Learners credited against this Unit Standard are able to advocate and lobby to raise the profile of any issue of concern that may affect specific communities. In addition, they are able to engage relevant stakeholders, leading to increased participation. Learners are able to set up identified advocacy and lobbying programmes. Advocacy and lobbying competences are essential for community development practitioners, and therefore positions the practice as an important field of learning. The community development practitioner practices in a wide range of sectors such as health, social development and human rights, making this competences relevant across sectors.
Learners attain life skills such as communication, assertiveness, the ability to articulate issues, etc. and are able to influence for change, and broaden understanding. Familiarity with, awareness of and exposure to global issues are achieved, and learners are able to utilise untapped potential. The field of development practice is impacted as this set of competences allows learners to bring and impart skills, knowledge and information in different fields. It broadens the base of development practice, raises awareness of issues, and ensures that learners keep up to date on development issues and changes in development practice. Learners can influence change, and through interaction with other fields are able to share information and give direction. This allows them to remain in touch with external environments, participate in development clusters, and remain connected and focussed. Credited learners can bring about change in peoples' socio-economic conditions, raise awareness of the need for action, mobilise people around a common cause, enhance critical thinking, and unleash potential in communities and individuals.
Credited learners are capable of:
Identifying community concerns and issues that warrant attention.
Identifying relevant stakeholders for advocacy and lobbying.
Explaining steps for effective advocacy and lobbying of community issues.
Conducting community advocacy and lobbying programmes using relevant tools and resources. |
Assessors should keep the following principles in mind when designing and conducting assessments against this Unit Standard:
Focus the assessment activities on gathering evidence in terms of the main outcome expressed in the title to ensure assessment is integrated rather than fragmented. Remember we want to declare the person competent in terms of the title. Where assessment at title level is unmanageable, focus assessment around each specific outcome, or groups of specific outcomes.
Make sure evidence is gathered across the entire range, wherever it applies. Assessment activities should be as close to the real performance as possible, and where simulations or role-plays are used, there should be supporting evidence to show the learner is able to perform in the real situation.
Do not focus the assessment activities on each assessment criterion. Rather make sure the assessment activities focus on outcomes and are sufficient to enable evidence to be gathered around all the assessment criteria.
The assessment criteria provide the specifications against which assessment judgements should be made. In most cases, knowledge can be inferred from the quality of the performances, but in other cases, knowledge and understanding will have to be tested through questioning techniques. Where this is required, there will be assessment criteria to specify the standard required.
The task of the assessor is to gather sufficient evidence, of the prescribed type and quality, as specified in this Unit Standard, that the learner can achieve the outcomes again and again and again. This means assessors will have to judge how many repeat performances are required before they believe the performance is reproducible.
All assessments should be conducted in line with the following well documented principles of assessment: appropriateness, fairness, manageability, integration into work or learning, validity, direct, authentic, sufficient, systematic, open and consistent. |
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AfroXpert Performance Developement cc |
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Akadon Trading (Pty) Ltd |
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Amadube Investments CC |
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Avenida (Pty) Ltd |
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Brilliant Affairs |
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Bull's Business and Skills Training Institute |
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CB Willemse Training |
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CTAM Training and Consulting |
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Dee's Training (PTY) LTD |
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DM Training Consultants |
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Ethembeni Multi Service Enterprise (Pty) Ltd |
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Excellent Minds Institute (Pty) Ltd |
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Faranang Marketing |
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Growth Management Consulting |
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HDPSA |
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Hlombe and Associates |
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IALE School of Advanced Learning Education |
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ICM t/a Institute for Career Management |
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IGKM Management Services (Pty) Ltd |
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Josmap Training Institute |
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KAGISHO BUSINESS CONCEPTS (Pty) LTD |
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Kairos Training College |
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Kuyakhula Development Initiatives |
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Leap Projects |
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LETZAA Group |
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Lizwa Ntlabati Trading CC |
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Magnico Products (PTY) LTD |
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Magumzane Traiding cc |
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Mahayi HRD Services cc |
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Mahloko Training, Auditing Services and other Projects |
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Makaota Training Consultants |
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Makhuba Development Projects CC |
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Management College of Southern Africa (MANCOSA) |
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Matsila Holdings |
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MML Consulting CC. |
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Motheo Skills Entity |
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MTK Corporate Solutions |
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Myeza Trading Enterprise |
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Networx for Career Development |
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Ngaphakathi Investments |
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Nkqubela Community Developers |
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Nokusho M Consulting and Trading |
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Pebetse Training and Consulting |
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Pioneer Business Consulting |
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PMA Holdings (PTY ) LTD. |
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Poshido Training |
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Regent Business School (Pty) Ltd t/a Regent Business School |
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Ruthekho Training Academy |
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Silalele Consulting CC. |
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SIZA NESU TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT |
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South African ABET Development Agency SAADA |
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South West Gauteng College - Molapo Campus |
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SSD Consultants |
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T Mabuya & Associates CC |
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Talent Centre Training |
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Talent Emporium Academy (PTY) Ltd |
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Talent Sculpture |
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Thando Consulting Services |
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The Crimson CO CC. |
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Thuto-Boswa Education and Training Solution |
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Tloumogale Business Development & Consulting |
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Tovani Traiding 299 |
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Tshepang Consulting & Project |
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Tshisimani Holdings (PTY) Ltd. |
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Tshwane Training Institute (PTY) LTD. |
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Umfolozi FET College |
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UNIVERSITY OF BUSINESS EXCELLENCE(PTY)LTD |
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Vicmat Consultants |
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YAB Business Solutions (Pty)Ltd |
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Ziya Investment Holdings Pty Ltd |