radio · Higher Occupational Certificate
Higher Occupational Certificate: Radio and Multimedia Content Practitioner
The Radio & Multimedia Practitioner programme — radio host, podcaster, presenter and beyond. An occupational qualification: you learn the job by doing the job.
- NQF level
- 5 · 145 credits
- Duration
- 18 months · full time · Bloemfontein
- Structure
- Knowledge 40 cr · Practical 65 cr · Workplace 40 cr
- Workplace block
- 400 logged hours · Statement of Work Experience · EISA national exam
- Fees
- From R3 400/month · full fee structure
- 2027 intake
- 7 February 2027 · applications open
Theory, practice,
then the real world.
Knowledge modules (40 cr) cover broadcast theory, content and media law; practical modules (65 cr) train presenting, production and multimedia content creation in the broadcast studio and content suite; the qualification closes with a 400-hour workplace-integrated learning block (40 cr) and the national EISA exam.
- Knowledge modules
- 40 credits — the theory of the craft, in class and on the learning platform
- Practical modules
- 65 credits — supervised production work in PASMA's studios and labs
- Workplace block
- 40 credits — 400 logged hours in a real workplace
Assessment & the EISA
Occupational qualifications end in the External Integrated Summative Assessment (EISA) — a national exit exam, set and quality-assured nationally, not by the college. That is what makes the certificate portable.
Before you can sit it, you submit your Statement of Work Experience: the verified log of your 400 workplace hours. PASMA arranges and supervises the placement.
Entry requirements
NQF 4 with Communication and Mathematical Literacy. Unsure whether your subjects qualify? Ask admissions.
Registered. Quality-assured. Checkable.
- SAQA ID
- 122622 — view the listing ↗
- Curriculum code
- 352105-001-00-00
- Registration window
- 2024-08-22 → 2029-08-22
- Replaces
- National Certificate: Radio Production (SAQA 62069) — about the NATED phase-out
The full number, up front.
Every figure below is rendered from the published 2027 fee schedule, last reviewed 2026-08-12. The complete structure — instalments, workplace-block pricing, short courses — lives on the fees page.
A once-off enrolment fee secures your place. Workplace-integrated learning months are billed at the standard monthly rate — the same structure as the Sound Operator schedule.
Complete fee structure ↗Where this
takes you.
Where you train
Who it's for
Broadcasters and content makers who want a recognised qualification behind the mic and in front of the feed — daily time in a real broadcast studio, not a lecture hall.
Who it's not for
Anyone wanting a purely theoretical media-studies degree; this is an occupational qualification built around producing and broadcasting real content.
Asked and answered.
What happened to the old National Certificate: Radio Production?
Legacy NATED/NC qualifications are being phased out nationally. This Higher Occupational Certificate (SAQA 122622) is the accredited successor, quality-assured by the QCTO with MICTSETA as Assessment Quality Partner.
What will I actually do on this programme?
Present and produce live radio, record and edit podcasts, plan multimedia content, and complete a 400-hour workplace block in a real broadcast or content environment before the national EISA exam.
What is the EISA?
The External Integrated Summative Assessment is the national exit exam for occupational qualifications. Your Statement of Work Experience from the workplace block is required before you can sit it.
Run the desk.
Spaces are limited by studio capacity.
Entry: NQF 4 with Communication and Mathematical Literacy.