Advanced Diploma in Environmental Management

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:

• Describe the meaning of various terms and concepts related to environmental management and sustainable development.
• Describe in detail the biophysical, political, social, economic, and cultural aspects of an environmental management or sustainability issue or challenge.
• Describe options for better environmental management or sustainable living within a variety of geographical, social, and economic contexts.
• Generate and formulate possible solution approaches to environmental management problems.
• Apply methods of providing information for use by others involved in environmental management activities.
• Critically discuss the concept of sustainable development using relevant scenario.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2:

• Plot water chemistry data on the relevant graphs.
• Interpret graphs in relation to environmental factors.
• Understand the practical aspects of water sampling and how to complete a sampling exercise.
• Understand water contamination, sources, and types.
• Understand remediation measures and application of appropriate measures.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3:

• Demonstrate the ability to search for relevant literature on a given research topic.
• Demonstrate the ability to reference literature according to the Harvard referencing style.
• Demonstrate an understanding of introductory statistics.
• Demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate an existing research proposal.
• Demonstrate the ability to successfully construct a research proposal based on a research topic chosen by each individual learner.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4:

• Discuss how environmental governance efforts in South Africa could be consolidated.
• Prepare and deliver a presentation on the sustainable use of a natural resource of choice.
• Conduct an investigation and report on the usage of retention ponds in informal settlements.
• Critically analyze natural resource policies.
• Appraise the cleaner production initiative.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 5:

• Demonstrate an integrated understanding of legal principles, concepts, theories, and values in relation to environmental issues.
• Demonstrate an understanding and application of environmental legislation research responsibility and ethically use different research methods and techniques.
• Demonstrate the ability to research, analyze and evaluate information from an environmental legislation perspective.
• Demonstrate professional responsibility, creativity, and innovation when providing appropriate environmental legislation advice(s).
• Identify legal environmental problems in the South African context.
• Apply an understanding of relevant South African legal environmental principles and its underlying values to resolve these problems.
• Compare and critically evaluate solutions in other legal systems, as well as international trends, to resolve the identified problems.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 6:

• Demonstrate the ability to design, implement, and monitor an integrated environmental management system.
• Demonstrate the ability to conduct an Environmental Risk Assessment.
• Demonstrate the ability to apply relevant standards and legislation.
• Interpret results, plan mitigation and control strategies.
• Demonstrate the ability to write a Safety, Health, and Environment (SHE) report.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 7:

• Demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate by written means as required in the environmental law context.
• Provide evidence of sufficient skills to interact successfully with colleagues, other role players, and members of other professions and disciplines during the processing of environmental legislation matter(s).
• Demonstrate the successful use of different learning strategies, and the ability to assimilate these strategies and organize own life.

Integrated Assessment:

• There is an appropriate balance between formative and summative assessments in this qualification.
• The Principles of good assessment practice, fairness, validity, and reliability are implemented.
• Formative assessments will allow learners to identify their strengths and weaknesses and enable them to target the areas that need work.
• Summative assessments will evaluate the learner at the end of a learning module.
• Examples of formative assessments are tutorials, quizzes/spot tests, multiple choice questions, submission of paragraphs, or assignments for early feedback.
• Examples of summative assessments are assignments, tests, posters, reports, oral presentations, projects.
• All learning areas will first be assessed formatively to prepare learners for the summative assessment.
• The formative and summative assessments will be varied, applicable to the field of study, and pitched at the correct South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) Level Descriptors.