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STEP BY STEP GUIDELINE ON HOW TO ENTER THE REAL ESTATE SECTOR

1. Complete online application and upload CV and a copy of the front page of SA Identity document, matric certificate and any other tersiary qualifications;
    
2. Placement of learner with registered estate agency firm;
    
3. Apply to EAAB for an intern fidelity fund certificate through your host/employer;
    
4. Complete 12 month internship and obtain FETC: Real Estate NQF Level 4;
    
5. Complete intern logbook for EAAB assessment;
    
6. Obtain National Certificate: Real Estate NQF Level 4;
    
7. Apply and pay the EAAB for the study material for the Professional Designation Examination (PDE 4);
    
8. Enrol, write and pass PDE 4 within two years to obtain Property Practitioner in Real Estate (PPRE);
    
9. Apply for status upgrade to Professional Practitioner in Real Estate (PPRE);
    
10. Obtain National Certificate: Real Estate NQF Level 5;
     
11. Apply and pay the EAAB for the study material for the Professional Designation Examination (PDE 5);
     
12. Apply for status upgrade and open estate agency firm;
     
13. Enrol and write PDE 5 within two years to obtain Master Practitioner in Real Estate (MPRE);
     

WHAT IS THE 'ONE LEARNER - ONE ESTATE AGENCY' YOUTH EMPOWERMENT BRIGADE PROGRAMME?

The 'One Learner - One Estate Agency' Youth Empowerment Brigade Programme is aimed at placing intern estate agents in the service of registered estate agency enterprises so that they may act under the supervision and control of a suitably qualified mentor as they take their journey from Intern Estate Agent to Professional Practitioner in Real Estate and finally Master Practitioner in Real Estate. This internship period is intended to equip intern estate agents with the required property market experiential learning while they obtain the necessary real estate qualifications to qualify as Property Practitioners.

OBJECTIVES OF THE 'ONE LEARNER - ONE ESTATE AGENCY' YOUTH EMPOWERMENT BRIGADE PROGRAMME

The objectives of the programme are:

• The 'One Learner - One Estate Agency' Youth Empowerment Brigade Programme will target the youth and previously disadvantaged persons in a ratio that represent the demographics of South Africa.
   
• To increase the level of representation and participation of the youth and previously disadvantaged persons within the property sector in general and the estate agency environment in particular;
   
• Ensure implementation of appropriate systems and supporting structures to facilitate, consolidate and enhance the property sector skills-base amongst the target groups to prepare for their active participation in the sector;
   
• To use the programme as a catalyst for skills transfer within the property sector;
   
• To use the programme to enhance job creation and economic transformation within the sector;
   
• To enhance economic growth and development through new entrants in the property sector by implementing support programmes;
   
• To create a platform to support the achievement of broader human settlements goals and economic development.

TARGET GROUPS

• The 'One Learner - One Estate Agency' Youth Empowerment Brigade Programme will target the youth and previously disadvantaged persons in a ratio that represents the demographics of South Africa;
  
  It is estimated that approximately 10 000 intern estate agents will be sourced over a three-year period to take part in the programme.
   
• The programme is available to matriculants, FET (TVET) college graduates, university and university of technology graduates and persons with disability.
   

STRUCTURE OF THE 'ONE LEARNER - ONE ESTATE AGENCY' YOUTH EMPOWERMENT BRIGADE PROGRAMME

• Intern estate agents will be screened and placed in service with an existing estate agency and commence their journey to become a Master Practitioner in Real Estate by starting on a 12 month internship programme where they will be required to act under the supervision and control of a suitably qualified mentor estate agent;
   
• During the internship period intern estate agents will be exposed to practical work experiential learning as well as theoretical study as they seek to be certificated against the Further Education and Training Certificate: Real Estate (NQF Level 4). Intern estate agents and mentors must also maintain an intern logbook;
   
• Upon completion of the 12 month internship period and after having been certificated against the NQF Level 4 real estate qualification, intern estate agents will be required to enrol for and pass the Professional Designation Examination for non-principal estate agents (PDE 4). Interns estate agents having met these requirements will receive a status upgrade to full status non-principal estate agent;
   
• Persons who wish to become real estate business owners are thereafter required to be certificated against the National Certificate: Real Estate (NQF Level 5);
   
• Having registered as a principal estate agent, such persons are granted a period of two years to enrol for and pass the Professional Designation Examination for principal estate agents (PDE 5);
   
• The 'One Learner One Estate Agency' Youth Empowerment Brigade Programme recruits will have income earning opportunities throughout the period that they are on the programme;

BENEFITS TO THE PROPERTY MARKET

• The level of representation and participation of the youth and previously disadvantaged persons in the property and real estate sectors will be significantly enhanced.
   
• The transformational goals and objectives established by the Property Sector Transformation Charter will be achieved.
   
• The scope of active economic participation by the youth and previously disadvantaged persons within the property and real estate sectors will be widened.
   
• There will be an increase in the level of understanding and appreciation of property as an economic asset and as a source of wealth.
   
• Professionalism within the sector will be significantly enhanced. Adequately trained and skilled professional property practitioners who have a real estate qualification amplified by on-the-job training will be able to discharge property market services diligently and professionally.
   
• The property sector as a career of choice and development will be promoted amongst previously disadvantaged communities and persons with disability.
  
  
  
  

  HOW DO YOU INDICATE YOUR WISH TO BECOME AN INTERN ESTATE AGENT? Form for prospective intern estate agents Prospective intern estate agents may similarly complete an online form indicating their wish to be taken into service as an intern estate agent. They will be requested in addition, to provide and upload a curriculum vitae and photograph, and indicate their interest in the estate agency sector.

  Form for mentors/host employers Mentors/host employers may complete an online form in which they indicate their willingness and ability to take intern estate agents into their service.

  Placement of intern estate agents Armed with this information the EAAB will be in a position to match appropriate intern estate agents with able and willing mentors/host employers. The intern estate agent will be required, at this stage, to apply to the EAAB for the issue of an intern fidelity fund certificate accompanied by payment of the required levy.

The EAAB trusts that this intervention will expedite the smooth implementation of the programme and looks forward to the cooperation of prospective interns and mentors in this respect.

CONTACT DETAILS

For further information on the 'One Learner - One Estate Agency' Youth Empowerment Brigade Programme, kindly contact the Estate Agency Affairs Board on Tel: 087 285 3222 or email onelearner@theppra.org.za