FET 2020 FACT SHEET

FIELD OF STUDY: OFFICE ADMINISTRATION

BUSINESS SCHOOL
PROGRAMME TITLE SAQA ID NQF CREDITS
CERTIFICATE: OFFICE 23618 LEVEL 5 120
ADMINISTRATION

DESCRIPTION
You will acquire knowledge of business communication, bookkeeping up to trial balance, knowledge of cost and
management accounting and computing, basic marketing and public relations, business law and administrative
practice. When you pass this course, you will achieve the designation of Junior Office Administrator from the
Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB).

CAREER FIELDS/FURTHER STUDIES

Successful students could pursue a career as an:
• Receptionist
• Public Relations Officer
• Marketing Administrator

Please enquire at your nearest Damelin Correspondence College branch for the prospectus containing
information with regard to further studies.

PROGRAMME OUTLINE Business Law and Administrative Practice

• The law
Business Literacy • The law of contract, breach of contract,
• Key principles of effective business remedies for breach of contract, termination of
communication contracts
• Spoken communication • The law of delict
• Written communication • Contract of sale
• Understanding the work environment • Credit agreements
• Working with numbers: an introduction • Contract of lease, contract of agency, contract
• Working with fractions and decimal numbers of partnership
• Percentages, ratios, proportions and equations • Business entities
• Using interest rates in business • Contract of insurance, contract of suretyship,
• Measure, analyse and communicate contract of employment
workplace data • Intellectual property and competition law
• Business communication – Putting it all • Environmental law
together &
• Business numeracy – Putting it all together Cost and Management Accounting
• Financial and Managerial Accounting
Business and Office Administration 1 • Manufacturing and non-manufacturing costs,
• Business organisations and product and period costs
• The human resource function • Controllable and uncontrollable costs
• Basic financial concepts for business • 'Sunk costs' and opportunity costs
• How to manage yourself in the workplace • Fixed and variable costs
• Breakeven analysis, including the construction
Bookkeeping to Trial Balance (Credits: 10) of a CVP graph
• The rules of double entry • Inventory valuation and related concepts
• Subsidiary journals • Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) for inventory
• The general ledger • Reorder point and safety stock level for a
• Bookkeeping for the different inventory manufacturing concern
systems • Direct, step and linear algebraic methods of
• Bank and creditors reconciliations overhead allocation
• Over or under applied manufacturing
Marketing Management and Public Relations overheads for a manufacturing concern
• Basic concepts in marketing management • The four-step approach to ABC costing to a
• The internal marketing environment given practical scenario
• The external marketing environment • Manufacturing accounts
• Marketing strategy • Budgeting and standard costing, job costing,
• 'Product' in the marketing mix contract accounts
• 'Place' in the marketing mix • Process costing
• 'Price' in the marketing mix • Financial management
• 'Promotion' in the marketing mix
• The role of public relations and mass
communication
• Integration – formulating a strategic marketing
plan

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 FET 2020 FACT SHEET
FIELD OF STUDY: OFFICE ADMINISTRATION

BUSINESS SCHOOL
PROGRAMME TITLE SAQA ID NQF CREDITS
CERTIFICATE: OFFICE 23618 LEVEL 5 120
ADMINISTRATION

TYPE OF PROGRAMME
The Certificate: Office Administration, NQF Level 5, ID 23618, is a Qualification, accredited by FASSET SETA,
through the ICB. The ICB is a quality assurance partner of FASSET SETA.

DURATION
You should be able to complete this course within 12 months.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Grade 12 (Std. 10) or equivalent, and you must be at least 16 years of age. No prior accounting knowledge is
needed.

CREDIT ACCUMULATION TRANSFER (CAT)

CAT is approved by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) to award credits for a qualification or
part qualification. Students who would like to apply for CAT need to complete the EXEMPTION FORM. An
administration fee will apply on application.

LEARNING MATERIAL
Quality learning materials designed specifically for distance study are included, and where applicable up-to-
date and current prescribed textbooks are provided for your study convenience.

PRICING
Enquire at your nearest Damelin Correspondence College branch for a current programme pricelist.

ADDITIONAL COSTS
Registration/course fees do not include (where applicable) membership costs with professional bodies and/or
exam costs (internal and/or external).

ASSESSMENT
You are required to register directly with the ICB for exams. You are required to submit assignments to the ICB
for marking and pass them successfully. The assignments are in the form of a Portfolio of Evidence (POE) and
will be sent by the ICB to you after you have registered for your exams with the ICB. Exams are written in
February, May, July, September and November. Please contact the ICB for further information on membership
and exam registration. Please note that your enrolment with DCC does not include ICB membership or
exam fees.

Formative Assessment Summative Assessment

Subject/Module Title
PoE Assignment External Exam
Office Communication 1 N/A 1
Business and Office Administration 1 1 N/A 1
Bookkeeping to Trial balance 1 N/A 1
Marketing Management and Public Relations 1 N/A 1
Business Law and Administrative Practice 1 N/A 1
Cost and Management Accounting 1 N/A 1

CERTIFICATION
Upon successful completion of the programme, the ICB will award you with an Achievement Certificate
indicating your result. On successful completion of all learning areas in this qualification, your details will be
uploaded onto the FASSET SETA database and your Certificate: Office Administration, NQF Level 5, ID 23618,
will be issued to you by the ICB.

COLLEGE ACCREDITATION
Damelin Correspondence College (Pty) Ltd has been awarded provisional accreditation by Umalusi. Umalusi is
the Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training in South Africa.
Provisional Accreditation No. FET 00475 PA – see www.umalusi.org.za

COLLEGE REGISTRATION
Damelin Correspondence College (Pty) Ltd has been granted provisional registration by the Department of
Higher Education and Training as a private FET College.
Provisional Registration No.2008/FE07/037 – see www.dhet.gov.za

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 FET 2020 FACT SHEET
FIELD OF STUDY: OFFICE ADMINISTRATION

BUSINESS SCHOOL
PROGRAMME TITLE SAQA ID NQF CREDITS
CERTIFICATE: OFFICE 23618 LEVEL 5 120
ADMINISTRATION

COURSE ACCREDITATION
The Certificate: Office Administration, NQF Level 5, ID 23618, is a National Qualification, accredited by FASSET
SETA, through the ICB. The ICB is a quality assurance partner of FASSET SETA.

Disclaimer
The information contained in this fact sheet is accurate at the time of printing. However, factors beyond
Damelin Correspondence College’s control (such as environmental, regulatory, or technical changes) may
cause the contents of this fact sheet or of the programme to change. In the event of any such change, Damelin
Correspondence College will attempt to formally notify current students. All possible measures will be taken to
minimise inconvenience to students. All course requirements, including hardware and software requirements,
should be acknowledged and adhered to, as per the course brochure. DCC reserves the right to change kit
items without prior notification.

STUDENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Name of student: I ...................................................................... , hereby acknowledge that I understand

the information stated in this document and fully comprehend the specifics explained above and below
pertaining to this course. I understand that the programme I am enrolling for is a/an:
 National Qualification
 Agent Programme
 DCC Programme Student's Initials: …………………………………

The value and status of the course type is explained in the course brochure, which I have read.

Name of student: .................................................... Signature: ....................................................

Name of legal guardian: ........................................... Signature: ....................................................

(if applicable)

Name of student consultant: ..................................... Signature: .....................................................

Date: ......................................................................

* Please note the original signed copy should be kept on the student's record file.

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