Ekurhuleni West College Civil Engineering Info

Ekurhuleni West College Civil Engineering Info,National Certificate Vocational (NQF Level 2) – Engineering Studies

Please note: The College/Campuses reserve the right to only offer courses/programmes that are justified by student numbers, to change the location/venue of programme offerings and to cancel the programme/s.

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.

See Also -> Department of Public Works Bursaries

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.

See Also -> Central Johannesburg College Health And Safety

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.