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Available courses

WORKSHOP TECHNOLOGY

Workshop Technology 1 - Summary

Workshop Technology 1 typically covers the fundamentals of manufacturing processes, tools, and equipment used in a workshop environment. It introduces students or trainees to the basics of shaping raw materials into finished products through various mechanical and thermal methods.

Key Topics:

  1. Introduction to Workshop and Manufacturing Processes:

    • Understanding workshop layout and safety measures.

    • Classification of manufacturing processes: casting, forming, machining, joining, and finishing.

  2. Casting Processes:

    • Basics of melting and pouring metals into molds.

    • Types of molds (sand, die casting, investment casting).

    • Advantages and limitations of casting.

  3. Forming Processes:

    • Methods like forging, rolling, extrusion, and drawing.

    • How metal properties change during forming.

  4. Machining Processes:

    • Use of machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, drilling machines.

    • Different types of machining operations (turning, milling, drilling, grinding).

    • Cutting tools and their materials.

  5. Joining Processes:

    • Welding, brazing, soldering, and adhesive bonding.

    • Types of welding techniques: arc welding, gas welding.

  6. Tools and Equipment:

    • Hand tools, measuring instruments, power tools.

    • Selection and maintenance of tools.

  7. Safety Practices:

    • Personal protective equipment (PPE).

    • Workshop safety protocols to avoid accidents.

This course lays the foundation for understanding how materials are transformed and assembled in a workshop, essential for engineers, technicians, and craftsmen.

Engineering Mathematics

PREPARE AND INTERPRET TECHNICAL DRAWINGS

 UNIT DESCRIPTION

This unit covers the competencies required to prepare and interpret technical drawings. It involves competencies to select, use and maintain drawing equipment and materials. It also involves producing plain geometry drawings, solid geometry drawings, pictorial and orthographic drawings and application of Computer Aided Design (CAD) packages.

APPLY MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

UNIT DESCRIPTION:

This unit describes the competencies required by a technician in order to apply a wide range of mathematical skills in their work; apply ratios, rates and proportions to solve problems; estimate, carry out measurement; collect, organize and interpret statistical data; use common formulae and algebraic expressions to solve problems.