Lifestyle College

Mission, Vision & Values
Lifestyle College is in business to provide the highest standard of education in industry related training courses. Thereby providing all our learners with quality outcomes-based education and training driven by the integrity, accountability, professionalism and innovation of our lecturers/trainers and support staff.

We continually strive to become leaders in our field and to set the standard with regards to Private Providers offering industry related courses, ensuring alignment with the aims, objectives and requirements of:


	SAQA (South African Qualifications Authority) and the spirit of the National Qualifications Framework. As of yet, no course is registered with SAQA as the industry is still busy writing the unit standards.

	AgriSETA (Agricultural Sector Education Authority). Lifestyle College is also a registered service provider to AgriSeta.

	APPETD (Association of Private Providers of Education, Training and Development).

	City & Guilds International of London. The Landscape Design curriculum has been accredited by City & Guilds. The benefit of having the City & Guilds accreditation is that as there are no unit standards for the industry, the students will still be able to have an internationally recognised qualification – recognised in 180 countries worldwide.

We invest in our people and maintain a work environment that is conducive to their physical, mental and spiritual health. We provide them with challenges and rewards to encourage them to make a meaningful contribution to the company, the industry and the community.

In striving to achieve the above, all staff are required to sign the Lifestyle College Code of Ethics. In addition, we have established and maintain a Quality Management System that clearly reflects our values and mission thereby guaranteeing delivery to our learners.

The History of Lifestyle College
Lifestyle College, which was started in 1991, is a Black Economic Empowerment business and offers the highest standard of education and training courses in the green industry.

The business was established in response to a pressing need for part-time and full-time adult education in the horticultural sector, as well as the challenge to develop and improve the skills of the South African workforce. Since its inception, Lifestyle College has won a reputation for surpassing learners' needs, developing a wide range of high standard training courses.

Lifestyle College currently employs highly qualified full-time and part-time trainers to ensure all learners are provided with quality outcomes-based education and training driven by their integrity, accountability and professionalism.

Constant attention to detail, continuous staff training and rigorous quality control programmes are the hallmark of Lifestyle College’s approach. Regular updates of courses ensure our service fulfils learners' and industry’s requirements.

Employees are continuously updated on the product and service improvement and quality control training. Employee development and an environment where effort and ability are recognised and rewarded, ensure learners receive the most diligent and attentive service.



		According to the National Department of Education’s Policy Document (1997), outcomes-based education (OBE) should be driven by the outcome displayed by the learner at the end of the educational experience. OBE starts with the philosophy that all learners can learn. From this starting point, OBE clearly defines the knowledge, understanding, skills, attitudes and values that learners are to learn. The end products of the learning process are called outcomes. If we decide what the end products of the learning process must be, before learning takes place, we say that a system is outcomes-based. Outcome statements have been developed as part of National Department of Education policy documents to indicate what the learner needs to achieve. Critical outcomes, specific outcomes, assessment criteria and performance indicators are all statements of outcomes.

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