occupational certificate supply chain practitioner 99111 training material

Description

SayPro National Certificate: Supply Chain Management SAQA 99111 NQF Level 05 Credits 150 Training Material

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION
Purpose:

To provide learners with the competencies required to engage in the processes and inter-relationships across the supply chain so as to create sustainable value for organizations. This qualification is aimed at overcoming the traditional functional approach to operations and management, and at fostering supply chain integration to the advantage of all stakeholders. The National Treasury developed competency profiles for the Public Sector in terms of supply chain management. This qualification meets some of those Public Sector needs and is also suitable for the private sector.

Qualifying learners will be able to:
Demonstrate an understanding of a supply chain management environment within an organization.
Demonstrate an understanding of the influence of performance and risk within a supply chain management environment.
Contribute to the development of a supply chain strategy and operational plans for the organization.
Execute a supply chain strategy for the organization.

Rationale:

The target groups for this qualification are people working within operational to middle management positions within the various processes of the supply chain or those who are aspiring for such positions. Learners who have, in the past, held a supervisory position within the various supply chain processes are most likely to find the qualification applicable to them.

The demand for this qualification directly links to the need to:
Equip supply chain practitioners to understand and respond to the changing supply chain management environment.
Enable supply chain practitioners to be effective leaders and managers within the supply chain.
Enable supply chain practitioners to be innovative, creative and competitive in the supply chain management environment.
Manage and develop sustainable supplier relationships.
Measure and improve supply chain performance.
Analyze, assess, manage and mitigate risk.
Develop and manage legal, contractual arrangements associated with purchasing and supply.

This qualification has therefore been designed to address these demands as well as support the competencies required in the key areas of supply chain management that were identified within the greater industry yielding the following elective areas:
Purchasing and Supply.
Strategic Supply Chain Management.
Distribution.
Materials/Logistics Management.
Disposal Management.
Public Service.

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING
The contents of some of the unit standards are such that learners will be required to demonstrate competence through the practical application of a variety of techniques in a real or simulated work environment.

Learning assumed to be in place:
Mathematical Literacy at NQF Level 4.
Communication at NQF Level 4.
Computer Literacy and the ability to use databases and spreadsheets at NQF Level 3.

Recognition of Prior Learning:

The structure of this unit standards-based qualification makes the Recognition of Prior Learning possible. This qualification may therefore be achieved in part through the recognition of prior learning, which includes formal, informal and non-formal learning and work experience. The learner should be thoroughly briefed on the mechanism to be used and RPL assessors should provide support and guidance. Care should be taken that the mechanism used provides the learner with an opportunity to demonstrate competence and is not so onerous as to prevent learners from taking up the RPL option towards gaining a qualification.

If the learner is able to demonstrate competence in the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes implicit in this qualification and/or unit standards, the appropriate credits should be assigned to the learner. Recognition of Prior Learning will be done by means of Integrated Assessment as mentioned above.

Access to the Qualification:

The qualification is open to any learner in possession of a National Senior Certificate, Further Education and Training Certificate or equivalent NQF Level 4 qualification provided he/she is competent in the Communication and Mathematical competencies listed under Learning Assumed to be in Place.