Boilermaking (N1-N3)

The learner is exposed to relevant equipment in the workplace during his 54 weeks plant training. The theory must also be consolidated with the practical.

The daily tasks to be carried out by the learner (together with  an artisan)  will be determined by the first fine supervisor ; but the supervisor must also allow certain time for the tasks to be completed by the learner as considered to be PREREQUISITE  for the writing of the trade test.

The mentor will sign off a task in his/ her logbook when the learner has been tested and has mastered the tasks.  All applicable modules must be completed and signed off before the trade test  is done.

Boilermakers work in the heavy engineering industry and make boilers, engines and pressures-vessels.

They work with large sheets of metal to make parts for machines and equipment. If you image yourself as a metal worker and practically skilled, then a career in Boiler Making is for you !

Boilermakers build or repair containers made with steel plates and pipes which used in many industries ranging from boilers for steam engines. Vats tanks and to pressure vessels like the ones used at power stations and petrochemical plants.

Their work can also be quite varied and Boilermakers can work in factories: making containers, doing repairs or work at power stations, on oil rigs, in petrol refineries, on the mines and in the shipbuilding industry.