Registered, accredited level 5 project management training - a practical approach

Issued by Faculty Training Institute
Cape Town, 01 Feb 2016

After extensive consultation with its customers, Faculty Training Institute has taken the decision to amalgamate its flagship project management offerings into one comprehensive course, which not only confers an FTI certified qualification, but also grants the SAQA accredited level 5 National Certificate in Project Management to successful delegates.

This programme is ideal for employers to incorporate into their existing learnership programmes or to thereby enhance the skills of their own employees, and even offering opportunities to unemployed learners. Learnerships make a direct contribution towards boosting employment levels and enhance employers' B-BBEE compliance levels.

Whereas previously, FTI's two major programmes, namely the Certificate Programme in Project Management Practice (CPPMP) and the Applied Programme (APMP), taught mostly theory in the former and practical application in the latter; these have now been combined into the new offering named the Practitioners Programme in Project Management. During this practitioners programme, delegates will acquire a comprehensive and solid grounding in project management theory, while also gaining practical workplace experience. Various assignments are completed by delegates and submitted for formal assessment, and a portfolio of evidence is compiled throughout the course.

This qualification is aimed at people working in or with project management teams or those who use a project approach to their business regardless of their discipline or field, eg, technical, engineering or IT projects, business, public sector or community development projects across a gamut of economic sectors.

Faculty Training will still continue to offer its range of focused short courses in the project management and other fields, including the professional certification exam preparation workshops, the three-day introductory project management essentials course and many others. Endorsed by the Project Management Institute and with a solid track record spanning more than a quarter of a century, Faculty Training Institute prides itself on providing exceptional career and skills-oriented training with immediate applicability, value and relevance in the workplace.

For more information on the PrPPM (NCPM) or any other of our offerings, please visit www.fti.co.za or contact a course consultant on 0860 227 337.

Faculty Training Institute

Faculty Training Institute (FTI) is a private training company with a specialist focus on providing exceptional career-oriented training courses and support services for professional knowledge workers in the corporate-facing world.

With training facilities in both Johannesburg and Cape Town, FTI is perfectly equipped to run training courses at its headquarters, but can just as easily conduct business on-site at your convenience. FTI regularly makes use of conference facilities in other city centres where there is a demand for the institute's training services.

Faculty Training Institute - Developing South Africa's human potential

FTI's training courses are intended to equip graduates with the skills and understanding to use technology to unlock business value.

FTI offers learning programmes in:

* Business and systems analysis
* Project and programme management
* Quality assurance and testing
* Specialist and core skills
* Coaching and mentoring
* Leadership development

Typical course delegates include business analysts, systems analysts, enterprise architects, project managers and testing specialists. FTI's value-added services are aimed at facilitating the improvement of capacity in these fields in a company environment.

FTI is passionate about developing human potential, and with more than two decades in the industry, it has the experience and expertise to help you and your company reach new levels of efficiency, performance and success in an ever-changing technological business world.

FTI was wholly acquired by the EOH group in 2012 and forms part of its Human Capital Management division.

Skills development portfolio

Qualifications
FTI offers a range of qualifications in business and systems analysis, project management and system quality assurance and testing to prepare individuals for specific roles. These qualifications are run on a part-time basis over three to six months and are levelled at the multi-skilled professional.

With a focus on particular roles like business analysis, project management and software testing, these courses have a rigorous assessment process involving assignments and examinations. FTI's courses are endorsed by the relevant professional bodies (where appropriate), and are in high demand by more than 300 client organisations.

Short courses
FTI also offers short courses, typically two to five days in duration, which have been crafted to develop specific skills in business areas while focusing on process management and modelling, business and enterprise architecture, creative and systems thinking and leadership development.

Value-added services
FTI provides coaching and mentoring services such as business analysis, quality assurance, general and project management mentoring as well as change management interventions, competency and other assessments, and people development skills like problem-solving, technical writing and critical thinking.

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