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REGISTERED UNIT STANDARD THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE:

Encourage community awareness and participation

SAQA US ID	UNIT STANDARD TITLE
119358	Encourage community awareness and participation
ORIGINATOR
SGB Development
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY
-
FIELD			SUBFIELD
Field 05 - Education, Training and Development			Adult Learning
ABET BAND	UNIT STANDARD TYPE	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	CREDITS
Undefined	Regular	Level 2	NQF Level 02	12
REGISTRATION STATUS		REGISTRATION START DATE	REGISTRATION END DATE	SAQA DECISION NUMBER
Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"		2018-07-01	2023-06-30	SAQA 06120/18
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2024-06-30		2027-06-30

In all of the tables in this document, both the pre-2009 NQF Level and the NQF Level is shown. In the text (purpose statements, qualification rules, etc), any references to NQF Levels are to the pre-2009 levels unless specifically stated otherwise.

This unit standard does not replace any other unit standard and is not replaced by any other unit standard.

PURPOSE OF THE UNIT STANDARD

The purpose of learning is to enable learners to encourage community awareness and mobilisation in order to improve their social and economic circumstances. The learner credited with this Unit Standard has an overview of the processes required to encourage community awareness and participation. Learners are required to use their understanding of specific issues and techniques for enhancing community awareness and participation in consultation with these communities. Credited learners are also able to provide support for setting up and presenting awareness events for community participation.

Credited learners are capable of:

Identifying techniques and tools to encourage community awareness and participation

Setting up community participation and awareness events

Assisting with the implementation of community participation and awareness events

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

The credits and level assigned to this Unit Standard are based on the assumption that learners have already attained the following competencies:

Communication and language competence at NQF Level 1

Mathematical literacy at NQF Level 1

Understanding of transformative development

Describing community dynamics

UNIT STANDARD RANGE

A limited range of consultative methods and approaches to developing and identifying community participation is required. Tools include approaches such as surveys, interviews etc. Tools need to be selected by the community in question.

Other range statements are provided with the specific outcomes and assessment criteria, where relevant.

Specific Outcomes and Assessment Criteria:

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 1

Select techniques and tools to encourage community participation and awareness.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

Techniques and tools to encourage community participation and awareness are identified in terms of relevance to specific community contexts.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

Elements of community participation and awareness are identified for specific community development issues.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

Success factors for community participation are identified within the context of specified intended outcomes.

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 2

Set up community participation and awareness events.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

Ideas and opportunities for new events are identified for specific contexts.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

Suggestions for involving communities are listed using specified channels.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

Details of the nature of events, necessary resources, roles and responsibilities, and timelines are identified, clarified and confirmed with relevant stakeholders.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4

Facilities, equipment and support materials are obtained in accordance with agreed requirements for specific events.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5

Methods of communication are identified with reference to specified requirements.

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 3

Assist with the implementation of community participation and awareness events.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

Targeted actions are identified in terms of agreed plans.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

Changes to plans are identified for different contexts and factors.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

Responses to communities are obtained and monitored against agreed criteria.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4

Ways of giving feedback are identified in terms of agreed criteria.

UNIT STANDARD ACCREDITATION AND MODERATION OPTIONS

Assessment of learner achievements takes place at providers accredited by a relevant ETQA (RSA, 1998b) for the provision of programs that result in the outcomes specified for this Unit Standard.

Anyone assessing a learner against this Unit Standard must be registered as an assessor with a relevant ETQA.

Any institution offering learning that will enable achievement of this Unit Standard must be accredited as a provider with a relevant ETQA.

The relevant ETQA according to the moderation guidelines and the agreed ETQA procedures will oversee moderation of assessment and is responsible for moderation of learner achievements of learners who meet the requirements of this Unit Standard.

UNIT STANDARD ESSENTIAL EMBEDDED KNOWLEDGE

Credited learners understand and can explain:

The importance of encouraging community awareness and participation

The community's protocol relating to public events

Multi-cultural protocols

Use of and operation of facilities, equipment and support materials

Existing techniques and tools to encourage community participation and awareness

Elements of community participation and awareness

Success factors for community participation within the context of specified intended outcomes

Techniques and tools are identified in consultation with specific communities

Specified channels for suggestions regarding events

The nature of events, necessary resources, roles and responsibilities, and timelines

Facilities, equipment and support materials

Methods and content of communication

Agreed plans for events

Community response monitoring against agreed criteria

UNIT STANDARD DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOME

N/A

UNIT STANDARD LINKAGES

N/A

Critical Cross-field Outcomes (CCFO):

UNIT STANDARD CCFO IDENTIFYING

Identify and solve problems where responses to problems show that such critical and creative thinking has been used to make responsible decisions when elements of community participation and awareness are identified for specific community development issues.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO WORKING

Work effectively with others as a member of a team, group, organisation or community when techniques and tools are identified in consultation with specific communities.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO ORGANISING

Organise and manage oneself and one's activities responsibly and effectively when deadlines are adhered to and agreed plans for events are adhered to.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO COLLECTING

Collect, analyse, organise and critically evaluate information when community response is obtained and monitored against agreed criteria.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO COMMUNICATING

Communicate effectively using visual, mathematic and/or language skills in the modes of oral and/or written presentation when suggestions are made using specified channels, details of the nature of events, necessary resources, roles and responsibilities, and timelines are clarified and confirmed with relevant stakeholders, methods and content of communication meet specified requirements and feedback is provided to all appropriate stakeholders.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO SCIENCE

Use science and technology effectively and critically, showing responsibility towards the environment and health of others when facilities, equipment and support materials are obtained in accordance with agreed requirements for specific events.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO DEMONSTRATING

Demonstrate an understanding of the world as a set of related systems by recognising that problem-solving contexts do not exist in isolation when Identified techniques and tools to encourage community participation and awareness are relevant for specific community contexts, success factors for community participation are identified within the context of the specified intended outcome and changes to plans are made as necessary without compromising events.

UNIT STANDARD ASSESSOR CRITERIA

Assessors should keep the following principles in mind when designing and conducting assessments against this Unit Standard:

Focus the assessment activities on gathering evidence in terms of the main outcome expressed in the title to ensure assessment is integrated rather than fragmented. Remember we want to declare the person competent in terms of the title. Where assessment at title level is unmanageable, then focus assessment around each specific outcome, or groups of specific outcomes.

Make sure evidence is gathered across the entire range, wherever it applies. Assessment activities should be as close to the real performance as possible, and where simulations or role-plays are used, there should be supporting evidence to show the learner is able to perform in the real situation.

Do not focus the assessment activities on each assessment criterion. Rather make sure the assessment activities focus on outcomes and are sufficient to enable evidence to be gathered around all the assessment criteria.

The assessment criteria provide the specifications against which assessment judgements should be made. In most cases, knowledge can be inferred from the quality of the performances, but in other cases, knowledge and understanding will have to be tested through questioning techniques. Where this is required, there will be assessment criteria to specify the standard required.

The task of the assessor is to gather sufficient evidence, of the prescribed type and quality, as specified in this Unit Standard, that the learner can achieve the outcomes again and again and again. This means assessors will have to judge how many repeat performances are required before they believe the performance is reproducible.

All assessments should be conducted in line with the following well documented principles of assessment: appropriateness, fairness, manageability, integration into work or learning, validity, direct, authentic, sufficient, systematic, open and consistent

REREGISTRATION HISTORY

As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this unit standard was Reregistered in 2012; 2015.

UNIT STANDARD NOTES

N/A

QUALIFICATIONS UTILISING THIS UNIT STANDARD:

	ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	STATUS	END DATE	PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QA FUNCTIONARY
Core	49556	National Certificate: Development Practice	Level 2	NQF Level 02	Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"	2023-06-30	ETDP SETA

PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS UNIT STANDARD:

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