1. Engineering & Artisan Trades
These courses focus on the maintenance and repair of mining machinery and infrastructure.
- Diesel Mechanic: Maintaining mining trucks, excavators, and earthmoving equipment.
- Boilermaking: Fabricating and repairing metal structures, pressure vessels, and pipes.
- Fitting and Turning: Assembling mechanical systems and repairing pumps or motors.
- Electrical & Auto Electrical: Maintaining electrical systems for both plant operations and heavy mining vehicles.
- Instrumentation: Focusing on measurement, control systems, and diagnostic testing.
- Rigging: Specialized training in moving heavy equipment using ropes and pulleys.
2. Mining & Operations Courses
These programmes deal directly with the extraction and process
- Mining Operations: General qualifications for underground hard rock or coal mining (NQF Levels 2–4).
- Rock Breaking: National certificates in blasting and excavation for surface or underground environments.
- Mineral Processing: Courses in gold extraction, crushing, milling, and flotation.
- Blasting Assistant: A statutory requirement for assisting with explosives in coal or hard rock mines.
- Winding Engine Driving: Specialized training for operating the hoists that move people and materials in deep mines
3. Specialized & Support Skills
- Occupational Health and Safety (OHS): Essential training on safety protocols and environmental management within a mine.
- Mine Surveying: Using technologies like laser scanning and GPS for mine planning and mapping.
- Laboratory Practice: Analytical techniques for testing mineral samples.
- Machinery Operation: Practical training on specific equipment such as forklifts, cranes, and dump trucks