A NOTE ABOUT THESE CAREERS AND QUALIFICATIONS

This article is designed to give you a general idea of available careers, the qualifications needed and the salary you might expect. Requirements for specific vacancies might be different and the starting salaries are an average and not guaranteed.

The names of qualifications and the course content may differ from one institution to the next. Qualifications have been standardised over the past two years – here’s a list of equivalent qualifications in terms of the official new National Qualifications Frameworks.

›› NQF 4: matric, national certificate (vocational)

›› NQF 5: higher certificate, N6 certificate

›› NQF 6: advanced certificate or diploma, N6 diploma

›› NQF 7: bachelor’s degree, advanced diploma, some professional bachelor’s degrees

›› NQF 8: honours degree, some professional bachelor’s degrees, postgraduate diploma

›› NQF 9: master’s degree

›› NQF 10: doctorate

Universities sometimes offer NQF 5 or NQF 6 qualifications but mostly NQF 7 to NQF 10.

Universities of technology sometimes offer NQF 5 qualifications but mostly NQF 6 to NQF 10.

TVET colleges offer NQF 5 or NQF 6 qualifications.

Private institutions offer a variety of qualifications.