COURSE: JOURNALISM

National Certificate: Journalism

SAQA QUAL ID: 49123

Journalism - 120 Credits

Are you an aspiring journalist and have a flair with words? We encourage you to write various articles for newsletters, youth publications and community papers.

Realistic simulations of interviews and interviewing skills are developed through writing profiles about various people who have a story to tell.

Qualifying will enable you to be employed as a junior journalist whereby you will be required to conduct research, gather information, observe, interview and develop story plans.

 

	ID	UNIT STANDARD TITLE	LEVEL	CREDITS
Core	8555	Contribute to information distribution regarding HIV/AIDS in the workplace	Level 4	4
Core	15096	Demonstrate an understanding of stress in order to apply strategies to achieve optimal stress levels in personal and work situations	Level 5	5
Core	15093	Demonstrate insight into democracy as a form of governance and its implications for a diverse society	Level 5	5
Core	110360	Interview for a variety of journalistic purposes	Level 5	8
Core	11994	Monitor, reflect and improve on own performance	Level 5	3
Core	110359	Perform journalism-related tasks and generate journalistic material in an editorial environment	Level 5	20
Core	117545	Present journalistic story ideas	Level 5	5
Core	110357	Report for a variety of journalistic purposes	Level 5	12
Core	110361	Write stories for a variety of journalistic purpose in print	Level 5	6
Fundamental	117546	Collect information for journalistic use	Level 5	6
Elective	114600	Apply innovative thinking to the development of a small business	Level 4	4
Elective	114742	Calculate tax payable by a small business	Level 4	6
Elective	117241	Develop a business plan for a small business	Level 4	5
Elective	8974	Engage in sustained oral communication and evaluate spoken texts	Level 4	5
Elective	117244	Investigate the possibilities of establishing and running a small business enterprise (SMME)	Level 4	3
Elective	114738	Perform financial planning and control functions for a small business	Level 4	6
Elective	8975	Read analyse and respond to a variety of texts	Level 4	5
Elective	12608	Record sound from a single source	Level 4	3
Elective	12153	Use the writing process to compose texts required in the business environment	Level 4	5
Elective	8976	Write for a wide range of contexts	Level 4	5
Elective	15234	Apply efficient time management to the work of a department/division/sectionLevel 5	4
Elective	8647	Apply workplace communication skills	Level 5	10
Elective	117539	Assess the quality of written text	Level 5	5
Elective	15237	Build teams to meet set goals and objectives	Level 5	3
Elective	117541	Cover a specialist beat as a journalist	Level 5	6
Elective	15231	Create and use a range of resources to effectively manage teams, sections, departments or divisions	Level 5	4
Elective	15216	Create opportunities for innovation and lead projects to meet innovative ideas	Level 5	4
Elective	15219	Develop and implement a strategy and action plans for a team, department or division	Level 5	4
Elective	10043	Develop, implement and manage a project / activity plan	Level 5	5
Elective	114481	Develop, maintain and monitor media relations to communicate government information	Level 5	5
Elective	15238	Devise and apply strategies to establish and maintain relationships	Level 5	3
Elective	15224	Empower team members through recognising strengths, encouraging participation in decision making and delegating tasks	Level 5	4
Elective	15233	Harness diversity and build on strengths of a diverse working environment	Level 5	3
Elective	15225	Identify and interpret related legislation and its impact on the team, department or division and ensure compliance	Level 5	4
Elective	15229	Implement codes of conduct in the team, department or division	Level 5	3
Elective	15230	Monitor team members and measure effectiveness of performance	Level 5	4
Elective	12606	Operate studio equipment for radio production	Level 5	5
Elective	14525	Present an informed argument on a current issue in a business sector	Level 5	3
Elective	110358	Sub-edit non-specialist text	Level 5	10
Elective	12605	Interview and lead discussion for radio broadcast purposes	Level 6	12
Elective	115020	Use standardised technical language	Level 6	10
Elective	115081	Write technical text within a specific field	Level 6	10
Elective	117945	Design documents	Level 7	20

 

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