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OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE: Electrician NQF Level 4

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The purpose of this qualification is to prepare students to operate as an electrician.

Electricians install, test, connect, commission, maintain and alter/repair electrical equipment, wiring and control systems.

NQF Level 1 / Grade 9 with Mathematics pass.
Minimum 16 years old

Plan and prepare work site, equipment, tools, consumables and materials
for electrical activities and operations
Install, wire and connect electrical equipment and control systems
Test and inspect electrical equipment, control systems and installations
Commission control systems and installations
Maintain and repair electrical equipment, control systems and installations

This is a 3-year programme. Students rotate between time spent at College and time spent in industry.

Use hand and power tools: NQF Level 3
Plan and prepare the process for the wiring, connection, testing, inspecting, commissioning and maintenance of electrical installations and control systems
NQF Level 3
Prepare worksite set-up for installing, wiring and connecting electrical equipment and control systems: NQF Level 3
Install wire-ways
Install, wire and connect electrical equipment and control systems
Conducting pre-commission inspection (power on and off), fault-finding and testing new and existing installations
Carry out commissioning tests
Fault-finding and repairing electrical control systems and electrical installations

This qualification also requires the following Work Experience Modules:

Planning and preparation process for the wiring, connecting, testing, inspecting, commissioning and maintenance of electrical installations and control systems – NQF Level 4, 8 Credits.
Processes of installation, wiring and connection of electrical equipment and control systems, – NQF Level 4, 74 Credits.
Processes of testing and inspecting of electrical equipment, control systems and installations – NQF Level 4, 15 Credits.
Processes of commissioning electrical installations and control systems-
NQF Level 4, 15 Credits.
Maintenance processes for electrical installations and control systems,
NQF Level 4.

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