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Portfolio committee on human settlements

Accredited and customizable short courses focusing on human settlements development for provincial and municipal officials. Enhance skills in management, communication, leadership, and sustainability.

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Portfolio committee on human settlements

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  1. Portfolio committee on human settlements Kholisa Rani: Centre for Development Support Ansie Barnard: UFS Business School

  2. content • SHORT LEARNING PROGRAMMES FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENTS • TOWARDS PROFESSIONALISATION OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

  3. SHORT LEARNING PROGRAMMES FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENT • Accredited since 2001 • Free State & Northern Cape • Work place relevancy • Provincial and Municipal Officials • Credit Bearing towards RPL • From Housing to Human Settlements

  4. Short Courses Offered by the Centre for Development Support

  5. Management development programme (mdp) for human settlement • COLLABORATION • CUSTOMIZATION • METHODOLOGY • COURSE CONTENT/OUTLINE/OUTCOMES • CREDENTIALS OF FASCILITATORS AND PRESENTERS • PROGRAMME ACCREDITATION • NQF LEVEL • ARTICULATION & COST

  6. collaboration • UFS Business School • UFS Centre for Development Support • Central University of Technology

  7. customization • UFS Business school obtained self accreditation status from CFE, therefore we can change up to 49% of the content without forfeiting accreditation • Levels of customization: • Design programmes for client with series of customized short certificates • Replace modules to replace with industry specific modules • Customize content to be industry/company specific • Customized Assignments • Dual faculty presentation

  8. methodology • Action Learning: • We believe adults learn differently • Application at workplace • Customized assignments • Group activities and discussions • Media e.g. video’s • Case studies

  9. COURSE CONTENT/OUTLINE/Outcomes • Foundation Skills, Assignment Skills, Business Reading and writing • General Management & Communication • PFMA • Project & Programme Management (Human Settlements specific) • Strategic & Change Management • Enterprise Risk Management • Leadership Development • Ethics & Governance

  10. COURSE CONTENT/OUTLINE • Human Settlements Programmes • Technical Aspects of Housing Construction • Human Settlements Development Plans • Cities and Climate Change • Sustainability & Human Settlements Programme • Urbanisation, Human Settlements Policy & Informal Settlements • Informal Settlements Upgrading • Community Based Planning • Sustainable Urban Land-Use Planning • Human Settlements & Infrastructure

  11. Credentials of presenters • Lecturers from the relevant Faculties at the UFS and CUT • Specialists in the fields presented

  12. Programme accreditation and nqf level • Formal Higher certificate • Accredited with SAQA • NQF level 5 • 136 credits • Learning Path: Programmes are credit bearing towards the next qualification • Short certificates are credit bearing towards Management Development Programme or Bachelors Degree in Management and Leadership • Management Development Programme is credit bearing towards Bachelors Degree in Management and Leadership

  13. Articulation and cost • 28 Days over 1 Year • Classes presented in blocks • Duration can be shorter/longer to accommodate client • Presented in city of client’s choice • 80% attendance required • Assessments: Assignments & Open book examinations • Cost: depends on number of students and where the course will be held

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