Entrepreneurship & Professional Development of Students

The Department strives to instil entrepreneurial skills in our graduates to support their academic talents. Therefore on-going entrepreneurial exposure will be presented via successful local business people and other entrepreneurial experts. Students and staff are encouraged become members of the various professional and institutional bodies. 

Career Opportunities

What can a diplomate do in this career?  

Graduates can be employed as:

• Human Resources Practitioner
• Personnel Officer
• Industrial Relations Manager
• Human Resources Development Practitioner
• HR Manager

Who will employ a diplomate?

The graduates will/can be employed by Government (national departments, provincial departments and local authorities); private and parastatal organisations; research organizations; tertiary education institutions, and non-governmental organisations.

Purpose of the Qualification

This qualification will prepare a person for the demands of a Human Resources Manager position in any organisation. The qualifying learner will be competent in functioning in any section in the HRD or HR Department. 

The Students who complete this diploma will be in a position to grow with the department and become HRD or HR consultants or managers.

Exit Level Outcomes of the Programme

After completion of the programme, a learner will be able to perform a wide range of skills in the human resources management, labour law, industrial relations, business management, training and development, and finance fields. Further, prospective educators can teach in disciplines such as Business Studies, Personnel Management, Industrial Relations, Management of Training, and Entrepreneurship.

Critical Cross-Field Outcomes

The achievement of this qualification means that the learner will be able to:

• Identify and solve problems and make responsible ethical decisions within own limit of authority.
• Work effectively with others as a member of a team, group, organisation or community.
• Organise and manage oneself and one’s activities responsibly and effectively.

• Collect, organise and critically evaluate information.
• Communicate effectively using visual, mathematics and language skills in the modes of oral and/or written presentations.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the world as a set of related systems.
• Be culturally and aesthetically sensitive across a range of social contexts in managing and interacting with diverse people in the workplace.

Programme Information 

Minimum Admission Requirements