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(Name)		 MINIMUM ENTRY REQUIREMENTS TARGET POPULATION DURATION No of Candidates   OBJECTIVE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CRITICAL CONTENT / TASKS)  

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Roller Bearings

Nick Muller
011 411 6736		 - Artisans
  • Artisans
  • Foremen
  • Engineers
 3 days 15 To equipped artisans with roller bearing knowledge and skills The participant will be able to:
  • Identify all rolling bearings
  • Understand the reason for selection of rolling bearings vs. other bearings
  • Understand the care, storage and correct installation procedures of rolling bearings
  • Understand maintenance requirements
  • Identify examples and reasons for bearing failures
 04-06/02/2020
02-04/06/2020
06-08/10/2020
Alignment Refresher

Nick Muller
011 411 6736		 - Artisan
  • Artisans
  • Foremen
 4 days 15 Artisans will be equipped with alignment knowledge and skills The participant will be able to:
  • Align V-belt drives
  • Align chain drives
  • Align fluid drive couplings
  • Align tyre couplings
  • Align pin and bush couplings
 03-05/03/2020
07-10/07/2020
03-06/11/2020
Basic Hydraulics

Albert Mitchel
011 411 6745		 - Artisan
  • Artisans
  • Foremen
  • Engineers
 5 days 15 Artisans will be equipped with basic hydraulic knowledge and skills
  • The participant will be able to:
  • Understand the basic principles and theory of hydraulics including Hydraulic Safety
  • Identify hydraulic schematic symbols and understand their application
  • Understand hydraulic circuit operation
  • Understand planned maintenance associated with hydraulic components
  • Understand construction of industrial circuits
  • Practice circuit construction on training panels
 13-17/01/2020
04-08/05/2020
24-28/08/2020
Basic Pneumatics

Albert Mitchel
011 411 6745		 - Artisan
  • Artisans
  • Foremen
  • Engineers
 5 days 15 Artisans will be equipped with basic pneumatic knowledge and skills The participant will be able to:
  • Understand basic principles and theory of pneumatics
  • Overview and safety
  • Air treatment devices
  • Cylinder and valve operations
  • “wet-screw” rotary type compressors
  • Reciprocating compressors
  • Identify pneumatic symbols and understand their application
  • Understand pneumatic circuit operation
  • Understand construction of industrial circuits
  • Understand planned maintenance
  • Identify motion diagrams and design of a cascade circuit diagram
  • Fault finding different circuits
  • Practice advanced circuit construction on training panels
 03-07/02/2020
01-05/06/2020
19-23/10/2020
Electro Pneumatics

Albert Mitchel
011 411 6745		 -Basic Pneumatic Course
-Basic Electrical Course
Artisan
  • Artisans
  • Foremen
  • Engineers
 5 days 10 Artisan, Foreman, Trainee engineers, Engineers and Instrument Mechanicians/Technicians will be equipped with Electro Pneumatic knowledge and skills The participant will be able to:
  • Understand electrical principles
  • Identify and understand electro pneumatic symbols
  • Understand control methods. (Electro Pneumatics)
  • Understand fault finding procedures.
  • Practice electrical and pneumatic elements. (Relays, valves etc.) Hands on
  • Understand electronic sensors and typical industrial circuits.Hands on
  • Co-ordinate sequence controls
  • Practical advanced circuit construction on training panels
 17-21/02/2020
22-26/06/2020
02-06/11/2020
Conveyor Belt:
Installation, Fault Finding, Maintenance

Mandla Mayisela
011 411 6749		 - Artisans
  • Artisans
  • Foremen
 2 days 15 Artisans will be equipped with conveyor belt installation, fault finding, maintenance knowledge and skills The participant will be able to:
  • Understand the installation of conveyor belt systems
  • Identify faults on conveyor systems
  • Maintain conveyor systems
 29-30/01/2020
22-23/07/2020
28-29/10/2020
Fluid and Centrifugal Pumps

Nick Muller
011 411 6736		 - Artisan
  • Artisans
  • Foremen
 4 days 15 Artisans will be equipped with fluid pump knowledge and skills The participant will be able to:
  • Understand construction of slurry pumps
  • Maintain and install slurry pumps
  • Understand pump efficiency, monitoring and trouble shooting
  • Identify pump capacities
  • Differentiate between Hydroseal versus Centriseal
  • Understand adjustments on Centrifugal pumps
  • Stripping and assembling of centrifugal pumps
  • Fault finding on Centrifugal pumps
10-13/02/2020
08-11/06/2020
09-12/11/2020
Hydraulics Systems Trouble Shooting

Albert Mitchel
011 411 6745		 -Artisan Basic
-Hydraulics course
  • Artisans
  • Foremen
  • Engineers
5 days 15 Artisans will be equipped with Hydraulics Systems Trouble Shooting knowledge and techniques The participant will be able to:
  • Isolate a hydraulic system
  • Maintain a hydraulic system safely and correctly
  • Understand basic principles of cartridge valves
  • Understand cartridge valve functions and operation
  • Identify trouble shooting techniques
  • Isolate faults by systematically eliminating possibilities
  • Maintain control through good maintenance; Understand preventative maintenance routines
Practical fault finding on training panels		 20-24/01/2020
25-29/05/2020
31/08-4/09/2020
Electro Hydraulics

Albert Mitchel
011 411 6745		 - Basic Hydraulic course
- Basic Electrical course
- Artisan
  • Artisans
  • Foremen
  • Engineers
 5 days 10 Artisan, Foreman, Trainee engineers, and Engineers
Will be equipped with Electro Hydraulic knowledge and skills		 The participant will be able to:
  • Understand electrical principles
  • Identify and understand Electro Hydraulic symbols
  • Identify and understand Electrical symbols
  • Understand control methods. (Electro Hydraulics)
  • Understand fault finding procedures
  • Practice electrical and hydraulic elements. (Relays, valves etc.) Hands on
  • Understand electronic sensors and typical industrial circuits. Hands on
  • Co-ordinate sequence controls
  • Practical advanced circuit construction on training panels
 24-28/02/2020
08-12/06/2020
14-18/09/2020
Electro Proportional Hydraulics

Albert Mitchel
011 411 6745		 - Basic Hydraulic course
- Basic Electrical course
- Electro Hydraulic course
- Artisan
  • Artisans
  • Foremen
  • Engineers
 5 days 8 To equipped Artisan, Foreman, Trainee engineers, and Engineers
with Electro Proportional Hydraulic knowledge and skills		 The participant will be able to:
  • Understand the principles of proportional hydraulics
  • Understand proportional valves, design and mode of operation
  • Understand characteristic curves and parameters
  • Understand the setting of amplifier and set point value specification
  • Understand switching examples using proportional valves:
  • Speed control
  • Leakage prevention
  • Positioning
  • Energy Saving
  • Understand electronic sensors and electro hydraulic symbols
  • Calculate motion sequence for a hydraulic cylinder drive
  • Practical advanced circuit construction on training panels, using electrical and proportional elements (relays, sensors, valves, etc.). Hands on
 09-13/03/2020
13-17/07/2020
16-20/11/2020