Engineering Department
Applied learning pathways in construction, construction contracting, health and safety, welding, air-conditioning and refrigeration, and production systems.
Qualifications and programmes
All qualifications and programmes assigned to this department are shown below as individual blocks.
Higher Occupational Certificate: Solar Photovoltaic Standalone Service Technician
Prepares technicians to service, maintain, test, fault-find and repair solar photovoltaic standalone systems safely and effectively.
View qualification outline →National Occupational Certificate: Solar Photovoltaic Standalone Systems Installer
Prepares installers to plan, install, inspect and maintain standalone solar photovoltaic systems in accordance with safety, regulatory and quality requirements.
View qualification outline →Higher Occupational Certificate: Occupational Health and Safety Practitioner
Develops practitioners who can plan, implement, monitor and improve occupational health and safety systems in organisational settings.
View qualification outline →National Occupational Certificate: Civil Road Construction Constructor
Develops practical competence for civil road-construction work, including earthworks, drainage, pavement, surfacing and ancillary construction activities.
View qualification outline →National Certificate: Building and Civil Construction
Introduces the practical foundations of building and civil construction, including site work, materials, basic construction processes and safe working practice.
National Certificate: Construction Contracting
Develops foundational capability for planning, coordinating and supporting contracted construction work, including site administration, quality and safety considerations.
National Certificate: Construction Health and Safety
Focuses on construction health and safety practice, including hazard identification, risk controls, compliance awareness and safer worksite operations.
Advanced Pipe Welding
Develops advanced practical pipe-welding capability, with emphasis on joint preparation, welding technique, workmanship quality and safe workshop practice.
Advanced Stainless Steel
Develops practical skills for working with stainless steel, including preparation, fabrication, joining, finishing, quality control and safe handling.
Basic Air Con Installer
Introduces the core practical skills required to install basic air-conditioning systems and components safely and correctly.
Commercial Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
Develops applied skills for commercial air-conditioning and refrigeration systems, including installation, operation, routine maintenance and basic fault-finding.
Production System Controller
Prepares students to monitor and control production processes, coordinate workflow, record performance and support consistent quality and operational efficiency.
National Certificate: Construction: Roadworks
Develops practical roadworks construction capability, including site preparation, road-construction activities, materials, quality requirements and safe working practice.
View qualification outline →National Certificate: Plastics Manufacturing
Introduces plastics-manufacturing practice, including materials, production processes, equipment, quality requirements and safe participation in manufacturing operations.
View qualification outline →Occupational Certificate: Solar Photovoltaic Service Technician
Provides a controlled teach-out/reference pathway for servicing, inspecting and fault-finding solar photovoltaic systems within the role and safety boundaries of the qualification.
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