Purpose:
The Further Education and Training Certificate: Event Support is aimed at
individuals already employed or planning to become employed in the broader
events sector. Competent learners will be able to provide effective and
efficient support services to event organizers and suppliers of goods and
services to the events industry. This is critical to support the services
offered by other tourism product suppliers and will help to retain and grow the
number of tourists. Employment opportunities resultant from this entry-level
qualification will include entry-level personnel positions in various areas of
the events industry and activities will generically cover initial customer
contact as well as abilities to satisfy customer needs.
The qualification provides grounding in knowledge of the industry and customer
service as well as specific occupationally related skills in a range of
elective choices, which include the various genres that prepare learners for
the world of work.
The learner successfully completing this qualification will be able
to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the events industry.
- Perform event administration functions.
- Execute event support functions.
Learning assumed to be in place and recognition of prior learning
It is assumed that the learner attempting this qualification is competent in:
- Communication at NQF Level 3.
- Mathematical Literacy at NQF Level 3
NQF Level: 04
Minimum Credits: 145