PASMA's live production room: stage, lighting truss and PA rig under colour washes
Bloemfontein, South AfricaEst. 2006 Applications open

The studio-first media academy

Make media.Move culture.

Train in sound, film, television and radio inside the spaces where the work actually happens.

Apply for 2027 ↗Try a free activity — no account ↘

2027 intake — applications open

01Sound02Film & TV03Radio04Short courses
01Why PASMA

Not a classroom pretending to be the industry.

PAS Media Academy is Bloemfontein’s accredited media production school. Every programme is built around doing: recording, broadcasting, shooting, editing and producing in real studios.

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20years of practical
media education
06purpose-built
studios and labs
03nationally accredited
qualifications
01dedicated Free State
media academy
Accreditation
QCTO — Quality Council for Trades and OccupationsQuality Council
MICT SETA — Media, Information and Communication Technologies Sector Education and Training AuthorityAssessment Quality Partner
SAQA-linked qualifications · Bloemfontein Central campus
02Accredited programmes

Choose your
way in.

Nationally recognised NQF 5 occupational certificates with transparent fees and direct pathways into the creative industries.

sound

Sound Operator

Higher Occupational Certificate: Sound Operator

  • 18 months · full time
  • NQF 5 · 145 credits
  • QCTO accredited · EISA national exam
  • 400 h workplace block

from R3 400 / month · R66 000 total

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film

Video & Film Practitioner

Higher Occupational Certificate: Video, Film and Multimedia Practitioner

  • 18 months · full time
  • NQF 5 · 143 credits
  • QCTO accredited · EISA national exam
  • 300 h workplace block

from R3 400 / month · R66 000 total

The programme ↗Apply ↗

radio

Radio & Multimedia Practitioner

Higher Occupational Certificate: Radio and Multimedia Content Practitioner

  • 18 months · full time
  • NQF 5 · 145 credits
  • QCTO accredited · EISA national exam
  • 400 h workplace block

from R3 400 / month · R66 000 total

The programme ↗Apply ↗

Full curricula, modules, short courses and career paths ↗

03Free, in your browser, right now

Train your ears,
right now — free.

Audio Connectors Quiz. Match XLR, TRS, TS, RCA and Speakon connectors to their correct signals and uses. Level one is open to everyone — no account, no cost, no catch. It is the same trainer our first-year students use.

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0474 West Burger Street

One campus.
Six working worlds.

Every colour belongs to a real room. Every room exists to make something — records, broadcasts, films, live shows.

The red radio broadcast studio at PASMA, on-air desk and microphones
01Radio studio
The green music production lab at PASMA, DAW workstations in rows
02Production lab
The recording studio control room at PASMA, mixing desk facing the live room window
03Recording studio
05Student work

The rooms are the hardware.
The people are the signal.

Real students in real sessions — photographed on campus, published with written consent on file for every frame.

PASMA graduates throwing their caps in the air on graduation day
Graduation day
Film and TV students framing a shot with the camera crane on location
Camera crane on location
A PASMA student mid-take in the recording studio vocal booth
Vocal recording session
Students broadcasting live from the red PASMA radio studio
On air in the red radio studio
A PASMA student riding the faders on a large-format digital mixing console in Studio A
Large-format console practical
Film and TV students operating a camera crane during an on-location practical
Camera crane practical
Students gathered around the mixing console during a Studio A console practical
Console practical, Studio A
A student drummer checking cymbals on an outdoor stage rig, PA and lighting truss behind him
Drum check on the live rig
A student programming beats on a MIDI keyboard in the green production lab
Beat programming in the production lab
Radio production students scripting a show together at the red broadcast desk
Show prep at the red broadcast desk
PASMA students laughing together outside the campus on West Burger Street
Student life on West Burger Street
A PASMA student performing vocals behind the pop filter in the Studio B vocal booth
Vocal booth session, Studio B
The drum tracking room at PASMA, kit mic'd up under warm practical lights
SABC
→ PASMA
06Since 2006

Born in broadcast.
Built in Bloem.

PASMA began as an in-house training programme at the SABC. Twenty years later, that industry discipline lives on in a dedicated campus where the Free State’s next generation of media professionals learns by making.

“Same industry standards. A new generation behind the desk.”
07Fees without the fine print

Know the number
before you apply.

Creative education is a serious decision. We publish the real cost so you can make it with confidence.

Study pathDurationTotal
Sound Operator18 monthsR66 000
Video & Film Practitioner18 monthsR66 000
Radio & Multimedia Practitioner18 monthsR66 000

Every fee schedule is published from a single audited source and stamped with its last review date. The complete structure — enrolment fee, instalments, workplace-block pricing, short courses — lives on the fees page.

The complete fee structure ↗
08Straight answers

Asked every
open day.

Is the Sound Operator qualification accredited?

Yes. It is a Higher Occupational Certificate at NQF level 5, quality-assured by the QCTO with MICTSETA as Assessment Quality Partner. The SAQA listing (ID 120748) is linked from this page — note the listing reference is being re-verified for the 2027 intake and is marked accordingly.

What is the workplace block?

The final phase places you in a real workplace for 400 logged hours. Your Statement of Work Experience — the log of those hours — is required before you can sit the national EISA exam.

What is the EISA?

The External Integrated Summative Assessment is the national exit exam for occupational qualifications, set and quality-assured nationally. You write it after completing your knowledge, practical and workplace modules.

Do I need my own equipment?

No. Training happens in PASMA's studios and production labs on industry-standard equipment. Many students choose to build a small home setup alongside, but it is not required.

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February 2027 intakeBloemfontein · South Africa

Ready when
you are.

Spaces are limited by studio capacity.
Start the conversation today.

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