PROGRAMME TITLE

Engineering Technician Certificate

PROGRAMME GOAL

The programme goal is to produce a technician who is able to apply the requisite skills and utilise current technologies.


PROGRAMME DESCRIPTION
 

The Engineering Technician Certificate programme is designed as a six-semester programme.  The entry requirements are three CXC/GCE O’Level subjects including Mathematics and English Language plus a science or technical subject or a minimum GPA of 2.05 in the Preliminary Engineering Course (PEC).  There will be an average of ten (10) credits per semester.  Two modes of study are offered:

*Industry Based (IB) mode and
*College Based (CB) mode

Industry Based (IB) Mode

In the IB mode the student must be employed within a relevant engineering industry, to ensure that competency is developed in the skill option that s/he is pursuing.  A liaison officer from UTech will be responsible for the monitoring of the students at the workplace to ensure that they are developing the competencies consistent with the objectives of the programmes.  Only UTech will certify the IB students. 

College Based (CB) Mode

In the CB mode the student receives his/her industrial practice component through NTEI. This component is based on the development of specific competencies and is more skill intensive than in the IB mode.

In this mode some of the academic components will be delivered at NTEI by NTEI staff.  The certification of the college-based mode will be a joint UTech/NTEI certificate. 

PROGRAMME ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Entry to the Engineering Technician Certificate (ETC) Programme is 3 CXC subjects including Mathematics, English and 1 science or technical subject.  The student must be working in a relevant area or attending the National Tool & Engineering Institute on a part-time basis.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE