Educate the present to preserve our future

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1 Educate the present to preserve our future

2 Our passion for developing people and preserving our planet inspired us to set up the SmartMatta Academy. This is a Local Government SETA-accredited academy that offers a variety of National Qualifications (NQF levels 1 to 5) registered with the South African Qualifications Authority. Because customer centricity and innovation form an integral part of our DNA, we tailor-make programmes to suit your unique needs. Some of the options we offer include: Customised non-accredited training Accredited training / skills programmes Corporate Social Investment training Campaign management

3 At SmartMatta we ensure that there is a measurable impact and sustainable change from the learning intervention to applying the learning in the workplace. The Academy is a partner to our clients in achieving sustainability through adequate, tailor-made and continuous education by addressing all levels of training required.

4 Accreditation Credentials SmartMatta Academy is fully accredited by LG-SETA to offer SAQA registered National Qualifications. Accreditation Number: LGRS Our B-BBEE Credentials SmartMatta is a B-BBEE Level 2 accredited company and a value-adding supplier.

5 Our Academic Team SmartMatta Academy boasts world-class facilitators who have more than 25 years experience between them. Specialists in education, we will provide our learners with a world-class education. All our facilitators are: Qualified in facilitation skills Qualified and registered assessors Qualified industry subject matter experts

6 Academy offerings: Accredited skills programmes Waste handling 5 days NQF level 2, 25 credits Handling tools and equipment for waste management 3 days NQF level 1, 6 credits Handle and disposal of waste 4 days NQF level 1, 12 credits Take action to address impacts on the environment 3 days NQF level 2, 10 credits Demonstrate an awareness of the impact of human activities on the environment NQF level 1, 12 credits Recognise, group, use and care for materials which can impact on health and the environment 3 days NQF level 1, 10 credits Operate waste disposal facilities 4 days NQF level 2, 6 credits Apply environmental management tools to assess impacts 4 days NQF level 2, 5 credits Use tools and equipment in an environmentally responsible manner 4 days NQF level 2, 10 credits Separate, handle, store, treat and transport waste 4 days NQF level 2, 9 credits Understanding human impact on the environment 5 days NQF level 1, 40 credits Working in teams for a safe and productive working environment 3 days NQF level 2, 20 credits The regulatory framework for environmental management 2 days NQF level 5, 8 credits Project development and systems thinking 5 days NQF level 5, 18 credits Environmental Health and Safety 5 days NQF level 5, 30 credits Integrated water and waste management 4 days NQF level 5, 28 credits

7 Academyofferings: offerings: Academy Shortcourses courses Short Environmental awareness half day Developing high performance teams 3 days Waste wise (waste sorting and recycling) half day Inventory management (the nuts and bolts) 2 days Introduction to hazardous waste 1 day Exceptional customer service 2 days Internal auditing of ISO standards 1 day Change and how to deal with it 1 day Leadership skills for supervisors 2 days The professional supervisor 3 days

8 GETC: ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICE (NQF level 1 SAQA #49552) AET candidates, operational floor staff, waste operators, municipal staff, water operators. This qualification is designed for employees and incoming employees in a business who need to understand and apply basic environmental practices within the workplace. Learners accredited with this qualification will be able to apply their skills, knowledge and values to contribute towards the wise and effective use and management of our natural resources and ecological systems. This qualification is ideal as an AET programme. MODULE 1 Fundamentals of Numeracy MODULE 2 Fundamentals of Literacy MODULE 3 Effective Workplace Relations - Communicate numerical data - Understanding of the numbering system - Working with numbers in various contexts - Engage in speaking and listening interactions - Explore strategies to learn - Read and respond to text - Write for different purposes - Develop and use keyboard skills to enter text - Participate effectively in the workplace - Knowledge of self and diversity - HIV/AIDS and other illnesses in the workplace - Identify potential hazards and critical safety issues MODULE 4 Personal Development MODULE 5 Human Impact on the Environment MODULE 6 Business Life Skills - Basic fire fighting techniques - Basic life support and first aid procedures - Transport personnel, material and equipment in light delivery vehicle - Use and care for materials - Select, use and care for hand tools - Awareness of the impact of human activities on the environment - Handle and dispose of waste - Prepare for employment Write and present a business plan Impact of customers on business Financial life skills Knowledge of own identity in the community

9 NC: ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICE (NQF level 2 SAQA #49605) MODULE 1 Environmental Management and Ecology MODULE 2 Tools and Equipment - Ecology, biodiversity, ecosystems, resources and sustainable development - Properties and characteristics of materials - Use of environmental assessment tools - Working with hazardous materials - Record and maintain information - Responsible selection and use of equipment and materials - Using Material Data Sheets correctly Waste operators, sustainability champions, operational floor staff, municipal staff. This qualification is designed for employees and incoming employees in a business who need to understand and apply basic environmental practices within the workplace. Learners accredited with this qualification will be able to apply their skills, knowledge and values to contribute towards the wise and effective use and management of our natural resources and ecological systems. MODULE 3 Working in Teams MODULE 4 Professional Development: Numeracy Skills - Benefits and difficulties of working in teams - Working with data - Compare, analyse, describe behaviour in patterns and functions - Working with shapes - Apply statistics and probability to investigate - Use graphs and tables - Rational and irrational number systems - Personal finance MODULE 5 Professional Development: Literacy MODULE 6 HIV/AIDS and Basic First Aid MODULE 7 Waste Management - Access, collect and use information - Facts, figures and behaviours - Environmental pollution and types of waste - Communication in the workplace - Rights and responsibilities - Impacts of poor waste management - Orientating self within the workplace - Policies and procedures - Waste classification and waste management - Principles of primary emergency care - Waste storage, collection, transport and treatment - Develop and implement environmental action plan - Goal setting - Keeping work areas safe and healthy - Safety measures to be taken - Personal protective equipment - Assess and control a single injury - Relevant documentation - Maintain and store materials and equipment - Waste disposal facilities - Responding to incidents or accidents

10 NC: ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICE (NQF level 3 SAQA #49752) Team leaders and supervisors, waste operators, sustainability champions, operational floor staff, municipal staff. This qualification is designed for employees and incoming employees in a business who need to understand and apply basic environmental practices within the workplace or who operate in an environmental/waste management field. It is specifically aimed at those employees who are or will be in a supervisory or team leader position. MODULE 1 Environmental Management MODULE 2 Health and Safety MODULE 3 Personal Development - Principles of environmental monitoring - Handling operational incidents - Knowledge of self and team - Tools to measure conformance to quality - Apply, monitor and control health, safety and security - Develop and implement action plans - Apply routine maintenance - Team work functions and reports - Preventative measures in handling resources - Participate in meetings - Control hazardous substances MODULE 4 Fundamentals of Numeracy MODULE 5 Fundamentals of Literacy MODULE 6 Business Skills - Select, use, monitor data input and equipment - Oral communication - Develop and implement action plans - Purpose of environmental management processes and relevance to data - Interpret and use information from texts - Use language in occupational learning - Care for customer in a community environment - Calculate shape and motion - Write text for different contexts - Implement lean work practices - Data and probabilities - Financial aspects of personal, business issues - HIV/AIDS

11 NC: ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICE (NQF level 4 SAQA #50309) Junior managers, waste operators, municipal staff, junior SHEQ staff. This qualification is designed for employees and incoming employees in a business who need to understand and apply basic environmental practices within the workplace. Learners accredited with this qualification will be equipped to supervise a unit with regards to all environmental issues, including basic health and safety as well as ISO standards. MODULE 1 Environmental Management MODULE 2 Health and Safety MODULE 3 Communication - Implement environmental improvements - Safety, health and environmental protection procedures - Effective oral communication - Perform role of SHEQ representative - Write for different contexts - Maintain quality assurance system - Language in occupational learning - HIV/AIDS MODULE 4 Professional Development: Numeracy Skills MODULE 5 Supervisory Skills MODULE 6 Business Skills - Apply budget function in a business - Manage time productively - Manage time productively - Process environmental data - Supervise customer service standards - Writing in a business environment - Calculate shape and motion - Supervise use and maintenance of tools/equipment - Apply comprehension skills in business - Supervise workers - Tools and information systems to manage information - Statistics and probability - Financial aspects of business, personal and national issues - Plan and conduct meetings - Interpret and use text

12 NC: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (NQF level 5 SAQA #66789) Managers, waste operators, SHEQ employees, sustainability employees. Any individual who is, or wishes to be involved as an environmental officer in the business sector. The qualification has a specialisation field in either waste management or water management. The qualification contains all the competencies, skills and values required by a learner who may wish to access a higher qualification within the environment sector. MODULE 1 Ecology and Environmental management MODULE 2 Integrated Environmental Management MODULE 3 Project Development and Systems Thinking - Explain the biophysical environment - Explain the regulatory framework for environmental management - Apply a systems approach to decision making - Demonstrate an understanding of integrated environmental management analysis tools - Apply problem solving strategies MODULE 4 Environmental Health and Safety MODULE 5 Professional Development MODULE 6 Integrated Waste and Water Management - Demonstrate understanding of occupational health and safety legislation in the workplace - Apply efficient time management to the work of a department/division/section - Demonstrate an understanding of integrated water resource management - Manage hazardous substances - Apply specialist incident investigation techniques to a specific incident in a work environment - Apply knowledge of statistics and probability to critically interrogate and effectively communicate findings on life related problems - Demonstrate an understanding of integrated waste management - Demonstrate knowledge of pollution incident management and remediation - Conduct communication within a business environment - Demonstrate an understanding of human sustainability - Apply fundamental knowledge of environmental ethics to a field or work or study - Develop, implement and evaluate a project plan - Treat and process waste

13 Giving back: Social responsibility At SmartMatta Academy, we believe in giving back to our communities. One of the initiatives we support is the Lungisani Ndlela Trust. Through the sponsorship of schoolfees, we empower our youth - the future leaders of South Africa. SmartMatta provides bursaries for those learners who cannot afford to further their studies to gain a qualification. We regularly make a delivery of food, clothing and toys to the children at Lungisani Safe House. Educating the unemployed youth Fifty unemployed youth have embarked on a funded learnership with the SmartMatta Academy. These young people are provided with a free education, work experience and the opportunity to become employable.

14 Offer recognition of prior learning (RPL) What is RPL? RPL is the process whereby a person s knowledge and skills gained outside of formal learning processes are assessed and granted formal recognition. Register Why consider RPL? - To gain a formal qualification based on all your work experience - Bridge the gap between informal (workplace) learning and formal learning - Gain access into further levels of study Compile portfolio of evidence for assessment Select a programme Reflect to align experience to outcomes

15 Contact SmartMatta Academy on: E: T: +27 (0) Airways Close, 7 Wilcox Road, Prospecton, Durban, 4110 PO Box 26384, Isipingo Beach, 4115 smartmatta.com