Ekurhuleni West College Civil Engineering Info



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.

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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.

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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.