General Education and Training Certificate:
Hygiene and Cleaning Learnership NQF Level 1
Level 1 | SAQA ID – 57937
Create a clean and safe working environment by enrolling your staff in our Hygiene and Cleaning Learnership.
- Duration: 12 months
- Credits: 120
Hygiene and Cleaning Learnership Overview
Accredited Hygiene and Cleaning Learnership
This learnership is developed to promote a culture of quality service and professionalism for those working in the Hygiene and Services Cleaning sector. Students will gain all the necessary skills and practical techniques required to create a clean and safe environment in your business.
What your staff will learn
- Gain a sense of dignity, pride and job satisfaction
- Enhance a code of ethics that includes viable and sustainable environmental management practices.
- Provide consistent quality and safety standards
- Educate others about hygiene, for the purpose of improving general health by implementing best practice cleaning methods
- Expose aspirant entrepreneurs to opportunities to enter the formalised cleaning industry thus stimulating the economy
- Recognise the importance of a healthy lifestyle by accepting own responsibility for life skills and wellness including HIV/AIDS
- Apply cleaning principles according to international/world class standards and best practice
- Clean generalised areas using cleaning principles according to international/world class standards and best practice
- Clean ablution areas using cleaning principles according to international/world class standards and best practice
- Clean floors using cleaning principles according to international/world class standards and best practice
- Demonstrate knowledge of and apply environmental awareness during the cleaning process
Details to know
Our learnerships are conducted with maximum use of practical application of the skills acquired. After facilitator led training has taken place via the course material, group work and scenario driven exchanges, learners will have the opportunity to relate the information back to their workplace. We offer a fun and relaxed learning environment, where participants will learn from each other, gain knowledge and acquire skills that will result in improved work performance.
This learnership is suitable for employees that are or aspire to be cleaners, team leaders, supervisors, temporary or relief cleaners and emerging entrepreneurs who currently, or who aspire, to operate in the cleaning industry at large.
Also, it is recognised that Cleaning is a ‘feeder’ industry from which learners can move into other related sectors.
As this is an NQF Level 1 qualification, and therefore the starting point of a career and of training and development in the cleaning industry, no formal learning is assumed to be in place. It is preferable however that a learner accessing this qualification has attained competence in:
• Communication ABET Level 2 or the equivalent
• Mathematical Literacy at ABET Level 2 or the equivalent
After completing a Hygiene and Cleaning NQF Level 1 learnership an individual can work in the following roles:
- Cleaner
- Laundry assistant
- Car wash attendant
- Garden services
- Relief cleaner
- Room attendants
- Ward hostess
- Domestic worker
- Sculler
This learnership is accredited with Services SETA, a learnership quality assurance service that specialises in the world of work. By choosing a learnership that is accredited with this SETA, you can ensure you are obtain BEE points for your Skills Development efforts and your students receive an education that is of high quality.
Businesses that we have done staff training for:
What our student have to say
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Why you should choose this Learnership
How to make the most of a Hygiene and Cleaning Learnership
With this learnership you can ensure your work environment is health and safety compliant. This will reduce risks of accidents, illnesses and legal issues
By training your cleaning staff they will be able to complete tasks in a systematic and timely manner. This will improve efficiency and productivity.
Keeping a clean and well maintained work space can greatly improve your customer satisfaction. This will help you maintain a positive brand image.
Hygiene and Cleaning Modules
Hygiene and Cleaning Level 1 Modules
- LP 1: Communication Skills (17 credits)
- LP 2: Basic Cleaning Skills (17 Credits)
- LP 3: Using Chemicals and Working with Numbers (13 Credits)
- LP 4: Sweeping and Mopping Floors (12 Credits)
- LP 5: Removing Spillage and Cleaning Toilets (19 credits)
- LP 6: Professionalism and workplace safety (14 credits)
- LP 7: Managing personal finance and mathematical literacy (12 credits)
- LP 8: Analysing cultural products and processes (6 credits)
- LP 9: Customer Service (10 credits)