The National Certificates (Vocational) is qualifications at NQF Level 2 - 4 offered in Further Education and Training Colleges. The Fundamental component of the National Certificates (Vocational) is integral to all vocationally orientated qualifications that allow the student to progress into further learning along a vocational pathway in various fields. Life Orientation is one of three fundamental subjects that enhance students’ possibilities to achieve success in their vocational studies as well as in life.
This subject consists of a combination of life skills and information and communication technology (ICT) that covers essential topics such as personal and career development, health and well-being, citizenship, and learning skills, as well as basic computer applications.
The content matter used for application in the ICT component of the subject must be based on the content matter of the first four topics of the life skills component. Assessments should not use unrelated texts and content outside of this curriculum. For example, when creating and editing a word document, the content matter of the text could be the key habits of a healthy lifestyle.