National N Dip In Engineering – Buffalo City TVET College Nated Programme
N6 Certificate
Documentary proof of at least eighteen (18) months applicable experience in commerce and industry that has as its main function the practical implementation of any two of the N6 subjects relevant to the candidate’s vocational training
ENGINEERING STUDIES
WHAT IS ENGINEERING?
Engineering is a discipline that is finding creative, economical, feasible and safe, solutions to problems, in the form of processes, technologies and products with respect to principles of nature, properties of materials and sustainable use of the resources. In simpler words, engineering is finding solutions to make our day to day living easier, better and manageable.
Required skills are:
- Creative thinking
- Problem solving
- Spatial thinking
- Ability to visualize
- Capacity to integrate basic ideas to build a larger picture
- Application of what is learnt.
NATIONAL N CERTIFICATE: CIVIL ENGINEERING
Civil Engineering involves designing, building and maintaining of various structures like buildings, bridges, dams etc.
Programme Structure
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| N4 | N5 | N6 |
|---|---|---|
| Trimester 1 (January – March) | ||
| Quantity Surveying | Building Administration | Quantity Survey |
| Building & Structural Surveying | Building & Structural Surveying | Building & Structural Construction |
| OR | ||
| Building & Structural Construction | ||
| Building Administration | ||
| Trimester 2 (May – July) | ||
| Quantity Surveying | Quantity Survey | |
| Building & Structural Surveying | Building & Structural Construction/td] | |
| OR | ||
| Building & Structural Construction | ||
| Building Administration | ||
| Trimester 3 (September – November) | ||
| Quantity Surveying | Building & Structural Survey/QS | Quantity Survey |
| Building & Structural Survey | Building & Structural Construction | Building & Structural Survey or BSC |
| OR | ||
| Building & Structural Surveying | ||
| Building Administration |
NATIONAL N CERTIFICATE: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Electrical Engineering involves electronic engineering and telecommunication. The domain of this field is every piece of electrical, electronic equipment or system.
Programme Structure
| N4 | N5 | N6 |
|---|---|---|
| Trimester 1 (January – March) | ||
| Electrotechnics | Industrial Electronics | Digital Electronics |
| Digital Electronics / Mathematics | Digital Electronics / Mathematics | Mathematics / Industrial Electronics |
| OR | ||
| Industrial Electronics | ||
| Digital / Mathematics | ||
| Trimester 2 (May – July) | ||
| Electrotechnics | Electrotechnics | Electrotechnics |
| Mathematics / Digits | Mathematics | Mathematics |
| OR | ||
| Industrial Electronics | ||
| Digital Electronics / Mathematics | ||
| Trimester 3 (September- November) | ||
| Electrotechnics | Industrial Electronics | Electrotechnics |
| Industrial Electronics | Electrotechnics / Mathematics | Digital Electronics |
| Mathematics | Mathematics | |
| OR | ||
| Digital Electronics | ||
| Industrial Electronics | ||
| Mathematics |
NATIONAL N CERTIFICATE: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Mechanical engineering involves design, manufacture and maintenance of machines manufactured.
Programme Structure
| N4 | N5 | N6 |
|---|---|---|
| Trimester 1 (January – March) | ||
| Engineering Science | Strength Materials & Structures | Mechanotechnics |
| Mechanical Draughting / Mathematics | Mathematics | Mathematics |
| OR | ||
| Mechanotechnics | ||
| Mechanical Draughting / Mathematics | ||
| Trimester 2 (May – July) | ||
| Engineering Science | Mechanical Drawing & Design | Mechanical Drawing & Design |
| Mechanical Draughting | Mathematics | Mathematics |
| Mathematics | ||
| Trimester 3 (September – November) | ||
| Mechanotechnics | Mechanotechnics | Strength of Materials & Structures |
| Engineering Science | Mathematics | Mathematics |
| Mathematics |
SPECIAL COURSE FOR ENGINEERING MANAGERS
The course is designed to equip engineering managers with practical, informative and effective managerial skills.
| N4 | N5 | N6 |
|---|---|---|
| Trimester 1 (January – March) | ||
| Supervisory Management | ||
| Trimester 2 (May – July) | ||
| Supervisory Management | ||
| Trimester 3 (September – November) | ||
| Supervisory Management |
The duration of the engineering course is six trimesters for part-time candidates.
- Admission requirements Technical Grade 12 or / Senior Certificate with Mathematics and Science.
- Subject offering is subject to demand.
NATIONAL N DIPLOMA
- After the completion of N6, the student has to go for in-service training in an industry related to the study for a period of two years in order to qualify for a diploma in an engineering field of specialization.
- A national N Diploma is evaluated as a three (3) year tertiary qualification.
- Part-time registration requires FULL PAYMENT OF FEES AT REGISTRATION.
FEES ARE TO BE PAID AT THE BANK AND BRING A DEPOSIT SLIP FOR REGISTRATION PROCESSING.