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Tshwane TVET College

Tshwane South Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College is a merger of three Colleges: Atteridgeville, Centurion and Pretoria West. Odi campus previously belonged to Orbit College in the Northwest. Currently, the College comprises of the following Campuses: Atteridgeville, Centurion, Odi and Pretoria West. The College’s campuses in Centurion & Odi are famed for the culinary skills of their hospitality students and for having the best machinery for practical engineering training workshops. Atteridgeville campus is well known for its Civil Engineering, while the centralised campus in Pretoria West offers Engineering for both Report 191 and NC (V) and has also been identified for Engineering Report 191 and Engineering and IT courses. Meanwhile, the Odi campus in Mabopane is acclaimed for its NC (V) Tourism Programme.

Tshwane South TVET College, operating under the Department of Higher Education & Training (DHET), succeeded in enrolling approximately 25 000 students in 2017.

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This is inclusive of the National Certificate Vocational. NC (V), Report 191 NATED Engineering and General Studies programmes and workshops. The College managed to attain the fifth ranking in the 2019 T119 national results.

The NC(V) programme pass rate at TSC ranked position twenty-four (24) Nationally and eight (8) Regionally with an average of 81% in 2020. In 2021 the rankings for the programmes’ pass rate improved because, nationally it was seated at positions 9 and 2 regionally.

In 2021 the pass rates for the Report 191 Business Studies Programmes for S1/21 ranked position 1 regionally and second nationally with an average of 86.1%. For S2/21 Business Studies ranked position 1 regionally and 5 nationally with an average of 84.2%. Engineering Studies T1 had an average of 69.7% regionally. The College’s target is 60% per APP (Annual performance Plan) however the figures indicate that the institution is maintaining its mandate of “achieving the future”.

The College was identified as one of the Centres of Specialisation for Mechanical Fitter, Fitting and Turning, Electrician, Boilermaking and Millwright in two consecutive years, 2017 and 2018. With just below 500 employees, the College offers students the necessary skills for the job market and can boast alumni working for renowned companies. In addition, the College also offers NC(V) courses to learners who have completed Grades 9 through to 11 as well as NATED/Report 191 programmes to learners who have completed grade 12.

This year in 2022, TSC started offering distance learning. The measure has been seen as an expansion of programmes offered at the College. Programmes offered under distance learning include Public Relations, Business Management, Financial Management, Human Resources Management and Management Assistant. The College offers Report 191 Programmes in:

• N4 to N6 Mechanical, Civil, and Electrical Engineering

• N4 to N6 Management Assistant, Financial Management and Hospitality Studies, Tourism (New), Intro Clothing Production (New)

• NC(V) L2-L4 in Electrical Infrastructure Construction, Engineering & Related Design Information Technology, Tourism, Office Administration, Civil Engineering & Building Construction, Finance Economics & Accounting and Hospitality

Learnerships, Skills Programmes, and Apprenticeships are also offered at the College.

CONTACT US ON: General Enquiries: 012 401 5000 College website: www.tsc.edu.za Email: info@tsc.edu.za Official Tshwane South TVET College Instagram: tsc_ tvet Twitter: @tsc.tvet Facebook: Tshwane South TVET College YouTube: Tshwane South TVET College

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