SACAP Coaching Courses

Develop your skills with a coaching course at SACAP

Are you a working professional looking to enhance your career? Do you want to extend yourself or others in your team? You can when you study a SACAP Coaching Courses at The South African College of Applied Psychology (SACAP). Renowned and widely respected for its range of applied psychology qualifications, SACAP also offers accredited coaching courses that will boost your career to the next level.

The applied theory framework that fortifies SACAP’s psychology qualifications also informs its coaching courses. This means that classic psychological concepts are reinforced with SACAP’s unique skills-based, practical approach. The upshot? You get to put what you learn into practice. What’s more, you’ll receive customised feedback about your demonstrated coaching skills as well as mentor coaching.

Whether you want to build your confidence in management and leadership coaching or simply deepen your understanding of coach-training competencies, our accredited coaching programmes will sharpen your skills. You will gain from invaluable practical experience, positively impact people’s personal and professional lives, and ultimately enhance your own.

Benefit from the best of both worlds

You’ll have the advantage of evening classes Online as well as intensive modules (made up of four consecutive days), which are held in-person at the campus where you’re registered.

Our coaching courses

Coach Practitioner Programme

This five-month programme is the first of two short learning courses that together cover the same content and practical applications as the first year of our Postgraduate Diploma in Coaching. It provides an excellent coaching foundation by introducing fundamental coaching competencies that you can build on and apply in practice.

• Campus options: On campus (Johannesburg, Cape Town)
• Duration: 5 months plus mentor coaching
• Accreditation: Subset of SACAPs Postgraduate Diploma in Coaching (ICF Accredited Level 2 Programme) COMENSA Approved Silver Training Provider Programme
• Practicum: : 2 observed sessions with customised feedback from an ICF credentialed coach 3 hours of individual mentor coaching with ICF credentialed coaches 7 hours of group mentor coaching with ICF credentialed coaches

Evening classes are held via Online and the 4-day Intensives are held in-person at the campus at which the student registered (i.e. Cape Town, Johannesburg).

Advanced Coach Practitioner Programme

This six-month course builds on our Coach Practitioner Programme. It enables you to explore diverse coaching approaches and demonstrates how to journey with clients in different contexts such as Personal Coaching and Executive Coaching. Conveniently you can study part-time while working full-time.

• Campus options: On campus (Johannesburg and Cape Town)
• Duration: 6 months
• Modules: 3
• Accreditation: : Level 2 ICF Accredited COMENSA SILVER Training Provider Programme

Evening classes are held via Online and the 4-day Intensives are held in-person at the campus at which the student registered (i.e. Cape Town, Johannesburg).

Postgraduate Diploma in Coaching

This postgraduate coaching qualification is a two-year, part-time programme. It combines academic diligence with the development of strong applied practical skills and culminates in a supervised Client Coaching Internship. If you want to become a conscious, competent and confident professional coach this course is ideal.

• Campus options: On campus (Johannesburg and Cape Town)
• Duration: 2 years part-time
• Modules: 4 modules are completed via weekly evening classes held on a termly basis 4 modules are completed as intensives of 4 days each. Research Paper
• SAQA Registration: SAQA ID 93851,NFQ 8
• Professional Endorsement: Accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) as an Accredited Level 2 Programme of 193 hours COMENSA Approved Gold Training Provider Programme

Evening classes are held via Online and the 4-day Intensives are held in-person at the campus at which the student registered (i.e. Cape Town, Johannesburg).