Advanced Diploma in Traffic and Metropolitan Policing
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Purpose and Rationale
Qualification Title: Advanced Diploma: Traffic and Metropolitan Policing
Purpose: This qualification combines studies in traffic and metropolitan policing with related studies in traffic science, civil liability, basic research principles, fleet management, and advanced project management. The challenges faced by law enforcement agencies, especially at the provincial and local government levels, often involve limited resources compared to their responsibilities. Thus, law enforcement administrators need to achieve their goals efficiently with scarce resources. This qualification aims to equip learners to effectively manage organizations, communicate with the media, conduct research projects, manage projects and budgets, prevent civil liability claims, manage assets and fleet, enhance road user safety and improve law enforcement services.
Objectives:
- Manage the organization through delegation, ethical values, and accountability.
- Communicate effectively with the media.
- Conduct research projects within the organization.
- Manage projects within timelines and budget.
- Prevent or minimize civil liability claims.
- Manage institution assets and fleet.
- Enhance road user safety.
- Improve the delivery of law enforcement services.
Contribution to Goals: This qualification seeks to contribute to local, provincial, and national goals by improving community safety and security, enhancing management principles in law enforcement, promoting equity in law enforcement management education accessibility, and supporting previously disadvantaged students in meeting access prerequisites.
Rationale: Metropolitan and traffic policing have distinct requirements and parameters that differ from general policing, emphasizing traffic engineering issues and local policing characteristics. This qualification aims to develop personal skills, knowledge of relevant legislation, police management, and fleet maintenance. It focuses on the operational aspects of traffic and metropolitan policing, providing a foundation for career advancement in this field or related areas.
Career Opportunities: Graduates can pursue careers in traffic and metropolitan policing, criminology, safety and security, criminal justice, private security industry, transport operations, and fleet management within state law enforcement agencies or private transport companies.
Benefits:
- Modern management techniques
- Client-focused community service approach
- Professional development in traffic and metropolitan policing
Overall, the Advanced Diploma: Traffic and Metropolitan Policing, NQF Level 7, offers a comprehensive program to address the evolving needs and challenges of law enforcement agencies at various levels of government.
Outcomes
Assessment Criteria
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcomes:
- Demonstrate a sound and systematic basis of knowledge in various disciplines impacting policing.
- Exhibit detailed knowledge of law enforcement management and traffic science.
- Develop requisite information systems for managing a law enforcement agency.
- Integrate data from various sources to draw useful conclusions for improving law enforcement practices.
- Present data in a format aligning with the agency's strategic imperatives and political representatives.
- Strategically position patrol resources to optimize public funds usage.
- Explain the need to minimize risks associated with law enforcement practice.
- Develop systems for effective organizational operations and interaction with stakeholders.
- Maximize partnerships between police and the community.
- Understand and explain the inter-relationship of factors impacting localized crime, road crashes, and education.
- Identify advances in technology and training to enhance law enforcement practices, considering external environment and safety.
- Explain crime and crash causation and the build environment's impact.
- Propose solutions for traffic safety problems and congestion in collaboration with traffic engineers.
- Identify external stakeholders in crime and crash prevention and strategize their involvement.
- Explain the impact of unethical conduct in law enforcement and implement measures for professionalization.
- Oversee financial resources, specifically fleet operations, of a law enforcement agency.
- Manage projects in alignment with strategic plans and transform them into measurable outcomes.
- Integrate community needs and expectations with available resources.
- Develop strategic options to balance societal needs responsibly.
- Develop responses and policies directing law enforcement conduct in accordance with country laws.
Integrated Assessment:
- Theoretical and practical components assessed together.
- Formative and summative assessment methods used.
- Assess combinations of practical, applied, foundational, and reflective competencies.
- Use appropriate tools and activities.
- Utilize simulations, case studies, or similar techniques where workplace assessment is not feasible.
- Credit evidence of formal, informal, and non-formal learning.
- Assess Critical Cross-Field Outcomes.
- Identify gaps in knowledge and abilities for appropriate action.
- Assignments contribute 20% to final examination mark.
- Offer additional assistance to at-risk learners.
Formative Assessment:
- Supports teaching and learning process.
- Provides constructive feedback to students.
- Helps determine readiness for summative assessment.
- Developmental in nature.
- Does not award credits/certificates.
Summative Assessment:
- Makes judgement about achievement.
- Determines student readiness for examinations.
- Requires assignment submission.
- Moderated per module.
- Occurs at end of study cycles and continuously throughout learning experience.
Qualification Details
- Type
- Advanced Diploma
- NQF Level
- 07
- Min. Credits
- 120
- SAQA Source
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