Training

Technical Skills

Roadworker NQF 1

SAQA QUAL ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE
22977	National Certificate: Construction: Roadworks

	ID	UNIT STANDARD TITLE	LEVEL	CREDITS
Core	14443	Demonstrate a critical understanding of the role and impact of technology in society	Level 1	3
Core	13995	Demonstrate an understanding of contracts and their sources	Level 1	2
Core	7503	Demonstrate effective self-management skills	Level 1	2
Core	7495	Demonstrate that a person is a physical, mental, spiritual and social being	Level 1	2
Core	13971	Describe and interpret the composition, roleplayers, processes and role of the construction industry	Level 1	3
Core	7502	Discuss and explain social diversity, human rights and alternative perspectives	Level 1	2
Core	13973	Identify and use protective clothing and equipment in general construction	Level 1	4
Core	14014	Read and interpret construction drawings and specifications	Level 1	3
Core	14092	Understand and apply technological knowledge and skills in systems and control	Level 1	3
Core	12877	Use and maintain Hand tools on a Construction Site	Level 1	4
Core	12878	Use and maintain Power Hand Tools on a construction Site	Level 1	5
Core	9965	Render basic first aid	Level 2	3
Core	12875	Use and maintain small plant and equipment on a construction site	Level 2	10
Fundamental	13505	Apply concepts of lines of sight, views and perspectives to make sense of and decisions relative to the world around us	Below Level 1	1
Fundamental	14080	Describe routes and locations and draw simple maps	Below Level 1	1
Fundamental	7464	Analyse cultural products and processes as representations of shape, space and time	Level 1	2
Fundamental	7463	Describe and represent objects and the environment in terms of shape, space, time and motion	Level 1	2
Fundamental	7452	Describe, represent and interpret mathematical models in different contexts	Level 1	6
Fundamental	7526	Engage with aesthetic, affective, cultural and social values in texts	Level 1	3
Fundamental	7535	Engage with meaning, organisation and structure of texts	Level 1	3
Fundamental	7534	Explore and use a variety of strategies to learn	Level 1	3
Fundamental	7528	Identify, access, analyse, use and present information	Level 1	4
Fundamental	7524	Show a critical awareness of language usage	Level 1	3
Fundamental	7453	Use algebraic notation, conventions and terminology to solve problems	Level 1	3
Fundamental	7530	Use appropriate communication skills, conventions and structures for specific purposes and situations	Level 1	4
Fundamental	7461	Use maps to access and communicate information concerning routes, location and direction	Level 1	1
Elective	12916	Batch and mix concrete by volume	Level 1	5
Elective	10006	Demonstrate an understanding of entrepreneurship and develop entrepreneurial qualities	Level 1	2
Elective	9357	Develop and use keyboard skills to enter text	Level 1	4
Elective	10007	Identify, analyse and select business opportunities	Level 1	3
Elective	12904	Install Gabion Baskets on a Construction Site	Level 1	5
Elective	12901	Maintain vegetation and minor structures within the road reserve	Level 1	6
Elective	10567	Transport personnel, material and equipment using Light Delivery Vehicle	Level 1	4
Elective	12918	Control vegetation by use of herbicides	Level 2	2
Elective	114219	Demonstrate an understanding and implement environmental initiatives on a construction activity	Level 2	4
Elective	12900	Erect and maintain guardrails on a road construction site	Level 2	5
Elective	12911	Erect Anti-Dazzle screen	Level 2	1
Elective	13972	Identify describe and use materials in civil engineering construction	Level 2	4
Elective	12899	Install and maintain road furniture	Level 2	2
Elective	15182	Install manholes and chambers on a civil construction site	Level 2	5
Elective	12903	Install precast concrete pipes	Level 2	5
Elective	12909	Install road studs	Level 2	2
Elective	12913	Mix and apply slurry (By mixer)	Level 2	4
Elective	12912	Operate a mechanical core drill	Level 2	1
Elective	12905	Paint road symbols by spray gun	Level 2	1
Elective	12907	Protect banks	Level 2	2
Elective	12914	Replace batter poles/boards, profiles and layer works pegs from given survey data	Level 2	2
Elective	12908	Set out control point for centre line and edge line marking for road marking	Level 2	5
Elective	12910	Erect fencing	Level 3	2

Roadworker NQF 2

SAQA QUAL ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE
24133	National Certificate: Construction: Roadworks

	ID	UNIT STANDARD TITLE	LEVEL	CREDITS
Core	13971	Describe and interpret the composition, roleplayers, processes and role of the construction industry	Level 1	3
Core	9966	Establish and prepare a work area	Level 2	4
Core	14560	Handle, transport, store and utilize hazardous materials on a civil construction site	Level 2	5
Core	13972	Identify describe and use materials in civil engineering construction	Level 2	4
Core	14561	Implement roadside safety procedures	Level 2	2
Core	14336	Maintain records on a constuction site	Level 2	2
Core	14054	Read and interpret construction drawings and specifications	Level 2	3
Core	9965	Render basic first aid	Level 2	3
Core	12875	Use and maintain small plant and equipment on a construction site	Level 2	10
Core	15034	Work in confined spaces on construction sites	Level 2	2
Fundamental	12462	Engage in a range of speaking and listening interactions for a variety of purposes	Level 1	6
Fundamental	12473	Identify and respond to selected literary texts	Level 1	5
Fundamental	12469	Read and respond to a range of text types	Level 1	6
Fundamental	12470	Write for a variety of different purposes	Level 1	6
Fundamental	8963	Access and use information from texts	Level 2	5
Fundamental	9009	Apply basic knowledge of statistics and probability to influence the use of data and procedures in order to investigate life related problems	Level 2	3
Fundamental	7480	Demonstrate understanding of rational and irrational numbers and number systems	Level 2	3
Fundamental	8962	Maintain and adapt oral communication	Level 2	5
Fundamental	12444	Measure, estimate and calculate physical quantities and explore, describe and represent geometrical relationships in 2-dimensions in different life or workplace contexts	Level 2	3
Fundamental	8967	Use language and communication in occupational learning programmes	Level 2	5
Fundamental	7469	Use mathematics to investigate and monitor the financial aspects of personal and community life	Level 2	2
Fundamental	9007	Work with a range of patterns and functions and solve problems	Level 2	5
Fundamental	8964	Write for a defined context	Level 2	5
Elective	12916	Batch and mix concrete by volume	Level 1	5
Elective	9357	Develop and use keyboard skills to enter text	Level 1	4
Elective	10567	Transport personnel, material and equipment using Light Delivery Vehicle	Level 1	4
Elective	9964	Apply health and safety to a work area	Level 2	3
Elective	14554	Apply hot mix asphalt	Level 2	5
Elective	14556	Apply productivity principles on a construction site	Level 2	6
Elective	9986	Apply quality principles on a construction site	Level 2	12
Elective	14555	Conduct a bituminous seal operation	Level 2	5
Elective	14557	Conduct routine site tests to fresh and hardened concrete	Level 2	6
Elective	12918	Control vegetation by use of herbicides	Level 2	2
Elective	114219	Demonstrate an understanding and implement environmental initiatives on a construction activity	Level 2	4
Elective	12900	Erect and maintain guardrails on a road construction site	Level 2	5
Elective	12911	Erect Anti-Dazzle screen	Level 2	1
Elective	12899	Install and maintain road furniture	Level 2	2
Elective	12909	Install road studs	Level 2	2
Elective	13958	Maintain and repair bituminous road surfaces	Level 2	8
Elective	119715	Maintain and repair un-surfaced road shoulders	Level 2	6
Elective	12913	Mix and apply slurry (By mixer)	Level 2	4
Elective	12912	Operate a mechanical core drill	Level 2	1
Elective	14563	Operate a moving tractor: boom, rotary slasher	Level 2	2
Elective	7547	Operate a personal computer system	Level 2	6
Elective	12905	Paint road symbols by spray gun	Level 2	1
Elective	12907	Protect banks	Level 2	2
Elective	14564	Repair concrete and segmented concrete (block) road surface	Level 2	4
Elective	12914	Replace batter poles/boards, profiles and layer works pegs from given survey data	Level 2	2
Elective	12908	Set out control point for centre line and edge line marking for road marking	Level 2	5
Elective	14565	Use a concrete dumper to haul and dump material	Level 2	2
Elective	14566	Use a sideboom to lift, lower and carry material	Level 2	5
Elective	14567	Use a small self propelled compactor to compact material	Level 2	7
Elective	14568	Use a tractor to tow various construction implements and attachments	Level 2	7
Elective	14575	Construct precast kerbs and concrete channels on a roadworks construction site	Level 3	5
Elective	14576	Erect directional signs (Range > 10 m2)	Level 3	4
Elective	14558	Erect directional signs overhead < 10 m2	Level 3	6
Elective	12910	Erect fencing	Level 3	2
Elective	14578	Erect palisade fencing	Level 3	4
Elective	14562	Install road markers	Level 3	2
Elective	14579	Operate mechanical painting machine for remarking	Level 3	16
Elective	14581	Repair/replace minor structures	Level 3	10

Roadworker NQF 3

SAQA QUAL ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE
24173	National Certificate: Construction: Roadworks

	ID	UNIT STANDARD TITLE	LEVEL	CREDITS
Core	9964	Apply health and safety to a work area	Level 2	3
Core	9986	Apply quality principles on a construction site	Level 2	12
Core	9966	Establish and prepare a work area	Level 2	4
Core	14560	Handle, transport, store and utilize hazardous materials on a civil construction site	Level 2	5
Core	13972	Identify describe and use materials in civil engineering construction	Level 2	4
Core	14561	Implement roadside safety procedures	Level 2	2
Core	14336	Maintain records on a constuction site	Level 2	2
Core	9965	Render basic first aid	Level 2	3
Core	15034	Work in confined spaces on construction sites	Level 2	2
Core	9962	Calculate construction quantities to develop a work plan	Level 3	8
Core	110095	Interpret the composition, construction sequence and processes of the construction industry	Level 3	3
Core	9968	Procure materials, tools and equipment	Level 3	6
Core	14580	Read and interpret construction drawings and specifications	Level 3	10
Fundamental	8963	Access and use information from texts	Level 2	5
Fundamental	8962	Maintain and adapt oral communication	Level 2	5
Fundamental	8967	Use language and communication in occupational learning programmes	Level 2	5
Fundamental	8964	Write for a defined context	Level 2	5
Fundamental	8968	Accommodate audience and context needs in oral communication	Level 3	5
Fundamental	9010	Demonstrate an understanding of the use of different number bases and measurement units and an awareness of error in the context of relevant calculations	Level 3	2
Fundamental	9013	Describe, apply, analyse and calculate shape and motion in 2-and 3-dimensional space in different contexts	Level 3	4
Fundamental	8969	Interpret and use information from texts	Level 3	5
Fundamental	9012	Investigate life and work related problems using data and probabilities	Level 3	5
Fundamental	8973	Use language and communication in occupational learning programmes	Level 3	5
Fundamental	7456	Use mathematics to investigate and monitor the financial aspects of personal, business and national issues	Level 3	5
Fundamental	8970	Write texts for a range of communicative contexts	Level 3	5
Elective	9357	Develop and use keyboard skills to enter text	Level 1	4
Elective	14555	Conduct a bituminous seal operation	Level 2	5
Elective	12900	Erect and maintain guardrails on a road construction site	Level 2	5
Elective	15182	Install manholes and chambers on a civil construction site	Level 2	5
Elective	12903	Install precast concrete pipes	Level 2	5
Elective	12909	Install road studs	Level 2	2
Elective	13958	Maintain and repair bituminous road surfaces	Level 2	8
Elective	7547	Operate a personal computer system	Level 2	6
Elective	12908	Set out control point for centre line and edge line marking for road marking	Level 2	5
Elective	14575	Construct precast kerbs and concrete channels on a roadworks construction site	Level 3	5
Elective	14576	Erect directional signs (Range > 10 m2)	Level 3	4
Elective	14558	Erect directional signs overhead < 10 m2	Level 3	6
Elective	12910	Erect fencing	Level 3	2
Elective	14578	Erect palisade fencing	Level 3	4
Elective	14562	Install road markers	Level 3	2
Elective	14579	Operate mechanical painting machine for remarking	Level 3	16
Elective	14571	Organise and control the compaction of hot mix asphalt	Level 3	5
Elective	14570	Organise the erection of signposts	Level 3	2
Elective	119716	Plan to conduct, repair and maintain work on un-surfaced road shoulders	Level 3	8
Elective	14581	Repair/replace minor structures	Level 3	10
Elective	14572	Set out control points for marking barrier lines and islands	Level 3	6
Elective	14573	Set out control points for marking symbols	Level 3	2
Elective	14574	Set out pipes, culverts and transfer levels	Level 3	6
Elective	114218	Demonstrate an understanding and implement environmental initiatives on a construction project	Level 4	6
Elective	15185	Organise and control the spraying of bitumen on road surfaces	Level 4	5