What We Offer
Kwa-Zulu Natal Branch
Our KZN branch provides quality training in the wood products and timber industry.
Limpopo Branch
Our Limpopo Branch provides expert training in the compliance and management of the food industry
Our KZN Branch Offers
Tamasa Training (Pty) Ltd is complied with the requirements to offer the following AgriSETA Qualifications:
AgriSETA Qualifications Overview:
| Qualification Code | Qualification Description | Level | Credits | Learning Subfield | NSB |
| 48848 | National Certificate: Fruit Packaging and Grading Processes | 3 | 120 | Secondary Agriculture | Field 001 – Agriculture and Nature Conservation |
| 48972 | National Certificate: Plant Production | 1 | 120 | Primary Agriculture | Field 001 – Agriculture and Nature Conservation |
| 48975 | National Certificate: Plant Production | 2 | 120 | Primary Agriculture | Field 001 – Agriculture and Nature Conservation |
| 49052 | National Certificate: Plant Production | 3 | 120 | Primary Agriculture | Field 001 – Agriculture and Nature Conservation |
Tamasa Training (Pty) Ltd are accredited with FP&MSeta and are specifically associated with the following:
FP&MSeta Qualifications Overview:
| Qualification Code | Qualification Title | NGF Level | Credits |
| 49083 | National Certificate: Wood Products Processing | 3 | 130 |
| 48988 | National Certificate: Forestry: Timber Harvesting | 3 | 130 |
| 50266 | National Certificate: Forestry: Silviculture | 3 | 123 |
| 50225 | General Education and Training Certificate: General Forestry | 1 | 120 |
| 66269 | General Education and Training Certificate: Lumber Milling | 1 | 123 |
Breakdown of FP&MSeta Qualifications:
49083 National Certificate: Wood Products - Processing Wood Preservation
| Unit ID | Unit Standard Title |
| 117196 | Fire kilns and chimneys |
| 10170 | Demonstrate understanding of employment relations in an organisation |
| 113852 | Apply occupational health, safety and environmental principles |
| 116720 | Show understanding of diversity in the workplace |
| 117200 | Supervise loading of container |
| 117202 | Stack, load and palletise bags of charcoal and/or briquettes |
| 117205 | Plaster and seal kilns |
| 117207 | Receive, offload, store and prepare for infeed of timber into the fibreboard and chipboard plant |
| 117208 | Operate flaker in the chipboard manufacturing process |
| 117209 | Control and monitor mat formation in the fibreboard and chipboard manufacturing process |
| 117211 | Receive, store and test bulk chemicals in the fibreboard and chipboard manufacturing process |
| 117212 | Load mat and press board in the chipboard manufacturing process |
| 117214 | Operate sanding process in the fibreboard and chipboard process |
| 117218 | Load press board in the melamine faced board manufacturing process |
| 117219 | Assure quality in the fibreboard and chipboard manufacturing process |
| 117224 | Dry and store fibre in the fibreboard process |
| 117227 | Control production in relevant work areas in wood products plant |
| 117231 | Demonstrate understanding of details of equipment, processes and procedures in a wood products plant |
| 117234 | Operate bar machine to form outer boxes |
| 117235 | Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the influence of wood structure, its properties and production factors on quality in a wood products environment |
| 117236 | Operate match skillet printing machine |
| 117237 | Operate machine to form inner boxes |
| 117240 | Prepare ignition paint |
| 117243 | Control application of match head composition |
| 117246 | Operate wrapping machine |
| 117247 | Prepare and mix match head composition |
| 117253 | Ensure continuous supply of quality matchboxes to wrapping process |
| 117256 | Supervise the wattle bark chopping operation |
| 117258 | Operate and control the leaching process |
| 117260 | Assist in the leaching process |
| 117263 | Set jig, assemble, press, handle and store nail plated timber roof trusses |
| 117270 | Inspect and quality assure timber roof truss products and documentation |
| 117271 | Load and off-load trusses and auxiliary material and all other hardware products |
| 117272 | Cut and prepare timber for roof truss assembly |
| 117273 | Manage work force in relevant work areas in wood preservation plant |
| 117275 | Apply quality control in the wood preservation plant |
| 117277 | Manage classification and grading of poles and timber for wood preservation |
| 117278 | Control process of treating wood with wood preservative |
| 117279 | Control production process to produce debarked and seasoned poles |
| 117280 | Manage pole peeling operation for wood preservation |
| 117282 | Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the structure of wood and how it relates to its appearance, strength, and water retention |
| 117283 | Manage debarking of poles and logs for wood preservation |
| 117284 | Control veneer/ plywood/ block board grading process in veneer/ plywood/ block board plant |
| 117285 | Control receipt of incoming material (poles and/or sawn lumber) for wood preservation process |
| 117286 | Set up and operate glue mixing, handling and storage facilities in dry processing area of veneer / plywood / block board plant |
| 117288 | Grade Veneer/ Plywood/ Block board in veneer/ Plywood/ Block board plant |
| 117289 | Set up and operate pressing facilities in dry processing area of veneer / plywood / block board plant |
| 117290 | Set up and operate sanding facilties in the dry processing area of veneer / plywood / block board plant |
| 117292 |
Set up and control wet/dry hogging production facilities in wet/dry processing area of a veneer / plywood / block board plant |
| 117295 | Set up and operate board edging and squaring facilties in the dry processing area of veneer / plywood / block board plant |
| 117298 | Set up and operate board cross-cutting / trimming facilities in the dry processing area of veneer / plywood / block board plant |
| 117302 | Set up and operate log handling, sorting and storage facilities (log yard / deck) in wet processing area of veneer/plywood/block board plant |
| 117305 | Set up and operate peeling/ slicing facilities in wet processing area of veneer / plywood / block board plant |
| 117310 | Set up and operate drying facilities in wet processing area of veneer / plywood / block board plant |
| 117311 | Set up and operate log debarking and conditioning facilities in wet processing area of veneer/plywood/block board plant |
| 117312 | Set up and operate veneer upgrading processing facilities in dry processing area of veneer/plywood/block board plant |
| 13912 | Apply knowledge of self and team in order to develop a plan to enhance team performance |
| 13915 | Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of HIV/AIDS in a workplace, and its effects on a business sub-sector, own organisation and a specific workplace |
| 13916 | Identify and keep the records that a team manager is responsible for keeping |
| 13919 | Investigate and explain the structure of a selected workplace or organisation |
| 7456 | Use mathematics to investigate and monitor the financial aspects of personal, business and national issues |
| 8968 | Accommodate audience and context needs in oral communication |
| 8969 | Interpret and use information from texts |
| 8970 | Write texts for a range of communicative contexts |
| 8971 | Analyse and respond to a variety of literary texts |
| 9010 | Demonstrate an understanding of the use of different number bases and measurement units and an awareness of error in the context of relevant calculations |
| 9012 | Investigate life and work related problems using data and probabilities |
| 9013 | Describe, apply, analyse and calculate shape and motion in 2-and 3-dimensional space in different contexts |
66269 General Education and Training Certificate - Lumber Milling
| Unit ID | Unit Standard Title |
| 116932 | Operate a personal computer system |
| 117226 | Keep work area and equipment clean and safe in a wood products plant |
| 119362 | Work with numbers; operations with numbers and relationships between numbers |
| 119364 | Evaluate and solve data handling and probability problems within given contexts |
| 119373 | Describe and represent objects in terms of shape, space and measurement |
| 119631 | Explore and use a variety of strategies to learn |
| 119635 | Engage in a range of speaking/signing and listening interactions for a variety of purposes |
| 119636 | Write/Sign for a variety of different purposes |
| 119640 | Read/view and respond to a range of text types |
| 120496 | Provide risk-based primary emergency care/first aid in the workplace |
| 12466 | Explain the individual`s role within business |
| 13172 | Understand the employer/employee relationship |
| 13176 | Describe and discuss basic issues relating to the nature of business, the stakeholders in a business and business profitability |
| 14445 | Frame and implement an individual action plan to improve productivity within an organisational unit |
| 14656 |
Demonstrate an understanding of sexuality and sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS |
| 243189 | Manage personal finances |
| 244075 | Maintain the quality of products in a production environment |
| 252250 | Apply fire fighting techniques |
| 259604 | Verify compliance to safety, health and environmental requirements in the workplace |
| 259639 | Explain basic health and safety principles in and around the workplace |
| 263654 | Clean saws and cutters returned for maintenance in Saw shop of Lumber Mill |
| 263655 | Move and transport saws and cutters between saw shop and processing machines/areas in a Lumber Mill |
| 263674 | Describe drying defects occurring in wood, and methods to use in minimizing them |
| 263676 | Prepare and load lumber drying kiln |
| 263678 | Manually set and sharpen springset saw blades used in a Lumber Mill |
| 263679 |
Operate green lumber crosscutting/trimming facilities in green timber processing area of Lumber Mill |
| 263681 |
Handle, mix and apply adhesive glue manually in finger-jointing and laminating facilities of Lumber Mill |
| 263682 | Inspect used saw blades before and after servicing in Saw shop of Lumber Mill |
| 263684 | Explain Lumber Milling Industry activities in terms of processes, production stages and equipment |
| 263685 | Perform elementary Lumber Milling operations |
| 263686 | Identify the mechanical makeup and the function of major equipment needed in a work area |
| 263689 | Stack lumber for kiln drying |
| 263690 | Sort, feed and record logs in the log yard of a Lumber Mill |
| 263695 | Perform routine maintenance on Saw shop machines and tools in Lumber Mill |
| 263696 | Kiln trolley with load of dried lumber from drying kiln to cooling shed/facilities |
| 264795 | Operate conversion equipment used for surfacing and thicknessing products in the dry timber processing area of lumber mill |
| 264798 | Sort and stack graded lumber in a lumber mill |
| 264814 | Operate conversion equipment for recovering narrower and thinner and shorter length products in dry timber processing area of lumber mill |
| 7450 | Work with measurement in a variety of contexts |
| 9322 | Work in a team |
50225 General Education and Training Certificate - General Forestry
| Unit ID | Unit Standard Title |
| 113924 | Apply basic business ethics in a work environment |
| 117043 | Choke and dechoke timber during extraction with a skidding machine fitted with a winch in a production situation |
| 117049 | Demonstrate knowledge of basic safety in forestry operations |
| 117079 | Identify, explain and demonstrate standard safety procedures during active wildfire suppression |
| 117081 | Choke and dechoke timber during extraction with a cable yarder in a production situation |
| 117082 | Contribute to the suppression of wildfires at basic fire-fighting level |
| 119567 | Perform basic life support and first aid procedures |
| 119631 | Explore and use a variety of strategies to learn |
| 119635 | Engage in a range of speaking/signing and listening interactions for a variety of purposes |
| 119636 | Write/Sign for a variety of different purposes |
| 119640 | Read/view and respond to a range of text types |
| 120086 | Identify engineering tools, material and equipment and explain the purpose and function of each |
| 123130 | Demonstrate knowledge of key elements of commercial forestry |
| 123131 | Plant plantation trees |
| 123132 | Eradicate weeds manually in a commercial environment |
| 123133 | Prepare planting site using hand tools |
| 123134 | Apply herbicides to noxious weeds |
| 123135 | Apply pesticides before or after planting |
| 123136 | Describe the environmental impacts of commercial forestry |
| 123137 | Describe and explain basic safety requirements in a forestry environment |
| 123138 | Operate and maintain a motorised water pump |
| 123139 | Apply fertiliser before and after planting |
| 123140 | Clear plantation waste by burning |
| 123141 | Debranch trees using an axe/hatchet |
| 123142 | Prune for access in Commercial Forestry and to ensure correct stem form |
| 123143 | Reduce coppice in gum plantations |
| 123145 | Select and space trees in commercial wattle forests |
| 123146 | Debark trees with a hatchet and prepare bark bundles in a wattle operation |
| 123148 | Load and refuel fixed wing aircraft for wildfire suppression |
| 123149 | Communicate using a two-way radio system |
| 123236 | Perform fire-lookout duties |
| 12466 | Explain the individual`s role within business |
| 12509 | Manage personal finances |
| 12512 | Practice environmental awareness |
| 12513 | Plan and manage time in the workplace |
| 12649 | Identify community issues in relation to conservation |
| 12650 | Understand the nature and importance of conservation |
| 13998 |
Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of supply and demand, and the concept: production |
| 14084 | Demonstrate an understanding of and use the numbering system |
| 243189 | Manage personal finances |
| 7447 | Working with numbers in various contexts |
| 7449 | Critically analyse how mathematics is used in social, political and economic relations |
| 7451 | Collect, analyse, use and communicate numerical data |
| 7461 | Use maps to access and communicate information concerning routes, location and direction |
| 7463 | Describe and represent objects and the environment in terms of shape, space, time and motion |
| 7464 | Analyse cultural products and processes as representations of shape, space and time |
| 8420 | Operate in a team |
| 8494 | Demonstrate an understanding of HIV/AIDS and its implications |
50266 National Certificate: Forestry - Silviculture
| Unit ID | Unit Standard Title |
| 113852 | Apply occupational health, safety and environmental principles |
| 11473 | Manage individual and team performance |
| 117049 | Demonstrate knowledge of basic safety in forestry operations |
| 117061 | Debranch felled trees using a chainsaw in a production situation |
| 117062 | Fell trees with a chainsaw using the standard technique and felling levers |
| 117069 | Cross-cut felled trees using a chainsaw in a production situation |
| 117085 | Conduct basic forestry map reading |
| 119567 | Perform basic life support and first aid procedures |
| 120379 | Work as a project team member |
| 123149 | Communicate using a two-way radio system |
| 123230 | Perform administrative functions during wildfire suppression |
| 123231 | Manage a crew during wildfire suppression |
| 123232 | Lead a strike attack force to contain or extinguish a wildfire |
| 123233 | Cut felled timber using a chainsaw and maintain chainsaw |
| 123234 | Control activities at an airstrip during aerial wildfire suppression |
| 123235 | Manage a controlled burn |
| 123236 | Perform fire-lookout duties |
| 123237 | Control forestry work team activities |
| 123238 | Conduct maintenance on herbicide applicators |
| 123239 | Manage a chemical store on a forestry plantation |
| 123240 | Demonstrate knowledge of silviculture in commercial forestry |
| 123241 | Select and mark trees for thinning in commercial forestry |
| 123242 | Organize forestry work team activities |
| 123243 | Operate brush-cutters in commercial forestry |
| 123244 | Operate an electronic fire surveillance facility |
| 123245 | Scale tree lengths into log assortments in a production situation |
| 12509 | Manage personal finances |
| 12512 | Practice environmental awareness |
| 7456 | Use mathematics to investigate and monitor the financial aspects of personal, business and national issues |
| 8494 | Demonstrate an understanding of HIV/AIDS and its implications |
| 8968 | Accommodate audience and context needs in oral communication |
| 8969 | Interpret and use information from texts |
| 8970 | Write texts for a range of communicative contexts |
| 8971 | Analyse and respond to a variety of literary texts |
| 9010 | Demonstrate an understanding of the use of different number bases and measurement units and an awareness of error in the context of relevant calculations |
| 9012 | Investigate life and work related problems using data and probabilities |
| 9013 | Describe, apply, analyse and calculate shape and motion in 2-and 3-dimensional space in different contexts |
| 9964 | Apply health and safety to a work area |
48988 National Certificate: Forestry - Timber Harvesting
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Unit ID |
Unit Standard Title |
| 117033 | Demonstrate knowledge of wire rope, rigging accessories, anchor systems and rigging in cable yarding operations |
| 117043 | Choke and de-choke timber during extraction with a skidding machine fitted with a winch in a production situation |
| 117044 | Demonstrate knowledge of ground-based machine extraction |
| 117045 | Extract timber to a landing using a forwarder in a production situation |
| 117046 | Prepare, operate and maintain a vehicle mounted knuckle boom loader in a non-production situation |
| 117047 | Load, off-load and stack timber using a loader in a production situation |
| 117048 | Prepare, operate and maintain a mechanised harvesting machine in a non-production situation |
| 117049 | Demonstrate knowledge of basic safety in forestry operations |
| 117050 | Demonstrate knowledge of mechanical timber handling equipment |
| 117052 | Prepare, operate and maintain a 3-wheeled loader in a non-production situation |
| 117053 | Fell and process trees into products using a harvester in a non-production situation |
| 117054 | Fell and process trees into products using a harvester in a non-production situation |
| 117055 | Prepare, operate and maintain a self-propelled knuckle boom loader in a non-production situation |
| 117056 | Fell and process trees into products using a harvester in a production situation |
| 117057 | Delimb tree lengths using a static delimber in a production situation |
| 117058 | Maintain a chainsaw and cut felled timber using a chainsaw |
| 117059 | Scale tree lengths into saw and veneer logs in a production situation |
| 117060 | Fell and bunch trees using a slew boom feller-buncher in a non-production situation |
| 117061 | Debranch felled trees using a chainsaw in a production situation |
| 117062 | Fell trees with a chainsaw using the standard technique and felling levers |
| 117063 | Fell and bunch trees using a drive-to-tree feller-buncher in a non-production situation |
| 117064 | Fell trees using a chainsaw in a production situation |
| 117065 | Fell and bunch trees using a feller buncher in a production situation |
| 117066 | Fell trees with a chainsaw using specialised techniques |
| 117067 | Fell, debranch and debark trees using a harvester in a non-production situation |
| 117068 | Scale tree lengths into poles in a production situation |
| 117069 | Cross-cut felled trees using a chainsaw in a production situation |
| 117070 | Prepare an operational harvest plan |
| 117071 | Fell trees using a chainsaw and machine assistance |
| 117072 | Extract timber to a landing using a cable skidder in a production situation |
| 117074 | Extract timber to a landing using a grapple skidder in a production situation |
| 117075 | Operate a skidding machine fitted with a winch in machine assisted tree felling |
| 117076 | Prepare, operate and maintain a tractor in a non-production situation |
| 117077 | Prepare anchors, rig intermediate supports, tailtrees & a tower and set up working cables for a cable yarding operation |
| 117078 | Demonstrate knowledge of cable yarder extraction |
| 117080 | Extract timber to a landing using a cable yarder in a production situation |
| 117081 | Choke and dechoke timber during extraction with a cable yarder in a production situation |
| 117083 | Extract timber to a landing using a tractor fitted with a skidding attachment in a production situation |
| 117084 | Extract and transport timber using a tractor and trailer in a production situation |
| 117085 | Conduct basic forestry map reading |
| 117086 | Extract and transport timber using a tractor and trailer fitted with a self-loading crane in a production situation |
| 12461 | Communicate at work |
| 12488 | Complete feasibility and commissioning reports |
| 7456 | Use mathematics to investigate and monitor the financial aspects of personal, business and national issues |
| 8968 | Accommodate audience and context needs in oral communication |
| 8969 | Interpret and use information from texts |
| 8970 | Write texts for a range of communicative contexts |
| 9010 | Demonstrate an understanding of the use of different number bases and measurement units and an awareness of error in the context of relevant calculations |
| 9012 | Investigate life and work related problems using data and probabilities |
| 9013 | Describe, apply, analyse and calculate shape and motion in 2-and 3-dimensional space in different contexts |
| 9528 | Communicate with clients |
Our Limpopo Branch Offers
Tamasa Training (Pty) Ltd is complied with the requirements to offer the following AgriSETA Qualifications:
AgriSETA Qualifications Overview:
| Qualification Code | Qualification Description | Level | Credits | Learning Subfield | NSB |
| 48848 | National Certificate: Fruit Packaging and Grading Processes | 3 | 120 | Secondary Agriculture | Field 001 – Agriculture and Nature Conservation |
| 48972 | National Certificate: Plant Production | 1 | 120 | Primary Agriculture | Field 001 – Agriculture and Nature Conservation |
| 48975 | National Certificate: Plant Production | 2 | 120 | Primary Agriculture | Field 001 – Agriculture and Nature Conservation |
| 49052 | National Certificate: Plant Production | 3 | 120 | Primary Agriculture | Field 001 – Agriculture and Nature Conservation |
Tamasa Training (Pty) Ltd offers the following Short Courses
First Aid
| Title | SAQA Number | NQF Level | Credits |
| Perform basic life support and first aid procedures | 119567 | 1 | 5 |
Farming Practices & Food Safety
| Title | SAQA Number | NQF Level | Credits |
| Apply basic food safety practices | 116166 | 1 | 1 |
| Apply basic human resource management principles applicable in an Agricultura environment | 116160 | 1 | 2 |
| Fertilise soil and attend to basic plant nutrition | 116206 | 1 | 5 |
| Handle inputs and stock in Agribusiness | 116163 | 1 | 2 |
| Maintain basic water quality | 116168 | 1 | 1 |
| Operate and maintain irrigation systems | 116202 | 1 | 2 |
| Recognise pest, disease and weeds on crops (scout) | 116204 | 1 | 5 |
| Apply plant manipulation methods | 116128 | 2 | 4 |
| Apply crop protection and animal health products effectively and responsibly | 116125 | 2 | 4 |
| Apply marketing principles in agriculture | 116126 | 2 | 2 |
| Control inputs and stock in agribusiness | 116122 | 2 | 2 |
| Demonstrate an understanding of plant propagation | 116119 | 2 | 3 |
| Harvest agricultural crops | 116111 | 2 | 4 |
| Store and control Agrochemical products effectively and responsibly | 116065 | 2 | 4 |
| Apply herbicides to noxious weeds | 123134 | 1 | 3 |
| Grade fruit | 115193 | 3 | 5 |
| Pack fruit | 115178 | 3 | 5 |
| Palletise fruit | 115179 | 3 | 4 |
| Dispatch final product | 115200 | 3 | 8 |
| Monitor fruit treatment process | 115195 | 3 | 8 |
| Operate fruit packing line machine | 115202 | 3 | 10 |
| Receive fruit | 115201 | 3 | 5 |
| Store fruit | 115197 | 3 | 8 |
| Apply hygiene procedures | 115181 | 3 | 4 |
| Operate in a team (supervisor training) | 8420 | 2 | 4 |
| Demonstrate an understanding of HIV/AIDs and its implications | 8494 | 2 | 4 |
|
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of HIV/AIDS in a workplace, and its effects on a business sub-sector, own organisation and a specific workplace |
13915 | 3 | 4 |
| Plan and manage time in the workplace | 12513 | 1 | 4 |
| Select, use and care for hand tools and basic equipment and infrastructure | 116167 | 1 | 4 |
Operators
| Title | SAQA Number | NQF Level | Credits |
| Maintain a chainsaw and cut felled timber using a chainsaw | 117058 | 2 | 4 |
| Operate brush-cutters in commercial forestry | 123243 | 2 | 5 |
| Lift and move material and equipment by means of a forklift | 244365 | 2 | 3 |
| Prepare, operate and maintain a tractor in a non- production situation | 117076 | 2 | 3 |
Occupational Health & Safety
| Title | SAQA Number | NQF Level | Credits |
| Apply safety and health procedures | 115186 | 3 | 6 |
|
Verify compliance to safety, health and environmental requirements in the workplace (OHS) |
259604 | 2 | 4 |
| Apply occupational health, safety and environmental principles | 113852 | 3 | 10 |
Timber
| Title | SAQA Number | NQF Level | Credits |
| Prepare, operate and maintain 3-wheeled loader in a non-production situation | 117052 | 3 | 5 |
| Load, off load and stack timber using a loader in a production situation | 117047 | 3 | 20 |
| Extract timber to a landing using a cable skidder in a production situation | 117072 | 3 | 20 |
| Extract timber to a landing using a tractor fitted with a skidding attachment in a production situation | 117083 | 3 | 12 |
Fire Fighting
| Title | SAQA Number | NQF Level | Credits |
| Contribute to the suppression of wildfires at basic fire- fighting level | 117082 | 1 | 2 |
| Apply Fire Fighting Techniques | 252250 | 1 | 3 |