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African Institute of the Interior Design Professions (IID)

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The African Institute of the Interior Design Professions (IID) is the only professional body representing the Design Industry in Africa. The IID is dedicated to establishing, promoting and maintaining expertise, professionalism, sound business practice and high standards throughout the industry.
The IID is is a non-statutory, SAQA-recognised professional body.
They have four professional designations:

  1. Professional Interior Decorator;
  2. Professional Interior Designer;
  3. Professional Senior Interior Designer;
  4. Professional Interior Architect
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Association of Certified Fraud Examiners South Africa (ACFESA)

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The South African Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE SA) is a recognised South African professional body, representing and governing fraud examination professionals in South Africa.

The South African Chapter represents the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, which is the world’s largest anti-fraud and white-collar crime organisation and premier provider of training and education in these industries. Our members are committed to reducing white-collar crime worldwide and inspiring public confidence and objectivity within the profession.
The ACFESA is is a non-statutory, SAQA-recognised professional body.
They have one professional designation:

  1. Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
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Law Society of South Africa (LSSA)

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The LSSA speaks nationally on behalf of the attorneys’ profession;
provides leadership and support to the profession through policy development and stakeholder relations;
publishes De Rebus, the SA attorneys journal in print and digital format, which circulates to all attorneys, and judges as well as subscribers in print and digital format, as well as an app;
interrogates and makes input on policy and draft legislation in the public interest;
provides vocational training to over 1 400 candidate attorneys a year; attendance fees are subvented by the Attorneys Fidelity Fund;
has 10 Centres of the School for Legal Practice: Bloemfontein, Polokwane, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Durban, Potchefstroom, East London, Pretoria and Johannesburg as well as a distance training centre in cooperation with Unisa
is accredited as the premier provider of other practical legal training courses (PLT) for candidate attorneys in terms of the Attorneys Act, 1979;
is accredited as the premier provider of subsidised Practice Management Training (PMT) for mandatory practice management in terms of the Judicial Matters Second Amendment Act, 2003;
maintains standards by setting examination papers for the Attorneys Admission, Conveyancing and Notarial professional examinations for attorneys; and
maintains a national database on statistics and trends in the attorneys’ profession.

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Federation of African Professional Staffing Organisations (APSO)

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APSO – The Federation of African Professional Staffing Organisations is committed to the professionalisation of the Staffing industry of Southern Africa. APSO has been in existence since 1977 and, for the past four decades, has set and managed professional standards for the benefit of Members, their clients, candidates and employees. A proud member of the World Employment Confederation (WEC), APSO is also a founding member of the South African Confederation of Associates in Private Employment Sector (CAPES), the South African Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SACCI), and the Ethics Institute of South Africa.

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Project Management South Africa (PMSA)

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Project Management SA (formerly known as PMISA) was formed in 1997 as a National Association to represent project management professionals across all sectors in South Africa. Since 1997 the PMSA membership has grown to almost 1000 members, who are drawn from a diverse cross section of industries and ethnic groups.

The drive to create PMSA came from a need for a cross sector forum for practitioners to meet and work together and for a national body to work with local organisations and the South African government in developing effective project management within South Africa.

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Institute for Work at Height (IWH)

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The Institute for Work at Height consist of both a Trade Association as well as a Professional Body.

The Institute consists of nine chambers, representing the following working at height sectors:

Fall Protection;
Rope Access;
Mobile Elevating;
Work Platforms (MEWPs);
Suspended Access Equipment;
Scaffolding;
Falsework;
Access Towers and Ladders;
Wind Turbine

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South African Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (SAIOSH)

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The SA Institute of Occupational Safety and Health is a registered non-profit organisation (NPO) which is committed to the prevention and reduction of work place incidents and accidents in South Africa. Saiosh is doing this by promoting Occupational Health and Safety Management and Practices among its members and stake holders at large.

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Compliance Institute Southern Africa (CISA)

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The Compliance Institute SA is a non-profit company. Its vision is to be the recognised, independent professional body for the compliance profession. Its mission is to set, maintain and promote best practice standards for the compliance profession by facilitating professional development and accreditation for its members..
CISA is is a non-statutory, SAQA-recognised professional body.
They have three professional designations:

  1. Compliance Practitioner;
  2. Compliance Professional;
  3. Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Pratitioner (SA) AMLC Prac (SA)
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