All Pages Inside 'Factsheet NQF Level 4'
Introduction By The CEO Of The EAAB
The introduction of the National Qualifications Framework by the Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB), and the subsequent publication of the Study Guide for the Professional Estate Agent: NQF Level 4, represent important milestones not only in the education and training but, also, the professionalisat ... Read More
The Implementation Of The New Educational Dispensation
The Education and Training Department of the EAAB has concentrated on ensuring the successful roll-out of the new educational regulations which were published in the Government Gazette on 4 June 2008 and came into effect on 15 July 2008. This has been achieved as a result of extensive meetings with ... Read More
Study Guide For The Professional Estate Agent: NQF Level Four
The “Study Guide for the Professional Estate Agent: NQF Level 4” aligns fully with the requirements of the Further Education and Training Certificate: Real Estate, the prescribed SAQA qualification for non-principal estate agents. The study guide was always intended to be as “user- ... Read More
The Accreditation Of Training Providers
In a concerted endeavour to ensure that as many training providers and Recognition of Prior Learning centres as possible are duly accredited by both the Services SETA and the EAAB, an advance copy of the Study Guide has been made available by the EAAB to in excess of twenty prospective education pro ... Read More
Board Accreditation Requirements
As noted above the education regulations require that Recognition of Prior Learning centres be accredited by the EAAB before their activities will be recognised. The following accreditation criteria have been approved by the Education and Training Committee of the EAAB, namely that the Recognition o ... Read More
Equivalency Matrix
An Equivalency Matrix, for the purpose of granting appropriate recognition to relevant qualifications previously obtained by RPL candidates has been prepared and approved by the Education and Training Committee of the EAAB. Candidates seeking an equivalency exemption will be required to make a ... Read More
Education Matters That Will Now Receive Attention
With the implementation phase of the non-principal’s qualification now satisfactorily completed, the following matters will receive the ongoing attention of the Education and Training Department, namely: The compilation of study material for the National Certificate: Real Estate ( ... Read More
New Estate Agents
All new estate agents who enter the estate agency profession for the first time after 15 July 2008 are required to serve a compulsory one-year internship period working under the active supervision and control of a principal estate agent, or of a full status estate agent, who must have had at least ... Read More
Intern Estate Agents
The intern estate agent is required to complete the Further Education and Training Certificate: Real Estate. It has already been noted that this qualification is intended to enhance the provision of entry-level service within the property and real estate professions and to provide the broad knowledg ... Read More
New Entrants Who Wish To Act As Principal Estate Agents
New entrants wishing to act as principal estate agents must be certificated against the National Certificate: Real Estate. This qualification not only adds value to the understanding of the property and real estate sector by principal estate agency practitioners but also enhances their appreci ... Read More
Professional Designation Examination (PDE)
The completion of the Further Education and Training Certificate: Real Estate or the National Certificate: Real Estate, as the case may be, constitutes a precondition for admission by estate agents to the Professional Designation Examination (“PDE”). The PDE is a practical and integrated ... Read More
Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
A continuing professional development programme will also be implemented in due course in accordance with current best practice requirements in most world-wide real estate regulatory jurisdictions. A major intention of the EAAB in introducing outcomes-based education for estate agents was to r ... Read More
