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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED UNIT STANDARD THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE:

Implementing CFTA Retail/Wholesale practices

SAQA US ID	UNIT STANDARD TITLE
7599	Implementing CFTA Retail/Wholesale practices
ORIGINATOR
SGB Retail and Wholesale
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY
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FIELD			SUBFIELD
Field 11 - Services			Wholesale and Retail
ABET BAND	UNIT STANDARD TYPE	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	CREDITS
Undefined	Regular	Level 4	NQF Level 04	20
REGISTRATION STATUS		REGISTRATION START DATE	REGISTRATION END DATE	SAQA DECISION NUMBER
Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"		2003-12-03	2006-12-03	SAQA 1351/03
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2007-12-03		2010-12-03

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

This unit is an elective standard towards the qualification in Retail Sales and Service at NQF 4. It provides a progression route to further specialisation in the area of CFTA and also raises these practices to a world class standard

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

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UNIT STANDARD RANGE

Factors influencing stock movement including stock levels, stock covers, forward plans?

Appropriate measures including mark-downs, redistribution of stock?

Merchandising processes including space allocation, merchandise contribution, sizing curves, forward plans, stock
covers, stock takes

UNIT STANDARD OUTCOME HEADER

The demonstrated ability to make decisions and con

Specific Outcomes and Assessment Criteria:

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 1

The demonstrated ability to make decisions and consider options when:

OUTCOME NOTES

Analysing and evaluating customer feedback when planning assortments and determining sizing ratios for implementing fashion trends and seasonal ranges in accordance with buying strategies for CFTA products? Sourcing products and placing orders on selected suppliers ensuring lead times and costs are aligned with buying strategies for CFTA retail/wholesale outlets?

Interpreting marketing plans and implementing promotional packaging, ticketing and visual displays in accordance with merchandising standards?

Implementing and monitoring packaging procedures ensuring appropriate techniques are utilised when packaging different categories of CFTA products?

=Implementing appropriate measures for realigning stock movement with projected sales budgets and profit margins for CFTA departments?

Implementing standards and managing a range of merchandising processes for departments in CFTA retail/wholesale outlets?

Monitoring stock levels, sell-off rates and store pr

OUTCOME RANGE

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

The ability to produce all of the following types of evidence:

ASSESSMENT CRITERION NOTES

Demonstrate techniques for interpreting marketing plans and implementing assembly of promotional CFTA product displays

Demonstrate techniques for evaluating CFTA stock movement and implementingappropriate measures to remedy excesses/shortages in stocks of CFTA merchandise ?

Produce evidence of recent CFTA product categories introduced as a result of feedback received from customers

ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE

UNIT STANDARD ACCREDITATION AND MODERATION OPTIONS

The Retail/Wholesale SETA will use this standard primarily to accredit providers.

Moderation will be provided by the FETQA

UNIT STANDARD ESSENTIAL EMBEDDED KNOWLEDGE

The demonstrated understanding of:?

Product knowledge (fabric content, construction, sizing specifications, characteristics, colour and fabric co-ordination, materials) and market-related pricing trends?

Organisational merchandising procedures and standards for CFTA products?

Organisational procedures and standards for displaying different categories of CFTA products?

Packaging strategies for different categories of CFTA products?

Techniques for analysing and evaluating customer needs for CFTA products?

Techniques for planning assortments and determining sizing ratios for different categories of CFTA products?

Organisational procedures for sourcing and ordering different categories of CFTA products?

CFTA suppliers database and related service costs?

Retail mathematics for compiling sales budgets and calculating profit margins

Critical Cross-field Outcomes (CCFO):

UNIT STANDARD CCFO IDENTIFYING

Identify and solve problems when sourcing CFTA products and placing orders with suppliers so that lead times and costs are aligned with overall merchandising strategy of organisation

UNIT STANDARD CCFO ORGANISING

Demonstrate an understanding of the world as a set of related systems where ongoing monitoring of stock levels, sell-off rates and customer profiles provide essential resources for determining future buying strategies and overall merchandising success of the organisation

UNIT STANDARD CCFO COLLECTING

Collect, organise, analyse and critically evaluate information when planning assortments and determining sizing ratios so that new ranges of CFTA products are aligned to customer requirements

UNIT STANDARD CCFO COMMUNICATING

Communicate effectively when informing staff of marketing plans for product promotions so that creativity and flair play an active role in visual presentations of product displays

UNIT STANDARD ASSESSOR CRITERIA

Assessment Criteria:

The ability to produce all of the following types of evidence:Evidence should be conducted by a registered assessor:?

Develop a merchandising strategy from a given case study for a CFTA retail/wholesale outlet?

Perform a sample procedure for planning assortments and determining sizing ratios when implementing buying plans for CFTA retail/wholesale outlets?

Describe procedures for reducing excess stock levels of unseasonal CFTA products?

Demonstrate techniques for sourcing merchandise and placing orders with selected CFTA suppliers?

Demonstrate techniques for interpreting marketing plans and implementing assembly of promotional CFTA product displays?

Demonstrate techniques for evaluating CFTA stock movement and implementingappropriate measures to remedy excesses/shortages in stocks of CFTA merchandise ?

Produce evidence of recent CFTA product categories introduced as a result of feedback received from customers

QUALIFICATIONS UTILISING THIS UNIT STANDARD:

	ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	STATUS	END DATE	PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QA FUNCTIONARY
Elective	13719	National Certificate: Retail and Wholesale, Sales and Service Technology	Level 4	NQF Level 04	Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"	2006-12-03	W&RSETA

PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS UNIT STANDARD:

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