Baccalaureus Technologiae: Quality (revised)(Code: BTQLT)

NBThis qualifi cation will be phased out from 2010. No fi rst registrations will be allowed from 2011 onwards.

New curriculum

1 Admission requirements Any National Diploma, bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualifi cation. (Completed via Higher Education and Training). The purpose of this qualifi cation is to enhance your skills in quality management within your fi eld of specialisation.

2 Programme outcomesThis degree should enable the student to do the following: Implement a quality management system Eff ectively audit the system Use statistical methods and techniques in the evaluation of data, and present data professionally that could be used to make important

quality decisions Continuously improve all processes in the organisation Plan, implement and manage total quality in an organisation Consistently move the organisation towards excellence by implementing the SA Excellence Model

3 Career opportunities Quality planner Quality manager Quality auditor Quality controller Quality analyst Quality engineer Reliability engineer

CURRICULUM CODE PREREQUISITE/NOTE

It is recommended that students register for the subjects in the sequence indicated. Students are recommended to register for only three subjects or fewer per year.

1. Quality Manage-ment Systems III

QMS301Q

2. Statistical Quality Techniques III

SQT301Q Prerequisite: An appropriate statistical subject as part of an undergraduate qualifi cation

3. Continual Quality Improvement IV

CQI401Q Prerequisite: Quality Planning andImplementation IV

4. Quality Auditing Techniques IV QUT401Q Prerequisite: Quality Management Systems III (QMS301Q)

5. Quality Planning and Implementation IV

QPI401Q

6. Quality Techniques IV QLT401Q Prerequisite: Statistical Quality Techniques III (SQT301Q)

7. Research methodology RME101Q This module is linked to PRT4M1Q

8. Project IV PRT4M2Q Prerequisites: Research Methodo-logy, Quality Management Systems III, Quality Planning and Implementation IV, Statistical Quality Techniques III and/or current registration for Continual Quality Improvement IV and Quality Auditing Techniques IV