Digital Qualifications Library

Work Study Officer

Work Study Officer 

Qualification title

Higher Occupational Certificate: Organisation and Methods Analyst (Work Study Officer) 

Development Quality Partner:  FPMSETA

SAQA QUAL ID: 121888

NQF Level 05

Minimum credits : 211

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION 

Purpose:

The purpose of this qualification is to prepare a learner to operate as a Work Study Officer.

A Work Study Officer maintains optimal operational systems and sequence of events, procedures, audit control and quality check mechanisms to continuously improve productivity, methods, and processes and apply work-study techniques to establish reasons for substandard efficiencies.

A qualified learner will be able to:

• Maintain optimal operational methods (best method) and sequence (flow) of operations of a production process so that the company remain competitive in the market and monitor control mechanisms at regular intervals to maintain performances.
• Improve standards of an operation by applying internationally accepted work-study and ergonomic protocols and work measurement techniques and establish reasons for substandard efficiencies related to machine downtime, breakage and stoppage.
• Allocate machine operators and machines per operation considering the skills set of the machine operator for effective line balancing.
  
  Rationale:
  Work study is relevant to various industries and has been used extensively in manufacturing. It is applied to determine the best method and correct time to complete a task in the workplace and can be used to reduce and control costs, improve working conditions and the environment and motivate employees. Work study results in an overall improvement of productivity and supports lean manufacturing and best practices.
  
  Typical learners who would enter this qualification would include job seekers and or learners who have completed their schooling and want to pursue a career within the related sectors.