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Is your training provider ready for Industry 4.0?
The Colliery Training College (CTC), is a training center for artisan and mining skills in Emalahleni, Mpumalanga. CTC has been part of the coal mining industry since 1964 and is supported and owned by the prominent mining houses in the area namely Anglo-American Thermal Coal, Seriti, Exxaro, Glencore, Izimbiwa Coal, Kanga Coal, and South32. These…
Training programme to be launched in response to 4IR
Artisan and mining skills training college Colliery Training College (CTC) will launch a modern training programme – Artisan 4.0 – in response to the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). The launch of the programme is scheduled to coincide with the Electra Mining show in September. CTC MD Johan Venter notes that orders for capital equipment, such…
Company approves R3m budget for Artisan 4.0
The Colliery Training College (CTC) board has approved R3-million towards achieving its Artisan 4.0 vision by the end of 2020. Artisan 4.0 will enable an artisan to know about bearings, gearboxes and sequence starters because the basic principles of mechanics, electricity, forces, and motion have not changed, says CTC Emalahleni MD Johan Venter, adding that…
Introducing Digital Artisan Training
Introducing Digital Artisan Training In addition to the initial training of artisans, during which they are taught how to work with hand-held and power tools, artisan and mining skills training college Colliery Training College (CTC) has introduced Artisan 4.0 training. Although the need to carry and use physical tools will remain, Artisan 4.0 is more…
Women’s Month profile: Shona Parker
“I entered CTC back in 2001 for the first time. I had been placed on the DOL project (department of labour). I had absolutely no technical experience before starting (I came from working as a receptionist at the gym), never having even changed a tyre on a car I started my journey to becoming a…
CTC and Artisan 4.0
CTC and Artisan 4.0. Mining Industry needs to embrace Industry 4.0. Challenges faced by the mining industry today like increasing production costs, depressed commodity prices and the high cost of electricity, are forcing the mining sector to embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution as it brings industrial transformation. Such developments will bring the training colleges and…

