Advanced Diploma in Consumer Sciences in Food and Nutrition
Services - Consumer Services
Purpose and Rationale
Qualification Overview
Purpose
This qualification aims to promote consumer well-being by applying scientific theoretical and practical food and nutrition knowledge in convenience food development. It focuses on developing food and nutrition training and research capacities while offering specializations in food safety and quality, or food marketing and communication. The deepening of food and nutrition knowledge equips learners to develop recipes/products and provide nutrition solutions to communities and the food industry. On-the-job training programs are essential for learners working in fresh food production, food retail, or food service industries.
Rationale
The qualification aligns with the South African National Development Plan (2030) and the Integrated Food Security and Nutrition Qualification (IFSNP) Strategic Objectives, emphasizing the importance of providing healthy, safe, and sustainable food. Addressing challenges of over and undernutrition and food insecurity, the qualification contributes to national policies aimed at improving welfare, especially for vulnerable populations. It also supports capacity building within the food industry, addressing critical skills identified by the FoodBev SETA and national scarce skills lists.
Benefits
- Enhances food and nutrition knowledge
- Develops specialization in food safety and quality, or food marketing and communication
- Contributes to addressing over and undernutrition
- Supports capacity building in the food industry
- Fosters entrepreneurship opportunities
- Aligns with national policies and qualifications to improve welfare and nutrition levels
- Addresses market trends in the convenience food sector, which is a growing segment worldwide, particularly in Africa due to urbanization, westernization, and economic growth.
Outcomes
- Apply scientific theoretical and practical food and nutrition knowledge in recipe and product development, contextualised nutrition concepts, training, and either food safety and quality or food marketing and communication.
- Develop skills to undertake research within the field of food and nutrition.
- Apply critical and creative problem-solving techniques within the food and nutrition field.
- Work effectively as an individual and in teams within organisations and communities.
- Develop professional, ethical and critical thinking practices.
Assessment Criteria
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcomes 1:
- Demonstrate scientific-based food and nutrition knowledge including relevant legislation and research practices.
- Apply practical food and nutrition skills.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcomes 2:
- Develop and systematically apply the research methods effectively.
- Demonstrate an effective utilisation of statistical tools to report on food and nutrition research findings.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcomes 3:
- Apply creativity, originality, problem-solving techniques, and innovation to contextualized situations.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcomes 4:
- Deliver on activities, resources, and tasks required by organizations and communities.
- Show ability to work in organizations and communities as an individual and as part of a team.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcomes 5:
- Develop and implement standards of professional and ethical practices.
Integrated Assessment:
Integrated assessments will combine a number of different elements and require learners to bring together different sets of outcomes of learning into a demonstration of applied competence. Integrated assessments will be emphasized in this qualification because they link to the notion of applied competence, which is a central concern of the National Qualification Framework. Integrated assessments will:
- Assess a number of outcomes together using written classroom tests, case study reports, and/or assignments.
- Assess a number of modules together by using written classroom tests, case study reports, and/or assignments.
- Use a number of assessment methods and instruments for an outcome/s.
Formative and Summative Assessment:
Learners will be assessed using appropriate assessment methods which will provide evidence that learners have achieved the stated learning outcomes through the assessment criteria. The assessment will be systematic, regular, and formative in nature.
- Formative Assessments will be used to support the student developmentally and to feed back into the teaching and learning process. This links the relationship between assessment, learning, and teaching and ensures that assessment informs and strengthens both the teaching and learning processes.
- Summative Assessments will be used to make a judgment about achievement and to provide "snapshot" information about a student's level of competence at a given time. This includes assessment marks that contribute to the final mark.
Qualification Details
- Type
- Advanced Diploma
- NQF Level
- 07
- Min. Credits
- 120
- SAQA Source
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