Study coaching at SACAP

Course Details

Online evening classes and intensive modules (made up of 4 consecutive days) held on campus (Cape Town, Johannesburg). Company-sponsored payments accepted

Evening classes

• 1 x Online evening module (3hr weekly sessions)

Full day intensives

• 2 x On-campus intensive modules (4 consecutive days each).

Observed sessions

• 2 Observed coaching sessions

Mentor coaching

• 3 Hours of Individual Mentor Coaching with ICF credentialed coaches
• 7 Hours of Group Mentor Coaching with ICF credentialed coaches.

Best for you if:

• You’re a working professional looking to build a foundation in coaching.
• You want to become a professional coach practitioner or develop as an internal coach within your organisation.
• You’re curious about how psychology informs effective coaching conversations.
• You want part-time study that fits with your work-life balance.
• You’re seeking international recognition (ICF / COMENSA) and developmental feedback from credentialed coaches.

What this path gives you:

• Strong grounding in the core coaching competencies set by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and COMENSA.
• SACAP’s unique psychological lens, helping you understand how people think, feel and behave.
• Personalised developmental feedback and mentor coaching from ICF-credentialed coaches.
• Practical skills to use coaching as a leadership tool, team engagement strategy or life coaching practice.
• Eligibility to continue into the Advanced Coach Practitioner Programme, and ultimately a pathway to SACAP’s Postgraduate Diploma in Coaching (PGDC).

Course Details

Online evening classes and intensive modules (made up of 4 consecutive days) held on campus (Cape Town, Johannesburg). Company-sponsored payments accepted

Duration:

• 6 months

Evening classes

• 1 x Online evening module (3hr weekly sessions)

Full day intensives

• 2 x On-campus intensive modules (4 consecutive days each)

Observed sessions

• 6 Observed Sessions with customised feedback from an ICF credentialed coach.

Mentor coaching

• 3 Hours of Individual Mentor Coaching with ICF credentialed coaches.
• 7 Hours of Group Mentor Coaching with ICF credentialed coaches

Accreditation:

• Together with the Coach Practitioner Programme, accredited by International Coaching Federation (ICF) as an Accredited Level 02 Programme of 193 hours
• Coaches and Mentors South Africa (COMENSA) Approved SILVER Training Provider Programme

Best for you if:

• You’ve completed the Coach Practitioner Programme and want to deepen your coaching skills.
• You want to practise as a professional coach in multiple contexts (personal, executive, organisational).
• You’re aiming for international credential as an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and COMENSA credentialed coach.
• You’re interested in adult learning principles, models of change, and ethical practice in coaching.
• You’re looking for intensive mentor feedback and advanced skills training.

What this path gives you:

• The ability to manage a full coaching engagement from start to finish.
• In-depth exploration of adult learning, models of change, and diversity in coaching.
• A stronger ethical foundation and understanding of the role of supervision in professional practice.
• Enhanced coaching competencies benchmarked to ICF PCC and COMENSA standards.

Course Details

Online evening classes and intensive modules (made up of 4 consecutive days) held on campus (Cape Town, Johannesburg). Company-sponsored payments accepted

Duration:

• 2 years part-time

Evening classes

• 4 x Online evening modules (3 hour weekly sessions)

Full day intensives

• 4 x On-campus intensive modules (4 consecutive days each)

Internship

• 6 Month supervised internship (placement +75 Client Coaching hours)

Mentor coaching

• 10 Hours Mentor Coaching

Accreditations:

• NQF 8, 129 credits
• Accredited by the Council on Higher Education (CHE)
  Qualification registered by South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA)
• SACAP is a registered Private Higher Education Institution with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET)
• Accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) as an Accredited Level 02 Programme of 193 hours
• Coaches and Mentors South Africa (COMENSA) Approved GOLD Training Provider Programme

Best for you if:

• You’re a graduate working professional seeking an honours-equivalent, internationally accredited qualification.
• You want to become a conscious, competent and confident professional coach.
• You’re interested in developing both a strong theoretical foundation and applied practical coaching skills.
• You want to create your own coaching model, uncover your signature presence, and conduct practitioner research.
• You want to pursue ICF or COMENSA credentialing at a higher level (PCC).

What this path gives you:

• An NQF Level 8 (honours-equivalent), credit-bearing postgraduate diploma in coaching.
• A blend of academic rigour and practical application, taught through SACAP’s unique psychological lens.
• Mastery of coaching models, adult learning principles, ethics, supervision, and referral indicators.
• Personalised mentor coaching and developmental feedback from ICF-credentialed coaches.
• A supervised Client Coaching Internship that bridges study into practice and gives you real-world coaching experience before you graduate.
• Eligibility to apply for ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and COMENSA credentialing (with required hours).
• Career opportunities across personal coaching, executive coaching, organisational development, and independent practice.

• A minimum of 3 years’ relevant work experience.

• A minimum of 3 years’ relevant work experience.
• Completion of SACAP’s Coach Practitioner Programme.

All applicants are required to undergo a screening and selection process which includes a selection interview in addition to meeting the minimum entrance requirements. Acceptance into this programme is, therefore, not automatic.

• An appropriate Bachelor’s degree (NQF level 7) or appropriate Advanced Diploma, or SAQA verified equivalent qualification. 5 years of post-qualification life and/or work experience is an advantage. OR
• Applicants 24 years of age and older who do not meet the above requirements should provide a portfolio of evidence demonstrating formal, informal, and non-formal knowledge, training, work experience, and/or learning in a cognate field of study equivalent to an NQF level 7 qualification to support admission into the programme on the basis of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

Brochures

Coach Practitioner Programme

Advanced Coach Practitioner Programme

Postgraduate Diploma in Coaching

2026 Fee structure

• Cape Town Fees
• Johannesburg Fees