Fitting and turning training course in rustenburg - Pretoria

FITTING AND TURNING OR MACHINING TRAINING COURSE AT SA MINING AND OPERATOR TRAINING COLLEGE
What Does a Career in Fitting and Turning Involve?
If you enjoy working with tools, a career in fitting and turning might just suit you. This career path involves fixing machinery, fitting parts and ensuring that equipment runs efficiently. It is all about maintenance and repairs.
What Does a Fitter and Turner Do?
A fitter and turner maintains and repairs various machinery. They also assemble and fit new components for machinery. They use blueprints to measure and manufacture metal parts and materials for different machinery and equipment.
Fitters and turners have to ensure that all the parts needed to complete a machine is fitted and in good working order. After assembling new machinery, they monitor, test and repair any faulty parts and fittings that may arise.
How to Become a Fitter and Turner?
To become a qualified fitter and turner, you have to do theoretical and practical training. Theoretical training can be done at our center. Our fitting and turning programme is done in a short course format. This programme lays the theoretical foundation on which your practical experience will build. To study the Fitter and Turner you have to be at least 16 years and above, have studied Grade 9 and be able to read and write in English. Once you have completed, you will be awarded an accredited Certificate.
Once you have completed your theoretical training, then you start with your practicals training.
Who Can Study a Fitter and Turner Course?
Anyone who loves working with their hands should consider studying a fitter and turner course. However, you have to possess the following character traits:
The ability to multi-task
Able to take initiative
Solve problems independently
Strongly motivated and efficient
You will get to see the results of your work
This career path has a high earning potential (depending on the field you specialise in)
There are many job opportunities, including overseas
You get to do what you love – work with your hands
You will have to get used to standing, bending and squatting, which could be tiring
This job is not glamorous; you will get dirty and have to work in noisy environments
Depending on whom you work for, you will be required to work overtime occassionally
At SA MINING AND OPERATOR TRAINING COLLEGE, we do offer this training programme.
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