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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY |
REGISTERED UNIT STANDARD THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE: |
Apply comprehension skills to engage written texts in a business environment |
SAQA US ID | UNIT STANDARD TITLE | |||
12155 | Apply comprehension skills to engage written texts in a business environment | |||
ORIGINATOR | ||||
SGB GET/FET Language and Communication | ||||
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY | ||||
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FIELD | SUBFIELD | |||
Field 04 - Communication Studies and Language | Language | |||
ABET BAND | UNIT STANDARD TYPE | PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL | NQF LEVEL | CREDITS |
Undefined | Regular-Fundamental | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | 5 |
REGISTRATION STATUS | REGISTRATION START DATE | REGISTRATION END DATE | SAQA DECISION NUMBER | |
Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2018-07-01 | 2023-06-30 | SAQA 06120/18 | |
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT | LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT | |||
2026-06-30 | 2029-06-30 |
In all of the tables in this document, both the pre-2009 NQF Level and the NQF Level is shown. In the text (purpose statements, qualification rules, etc), any references to NQF Levels are to the pre-2009 levels unless specifically stated otherwise. |
This unit standard does not replace any other unit standard and is not replaced by any other unit standard. |
PURPOSE OF THE UNIT STANDARD |
This unit standard introduces both cognitive and affective dimensions of reading comprehension skills that enable learners to interrogate a technical text in order to maximise understanding and to acquire the skills needed to extract relevant information from texts used in a business environment. It enables learners to identify textual features specific to texts in a business environment including legal documents.
The qualifying learner is capable of: |
LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING |
There is open access to this unit standard. Learners should be competent in Communication at level 3. |
UNIT STANDARD RANGE |
The typical scope of this unit standard is:
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Specific Outcomes and Assessment Criteria: |
SPECIFIC OUTCOME 1 |
Identify and respond to textual features specific to written texts in a business environment. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 |
1. Texts used in a business environment are identified for a specific transactional function and an indication is given of the purpose of each document. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 |
2. Commonly used conventions for texts used for a specific business function are identified and an indication is given of whether these conventions are the result of legislation, industry requirements or company policy. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 |
3. Terminology specific to a particular business function is explained with examples. |
SPECIFIC OUTCOME 2 |
Recognise or recall ideas and information that are explicitly stated in a written text. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 |
1. Details are correctly identified from a technical text. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 |
2. An explicit statement is correctly identified as the main idea of a paragraph or larger portion of a text. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 |
3. Incidents, processes or actions explicitly stated in a text are identified in the correct order or sequence in which they occur. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 |
4. Information is compared by identifying similarities and differences explicitly stated in a text(s). |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5 |
5. Requirements, incidents or actions in the selection are explained in own words using reasons that are explicitly stated in a text. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 6 |
6. Characteristics that indicate a customer profile are identified from explicit statements about a person in a text. |
SPECIFIC OUTCOME 3 |
Re-organise information from a written text. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 |
1. People and/or other items (events, places, equipment, options, policies, investment instruments) are classified by placing them in appropriate categories. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 |
2. An outline of a text is produced using direct statements or statements paraphrased from the text. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 |
3. A text is summarised using direct or paraphrased statements from the text. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 |
4. Explicit ideas or information from more than one source is consolidated into a synthesised text. |
SPECIFIC OUTCOME 4 |
Infer information from a written business text. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 |
1. Information explicitly stated in a written text, supplemented by the learner's intuition, product or industry knowledge or personal experience, is used to infer supporting details and add facts or information that could make a text more informative. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 |
2. The main idea or general significance of information not explicitly stated in a written text is inferred using the learner's intuition, product or industry/sector knowledge or personal experience. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 |
3. An action or incident that might have taken place between two explicitly stated actions or incidents is inferred from the learner's own knowledge of the industry or sector and personal experience. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 |
4. A possible outcome or consequence of an explicitly stated series of actions is inferred from personal knowledge and business experience. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5 |
5. Comparisons about times, places, events, and other occupation related aspects that revolve around then and now, here and there, this and that are made by inferring similarities and differences using information explicitly stated in a written text and the learner's own knowledge and business experience. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 6 |
6. The relationship between cause and effect is inferred from information explicitly stated in a written text and the learner's own knowledge and business experience. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 7 |
7. Information about a person is inferred from information explicitly stated in a written text and the learner's own knowledge and business experience. |
SPECIFIC OUTCOME 5 |
Evaluate information in a written text used in the business sector. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 |
1. Ideas or events presented in a report or policy document are compared with external criteria provided by the facilitator, other authorities and other written sources or with internal criteria such as own experience, knowledge or values in order to make a judgment as to whether an event indicated in a text could really have happened. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 |
2. A report is analysed and a judgment is made as to whether the information in the text represents an objective fact or a subjective opinion. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 |
3. Information in a report is analysed for adequacy and validity when compared to other sources or texts in order to make about the report's completeness or incompleteness in relation to its intended purpose. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 |
4. Information in a financial services text is evaluated and is accepted or rejected based on own knowledge and experiences and comparison with other documents. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5 |
5. Information in a text is judged in terms of its appropriateness for the intended audience and purpose. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 6 |
6. Judgements about worth, desirability and acceptability of a product are made using external criteria provided by the facilitator, other authorities and other written sources or with internal criteria including own experience, industry or sector knowledge and business ethics. |
UNIT STANDARD ACCREDITATION AND MODERATION OPTIONS |
This unit standard will be internally assessed by the provider and moderated by a moderator registered by a relevant accredited ETQA. The mechanisms and requirements for moderation are contained in the documents obtainable from the framework for assessment and moderation of the SETA concerned. |
UNIT STANDARD ESSENTIAL EMBEDDED KNOWLEDGE |
Essential embedded knowledge will be assessed through the specific outcomes in terms of the stipulated assessment criteria. This includes the direct assessment of knowledge. |
Critical Cross-field Outcomes (CCFO): |
UNIT STANDARD CCFO IDENTIFYING |
Use the comprehension skills indicated in order to identify and solve problems in which responses show that responsible decisions using critical and creative thinking have been made
Reflect on and explore a variety of strategies to learn more effectively in learning skills to improve comprehension of a variety of texts used in the business sector. |
UNIT STANDARD CCFO WORKING |
Work effectively with others as a member of a team, group, organisation or community. |
UNIT STANDARD CCFO ORGANISING |
Organise and manage his/her own learning activities responsibly and effectively. |
UNIT STANDARD CCFO COLLECTING |
Collect, organise and critically evaluate information from a variety of business texts. |
UNIT STANDARD CCFO COMMUNICATING |
Communicate effectively using visual, mathematics and language skills both orally and in writing in applying the comprehension skills indicated to texts. |
UNIT STANDARD CCFO DEMONSTRATING |
Be culturally and aesthetically sensitive across a range of social contexts in responding personally to a variety of reports and documents used in the business sector. |
UNIT STANDARD ASSESSOR CRITERIA |
Integration and portfolio assessment:
It is strongly recommended that this unit standard be integrated with other unit standards wherever learners are required to work with technical texts. Evidence that the assessment criteria have been demonstrated competently should be included in a portfolio of evidence that will be assessed formatively on completion of each task and summatively on completion of the portfolio for the unit standard. |
REREGISTRATION HISTORY |
As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this unit standard was Reregistered in 2012; 2015. |
QUALIFICATIONS UTILISING THIS UNIT STANDARD: |
ID | QUALIFICATION TITLE | PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL | NQF LEVEL | STATUS | END DATE | PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QA FUNCTIONARY | |
Fundamental | 50479 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Advertising | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2023-06-30 | MICTS |
Fundamental | 48882 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Auctioneering Practices | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2011-02-16 | Was SERVICES until Last Date for Achievement |
Fundamental | 58204 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Cable Jointing and Termination | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2023-06-30 | EWSETA |
Fundamental | 49093 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Child and Youth Care Work | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2008-02-06 | Was HW SETA until Last Date for Achievement |
Fundamental | 57885 | Further Education and Training Certificate: CNC Production Machining | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2023-06-30 | MERSETA |
Fundamental | 61451 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Criminology | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2023-06-30 | SAS SETA |
Fundamental | 58861 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Electro-Mechanical Winding | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2023-06-30 | MERSETA |
Fundamental | 58801 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Environmental Noise Practice | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2015-06-30 | LG SETA |
Fundamental | 50309 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Environmental Practice | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2023-06-30 | LG SETA |
Fundamental | 49739 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Firearms Maintenance | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2023-06-30 | SAS SETA |
Fundamental | 58880 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Fluid Power | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2023-06-30 | MERSETA |
Fundamental | 24294 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Information Technology: Systems Development | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2010-01-23 | Was MICTS until Last Date for Achievement |
Fundamental | 50021 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Inspection and Assessment (Non-Metallics) | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2023-06-30 | MERSETA |
Fundamental | 61509 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Lifeguarding | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2023-06-30 | CATHSSETA |
Fundamental | 49529 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Long-Term Risk Assessment | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2023-06-30 | INSETA |
Fundamental | 78143 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Military Operations | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2023-06-30 | SAS SETA |
Fundamental | 59889 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Military Operations | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Registered" |
2010-01-25 | Was SAS SETA until Last Date for Achievement |
Fundamental | 49553 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Pipeline Operations | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2016-12-31 | TETA |
Fundamental | 49067 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Railway Signalling: Fault-finding and Repair of Equipment | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2023-06-30 | TETA |
Fundamental | 48439 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Road Transport Supervision | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2023-06-30 | TETA |
Fundamental | 66370 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Roof Truss Technology | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2015-06-30 | FPMSETA |
Fundamental | 49197 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Social Housing Supervision | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2023-06-30 | PSETA |
Fundamental | 14854 | National Certificate: Agric Sales and Services | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2023-06-30 | AgriSETA |
Fundamental | 48493 | National Certificate: Financial Services: Wealth Management | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Registered" |
2007-02-11 | Was INSETA until Last Date for Achievement |
Fundamental | 24293 | National Certificate: Information Technology: Technical Support | Level 4 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L4 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2010-01-23 | Was MICTS until Last Date for Achievement |
Fundamental | 36436 | National Certificate: Local Economic Development | Level 4 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L4 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2023-06-30 | LG SETA |
Fundamental | 21796 | National Certificate: Short Term Insurance | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Registered" |
2005-06-12 | Was INSETA until Last Date for Achievement |
Fundamental | 21500 | National Certificate: Sport and Fitness Leadership | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Registered" |
2005-06-12 | Was CATHSSETA until Last Date for Achievement |
Fundamental | 20155 | National Certificate: Tourism: Guiding | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2009-09-09 | Was CATHSSETA until Last Date for Achievement |
Fundamental | 49396 | National Certificate: Wholesale and Retail Credit Control | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2008-10-22 | Was W&RSETA until Last Date for Achievement |
Fundamental | 49397 | National Certificate: Wholesale and Retail Operations Supervision | Level 4 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L4 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2023-06-30 | W&RSETA |
Fundamental | 21792 | National Diploma: Contact Centre Management | Level 5 | NQF Level 05 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2023-06-30 | SERVICES |
Fundamental | 48784 | National Diploma: Translation | Level 5 | NQF Level 05 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2018-12-31 | CHE |
Elective | 61595 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Business Administration Services | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2023-06-30 | As per Learning Programmes recorded against this Qual |
Elective | 49649 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Long-term Insurance | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2023-06-30 | INSETA |
Elective | 66609 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Retail Insurance | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2023-06-30 | As per Learning Programmes recorded against this Qual |
Elective | 66610 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Short Term Insurance | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2023-07-30 | As per Learning Programmes recorded against this Qual |
Elective | 57613 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Short-Term Risk Management | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2012-06-30 | INSETA |
Elective | 66613 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Wealth Management | Level 4 | NQF Level 04 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2023-06-30 | As per Learning Programmes recorded against this Qual |
Elective | 48640 | National Certificate: Financial Services Management | Level 4 | Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L4 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2023-06-30 | INSETA |
PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS UNIT STANDARD: |
This information shows the current accreditations (i.e. those not past their accreditation end dates), and is the most complete record available to SAQA as of today. Some Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionaries have a lag in their recording systems for provider accreditation, in turn leading to a lag in notifying SAQA of all the providers that they have accredited to offer qualifications and unit standards, as well as any extensions to accreditation end dates. The relevant Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionary should be notified if a record appears to be missing from here. |
1. | A4 Consultancy CC |
2. | Amabamba Recruitment |
3. | Andebe Group |
4. | ATTI Nelspruit Pty Ltd |
5. | AVAX SA 481 CC. T/A Mandisa Development Services |
6. | Avenida (Pty) Ltd |
7. | Balemi Consulting Pty Ltd |
8. | Bavelile Consultants and Training |
9. | Bev Short Training Consultants |
10. | Brilliant Affairs |
11. | Bull's Business and Skills Training Institute |
12. | Careers IT |
13. | Cedara College of Agriculture |
14. | Central Institute of Professional Studies and Services |
15. | Circleway College |
16. | College Africa Group (Pty) Ltd |
17. | CTU Training Solutions |
18. | Dru-A Professional Training Consultancy |
19. | EDU - FLEET |
20. | Edutraining Business College |
21. | Edzani Community Development and Consultancy |
22. | ELSENBURG AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE |
23. | Epitome Villa (Pty)Ltd |
24. | Futurekids SA (Fochville) |
25. | Gemini Training And Development Pty Ltd |
26. | Giamanje TVET College |
27. | Glentech Innovative Design Concepts |
28. | Growth Management Consulting |
29. | HILLCROSS BUSINESS SCHOOL (PTY |
30. | Ikusasalethu Youth Development Project NPC |
31. | Information Technology Resource Centre |
32. | IQ Skills Academy (PTY) LTD. |
33. | Jabukile Consultancy |
34. | Jobafrik Consulting |
35. | Josmap Training Institute |
36. | Kay Beez Development Projects |
37. | Learncorp |
38. | Learning Exchange Pty (Ltd) |
39. | Lewerb Holdings (PTY) Ltd |
40. | Life Long ABET Consulting |
41. | Madingoane and Family Construction |
42. | Makhuba Development Projects CC |
43. | Makoti Skills Development Solutions |
44. | Mamuhle Academy |
45. | MANCOSA Pty (Ltd) |
46. | MBOWA COLLEGE PTY LTD |
47. | Mcebo Technologies |
48. | Metanoia Ratings PTY LTD |
49. | Mintirho Development Services |
50. | Mitek Industries SA ( Pty) Ltd |
51. | Mortarboard Training Solutions |
52. | Musengavhadzimu Media |
53. | NCC - Vereeniging |
54. | Ndwamato Training Solutions (Pty) Ltd |
55. | Nemalale Eagles Consultancy CC |
56. | Neopeo Trading & Projects |
57. | Networx for Career Development |
58. | Nkinane Trading Enterprise |
59. | Nolwazi Stem Education for The |
60. | NWK Beperk |
61. | Nyathela Business College |
62. | On the Ball College Pty ltd |
63. | OPELONG BUSINESS INSTITUTE (PT |
64. | Open Learning Group |
65. | Pachedu Skills Solutions |
66. | Pal Passenger Bus Services |
67. | Pebetse Training and Consulting |
68. | Peo Entle HIV Wellness Management and Youth Skills Development NPO |
69. | Petra Institute of Development |
70. | PFIM Trading (Pty) Ltd |
71. | PMA Holdings (PTY ) LTD. |
72. | Pretoria Technical College |
73. | Progressive School of Business and Engineering (Pty) |
74. | PTDEV (Pty) Ltd |
75. | QUALITATIVE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS |
76. | Quantum Leap College Pty Ltd |
77. | RCL Foods-Sugar & Milling (MP) |
78. | Reflections Development Institute |
79. | Regent Business School (Pty) Ltd t/a Regent Business School |
80. | Resonance Institue of Learning |
81. | Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology Pty Ltd |
82. | Rostec Technical FET College (Pty) Ltd |
83. | SA ARMY GYMNASIUM |
84. | Sebenzisanane Human Capital |
85. | Sekhukhune FET College - Central Office |
86. | Senwes Beperk |
87. | Silalele Consulting CC. |
88. | Siza Nesu Training and Consultants |
89. | Skills For Life |
90. | South African Corporate Training Association |
91. | South West Gauteng College - Central Office |
92. | Starplex 489 cc |
93. | Suidwes Beleggings Eiendoms Beperk |
94. | T Mabuya & Associates CC |
95. | Tachfin Holdings |
96. | Tasc Business Consulting and Training |
97. | Tau and Tau Training Enterprises Pty Ltd |
98. | Tembe Service Providers |
99. | Thando Consulting Services |
100. | Thinking Mind Trading |
101. | Timothy Fasheun Group Enviromentors (Pty) Ltd |
102. | TLD Consulting |
103. | Training Consultant and SD College |
104. | Transafric Consulting Pty Ltd |
105. | Tshepang Consulting & Project |
106. | Tshwane Training Institute (PTY) LTD. |
107. | TWINMARK STRATEGY AND MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS |
108. | Umbuso Training Services |
109. | Umqondo Consultancy |
110. | UNIVERSITY OF BUSINESS EXCELLENCE(PTY)LTD |
111. | University of Venda |
112. | Ursivox Interactive Systems |
113. | Varsity Institute of Science & Technology (Pty)Ltd |
114. | Vhutshilo Health And Training Organisation |
115. | Visionary Skill Academy |
116. | VKB LANDBOU (PTY) LTD |
117. | VUTHLARI MARKETING CONSULTING |
118. | Whitestone College |
119. | Wildlife and Enviroment Society of South Africa |
120. | Working Solution International |
All qualifications and part qualifications registered on the National Qualifications Framework are public property. Thus the only payment that can be made for them is for service and reproduction. It is illegal to sell this material for profit. If the material is reproduced or quoted, the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) should be acknowledged as the source. |