ECA(SA) / ESETA - National Training Initiative
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With the ECA's accredited training centres and professional
partnerships,
the ECA provides a wide range of training
and skills development courses,
aimed at both the technical
and business aspects of the electrical
contracting industry.
Electrical practitioners are assisted in developing their careers through:
• Assisting development members to firmly establish their business
in the
market place
• Approved career path development incorporating registered
learnerships
• Apprentice Training Schemes
• SAQA registered technical training modules for artisans and electrical workers
• Continued professional development
Electricians in this Country are trained by Companies such as Sasol, Spoornet, Iscor, Standard Electrical, C&I Electrical, Harmony Gold Mine, Local Authorities and Eskom to name but a few. All these Companies fall under some type of Industry such as Metal Industries, Electrical Industries, Petro-Chemical Industries and Mining Industries.
1) All Electricians trained by a specific Company in a specific Industry is trained as one of the following:
You could have someone working for a Printing Company doing Electrical Maintenance as an Apprentice, registered as an Electrician or Electrician Engineering. Eskom has a number of Apprentices doing Electrician Construction.
2) The requirements for becoming a Qualified Electrician, irrespective of the Industry or the Company at which the training time was done, all fall within the following broad requirements:
3) All Industries also makes provision for obtaining Electrician status by means of Sect 28 of the Manpower Training Act. This Act allows for Training Boards (SETA's) to set requirements for obtaining Electrician status other than by an Apprenticeship. The requirements differ from Industry to Industry but fall in the following broad requirements:
All of the mentioned Electricians (See 1) above) could approach any of our Members and apply for a position as Electrician and if employed, be entitled to the benefits of an Artisan.
NOTE: In the case of the Mining Electrician one could possibly find that he is trained on electrical equipment that is Mining specific.
4) Further to the Electricians mentioned above, people that are Qualified Millwrights could also approach our Employers seeking employment. Although he is also required to comply with requirements such as N2, time spent under contract and Trade Test, it must be remembered that these Artisans are both Mechanical and Electrical with +-3 years training time spent between both disciplines. Some Qualified Millwrights may have spent more time on the Electrical component while others again on the Mechanical component.
5) In registering as an Accredited Person the DoL only recognizes the following Trades:
NOTE: This qualification could have been obtained through either a formal Apprenticeship or Section 28 of the Manpower Training Act.
NOTE: The above does not include Learnerships and possible changes in the future.
NOTE: It remains the responsibility of the person employing an Electrician to verify his experience and suitability for the position applied.
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