credit Calculation and Pathway Design — Learners calculate total credits for a set of unit standards and design a qualification pathway leading to a pre-2009 national certificate. (6h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.