The primary purpose of the qualification is to provide learners with:

• A foundation of basic project management knowledge and skills which can be used to build further project management related competencies.
• Competence to be an effective project team member.
• Competence to provide administrative support to a project manager and team members.
• Competence to provide assistance to a project manager of medium to large projects.

On achieving this Qualification, the learner will be able to:

• Work with others to undertake or support the project management activities.
• Assist the project manager and/or project team by contributing and participating in planning, execution and control activities.
• Provide support to the administration of a project.
• Supervise a project team of a small project to deliver project objectives.
• Support the project environment and management activities to deliver project objectives.
• Describe and apply specialised technical methods, tools and techniques to a project to deliver project objectives. 

Duration: 1 year

Entry Requirement: Grade 12 or NQF Level 4