Engineering Fundamentals introduces you to the three important fields of engineering in the manufacturing, engineering and technology environments. Students interested in Fabrication and Extraction, Manufacturing and Assembly or Engineering and Related Design will be exposed to the basic industrial environment, engineering principles and operations as well as engineering systems, activities and processes.

Engineering Systems deals with the mechanical, electrical, electronic, hydraulic and pneumatic aspects of a system (e.g. various systems in a vehicle or machinery), including identifying, selecting and preparing components in terms of their operation, control and pre-operational maintenance. The required calculations are also included.

The purpose of this subject is to provide you with insight into the welding industry as a student welder.

Engineering Practice and Maintenance is the research of new exciting systems to manage and control operations, such as faultfinding and solutions for mechanical and electrical equipment in a production plant. Information, communication and technology are used to develop solutions for given design problems.

Engineering Graphics and Design (CAD) deals with the drawing language, developments, projections, first-angle and third-angle orthographic projection drawings of single objects, assembling drawings and detail drawings, freehand sketches, isometric drawing, oblique drawings, computer environment for scale production drawings using a CAD program, printing CAD scale production drawings and management of files.

Welding Level 3 forms part of the progression, which exposes you to the most common welding technologies available within the Manufacturing and Engineering Industry. Additional welding processes are introduced at this level and include both Gas Brazing and Gas Metal ArcWelding (GMAW). At this level skills are also enhanced for Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) and Gas Welding.

Engineering Processes is the achievement of design gain through the evaluation and monitoring of components manufactured by modern technological equipment in the workplace, which allows for new methodologies to be developed. The following considerations are included:

• Flow and handling of materials
• Automatic machines
• Management techniques to reduce work content and ineffective time
• Movements of workers in the shop
• Factory organisation
• Design and location of a factory
• The elements of costs
• Factory organisation in conjunction with the costing system
• Purchasing procedure
• Store’s routine (buying and store keeping)
• Labour (employment, time-keeping and time-booking, methods of remuneration, wages)
• Overheads (depreciation and interest on capital)
• Contract costs
• Factory job cost accounting
• Estimating and planning
• Personnel administration
• Incentive schemes

Applied Engineering Technology includes considerations of flow and handling of materials; automatic machines; management techniques to reduce work content and ineffective time; movements of workers in the shop; factory organisation; design and location of a factory; the elements of costs; factory organisation in conjunction with the costing system; purchasing procedure; store’s routine (buying and store keeping); labour (employment, time-keeping and time-booking, methods of remuneration, wages, overheads (depreciation and interest on capital); contract costs; factory job cost accounting; estimating and planning; personnel administration; incentive schemes.

Additional welding processes are introduced at this level and include both Gas Brazing and Gas Metal ArcWelding (GMAW). At this level skills are also enhanced for Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) and Gas Welding.