COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONER

The aims of community development, as embodied by the South African Presidency's Intergovernmental Relations and Service Delivery (IRSD), includes the need for the development of a seamless and integrated approach to community development that is driven by the national development plan.

In order to achieve this there is an enormous task of managing the processes of mobilising people within the diverse communities throughout the nation and ensuring that the mobilisation is adequately focused on the key objectives of the National Development Plan.
There is ongoing evidence of community frustrations relating to poor service delivery.

It is for this reason that there is a desperate need for ensuring that community development practitioners are focused and that they work together in achieving optimum synergy within the communities.

There is currently a shortage of the key and scarce skills required to do this important work. The work is being done by volunteers and public servants who have mainly learnt through trial and error or who have high academic qualifications but lack the hands on practice.

The Occupational Certificate: Community Worker (Community Development Practitioner) has been designed to meet the needs and interests of the public and private sector relating to community development and will provide the means through which this level of leadership can be built.

The qualification will provide opportunities for people to progress to supervisory and mid management levels in the Department of Social Development and with a range of Non - Governmental organisations. It will also create opportunities for the successful learners to enter the private sector in organisations where they are doing community work in terms of the various industry charters. 

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This qualification is made up of the following compulsory Knowledge and Practical Skill Modules:
Knowledge Modules:

• 341201002-KM-01, Operations Coordination and Administration, at NQF Level 4, Credits 19.
• 341201002-KM-02, Effective Communication, at NQF Level 5, Credits 5.
• 341201002-KM-03, Sociology of Developing Societies, at NQF Level 5, Credits 10.
• 341201002-KM-04, Sustainable Development Practice, at NQF Level 5, Credits 27.
  Total number of Credits for Knowledge Modules: 61.
  
  Practical Skill Modules:
• 341201002-PM-01, Compile, update and maintain community profiles (households, infrastructure assets, structures, economic viability etc.), at NQF Level 5, Credits 18.
• 341201002-PM-02, Prepare data for the analysis of community profiles and identify trends that can be used to develop appropriate interventions, at NQF Level 5, Credits 4.
• 341201002-PM-03, Compile and present community profile reports, at NQF Level 5, Credits 4.
• 341201002-PM-04, Monitor existing community development initiatives, at NQF Level 5, Credits 4.
• 341201002-PM-05, Participate in the evaluation of existing programs, identify potential problems and recommend appropriate corrective actions, at NQF Level 5, Credits 4.
• 341201002-PM-06, Compile reports on the implementation of initiatives, at NQF Level 5, Credits 3.
• 341201002-PM-07, Identify the need for community development structures and facilitate the establishment of the appropriate structures, at NQF Level 5, Credits 8.
• 341201002-PM-08, Facilitate the functioning of effective community development structures, at NQF Level 5, Credits 5.
• 341201002-PM-09, Supervise the performance of community development practitioners, at NQF Level 5, Credits 6.
• 341201002-PM-10, Motivate and mobilise the efforts of voluntary support team members. (Including relevant governmental departments), at NQF Level 5, Credits 6.
• 341201002-PM-11, Gain an understanding of all the community development initiatives in the designated community, at NQF Level 5, Credits 4.
• 341201002-PM-12, Communication of the outcomes of forums and meetings to stakeholders, at NQF Level 5, Credits 6.
• 341201002-PM-13, Liaise and partner with relevant stakeholders regarding community development initiatives, at NQF Level 5, Credits 2.
  Total number of Credits for Practical Skill Modules: 74.
  
  This qualification also requires the following Work Experience Modules:
• 341201002-WM-01, Exposure to a full range of community settings, at NQF Level 4, Credits 16.
• 341201002-WM-02, Exposure to a full range of community development initiatives, at NQF Level 5, Credits 12.
• 341201002-WM-03, Exposure to all the monitoring and evaluation tools., at NQF Level 5, Credits 26.
• 341201002-WM-04, Exposure to a full range of community, interdepartmental and civil society forums, at NQF Level 5, Credits 8.
• 341201002-WM-05, Exposure to a full range of supervisory situations relevant to the work of field workers, at NQF Level 5, Credits 11.
• 341201002-WM-06, Exposure to all the official and civic service providers within the community, at NQF Level 5, Credits 4.
  Total number of Credits for Work Experience Modules: 77.