Occupational Certificate: Project Manager

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Qualification: Occupational Certificate: Project Manager

Curriculum Code: 121905000

NQF Level: 5

Quality Partner: SSETA

Credits: 240

Assessment: External Integrated Summative Assessment (EISA)

Career Pathway: Project Management, Programme Coordination, Project

Administration, Operations and Business Improvement Projects.

The Occupational Certificate: Project Manager equips learners with the knowledge, practical skills and workplace experience required to successfully initiate, plan, execute, monitor, control and close projects across various industries. The qualification develops the competencies needed to manage project scope, schedules, budgets, quality, risks, procurement, communication, stakeholders and project teams while ensuring the achievement of organisational objectives.

KM-01: Introductory Studies for Project Managers (4 Credits)

KM-02: Project Integration Management (4 Credits)

KM-03: Project Scope Management (8 Credits)

KM-04: Project Time Management (8 Credits)

KM-05: Project Cost Management (8 Credits)

KM-06: Project Quality Management (8 Credits)

KM-07: Project Human Resource Management (8 Credits)

KM-08: Project Communications Management (8 Credits)

KM-09: Project Risk Management (8 Credits)

KM-10: Project Procurement Management (8 Credits)

KM-11: Project Stakeholder Management (8 Credits)

PM-01: Initiate a Project (4 Credits)

PM-02: Plan and Develop a Project Management Approach and Scope Statement (8 Credits)

PM-03: Plan and Develop a Project Timeline and Schedule (8 Credits)

PM-04: Plan for and Project the Cost of a Project (8 Credits)

PM-05: Plan Project Management Systems (8 Credits)

PM-06: Monitor and Control the Scope of a Project (8 Credits)

PM-07: Control Project Delivery Schedules and Costs (8 Credits)

PM-08: Control Project Quality (8 Credits)

PM-09: Manage and Control Human Resources of a Project (8 Credits)

PM-10: Conduct and Control Project Communication and Stakeholder Interaction (8 Credits)

PM-11: Manage and Control Project Risks (8 Credits)

PM-12: Manage and Control Project Procurement Activities (8 Credits)

PM-13: Manage and Control Project Close-Out Activities (8 Credits)

WM-01: Attend to Project Initiation Management Processes (10 Credits)

WM-02: Attend to Project Planning Processes (20 Credits)

WM-03: Attend to Project Execution and Control Processes (20 Credits)

WM-04: Attend to Project Close-Out Processes (10 Credits)

TOTAL QUALIFICATION CREDITS: 240 CREDITS

The programme combines classroom-based learning, practical skills training and structured workplace experience. The qualification is typically completed over 12 to 18 months, depending on the delivery model and workplace placement arrangements.

• Initiate projects aligned tO organizational objectives.
• Develop project charters, schedules and budgets.
• Plan project scope, quality, procurement, communication and stakeholder engagement strategies.
• Manage project resources, teams and performance.
• Monitor project progress using recognized project management methodologies.
• Control project costs, risks and timelines.
• Implement quality assurance and quality control systems.
• Manage procurement and supplier relationships.
• Conduct project close-out, handover and evaluation processes.
• Apply professional project management principles across a range of industries.

• Initiate projects aligned tO organizational objectives.
• Develop project charters, schedules and budgets.
• Plan project scope, quality, procurement, communication and stakeholder engagement strategies.
• Manage project resources, teams and performance.
• Monitor project progress using recognized project management methodologies.
• Control project costs, risks and timelines.
• Implement quality assurance and quality control systems.
• Manage procurement and supplier relationships.
• Conduct project close-out, handover and evaluation processes.
• Apply professional project management principles across a range of industries.

• Project Manager
• Assistant Project Manager
• Project Coordinator
• Project Administrator
• Project Planning Officer
• Programme Coordinator
• Project Controls Officer
• Operations Project Coordinator
• Project Support Specialist
• Implementation Coordinator
• Project Scheduler
• Project Risk Coordinator

• National Senior Certificate (NSC), or
• National Certificate Vocational (NCV) Level 4, or an equivalent qualification at NQF Level 4 with Communication and Mathematical Literacy.

Learners are required to complete all knowledge, practical and workplace experience modules and successfully pass the External Integrated Summative Assessment (EISA) conducted through the Assessment Quality Partner before the Occupational Certificate can be awarded.