Full Project Management Qualification
(SAQA ID 101869, NQF Level 5, 240 Credits)
Occupational Certificate: Project Manager
This end-to-end Project Management Training program provides learners with the knowledge and skills to function as fully certified Project Managers. Learners completing this qualification will receive a nationally recognized NQF Level 5 Certificate of Competence from the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO).
Work Experience
This Qualification includes Work Experience. Learners have access to real-world projects within an organisational setting. This is facilitated by partnering with organisations that are willing to provide opportunities for learners to observe and participate in project management activities.
Duration
Full-time: 18 months
Part-time: 24 months
Classroom Attendance
A total of 33 contact days is required for the theory modules, which can be attended online or face-to-face.
Each module requires attendance for 3 days each month over 11 months.
Notional Days
Theory = 100 days
Self-Study = 67 days
Practical Skills = 125 days
Workplace Experience = 75 days
Start Dates
09 February 2026
09 March 2026
13 April 2026
11 May 2026
08 June 2026
13 July 2026
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Fees
R 36 000
Monthly Option
R 2 500 × 15 installments
Mode of Delivery
Online (PM experience)
Face-to-face
One-on-one
Entry Requirements
Grade 12 or equivalent, with English and Mathematical Literacy.
Skills Development Levy
- A significant portion of the fees can be claimed back from the Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA).
Short Courses
Learners completing these courses will receive a Certificate of Completion from Project Management Learning Institute.
Project Management For Beginners
This course provides foundational knowledge in project management, which can be used to build further project management‑related competencies.
Duration
3 days
Start Dates
02 February 2026
02 March 2026
07 April 2026
04 May 2026
01 June 2026
06 July 2026
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Fees
R 3000
Mode of Delivery
Online
Face-to-face
One-on-one
Project Integration Management
This course equips learners with the skills and competencies needed to identify, define, combine, and coordinate processes and activities within Project Management Process Groups.
Duration
3 days
Start Dates
09 February 2026
09 March 2026
13 April 2026
11 May 2026
08 June 2026
13 July 2026
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Fees
R 3000
Mode of Delivery
Online
Face-to-face
One-on-one
Project Scope Management
This course equips learners with the skills and competencies necessary to ensure that the project includes all the work required, and only the work required, to complete the project successfully.
Duration
3 days
Start Dates
23 February 2026
23 March 2026
28 April 2026
25 May 2026
22 June 2026
27 July 2026
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Fees
R 3000
Mode of Delivery
Online
Face-to-face
One-on-one
Project Schedule Management
This course equips learners with the skills and competencies necessary for planning, defining activities, sequencing tasks, estimating durations, developing schedules, and controlling schedules, ensuring the timely completion of projects.
Duration
3 days
Start Dates
02 February 2026
02 March 2026
07 April 2026
04 May 2026
01 June 2026
06 July 2026
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Fees
R 3000
Mode of Delivery
Online
Face-to-face
One-on-one
Project Cost Management
This course equips learners with the skills and competencies necessary for planning, estimating, budgeting, funding, managing, and controlling costs, ensuring the project can be completed within the approved budget.
Duration
2 days
Start Dates
09 February 2026
09 March 2026
13 April 2026
11 May 2026
08 June 2026
13 July 2026
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Fees
R 2000
Mode of Delivery
Online
Face-to-face
One-on-one
Project Quality Management
This course equips learners with the skills necessary for implementing the organization's quality policy and the skills needed to plan, manage, and control both project and product quality, ensuring that stakeholder objectives are met.
Duration
2 days
Start Dates
12 February 2026
12 March 2026
16 April 2026
14 May 2026
11 June 2026
16 July 2026
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Fees
R 2000
Mode of Delivery
Online
Face-to-face
One-on-one
Project Resource Management
This course equips learners with the skills and competencies necessary for managing both human resources (team members) and physical resources (equipment, materials, facilities, and infrastructure).
Duration
3 days
Start Dates
23 February 2026
23 March 2026
28 April 2026
25 May 2026
22 June 2026
27 July 2026
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Fees
R 3000
Mode of Delivery
Online
Face-to-face
One-on-one
Project Communications Mgmt.
This course equips learners with the skills and competencies needed for ensuring timely and appropriate planning, collection, creation, distribution, storage, retrieval, management, monitoring, control, and ultimate disposition of project information.
Duration
3 days
Start Dates
02 February 2026
02 March 2026
07 April 2026
04 May 2026
01 June 2026
06 July 2026
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Fees
R 3000
Mode of Delivery
Online
Face-to-face
One-on-one
Project Risk Management
This course equips learners with the skills and competencies needed for risk management planning, identification, analysis, response planning, and risk control throughout the project lifecycle.
Duration
3 days
Start Dates
09 February 2026
09 March 2026
13 April 2026
11 May 2026
08 June 2026
13 July 2026
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Fees
R 3000
Mode of Delivery
Online
Face-to-face
One-on-one
Project Procurement Management
This course equips learners with the skills and competencies needed for identifying potential sellers, obtaining seller responses, selecting suitable sellers, awarding contracts, managing procurement relationships, monitoring contract performance, and closing out contracts.
Duration
3 days
Start Dates
23 February 2026
23 March 2026
28 April 2026
25 May 2026
22 June 2026
27 July 2026
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Fees
R 3000
Mode of Delivery
Online
Face-to-face
One-on-one
Project Stakeholder Management
This course equips learners with the skills and competencies needed for identifying stakeholders and analyzing their influence and expectations. It also develops strategies to involve them in project decisions and execution.
Duration
2 days
Start Dates
26 February 2026
26 March 2026
04 May 2026
28 May 2026
25 June 2026
30 July 2026
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Fees
R 2000
Mode of Delivery
Online
Face-to-face
One-on-one
Customized Training
This course is intended for learners requiring training interventions to address learner‑specific skills gaps and to meet the training needs of clients in South Africa.
Duration
Flexible
Start Dates
December 2025
January 2026
February 2026
March 2026
April 2026
May 2026
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Fees
Negotiable
Mode of Delivery
Online (PM Practitioner)
Face-to-face
One-on-one
Facilitators
Project Management Learning Institute has a team of highly qualified facilitators. Stringent quality control measures are in place to ensure that all training complies with the standards and that learners are suitably trained to meet workplace demands.
Head Facilitator
- Ben Mashigo holds a Master of Commerce in Project Management (MComPM) and has a deep and extensive knowledge of Project Management, acquired while working within the banking industry and government departments.
- Ben has more than twenty years' experience as a PM Practitioner, Facilitator and Assessor.
- He has worked on Business and IT projects ranging from internal process improvement, external vendor applications, compliance, enterprise architecture modelling and organizational transformation and development.
- His experience gave him extensive exposure and an in-depth knowledge of major project management methodologies. All this experience and knowledge is at the students' disposal as they will be rubbing shoulders with the best in the industry.
BEN MASHIGO, MComPM
Senior Facilitator
- Sebonyane Theletsane holds the degree of Master of Business Administration (MBA) and has more than twenty-five years of work experience acquired mainly while working within some of the well-known Southern African financial institutions.
- His skillset covers a broad spectrum in the field of Enterprise Architecture for which he has TOGAF 9.1 Certified from the Open Group, Business Architecture from Business Architecture Guild, Big Data Architecture from Arcitura Education Inc., Service Oriented Architecture Professional from Arcitura Education Inc, IIBA's Agile Analysis Certificate, PMI's Agile Certified Profession and PMI's Project Management Professional.
SEBONYANE THELETSANE, MBA
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