The top 10 RPL qualifications include business practice, real estate and chemical operations. See the top 3.
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THE TOP RPL QUALIFICATIONS
Further Education and Training Certificate: Real Estate, NQF Level 04
The top qualification had 7852 candidates whilst the qualification in 10th place, GETC Business Practice had 458 qualifiers.

If you’re a training provider planning to offer RPL, the following list could be indicative of the most competitive qualifications.
This top 10 list of RPL qualifications includes the number of candidates who qualified
RANK | QUALIFICATION | TOTAL NUMBER QUALIFIED CANDIDATES |
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1 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Real Estate, NQF Level 04 | 7852 |
2 | National Certificate: Contact Centre Support, NQF Level 02 | 3847 |
3 | National Certificate: Business Administration Services, NQF Level 02 | 2133 |
4 | National Certificate: Hygiene and Cleaning, NQF Level 01 | 1620 |
5 | National Certificate: Real Estate, Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5 | 1198 |
6 | GETC: Domestic Services, NQF Level 01 National Certificate | 899 |
7 | National Certificate: Management, NQF Level 03 | 742 |
8 | Further Education and Training Certificate: Labour Recruitment Services, NQF Level 04 | 525 |
9 | National Certificate: Chemical Operations, NQF Level 01 | 474 |
10 | General Education and Training Certificate: Business Practice, NQF Level 01 | 458 |
TOP 3 FIELDS FOR RPL
- Field 11, Services, is represented in blue.
- Business, Commerce and Management Studies in purple: Field 03,
- Manufacturing, Engineering and Technology in green: Field 06,
The 150 RPL providers listed in the NLRD suggest that there have been in the region of 150 000 successful RPL candidates between 2002 and 2011.
(source: NLRD cited in Towards assessment of the impact of the South African National Qualifications Framework (NQF))
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