National Certificate Vocational (NQF Level 2) - Engineering Studies

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Civil Engineering and Building Construction

Duration: One year per NQF level.

Admission requirements:  

  • Grade 9 or higher
  • ABET Level 4
  • NQF level 1

To obtain a National Certificate: A total of 7 subjects: 3 Fundamental and 4 Vocational subjects.

 
SUBJECTS:
Tembisa
Compulsory Fundamental Subjects  
English first: Additional Language  
Mathematics  
Life Orientation  
Vocational Subjects  
Masonry (optional)  
Plant & Equipment  
Construction Planning  
Materials  
Carpentry and Roof Work (optional)  
Construction Supervision  

 
Access to the following vocational activities:

  • Operation and maintenance of construction equipment and machinery.
  • Participate in the construction of roads, bridges, dams, railways and houses.
  • Take part in designing and construction of tunnels, roads, factories, reservoirs, etc.
  • Participate in the erection of reinforced concrete, structural steel, timber and masonry structures.

Career Opportunities: On completion, the certificate holder will have access to careers in any of the following sectors: Architectural Technology; Drainage Inspection; Industrial Designing; Quantity Surveying; Town Regional Planning; Sanitation Engineering; Road Construction Engineering; Civil Construction Engineering; Building Construction.


Electrical Infrastructure Construction

Duration: One year per NQF level.

Admission requirements:  

  • Grade 9 or higher
  • ABET Level 4
  • NQF level 1

To obtain a National Certificate: A total of 7 subjects: 3 Fundamental and 4 Vocational subjects.

 
SUBJECTS:
Boksburg
Germiston
Kathorus
Kempton
Tembisa
Compulsory Fundamental Subjects          
English first: Additional Language          
Mathematics          
Life Orientation          
Vocational Subjects          
Electrical Principles & Practice          
Workshop Practice          
Electrical Control & Digital Electronics          
Electrical Systems and Construction (optional)          
Physical Science (optional)          


Access to the following vocational activities:
Work:

  • At a power station;
  • As an electrician at an energy producing company or power plant;
  • As an electrical technician at a telecommunications company;
  • At a recording studio as an electrical engineer;
  • At a theatre as a technician.

Career Opportunities: Electrical Engineering; Electrician; Industrial Engineering; Sound Technology; Theatre Technology; Process Level Control; Digital Electronics; Instrumentation.


Engineering and Related Design

Duration: One year per NQF level for.

Admission requirements:  

  • Grade 9 or higher
  • ABET Level 4
  • NQF level 1

To obtain a National Certificate: A total of 7 subjects: 3 Fundamental and 4 Vocational subjects.

 
SUBJECTS:
Boksburg
Germiston
Kathorus
Kempton
Tembisa
Compulsory Fundamental Subjects          
English first: Additional Language          
Mathematics          
Life Orientation          
Vocational Subjects          
Engineering Fundamentals          
Engineering Technology          
Engineering Systems          
Fitting and Turning (Optional)          
Automotive Repair & Maintenance (Optional)          
Engineering Fabrication (Boilermaking) (Optional)          
Physical Science (optional)          

 

Access to the following vocational opportunities:

  • Design and construction of buildings; 
  • Manufacturing of tools, machines and engines; 
  • Planning and building of roads, bridges, canals and dams; 
  • Operation and maintenance of machines; 
  • Design of shaft and ventilation systems; 
  • Planning and designing mines and mining facilities; 
  • Extract metallic and non-metallic minerals.

Career Opportunities: Automotive Repair and Maintenance, Engineering Fabrication & Fitting and Turning On completion, the certificate holder will have access to careers in any on the following sectors: Manufacturing and Industrial Design; Metallurgical and Materials Engineering; Mining Engineering; Geological Engineering; Aerospace Engineering; Tool making; Fitting and Machining.


Information Technology and Computer Science

Duration: One year per NQF level for.

Admission requirements:  

  • Grade 9 or higher
  • ABET Level 4
  • NQF level 1

To obtain a National Certificate: A total of 7 subjects: 3 Fundamental and 4 Vocational subjects.

 
SUBJECTS:
Boksburg
Germiston
Kathorus
Kempton
Tembisa
Compulsory Fundamental Subjects          
English first: Additional Language          
Mathematics          
Life Orientation          
Vocational Subjects           
Introduction to Information Systems          
Introduction to Systems Development          
Electronics          
Entrepreneurship (Optional)          
Physical Science (Optional)          


Access to the following vocational activities:

  • Test programmes and software applications; 
  • Write computer programmes; 
  • Install network cables for computer systems; 
  • Process computer data; 
  • Develop, research and document computer user requirements. 

Career Opportunities (depending on the optional subjects chosen): Computer Programming; Information Technology Management; Computer Systems Engineering; Data Processing.

Mechatronics

Duration: One year per NQF level.

Admission requirements:  

  • Grade 9 or higher
  • ABET Level 4
  • NQF level 1

To obtain a National Certificate: A total of 7 subjects: 3 Fundamental and 4 Vocational subjects.

 
SUBJECTS:
Germiston Only
Compulsory Fundamental Subjects  
English first: Additional Language  
Mathematics  
Life Orientation  
Vocational Subjects  
Electrotechnology  
Introduction to Computers  
Manual Manufacturing  
Mechatronic System  

 
The Certificate holder will be able to:

Explain fundamental theories and principles of operations and control that make up Mechatronic systems, assemble Mechatronic systems, test the operation of and commission of Mechatronic systems, operate Mechatronic systems, do fault finding and rectify problems, perform maintenance, work according to correct procedures, use hand tools and operate machine tools to produce components for maintenance and repair purposes.

Career Opportunities: On completion, the certificate holder will have access to careers in any of the following sectors: Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Pneumatics, Hydraulics, Robotics, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), Computer Numeric Control (CNC), Industrial Information Technology, Welding.

 

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