LEARNING PROGRAMME ALIGNMENT

1. GENERAL INFORMATION
TITLE OF THE LEARNING PROGRAMME
SAQA ID
UNIT STANDARD TITLE(S)
120362
Monitor, report and make recommendations pertaining to specified requirements in terms of
working at heights
Provider Name
NQF Level
Credits
Unit Standard Type(s)
Eastern Cape Training
3
4
Core
Time:
Total Notional Hours:40hrs
Classroom based: 10
Practical Application and
Assignments:30
Requirements of Level descriptors
This learning programme shall develop learners who demonstrate with regards to:

Working at heights.

The competency includes knowledge and understanding of the requirements applicable to:

Performing work in elevated positions.

Inspecting, caring for and storing fall arrest equipment effectively.
The safety, health and environmental principles regarding the safe construction and maintenance of working platform,
ladders, scaffolds and walkways in elevated positions.

2. PURPOSE OF THE LEARNING PROGRAMME

Overall Purpose of the Programme
This Unit Standard will enable learners to describe the requirements with regard to working at heights.
US ID: 120362
2.1 Purpose of the
How can this
What must the learners
What must the
Unit
purpose be
know
learners be able to do
Standard
achieved
(knowledge)
(Skills)
This Unit Standard will
enable learners to
describe the
requirements with
regard to working at
heights.

Lectures
Classroom
Activities
Practical
demonstrations

Communication skills
at NQF Level 2
Mathematical literacy
at NQF Level 2
Unit standard: Provide
primary emergency
care / first aid as an
advanced first
responder in the
workplace: SAQA ID 120336
Unit standard:
Respond to,
implement and
manage emergencies
according to an
emergency action
plan in a workplace:
SAQA ID - 120329

Perform work in
elevated
positions.
Inspect, care for
and store fall
arrest equipment
effectively.
The safety,
health and
environmental
principles
regarding the
safe construction
and maintenance
of working
platform,
ladders,
scaffolds and
walkways in
elevated
positions.

What values are

embodied in
the purpose
(Attitudes)

3. Outcomes
UNIT STANDARD CRITICAL OUTCOMES: (Specify the
CCFOs of the Unit Standard)
SPECIFIC OUTCOME 1: Describe the requirements to
safely perform work in elevated positions.
SPECIFIC OUTCOME 2: Describe the requirements to
correctly inspect, care for and store fall arrest equipment.
SPECIFIC OUTCOME 3: Describe the safety, health and
environmental principles with regards to working platforms,
ladders, scaffolds and walkways in elevated positions.

LEARNING PROGRAMME OUTCOMES

Learner able to describe the requirements to safely perform work in
elevated positions.
Learner able describe the requirements to correctly inspect, care for
and store fall arrest equipment.
Learner able describe the safety, health and environmental principles
with regards to working platforms, ladders, scaffolds and walkways in
elevated positions.

4. ASSESSMENT
Specific Outcome 1: Describe the requirements to safely perform work in elevated positions.
Assessment Criteria
List of Formative Assessment
List of Summative Activities
Activities
Assessment Criterion 1
Class Activity
Knowledge Questionnaire
Assessment Criterion 2
Class Activity
Knowledge Questionnaire
Assessment Criterion 3
Class Activity
Knowledge Questionnaire

Specific Outcome 2: Describe the requirements to correctly inspect, care for and store fall arrest equipment.
Assessment Criteria
List of Formative Assessment
List of Summative Activities
Activities
Assessment Criterion 1
Class Activity
Practical Activity
Assessment Criterion 2
Class Activity
Knowledge Questionnaire
Assessment Criterion 3
Class Activity
Knowledge Questionnaire

Specific Outcome 3: Describe the safety, health and environmental principles with regards to working platforms, ladders, scaffolds
and walkways in elevated positions.

Assessment Criteria
Assessment Criterion 1
Assessment Criterion 2
Assessment Criterion 3
Assessment Criterion 4

List of Formative Assessment

Activities
Class Activity
Class Activity
Class Activity
Class Activity

List of Summative Activities

Practical Activity
Practical Activity
Knowledge Questionnaire
Knowledge Questionnaire

5. ACTIVITIES
The learning and teaching activities are derived from the assessment tasks. Before the course commencement, may be a month or
so, learners will be pre-assessed or skills audited
At the beginning of the course, learners:
1. Are registered with each learner completing personal profile questionnaire, which will also seek to understand whether the
learner has any learning challenges, such as language, audio visual, etc.
2. Are taken through course structure and content, emphasis being onto the skills programmes including the relevant Unit
Standards.
3. Assessment strategy and appeals procedure, which is signed and filed away

ACTIVITY
1. Facilitation

RESOURCES AND MATERIALS REQUIREMENTS

Training venue, PowerPoint slide , Data projector, Flipchart stand,
Flipchart paper, Flipchart stands, Laptop, Pre-designed assessment
instruments

2. Inspecting fall arrest equipment (Summative

Assessments)

Lanyards, Safety helmets, lifelines, Pullies, Fall arrest winch, rigging

plates, ropes.

3. Formative Assessments

Writing pads and pens

4. Summative Assessments

Writing pads and pens