Additional Skills Training
CTC also presents the following Additional Skills Courses:
- Basic Electronics
- Basic Rigging
- Basic Welding
- Electrical Aide
- Junior Engineer
- Certificate in the Maintenance of Flameproof Equipment
- Gas Testing Certificate
- Certificate in the Visual Inspection of Flameproof Equipment
- Practical training (6 months) for Technicon RSA and Universities of Technology (known as “P1”).
- Skills programme – Fall of ground Competent Person “A”
- Skills programme – Fall of ground Competent Person “B”
- Skills programme – Safety Representative Course
- Skills programme – Blasting Assistant
- NEW: Artisan 4.0 Training
For more information and specific modules, please feel free to contact CTC.
Any part of a course can also be done as per client specification.
Basic Electronics
The Basic Electronic Course presented at CTC includes the following:
Basic Training
- Soldering of components
- Identification of resistors, diodes and inductors and
the use there-of - Using an oscilloscope
- Construct rectification circuits
- Identify and use Zener diodes
- Construct a voltage doubler
- Identify transistor action and transistor configurations
- Test regulated power supplies
- Test thermistors and thermistor phase control
- Explain and apply PLC operating principles
Advanced Training
- Test an amplifier
- Using a transistor as a switch
- Test multi-vibrators
- Identify operational amplifiers
- Construct a continuity tester
- Test a field effect transistor
- Test logic gates
- Fault-find circuits
- Test electronic systems
For more information and specific modules, please feel free to contact CTC’s engineering (administration) Department.
Any part of the course can also be done as per client specification.
Medium Voltage Skills Programme
- Course Control Document
- Definitions
- Introduction to Mines Reticulation Systems
- Earthing Practices
- Isolators, Circuit Breakers and Contactors
- Medium Voltage Substations
- Basic Principles of Main Functions of Protection
- Neutral Earth Resistance Monitors
- Pilot Wire Systems
- Earth Continuity Monitoring
- Permit to Work
- Work Book
Assistant/Serviceman/Operative Course
Basic Rigging
The Basic Rigging Course presented at CTC includes the following:
- General lifting equipment – general inspection and safe use of lifting equipment
- Lifting equipment – chain block, coffin hoist, wire rope winch, reeve block, snatch block, turn buckle and winches.
- Hand signals
- Check and use ladders
- Safety belts
- Crane components and inspections
For more information and specific modules, please feel free to contact CTC’s engineering (administration) Department.
Any part of the course can also be done as per client specification.
Basic Welding
The Basic Welding Course presented at CTC includes the following:
- Read engineering drawings
- Draw up a material list
- Use hand tools
- Operate a pedestal grinder
- Sharpen a drill
- Operate a drilling machine
- Operate a portable grinder
- Identify materials
- Handle material safely
- Use oxy-acetylene cutting and welding equipment
- Use arc welding equipment
- Bead and weave weld
- Weld a fillet and corner joint
- Weld a butt-joint
- Crane components and inspections
For more information and specific modules, please feel free to contact CTC’s engineering (administration) Department.
Any part of the course can also be done as per client specification.
Maintenance of Flameproof Equipment
The course in the maintenance of flameproof equipment is presented in a specially designed training centre with all the necessary flameproof equipment needed to train students on both the theoretical as well as the practical aspects of the maintenance of flameproof equipment.
The course is presented over a period of two weeks which includes the theoretical assessment (computer based) and a practical assessment.
Pass rate for the theoretical assessment is 90% (for each module) and 100% for the practical assessment.
Electrical and Millwright Certificates
- Methane, coal dust and hydrogen
- Standards and modifications
- Flameproof enclosures
- Intrinsically safe circuits and instruments
- Increased safety apparatus – Type “E”
- Diesel engines
- Flameproof termination boxes and lighting
- Electric cables
- Electrical protection of mining equipment
Electrical and Millwright Certificates
- Methane, coal dust and hydrogen
- Standards and modifications
- Flameproof enclosures
- Intrinsically safe circuits and instruments
- Increased safety apparatus – Type “E”
- Diesel engines
- Flameproof termination boxes and lighting
- Electric cables
- Electrical protection of mining equipment
For more information on the course, as well as scheduled course dates and costs, please contact CTC’s engineering (administration) department.
Gas Testing
The course consists of the following modules:
- Mine Gases
Introduction to mine gases
Oxygen and nitrogen
Hydrogen and methane
Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide
Hydrogen sulphide and nitrous fumes - Detectors
Principles of operation of flammable gas measuring instruments - Mine Ventilation
- Gas detectors
MSA D6A Flammable gas measuring instrument
G2000 Flammable gas measuring instrument
Dräger gas detector
Monet PM 321
GDI007 Envirometer - Gas testing practice
For more information on the course, as well as scheduled course dates and costs, please contact CTC’s engineering (administration) department.
Junior Engineer
This course was designed to give the junior engineer some practical experience during or after completion of his/her studies.
The course consists of modules taken from all trades:
Theory
- Electrical training – 30 days
- Mechanical training – 37 days
- Plater/Welder – 21 days
- Diesel mechanic – 2 days
For more information and specific modules, please feel free to contact CTC’s engineering (administration) Department any part of the course can also be done as per client specification.