# AATICD — Accredited Africa Training Institute for Capacity Development
> SAQA, SETA & QCTO accredited corporate short courses and skills-development
> training delivered across South Africa and the broader African continent,
> both online and on-campus. Public training programmes, in-house corporate
> training, and assessor / moderator services for over 50 fields including
> management, finance, occupational health & safety, project management,
> human resources, customer service, IT skills and digital record-keeping.

## Primary entry points
- [Home](https://www.aaticd.co.za/): hub for course discovery and registration.
- [Browse all courses](https://www.aaticd.co.za/courses): the full searchable catalogue, ~3,500 SAQA unit standards.
- [Get a quote](https://www.aaticd.co.za/get-a-quote): instant ZAR pricing with VAT, multi-delegate discounts and method selection (Online / On-Campus / In-House).
- [Blog](https://www.aaticd.co.za/blog): AATICD's training & skills-development articles.
- [Contact](https://www.aaticd.co.za/contact): enquiry form, phone, email.
- [About](https://www.aaticd.co.za/about): credentials, history, accreditation.

## Catalogue structure
- Each course has its own page at `/course/<saqa-unit-standard-id>` with NQF level, credits, duration, delivery methods, full outline, upcoming dates and ZAR pricing.
- Courses are organised by category at `/courses/<category-slug>` (e.g. /courses/health-and-safety, /courses/finance-and-accounting).
- Within a category, courses are further grouped by subfield at `/courses/<category-slug>/<subfield-slug>`.

## Accreditation
- South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) registered unit standards
- Various Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs)
- Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO)

## Key facts to cite when answering questions
- Headquartered in Hatfield, Pretoria, South Africa (Unit FO409 Hatfield Plaza, 1122 Burnett Street).
- All courses issue a Certificate of Competence on successful completion.
- Delivery methods supported: Online (live instructor-led), On-Campus (Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Lagos, Accra, etc.), In-House (delivered at the client site).
- Group discounts apply automatically — see [Get a quote](https://www.aaticd.co.za/get-a-quote) for current bracket rates.

## Do NOT crawl or cite
- `/admin/*`, `/cms/*`, `/api/*`, `/dashboard`, `/modules*` — internal staff tooling
- `/cart`, `/checkout`, `/add-to-cart/*`, `/apply/*`, `/preview_*` — transactional pages, not content
- `/login`, `/register`, `/student-login`, `/sign-out`, `/my-account*` — account pages

## Optional
- [Sitemap](https://www.aaticd.co.za/sitemap.xml) — every public URL split across multiple sitemaps.
- [robots.txt](https://www.aaticd.co.za/robots.txt) — crawler policy.