National Diploma in Transport and Logistics
This course develops your ability to coordinate the movement of goods and maintain accurate transport and trade documentation.
About the course
This course develops your ability to coordinate the movement of goods and maintain accurate transport and trade documentation. Learning combines technical study with practical tasks relevant to Southern African organisations and communities.
What you'll learn
Plan a transport or forwarding task around service, cost and compliance requirements.
Prepare and check relevant movement and customer documentation.
Assess delays, cargo risks and operational performance.
Requirements
Prepare evidence of relevant certificate study or comparable prior learning for the provider's admission review. Refresh the subject knowledge, calculations and practical skills needed for diploma work. Plan access to the supervised workplace, laboratory or project resources required by the course.
Course content
The programme combines supporting studies, specialist subjects and practical integration. Each subject below includes its learning focus, outcomes, practice and assessment.
3 learning stages 16 subjects
1Specialist subjects12 subjects
2Foundations and shared practice2 subjects
3Practical integration2 subjects
Subjects in this programme
The programme combines supporting studies, specialist subjects and practical integration. Each subject below includes its learning focus, outcomes, practice and assessment.
16 subjects are listed below with a short description of each. The Subject descriptions tab contains the learning outcomes, topics, practical tasks and assessments.
Specialist subjects
- Transport Law. Explore the movement of goods or people through coordinated operational decisions. Practice centres on a route, schedule and movement-control case file, drawing on service requirements and movement planning and route and mode choices. You will record findings, justify decisions and check capacity, documentation and the effect of delays on service commitments.
- Transport Economics. Explore the movement of goods or people through coordinated operational decisions. Practice centres on a route, schedule and movement-control case file, drawing on service requirements and movement planning and route and mode choices. You will record findings, justify decisions and check capacity, documentation and the effect of delays on service commitments.
- Logistics Resource Management. Explore the measurement and representation of positions, levels and land features. Practice centres on a field record, calculation sheet and checked plan, drawing on coordinates, reference systems and control and survey equipment and field preparation. You will record findings, justify decisions and check reference consistency, closure checks and traceability of observations.
- Passenger And Freight Logistics. Explore the measurement and representation of positions, levels and land features. Practice centres on a field record, calculation sheet and checked plan, drawing on coordinates, reference systems and control and survey equipment and field preparation. You will record findings, justify decisions and check reference consistency, closure checks and traceability of observations.
- Supply Chain Management. Explore the movement of goods or people through coordinated operational decisions. Practice centres on a route, schedule and movement-control case file, drawing on service requirements and movement planning and route and mode choices. You will record findings, justify decisions and check capacity, documentation and the effect of delays on service commitments.
- Logistics Marketing. Explore the measurement and representation of positions, levels and land features. Practice centres on a field record, calculation sheet and checked plan, drawing on coordinates, reference systems and control and survey equipment and field preparation. You will record findings, justify decisions and check reference consistency, closure checks and traceability of observations.
- Logistics And Transport Management. Explore the measurement and representation of positions, levels and land features. Practice centres on a field record, calculation sheet and checked plan, drawing on coordinates, reference systems and control and survey equipment and field preparation. You will record findings, justify decisions and check reference consistency, closure checks and traceability of observations.
- Transport And Logistics Technology. Explore the measurement and representation of positions, levels and land features. Practice centres on a field record, calculation sheet and checked plan, drawing on coordinates, reference systems and control and survey equipment and field preparation. You will record findings, justify decisions and check reference consistency, closure checks and traceability of observations.
- Shipping And Freight Forwarding. Explore the movement of goods or people through coordinated operational decisions. Practice centres on a route, schedule and movement-control case file, drawing on service requirements and movement planning and route and mode choices. You will record findings, justify decisions and check capacity, documentation and the effect of delays on service commitments.
- Transport And Society. Explore the movement of goods or people through coordinated operational decisions. Practice centres on a route, schedule and movement-control case file, drawing on service requirements and movement planning and route and mode choices. You will record findings, justify decisions and check capacity, documentation and the effect of delays on service commitments.
- Project Management. Explore the planning and control of a defined project. Practice centres on a project plan with a progress and completion report, drawing on problem, objectives and scope and activities, dependencies and schedules. You will record findings, justify decisions and check the consistency of scope, resources, timing and evidence of completion.
- Business Research Methods. Explore the design of a focused investigation using traceable evidence. Practice centres on a research proposal and small investigation, drawing on problem definition and research questions and finding and evaluating literature. You will record findings, justify decisions and check whether the conclusions follow from the evidence.
Foundations and shared practice
- National Studies. Explore the relationship between citizenship, public institutions and working life. Practice centres on a local public-service case review, drawing on constitutional principles and public institutions and citizenship and civic responsibilities. You will record findings, justify decisions and check the distinction between fact, opinion and unsupported claims.
- Entrepreneurial Skills Development. Explore the development of a viable small enterprise from a defined customer need. Practice centres on a small-enterprise plan and test record, drawing on customer problems and enterprise opportunities and products, services and value propositions. You will record findings, justify decisions and check whether the financial assumptions and customer evidence support the proposal.
Practical integration
- On The Job Education And Training. Apply your learning through agreed duties in a supervised workplace. You will connect transport law, transport economics with routine service or production responsibilities. Keep evidence of preparation, work completed and feedback. Review your progress with the supervisor and explain how your decisions affect quality, safety and other people.
- Skills Proficiency. Demonstrate the practical skills developed across the programme. Tasks integrate transport law, transport economics within an agreed work brief. You will prepare resources, carry out the authorised task and check the result. Your evidence should show consistent performance, accurate records and an explanation of decisions within your learner role.
Assessment and practical learning
- Suggested learning checks: analyse applied problems and justify your decisions using relevant evidence.
- Suggested practical assessment: complete a supervised project or portfolio with a clear method, results and evaluation.
- Present and defend your recommendations, then revise the work in response to assessor feedback.
Practical application
Analyse a Southern African shipment case, documenting the route, handling stages, paperwork and responses to a service disruption.
Subject descriptions
Select a subject to read its learning outcomes, main topics, practical task and assessment.
Specialist subjects
Transport Law
Explore the movement of goods or people through coordinated operational decisions. Practice centres on a route, schedule and movement-control case file, drawing on service requirements and movement planning and route and mode choices. You will record findings, justify decisions and check capacity, documentation and the effect of delays on service commitments.
Learning outcomes
- Plan a movement around the stated service constraints.
- Prepare records connecting the movement stages.
- Evaluate cost and service performance after a disruption.
Main topics
- Service requirements and movement planning
- Route and mode choices
- Capacity, schedules and resource allocation
- Handling and movement documentation
- Tracking, delays and exception response
- Cost, service reliability and performance measures
Practical task
For Transport Law, prepare a route, schedule and movement-control case file in a transport and logistics setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of capacity, documentation and the effect of delays on service commitments.
Assessment
Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
Transport Economics
Explore the movement of goods or people through coordinated operational decisions. Practice centres on a route, schedule and movement-control case file, drawing on service requirements and movement planning and route and mode choices. You will record findings, justify decisions and check capacity, documentation and the effect of delays on service commitments.
Learning outcomes
- Plan a movement around the stated service constraints.
- Prepare records connecting the movement stages.
- Evaluate cost and service performance after a disruption.
Main topics
- Service requirements and movement planning
- Route and mode choices
- Capacity, schedules and resource allocation
- Handling and movement documentation
- Tracking, delays and exception response
- Cost, service reliability and performance measures
Practical task
For Transport Economics, prepare a route, schedule and movement-control case file in a transport and logistics setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of capacity, documentation and the effect of delays on service commitments.
Assessment
Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
Logistics Resource Management
Explore the measurement and representation of positions, levels and land features. Practice centres on a field record, calculation sheet and checked plan, drawing on coordinates, reference systems and control and survey equipment and field preparation. You will record findings, justify decisions and check reference consistency, closure checks and traceability of observations.
Learning outcomes
- Plan observations around a stated mapping or setting-out need.
- Record and reduce measurements with appropriate checks.
- Produce a spatial output and explain its accuracy limits.
Main topics
- Coordinates, reference systems and control
- Survey equipment and field preparation
- Distances, angles, levels and observations
- Field records and error checking
- Calculations, mapping and data presentation
- Accuracy, limitations and survey reporting
Practical task
For Logistics Resource Management, prepare a field record, calculation sheet and checked plan in a transport and logistics setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of reference consistency, closure checks and traceability of observations.
Assessment
Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
Passenger And Freight Logistics
Explore the measurement and representation of positions, levels and land features. Practice centres on a field record, calculation sheet and checked plan, drawing on coordinates, reference systems and control and survey equipment and field preparation. You will record findings, justify decisions and check reference consistency, closure checks and traceability of observations.
Learning outcomes
- Plan observations around a stated mapping or setting-out need.
- Record and reduce measurements with appropriate checks.
- Produce a spatial output and explain its accuracy limits.
Main topics
- Coordinates, reference systems and control
- Survey equipment and field preparation
- Distances, angles, levels and observations
- Field records and error checking
- Calculations, mapping and data presentation
- Accuracy, limitations and survey reporting
Practical task
For Passenger And Freight Logistics, prepare a field record, calculation sheet and checked plan in a transport and logistics setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of reference consistency, closure checks and traceability of observations.
Assessment
Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
Supply Chain Management
Explore the movement of goods or people through coordinated operational decisions. Practice centres on a route, schedule and movement-control case file, drawing on service requirements and movement planning and route and mode choices. You will record findings, justify decisions and check capacity, documentation and the effect of delays on service commitments.
Learning outcomes
- Plan a movement around the stated service constraints.
- Prepare records connecting the movement stages.
- Evaluate cost and service performance after a disruption.
Main topics
- Service requirements and movement planning
- Route and mode choices
- Capacity, schedules and resource allocation
- Handling and movement documentation
- Tracking, delays and exception response
- Cost, service reliability and performance measures
Practical task
For Supply Chain Management, prepare a route, schedule and movement-control case file in a transport and logistics setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of capacity, documentation and the effect of delays on service commitments.
Assessment
Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
Logistics Marketing
Explore the measurement and representation of positions, levels and land features. Practice centres on a field record, calculation sheet and checked plan, drawing on coordinates, reference systems and control and survey equipment and field preparation. You will record findings, justify decisions and check reference consistency, closure checks and traceability of observations.
Learning outcomes
- Plan observations around a stated mapping or setting-out need.
- Record and reduce measurements with appropriate checks.
- Produce a spatial output and explain its accuracy limits.
Main topics
- Coordinates, reference systems and control
- Survey equipment and field preparation
- Distances, angles, levels and observations
- Field records and error checking
- Calculations, mapping and data presentation
- Accuracy, limitations and survey reporting
Practical task
For Logistics Marketing, prepare a field record, calculation sheet and checked plan in a transport and logistics setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of reference consistency, closure checks and traceability of observations.
Assessment
Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
Logistics And Transport Management
Explore the measurement and representation of positions, levels and land features. Practice centres on a field record, calculation sheet and checked plan, drawing on coordinates, reference systems and control and survey equipment and field preparation. You will record findings, justify decisions and check reference consistency, closure checks and traceability of observations.
Learning outcomes
- Plan observations around a stated mapping or setting-out need.
- Record and reduce measurements with appropriate checks.
- Produce a spatial output and explain its accuracy limits.
Main topics
- Coordinates, reference systems and control
- Survey equipment and field preparation
- Distances, angles, levels and observations
- Field records and error checking
- Calculations, mapping and data presentation
- Accuracy, limitations and survey reporting
Practical task
For Logistics And Transport Management, prepare a field record, calculation sheet and checked plan in a transport and logistics setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of reference consistency, closure checks and traceability of observations.
Assessment
Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
Transport And Logistics Technology
Explore the measurement and representation of positions, levels and land features. Practice centres on a field record, calculation sheet and checked plan, drawing on coordinates, reference systems and control and survey equipment and field preparation. You will record findings, justify decisions and check reference consistency, closure checks and traceability of observations.
Learning outcomes
- Plan observations around a stated mapping or setting-out need.
- Record and reduce measurements with appropriate checks.
- Produce a spatial output and explain its accuracy limits.
Main topics
- Coordinates, reference systems and control
- Survey equipment and field preparation
- Distances, angles, levels and observations
- Field records and error checking
- Calculations, mapping and data presentation
- Accuracy, limitations and survey reporting
Practical task
For Transport And Logistics Technology, prepare a field record, calculation sheet and checked plan in a transport and logistics setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of reference consistency, closure checks and traceability of observations.
Assessment
Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
Shipping And Freight Forwarding
Explore the movement of goods or people through coordinated operational decisions. Practice centres on a route, schedule and movement-control case file, drawing on service requirements and movement planning and route and mode choices. You will record findings, justify decisions and check capacity, documentation and the effect of delays on service commitments.
Learning outcomes
- Plan a movement around the stated service constraints.
- Prepare records connecting the movement stages.
- Evaluate cost and service performance after a disruption.
Main topics
- Service requirements and movement planning
- Route and mode choices
- Capacity, schedules and resource allocation
- Handling and movement documentation
- Tracking, delays and exception response
- Cost, service reliability and performance measures
Practical task
For Shipping And Freight Forwarding, prepare a route, schedule and movement-control case file in a transport and logistics setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of capacity, documentation and the effect of delays on service commitments.
Assessment
Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
Transport And Society
Explore the movement of goods or people through coordinated operational decisions. Practice centres on a route, schedule and movement-control case file, drawing on service requirements and movement planning and route and mode choices. You will record findings, justify decisions and check capacity, documentation and the effect of delays on service commitments.
Learning outcomes
- Plan a movement around the stated service constraints.
- Prepare records connecting the movement stages.
- Evaluate cost and service performance after a disruption.
Main topics
- Service requirements and movement planning
- Route and mode choices
- Capacity, schedules and resource allocation
- Handling and movement documentation
- Tracking, delays and exception response
- Cost, service reliability and performance measures
Practical task
For Transport And Society, prepare a route, schedule and movement-control case file in a transport and logistics setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of capacity, documentation and the effect of delays on service commitments.
Assessment
Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
Project Management
Explore the planning and control of a defined project. Practice centres on a project plan with a progress and completion report, drawing on problem, objectives and scope and activities, dependencies and schedules. You will record findings, justify decisions and check the consistency of scope, resources, timing and evidence of completion.
Learning outcomes
- Translate a project brief into a workable plan.
- Track progress, expenditure and changes against the plan.
- Evaluate delivery and identify practical improvements.
Main topics
- Problem, objectives and scope
- Activities, dependencies and schedules
- Resources, budgets and procurement needs
- Stakeholders and communication
- Risk, quality and change control
- Progress measures, completion and lessons
Practical task
For Project Management, prepare a project plan with a progress and completion report in a transport and logistics setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of the consistency of scope, resources, timing and evidence of completion.
Assessment
Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
Business Research Methods
Explore the design of a focused investigation using traceable evidence. Practice centres on a research proposal and small investigation, drawing on problem definition and research questions and finding and evaluating literature. You will record findings, justify decisions and check whether the conclusions follow from the evidence.
Learning outcomes
- Formulate a question suited to the available evidence and resources.
- Collect and analyse information using a documented method.
- Present conclusions supported by findings and stated limitations.
Main topics
- Problem definition and research questions
- Finding and evaluating literature
- Sampling and data-collection choices
- Consent, confidentiality and research integrity
- Organising and analysing evidence
- Interpreting results and reporting limitations
Practical task
For Business Research Methods, prepare a research proposal and small investigation in a transport and logistics setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of whether the conclusions follow from the evidence.
Assessment
Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
Foundations and shared practice
National Studies
Explore the relationship between citizenship, public institutions and working life. Practice centres on a local public-service case review, drawing on constitutional principles and public institutions and citizenship and civic responsibilities. You will record findings, justify decisions and check the distinction between fact, opinion and unsupported claims.
Learning outcomes
- Explain the role of public institutions in a community issue.
- Compare perspectives using identifiable evidence.
- Prepare a reasoned civic or workplace contribution.
Main topics
- Constitutional principles and public institutions
- Citizenship and civic responsibilities
- Zimbabwean history and national development
- Cultural diversity and community participation
- Work, enterprise and public services
- Evidence, public debate and responsible participation
Practical task
For National Studies, prepare a local public-service case review in a transport and logistics setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of the distinction between fact, opinion and unsupported claims.
Assessment
Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
Entrepreneurial Skills Development
Explore the development of a viable small enterprise from a defined customer need. Practice centres on a small-enterprise plan and test record, drawing on customer problems and enterprise opportunities and products, services and value propositions. You will record findings, justify decisions and check whether the financial assumptions and customer evidence support the proposal.
Learning outcomes
- Define a customer need and a practical enterprise response.
- Estimate resources, costs and cash requirements.
- Revise a business proposal using evidence from a small market test.
Main topics
- Customer problems and enterprise opportunities
- Products, services and value propositions
- Startup resources and operating costs
- Pricing, cash flow and basic records
- Market testing and customer feedback
- Business risks, responsibilities and growth choices
Practical task
For Entrepreneurial Skills Development, prepare a small-enterprise plan and test record in a transport and logistics setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of whether the financial assumptions and customer evidence support the proposal.
Assessment
Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
Practical integration
On The Job Education And Training
Apply your learning through agreed duties in a supervised workplace. You will connect transport law, transport economics with routine service or production responsibilities. Keep evidence of preparation, work completed and feedback. Review your progress with the supervisor and explain how your decisions affect quality, safety and other people.
Learning outcomes
- Complete agreed duties within the supervised role.
- Maintain a traceable record of work and feedback.
- Evaluate progress and identify specific development needs.
Main topics
- Workplace induction and agreed duties
- Applying technical knowledge to real work
- Work records and evidence of contribution
- Team communication and professional conduct
- Supervisor feedback and skills development
- Reflective review and future learning priorities
Practical task
Complete supervised duties linked to National Diploma in Transport and Logistics. Keep a logbook, samples of permitted work and supervisor feedback.
Assessment
Assessment uses the agreed work plan, supervisor observation, work evidence and an individual reflective discussion.
Skills Proficiency
Demonstrate the practical skills developed across the programme. Tasks integrate transport law, transport economics within an agreed work brief. You will prepare resources, carry out the authorised task and check the result. Your evidence should show consistent performance, accurate records and an explanation of decisions within your learner role.
Learning outcomes
- Plan and complete an integrated task to agreed criteria.
- Demonstrate safe and consistent practical performance.
- Explain the result and correct identified weaknesses.
Main topics
- Interpreting an integrated work brief
- Preparing tools, information and resources
- Demonstrating the required technical skills
- Checking output against agreed criteria
- Responding to faults and assessor feedback
- Presenting evidence and explaining decisions
Practical task
Analyse a Southern African shipment case, documenting the route, handling stages, paperwork and responses to a service disruption.
Assessment
Direct observation, the completed output, a quality-check record and oral questions provide the evidence for this subject.
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