QCTO Air Conditioning Filtration Equipment Worker NQF Level 3 Credits 61 OC104618 Training Material

Description

SayPro Occupational Certificate: Air Conditioning Filtration Equipment Worker SAQA OC10418 NQF Level 03 Credits 61

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION
Purpose:
Qualifying Air Conditioning Filtration Equipment Workers will be able to service commercial and
industrial air handling and filtration equipment.
Rationale:
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration is an integral part of the economy found in many economic
sectors and subsectors. Globalization has brought with it technological changes that require
employees to have skills and knowledge that will enable them to be on par with their counterparts.
This requires learners to be trained in line with the latest technologies that will empower them to
become employed or self-employed. This will enable learners to participate in the economy and thus
be productive members of the society. In order to secure food stability and maintain quality for the
entire population, refrigeration represents a critical skill in the maintenance of the cold chain.
The Air Conditioning Filtration Equipment Worker has been identified as one of the Occupations in
high demand. Learners and current employees need to be trained against the latest technologies in
order to ensure job security, advancement, and placement.
The qualification is aimed at new entrants as well as currently employed personnel. Qualified
learners are likely to be employed across the economic sectors that include but not limited to:
mining, retail, food processing, warehousing, food production, automotive, marine, medical,
engineering, fruit and wine industry, cold transport, farming.
This qualification is structured in a manner that allows learners to progress to the full qualification by
accumulating credits achieved from the part qualification.
Learners who have acquired knowledge and skills formally or informally will undergo a Recognition
of Prior Learning (RPL) assessment in order to recognize skills acquired.
Qualified learners are likely to progress into engineering related qualifications, which allow for
further career progression into the designer, Refrigeration inspector, Heating, Ventilation, Air
Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVACR) Inspector. The qualification further enables learners to
register with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA); as an engineering technologist,
engineering technician and mechanical engineer.
Learners can become self-reliant, productive by being self-employed, thereby contributing positively
to the economy and society and further provide employment opportunity.