Program Name:

National Certificate: Natural Resource Management: Terrestrial SAQA ID: 59949 NQF Level 5

Program Description:

The qualification addresses competencies required for supervision, leadership and managerial positions within a conservation environment enabling qualifying learners to access opportunities for further management development and training in the Nature Conservation environment.


Learners qualifying against this qualification will also play an important role in the management of conservation areas through community liaison, in order to facilitate the understanding of conservation/ environmental issues and promote compliance with conservation legislation.

After successful completion of this qualification, learners will be able to:

  • Manage available resources at operational level.
  • Enforce compliance with relevant conservation legislation.
  • Manage the workplace at an operational level.

The introduction of the course explains how the course is structured, what is covered by the course, the dates during which it is being run as well as who the relevant course coordinator is.

Any general matters are also placed in this section and the News Forum is used to communicate with the students.

In this course you have 10 modules and they are as follows:

  1. Communication Skills
  2. Health and Safety
  3. Conservation Planning
  4. Infrastructure Management
  5. Plant Management
  6. Animal Management
  7. Conservation Compliance
  8. Heritage Management
  9. Life Skills
  10. Research Methodology