film · Higher Occupational Certificate
Higher Occupational Certificate: Video, Film and Multimedia Practitioner
The Video & Film Practitioner programme — director, producer, editor and beyond. An occupational qualification: you learn the job by doing the job.
- NQF level
- 5 · 143 credits
- Duration
- 18 months · full time · Bloemfontein
- Structure
- Knowledge 40 cr · Practical 73 cr · Workplace 30 cr
- Workplace block
- 300 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 visual storytelling, production theory and the business of film; practical modules (73 cr) train camera, lighting, directing and editing on real productions; the qualification closes with a 300-hour workplace-integrated learning block (30 cr) and the national EISA exam.
- Knowledge modules
- 40 credits — the theory of the craft, in class and on the learning platform
- Practical modules
- 73 credits — supervised production work in PASMA's studios and labs
- Workplace block
- 30 credits — 300 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 300 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
- 124900 — view the listing ↗
- Curriculum code
- 352102-001-00-00
- Registration window
- 2025-10-02 → 2030-10-02
- Replaces
- FETC: Film and Television Production Operations (SAQA 61450) — 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
Visual storytellers who want to shoot, cut and ship real productions — not just write about film.
Who it's not for
Anyone looking for a film-theory or film-studies degree; this is an occupational qualification for people who want to operate the camera and the edit suite.
Asked and answered.
What happened to the old Film & TV qualification?
Legacy NATED/NC qualifications are being phased out nationally. This Higher Occupational Certificate (SAQA 124900) is the accredited successor to the FETC: Film and Television Production Operations, quality-assured by the QCTO with MICTSETA as Assessment Quality Partner.
What will I actually do on this programme?
Plan, shoot, light and edit real productions from the first term, then complete a 300-hour workplace block in a production 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.