The Programme for the Commercial Property Practitioner  is South
Africa’s premier skills programme for practitioners and brokers involved
in office, retail and industrial leasing, selling, management and investment. It is presented by Enterprises University of Pretoria  in conjunction with SAPOA. Experienced academic staff as well as leading figures in the industry provide a strong functional base to the programme. More than a thousand delegates have registered for this very popular course since  its introduction in 1996.

 

As the premier programme for practitioners and brokers involved in office, retail and industrial leasing (including selling, management and investment), you have the opportunity to gain a strong functional base in commercial property management that includes an introduction to property development, building technology and services, building and design economics, financial mathematics, management accounting, principles of economics, town and regional planning, as well as property law, finance, management, taxation, marketing and valuation.

 

Evaluation is by means  of six assignments (to be submitted on a monthly  basis from March), and a four hour written examination in November. Limited arrangements may be made for participants to write exams in the main centers in the country. In order to gain admission to the examination, participants will have to have attained an average evaluation mark of at least 40% in the assignment.

To qualify  for the certificate of successful completion for the Commercial Property Practitioner (to be issued by the University of Pretoria), a participant will have to obtain an aggregate pass mark of 50%.The examination will carry  a weight  of 60% of this mark and the assignment mark 40%.