CERTIFICATE: SKILLS PROGRAMMES
These programmes are not linked to a specific campus and can be offered at any campus subject to student numbers, funding, recources availability and staff establishment. This page will be updated when a course is planned.

ASSISTANT CHEFSKILLS PROGRAMME	Curriculum includes: Health, hygiene, safety, storage of food, prepare and cook meat, poultry, fish, vegetables, soup & sauces, egg dishes, rice dishes, pasta, hot & cold desserts, dough products, pastry dishes, bake and decorate cakes & biscuits	Level 1 (Gr 9 / Std 7)	6 months	Work as a cook /assistant chef in the restaurants & the accommodation services sector (guest houses, hotels)
BRICKLAYING / MASONRY SKILLS PROGRAMME	Curriculum includes: Health & safety, first aid, access equipment, building superstructures using concrete hollow units and solid units, prepare construction masonry work areas, set out, excavate and cast concrete strip foundations and build foundation walling	Level 2 (Gr 10 / Std 8)	6 months	Bricklayer (not builder) in construction, block layer, paver
PLUMBING SKILLS PROGRAMME	Curriculum includes: Health & safety, first aid, access equipment, performing basic plumbing, basic building works, drainage systems	Level 2 (Gr 10 / Std 8)	6 months	Plumbers in construction
CARPENTRY SKILLS PROGRAMME	Health & safety, basic first aid, erect, use and dismantle access equipment, clad roof structures, erect roof trusses, set out and prepare construction carpentry work areas, manufacture timber roof trusses	Level 2 (Gr 10 / Std 8)	6 months	Construction Carpenter. Ceiling and Partitioning Erector. Roofer
KITCHEN CLEANER SKILLS PROGRAMME	Health, hygiene and professional appearance, maintaining safety & security, layout, services and facilities of the organisation, waste disposal, handling and storing cleaning equipment and material, handling and storing crockery and cutlery, handling and maintaining utensils and equipment, cleaning food production areas and equipment	Level 1 (Gr 9 / Std 7)	7 weeks	Working in a guest house, hotel, restaurant
PUBLIC AREA CLEANER SKILLS PROGRAMME	Health, hygiene and professional appearance, maintaining safety & security, layout, services and facilities of the organisation, waste disposal, handling and storing cleaning equipment and material, servicing toilets and washrooms, clean and maintain public areas, clean floors and floor coverings	Level 1 (gr 9 / Std 7)	7 weeks	Working in a guest house, hotel, restaurant
TABLE ATTENDANT SKILLS PROGRAMME	Health, hygiene and professional appearance, maintaining safety & security, layout, services and facilities of the organisation, maintaining effective working relationships with other staff members, providing customer service, communicating verbally, processing incoming and outgoing telephone calls, performing basic calculations, preparing and clearing areas for table service, providing a table service and table drinks services, providing a buffet/carvery service, providing a silver service, serving bottled wine.	Level 1 (Gr 9 / Std 7)	5-6 months	Waiters/waitresses, serving/attending tables in the hospitality industry (hotels/ restaurants
RECEPTIONIST SKILLS PROGRAMME	Health, hygiene and professional appearance, maintaining safety & security, layout, services and facilities of the organisation, maintaining effective working relationships with other staff members, providing customer service, providing customer information and booking external services, communicating verbally, processing incoming and outgoing telephone calls, handle mail, messages and written communication, prepare written communication, performing basic calculations, operate a payment point and process payments, maintain data in a computer system, maintain a booking system, exchange foreign cash and traveller’s cheques	Level 1 (Gr 9 / Std 7)	6 months	Hospitality receptionist/Front desk receptionist at a hotel/guest house /restaurant
ELECTRICAL ASSISTANT SKILLS PROGRAMME	Apply & maintain safety in an electrical environment, apply health & safety in a work area, identify, inspect, use, maintain and care for engineering hand tools, select, use and care for power tools, understand the fundamentals of electricity, apply soldering techniques, select, use and care for electrical measuring instruments, design and construct a single phase circuit, install electric wire ways, identify, inspect and clean electrical machines	Level 1 (Gr 9 / Std 7)	6 months	Careers within the fields of Electrical Engineering, Electrical Construction, Generation, Transmission and Distribution – working for a company or self-employed
WELDING SKILLS PROGRAMME	Weld work pieces with the shielded metal arc welding process in the down hand position, Cut material using the oxy-fuel gas cutting process (manual cutting), prepare and assemble welding equipment related to the welding process, prepare & secure work pieces for welding, weld work pieces with the oxy-acetylene gas welding process in the down hand position, deal with health, safety & environmental emergencies in the workplace, select, use and care for engineering power tools	Level 1 (Gr 9 / Std 7)	6 months	Welder,working for a company or becoming self-employed
BEEKEEPING SKILLS PROGRAMME	Evaluate basic external bee anatomy and morphology, recognise basic breathing behaviour of bees, demonstrate understanding of basic concepts of sustainable bee farming, demonstrate understanding of the physical and biological environment and its relationship to sustainable honey production, applying elementary environment layout and infrastructure, recognise defensive behaviour of bees, observe and handle bees, applying standard bee feeding procedures harvesting animal products, select, use and care for hand tools and basic equipment and infrastructure, understand how sustainable bee farming systems conserve natural resources, applying basic bee production practices, understand the basic practices of basic beekeeping and the benefit thereof for agriculture	Grade 9	6 months	Beekeepers/Assistants to Beekeepers
HAIRDRESSING:	Shampoo, condition and treat hair. Implement and apply sanitation to work environment, equipment &tools for public and pers. Welcome and establish services to be rendered. Receive and consult with clients. Display, promote and sell products. Mould and finger wave the hair. Neutralise perms and apply after care to hair. Colour and lighten of hair (basic colour). Cut, style and dress hair in elementary styles. Perform hair relaxing service	NQF LEVEL 1 / GRADE 9/ STD 7	6 months	Salon Assistant, Receptionist, and an Assistant assisting in Hair design, Hair cutting and Colouring.

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