As your journey as a property practitioner progresses, from the time you enter the industry as an intern, through all levels to becoming a Principal Property Practitioner and all that entails, you will have to attain a range of NQF qualifications as set out by the Estate Agents Affairs Board (EAAB). Knowing which qualifications you need to progress up the property practitioner ladder, and choosing the right courses to get there as quickly as possible, can be a confusing and frustrating process.
PropAcademy is an accredited Services SETA provider of the NQF Real Estate qualifications, and an accredited RPL Assessment Centre. But we are so much more. We not only offer the full spectrum of NQF qualifications as regulated by the EAAB, our courses are designed to make it easy for you to complete them within the stipulated period. In addition, you will be able to depend on our support every step of the way. Together, we will ensure that you choose the correct NQF course and attain your qualification as quickly as possible.
Choose from these PropAcademy NQF courses:
NQF Courses for Estate Agents in South Africa
NQF Level 4 Real Estate Course
PropAcademy is an accredited ServicesSETA provider of the NQF 4 Real Estate qualification. The course design is simple and to the point so that you can easily follow it. It comes with learner guides, videos, webinars and brilliant facilitation. This blended learning course offers you support throughout the course to ensure your success.
NQF Level 4 RPL Real Estate Course
The PropAcademy accredited NQF4 RPL course is available to all students who qualify for Recognition of Prior Learning, and is designed to help you with compiling your PoE, and will help you achieve your NQF4 qualification in a stimulating and enjoyable way while ensuring that you comply with the EAAB qualification regulations.
NQF Level 5 Real Estate Course
The PropAcademy accredited NQF5 Real Estate course is designed to ensure that you achieve your NQF5 qualification while working in the real estate industry. With our expert, easy-to-use learning materials, you’ll find studying for your qualification stimulating and enjoyable, while ensuring that you comply with the EAAB qualification regulations.
NQF Level 5 RPL Real Estate Course
The PropAcademy accredited NQF5 RPL course (Recognition of Prior Learning) is designed to ensure that you find compiling your PoE stimulating and enjoyable and achieve your NQF5 qualification as quickly and easily as possible. This course is available to all who qualify for RPL.
NQF Level 3 Functional Mathematics Course
Services SETA require that all real estate agents are competent in mathematics at Matric or NQF Level 3 enabling them to interact easily with industry players. This easy 6 week course will satisfy this requirement in record time.
NQF Level 3 Literacy Course
Services SETA require that all real estate agents must have two South African languages at Matric or NQF Level 3 so that they are able to interact easily with industry players. This course will satisfy this requirement in record time, it covers English and Afrikaans.
Property Valuation Course
Property Valuation short course carries 24 SSETA unit standard credits and will enable you to successfully produce high-end valuation reports for investors of both commercial and residential properties applicable to retail, office, and special trading properties, as well as development land. You will be able to produce valuation reports based on highest & best use.
Property Management Course
Not only does Property Management encompass the normal management of an investment, it also helps you to negotiate the best deal for yourself and your client when managing, leasing, buying & selling within his/her investment portfolio.
NQF4 Full Qualification
Newcomers to the industry have two years within which to become qualified as a Full Status Agent. Part of this process is to achieve competency in the NQF 4 course. In order to be eligible to take the NQF4 course, the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) requires you to have passed Mathematics and a 2nd South African language at NQF3 level (grade 11). If you do not have these qualifications, don’t panic, PropAcademy have both qualifications available as short easy to follow courses, see below.
NQF4 Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
If you have been a registered agent for several years or are re-entering the industry and the EAAB requires you to have NQF4 in Real Estate, you should apply to complete the NQF4 RPL course. The benefit of this is that you obtain the full NQF4 qualification in half the time. In addition, you do not need to acquire Notional Hours. In order to be eligible to take the NQF4 course, the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) requires you to have passed Mathematics and a 2nd South African language at NQF3 (grade 11). If you do not have these qualifications, don’t panic, PropAcademy have short courses available to satisfy this need. See below.
Functional Mathematics and/or Literacy
You must have passed Functional Mathematics and a 2nd South African language at NQF3 (grade 11) or matric level to be eligible for the NQF4 course. If you do not have one or both of these subjects, you should register for Functional Maths and/or Literacy course at the same time as you register for the NQF4 or the NQF4 RPL course. PropAcademy’s Functional Mathematics & Literacy short courses are designed to give you all the tools you need to achieve competency in record time. If you already have Maths or a 2nd South African language at matric or NQF3 level, you only need to register for the NQF4 course.
NQF5 Full Qualification
Congratulations on deciding to take responsibility for your journey in real estate by becoming a Principal Property Practitioner. To achieve this status, you must achieve your NQF Level 5 Real Estate qualification.
NQF5 Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
If you have held a Fidelity Fund Certificate at Principal Status, or if you have managed all aspects of an estate agency firm or branch, you may apply to complete your NQF5 as RPL. The benefit of this is that the period of the course is shortened and you do not have to produce Notional Hours.
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