Education Committee
Purpose of the committee
Set the criteria and procedures according to which accreditation visits are to be undertaken
To co-ordinate and undertake accreditation visits to all the tertiary education Institutions offering qualifications i.e. programmes that feed into either the landscape architectural or landscape management professions.
Responsibilities of the committee
To ensure that Institutions offering education in landscape architecture related courses are accredited.
To ensure that a rigorous accreditation process is conducted in a fair and transparent manner.
To set up accreditation panels for the various institutions.
FEEDER QUALIFICATIONS TO SACLAP CATEGORIES OF REGISTRATION
As at August 2017
Landscape Architectural Professions
Qualification: current programmes
Qualifications: proposed future programmes
Qualification |
NQF level |
SACLAP Category of Registration PRIOR to 3 November 2016 |
SACLAP Category of Registration POST 3 November 2016 |
Proposed candidacy period |
Status |
University of Pretoria |
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BSc (LArch) |
7 |
Professional Landscape Technologist |
Professional Landscape Architectural Technologist |
24 months min |
Accredited Next review 2020/2021 |
BL (Hons) |
8 |
Professional Landscape Technologist |
Professional Senior Landscape Architectural Technologist |
24 months min |
Accredited Next review 2020/2021 |
ML Prof |
9 |
Professional Landscape Architect |
Professional Landscape Architect |
24 months min |
Accredited Next review 2020/2021 |
BL |
Professional Landscape Architect |
Pending RPL outcome if applicable. |
This programme closed out in the early 2000. |
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University of Cape Town |
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Master of Landscape Architecture (2 yrs) |
9 |
Professional Landscape Architect |
Professional Landscape Architect |
24 months min |
Accredited Next review 2020/2021 |
Master in Landscape Architecture conversion course |
Cannot be accredited as it is a bridging course |
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Honours in Landscape Architecture (1yr) |
8 |
Professional Senior Landscape Architectural Technologist |
24 months min |
Provisional Accreditation |
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Masters of Landscape Architecture (1 yr) |
9 |
Professional Landscape Architect |
24 months min |
Provisional Accreditation |
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Cape Peninsula University of Technology |
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National Dip Landscape Technology |
6 |
Professional Landscape Technician |
Professional Landscape Architectural Technician |
24 months min |
Accredited in Mar 2016 Next review - 2020 |
B Tech: Landscape Technology |
7 |
Professional Landscape Technologist |
Professional Landscape Architectural Technologist |
24 months min |
Accredited in Mar 2016 Next review - 2020 |
Diploma in Landscape Architecture |
6 |
Professional Landscape Architectural Technician |
24 months min |
Provisionally Accredited starts 2017, first outcome end of 2019 |
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Advanced Diploma in Landscape Architecture |
7 |
Professional Landscape Architectural Technologist |
Under construction – implementation aim 2020 |
NOTES:
In the process of phasing programmes in and out, the registration criteria and deliverables may be amended.
The 24 months of candidacy begins on the date that the individual was added onto the SACLAP register as a candidate.
Candidacy is a prerequisite to professional registration in most cases; the duration thereof will be dependent on the accreditation outcome of the new programme once implemented. The RPL process may lead to professional status as an outcome.
In terms of the old BL qualification the following is to be noted:
The time lapse since the closure of the programme is now significant and individuals who graduated from the programme can no longer simply be registered as candidate landscape architects, as the content of the programme could be deemed irrelevant with regards to current educational/ competency requirements and practice.
Those currently registered (with this qualification in hand) kept abreast though CPD activities and engagement in practice.
Individuals with such qualifications are being assessed through the RPL process. The applicant would be able to apply to be registered as a landscape architect, but the assessment may result in a different outcome regarding the level of registration. It may also include prerequisites such as candidacy and/ or further assessment.
Landscape Management Professions
(Construction or maintenance will be added in brackets pending outcome of competence evaluation)
Qualifications current programmes
Qualifications proposed future programmes
Qualification |
NQF level |
SACLAP Category of Registration PRIOR to 3 November 2016 |
SACLAP Category of Registration POST 3 November 2016 |
Proposed candidacy period |
Status |
Cape Peninsula University of Technology |
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National Diploma in Horticulture |
6 |
Professional Landscape Technician |
24 months min |
Closes out end of 2015 |
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Diploma in Horticulture |
6 |
Professional Landscape Technician |
24 months min |
starts 2016, only accredited in 2019 |
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B Tech in Horticulture |
7 |
Professional Landscape Technologist |
24 months min |
closes out in 2017 |
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Adv Dip in Horticulture |
7 |
Professional Landscape Technologist |
24 months min |
starts in 2018, only accredited in 2019 |
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National Dip Landscape Technology |
6 |
Professional Landscape Technician |
Professional Landscape Architectural Technician |
24 months min |
Last intake 2015. Accredited in Mar 2016 |
Diploma in Landscape Architecture |
6 |
Professional Landscape Technician |
24 months minimum |
Provisionally Accredited |
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B Tech: Landscape Technology |
7 |
Professional Landscape Technologist |
Professional Landscape Architectural Technologist |
24 months min |
Last Intake Accredited in Mar 2016 |
Adv Dip in Landscape Construction Management |
7 |
Professional Landscape Technologist |
24 months min |
Provisionally Accredited starts in 2020, only accredited in 2021 |
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Durban University of Technology |
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National Diploma in Horticulture |
6 |
Professional Landscape Technician |
RPL |
Closes out end of 2017 |
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Diploma in Sustainable Landscaping and Horticulture |
6 |
Professional Landscape Technician |
24 months min |
Starts 2018 |
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B Tech in Horticulture |
7 |
Professional Landscape Technologist |
RPL |
Not closing out in foreseeable future |
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Advanced Diplomas in Sustainable Landscaping and Horticulture |
7 |
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Tshwane University of Technology |
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National Diploma in Landscape Technology |
6 |
Professional Landscape Technician |
24 months min |
close out end of 2017 |
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Diploma in Landscape |
6 |
Professional Landscape Technician |
24 months min |
Starts 2018 |
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B Tech in Landscape Technology |
7 |
Landscape Technologist |
24 months minimum |
Closes out end of 2020 |
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Advanced Diploma in Landscape |
7 |
Landscape Technologist |
24 months minimum |
Start 2021 |
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Post Graduate Diploma in Landscape |
8 |
Senior Landscape Technologist |
24 months minimum To be confirmed |
Starts 2022 |
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National Diploma in Horticulture |
6 |
Professional Landscape Technician |
24 months min |
close out end of 2015 |
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Diploma in Horticulture |
6 |
Professional Landscape Technician |
24 months min |
confirm title |
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UNISA |
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National Diploma in Horticulture |
6 |
Professional Landscape Technician |
24 months min |
Closes out end of 2015 |
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Diploma in Ornamental Horticulture |
6 |
Professional Landscape Technician |
24 months min |
Started 2013 |
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B Tech in Horticulture |
7 |
Professional Landscape Technologist |
24 months min |
closes out in 2018 |
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Adv Dip in Ornamental and Landscape Horticulture |
7 |
Professional Landscape Technologist |
24 months min |
starts in 2018, only accredited in 2019 |
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Post grad Dip in Ornamental and Landscape Horticulture |
8 |
Professional Landscape Technologist |
24 months min |
starts in 2019, only accredited in 2020 |