Boilermakers make or repair metal products and structures which may include pressure vessels and pipes.
Products include but are not limited to: Manufacture or repaired metal structures, vessels, pipe systems, pressure vessels, heavy duty equipment, sheet metals, road tankers, oilrig stations, mechanical chassis, bins, water tanks, yachts, work boats, high speed vessels, square to rounds, cones, boilers, ducting, water tubes, shell boiler, railway trucks, chutes etc.
This will give you the relevant theoretical background to become a boilermaker. When you study a boilermaker course you learn the fundamental principles of boiler making and you gain the basic skills you need to start your career as a boilermaker
N2 Level
- Plater’s theory
- Mathematics
- Engineering Science
- Plating and structural steel drawing
N3 Level
- Mechanotechnology
- Mathematics
- Engineering Science
- Plating and structural steel drawing
REQUIREMENTS
- National Senior Certificate (NSC)
- Grade 9 / STD 7
- Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
LEARNING MATERIAL
The Academic Department Office will provide a list of textbooks once registration is complete.
All textbooks are excluded from the tuition fees.
PROGRAMME DURATION
N2 (3 to 6 months)
N3 (3 Months)
(Full-time, part-time & distance learning available on request)
QUALIFICATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS
(Students who successfully complete any level of this program will obtain a statement of results from the department of higher education and training for each level completed)
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES:
- Interpreting drawings and develop patterns and templates.
- Select, caring for and use/operate trade related hand tools, equipment, and machines.
- Cut and weld materials and components for fabrication.
- Fabricate components and/or structures.
Erect and assemble plate and pipe components and structures
EXAMINATION
At the end of each trimester or semester NATIONAL EXAMINATION will be conducted by the department of Higher education and training