APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING

APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING COURSES

This syllabus part of the college course booklet has been designed and written for apprentice training and trade testing for people working in the industry. The modules within the syllabus are designed to meet the requirements of these trade industry competency standards.

The industry competency standards from the minimum required level of competence that each apprentice must obtain to gain these trade course certificates shown in this booklet.

At the completion of level three training, apprentices will be trade tested against the industry competency standards.

The syllabus is designed and written with competence based training concepts in mind; it places a greater emphasis on hands-on type training.

BUILDING DEPARTMENT

                                          CARPENTRY / CONSTRUCTION

The Building Department has only one section and that is Carpentry. The teaching staff in the Carpentry Department demonstrates to students the techniques of working in timber and concrete to construct a domestic dwelling or house. They start from the basics of the various tools used and explain how to ‘read’ the different drawings and then continue into the various aspects of construction so that at the end of the various modules students are competent to undertake the building of a new building or the maintenance of an old building. 

Apprenticeships are available on completion of the training. This is a trade that has had a set of competency standards prepared for it in association with the NATTB and industry. The levels are designed to be taught at three levels. The competency standards are taught to the students in modular form.

PRINTING & GRAPHIC PRE-PRESS DEPARTMENT

COMPOSITING AND LITHOGRAPHY

LEVEL 1 & LEVEL 2

The Printing Department does not have various sections but it does have distinctly different trade techniques within the trade of Printing, such as lithography, graphic design and printing.

Port Moresby Technical College is the only college in Papua New Guinea where training on printing and graphic design is taught and there is nearly always 100% employment of the students who study this course. The work includes learning about photography, printing and of course computer software programmes that can aid the printing processes, so there is also a certain amount of art involved in the process and creativity is part of the printing process. 

This trade as yet does not have a set of competency standards designed and developed for it but this work is now in the pipeline funded by an Aus Aid project. The teachers are engaged in helping to identify with industry the various competencies and also develop modules for student use.

MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT

AUTOMOTIVE BODY REPAIR & FINISHING

This trade was known in the past as Panel Beating and Spray Painting but has been renamed as Automotive Body Repair and Finishing. This trade is all about smash repairs on cars and making that which is damaged look like new. It is a job that involves an ‘eye’ and a ‘feel’ for the work to make the crumpled metal look like new as though nothing has happened.

You need to be skilful with a spray gun and be able to understand the complex nature of modern paints and how they perform on the job.

This trade as yet does not have a set of competency standards designed and developed for it but this work is now in the pipeline funded by an Aus Aid project. The teachers are engaged in helping to identify with industry the various competencies and also develop modules for student use.

AUTO ELECTRICAL

The Auto Electrical Section of the college is a small compact unit that teaches students how to maintain the electrical circuitry in an automobile. Students in this trade need to have a good grasp of electrical theory so that they can apply this in practice to the automobile complex circuitry. The ability to think carefully and diagnose is essential in this trade as the failure of any part of the system can show in a variety of ways so detection using the relevant pieces of test equipment is essential.

This trade as yet does not have a set of competency standards designed and developed for it but this work is now in the pipeline funded by an Aus Aid project. The teachers are engaged in helping to identify with industry the various competencies and also develop modules for student use.

 MOTOR VEHICLE MECHANICS

The Motor Vehicle Mechanics course is all about petrol and diesel engines and types of vehicles that use them. This is a very popular course and very important since if we think of the modern world the one essential need is transportation, and usually by the use of road. The instructors in this trade start at the very beginning and teach the basic tools and gradually progress to maintenance and servicing and on to techniques of how things differ vehicle to vehicle. At the beginning the work is very simple and straightforward but becomes more complex and challenging as the subject knowledge deepens.

This is a trade that has had a set of competency standards designed for it in association with industry. The levels are designed to be taught at three levels. The competency standards are taught to the students in modular form.

METAL FABRICATION AND WELDING

Metal Fabrication and Welding is all about joining steel and other materials together and fabricating structures of many different types. In years gone by most people constructed buildings in timber but today architects are turning more to steel structures and this is where the skill of welding/fabricating comes into play.

Steel buildings are long lasting, relatively maintenance free and never attacked by termites. There are many other instances of difficult welding skills such as welding tanks in confined spaces, welding oil pipelines, etc apart from the more obvious well known uses of welding.

This is a trade that has had a set of competency standards designed for it in association with the NATTB and industry. The levels are designed to be taught at three levels. The competency standards are taught to the students in modular from.

MAINTENANCE FITTING AND MACHINING

Maintenance Fitting and Machining is the art of machining metal to shape either as a series of new parts or as a maintenance exercise. The MFM engineers use a wide range of machinery and potential workers must have a good grasp of mathematics and science to be able to work and be successful in this industry.

The MFM engineer works to fine tolerances and limits and thus he must be highly skilled and competent in his trade to be able to make things work and fit.

This is a trade that has had a set of competency standards designed for it in association with industry. The levels are designed to be taught at three levels. The competency standards are taught to the students in modular form.

ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT

ELECTRONICS MECHANICS

The Electronics course is one of the most popular courses to be held in the college. Electronics is a thriving and varied industry that commences with a sound understanding of electricity and its application in the field of electronics.

There is scarcely a product in the 21^st Century that does use some form of electronic circuitry to make our life easier and more efficient. Students who leave the college can branch out into computer repairs, photocopier technicians as some examples of career paths that follow successful completion of the course.

This trade as yet does not have a set of competency standards designed and developed for it but this work is now in the pipeline funded by an Aus Aid project. The teachers are engaged in helping to identify with industry the various competencies and also develop modules for student use. 

ELECTRICAL MECHANICS

The teaching staff in this department instructs and show students how to master the necessary theory and practical work associated with a thorough knowledge of Electricity.

You have to remember that the Electrical trade is a licensed trade and a person is not permitted to practice or connect to a main supply until he sits the License Examination. Students who take up this course must not be colour blind and they are tested before the course begins.

By the time the course is complete a student will be competent in doing simple installation of domestic and commercial circuits and should feel confident in commencing an apprenticeship in the trade area.

                                                          

This is a trade that has had a set of competency standards prepared for it in association with the NATTB and industry. The levels are designed to be taught at three levels. The competency standards are taught to the students in modular form.

REFRIGERATION MECHANICS

The refrigeration section of the Electrical Department is again a very popular course and one that is in high demand. Keeping things cool in a tropical climate makes this a very important trade and the field of study looks at air conditioning and refrigeration across the spectrum of domestic and commercial applications. With the phasing out of CFC gases globally the refrigeration course also studies the environmental effect of the cooling process to ensure that in years to come we all have a world that is safe to live in.

This trade as yet does not have a set of competency standards designed and developed for it but this work is now in the pipeline funded by an Aus Aid project. The teachers are engaged in helping to identify with industry the various competencies and also develop modules for student use.