Short Term Insurance Qualification is intended to empower learners to acquire knowledge, skills, attitudes and values required to operate confidently as individuals in the South African community and to respond to the challenges of the economic environment and changing world of work in the financial services industry. As a Qualification that covers Short Term Insurance related learning, it provides a framework for learners to develop competencies that will give them insight into the Short-Term Insurance sub-sector. It introduces a basic understanding of the key terms, rules, concepts and principles of the field that will enable learners to be informed workers in the industry. It provides a balanced learning experience that allows flexible access to life-long learning, higher education and to productive employment in the Short Term Insurance Industry. It provides an opportunity for learners to learn and apply academic skills in relation to the workplace and will allow for multi-skilling. The FETC: Short Term Insurance allows the individual to work towards a nationally recognised Qualification. It is flexible enough to accommodate both learners in formal education and learners already employed in the Short-Term Insurance sector. The focus is on basic information gathering, analysis, presentation and the ability to apply knowledge of the field to solve routine problems within given frameworks.
The National Certificate in Short Term Insurance: NQF Level 4 was registered in June 2002 to meet the needs of learners in a variety of positions in the Short-Term Insurance sub-sector which includes personal and commercial lines. It is a generic Qualification with specialisation in a selected career path in the Short-Term Insurance industry.
