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Dear Carol

Thank you for your enquiry.

A National Diploma (Safety Management) prepares you to design procedures and programs to safe guard people from illness or injury caused by exposrue to chemical, physical, and biological agents or ergonomic factors. Your job will involve conducting inspections and encouraging people to abide by the laws and regulations governing the health and safety of individuals. You may find employment in either the public or private sector as a Loss Control Officer, Risk Control Officer, Safety Officer or Safety, Health And Environmental Quality (SHEQ) Officer. 

UNISA offers the National Diploma (Safety Management). For more information about the course consult their web page:  http://brochure.unisa.ac.za/brochure/showprev.aspx?d=l_3_23&f=p_NDSMN.

To get an idea of salaries, explore the public sector job vacancies  on the Department of Public Service and Administration ( http://www.dpsa.gov.za/) and the job advertisements in newspapers and trade journals.

School Guidance teachers are now called School Counsellors. Some are also Life Orientation Teachers. Life orientation includes career guidance as well as life skill, civics and wellness activities.  There are a number of routes you could take to become a School Counsellor for example:

• Complete a Bachelor of Education (Senior and Further Education and Training Phases) like the one offered by UNISA (http://brochure.unisa.ac.za/brochure/showprev.aspx?d=l_2_3&f=p_02615) then go on to do a Honours Bachelor of Education (Specialisation in School Guidance and Counselling) also offered by UNISA (http://brochure.unisa.ac.za/brochure/showprev.aspx?d=l_2_6&f=p_05363). 
• Also look at how to become a registered counsellor by completing a BPsych (Accreditation Program: Career Counselling) http://www.unisa.ac.za/default.asp?Cmd=ViewContent&ContentID=16688
• BPsych Educational Psychology followed by Honours BEd degree with specialisation in School Guidance and Counselling.
• Also explore doing a degree followed by a post graduate certificate in education (PGCE). Consult the Rhodes University handbook page 36 for an excellent description of this process and the admission requirements (https://www.ru.ac.za/documents/Applying/81613%20Rhodes_web.pdf)

Most universities have similar programs. We suggest you also consult the public sector job vacancies on the Department of Public Service and Administration (http://www.dpsa.gov.za/) to get an idea of salary and working conditions. Talking to teachers happily employed will also give you an idea of working conditions.