N4-N6 Electrical Engineering Course
WHY SHOULD YOU STUDY AT EKURHULENI TECHNICAL COLLEGE
Studying with Ekurhuleni Technical College DOES NOT disrupt your current commitments because we offer the courses through distance learning, part time and full time. This means that you can continue with your current goals and still pursue your studies with us.
- While giving you extra savings, we go an extra mile for our students. When students happen to fail a subject, we offer them re-write chances and they do not pay any more fees apart from their exam re-write fees.
- Our flexibility is what separates us. Students have a choice of how many subjects they want to write at a given trimester until they are done with their course.
COURSE OVERVIEW
Electrical engineering involves the design, study and manufacturing of various electrical and electronic systems such as electrical circuits, computer systems, telecommunication, instrumentation, controls and electronics.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING COURSES: N4-N6
- Light Current Heavy Current
- Instrumentation
The National N-Diploma is a three years qualification consisting of a theoretical part (N4 – N6) and two years industry experience in the Electrical Engineering field. The N4 – N6 Certificate Programmes are leading towards obtaining a National N-Diploma. Each certificate is a qualification on its own and is offered over a period of 3 month.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
N3 Engineering Studies or Grade 12 (with Maths, Science and Drawing) or any equivalent qualification
SUBJECTS / COURSE MODULES (ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING)
YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE MAXIMUM OF 5 SUBJECTS OF YOUR CHOICE.
| N4 Subjects | N5 Subjects | N6 | |
| 1 | Mathematics | Mathematics | Mathematics |
| 2 | Engineering Science (Physics) | Engineering Science (Physics) | Engineering Science (Physics) |
| 3 | Electrotechnics | Electrotechnics | Electrotechnics |
| 4 | Digital Electronics | Digital Electronics | Digital Electronics |
| 5 | Fault Finding | Fault Finding | Fault Finding |
| 6 | Supervisory Management |
Supervisory Management |
Supervisory Management |
| 7 | Industrial Electronics | Industrial Electronics | Industrial Electronics |
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING- INSTRUMENTATION & COMMUNICATION- LIGHT CURRENT.
YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE MAXIMUM OF 5 SUBJECTS OF YOUR CHOICE.
| N4 Subjects | N5 Subjects | N6 Subjects | |
| 1 |
Mathematics
|
Mathematics | Mathematics |
| 2 | Industrial Electronics | Industrial Electronics | Industrial Electronics |
| 3 | Engineering Science (Physics) | Engineering Science (Physics) | Engineering Science (Physics) |
| 4 | Logic System | Logic System | Logic System |
| 5 | Digital Electronics | Digital Electronics | Digital Electronics |
| 6 |
Communication Electronics
|
Communication Electronics
|
Communication Electronics
|
| 7 | Supervisory Management | Supervisory Management | Supervisory Management |
| 8 | Industrial Instruments | Industrial Instruments | Industrial Instruments |
ASSESSMENT & DURATION
National Exams are conducted by DHET and also monitored by QCTO. The course takes from 6-12 months or 1-2 semesters. You can write all the subjects at once or you can split them.
NQF LEVEL STATUS
N4 – SAQA ID 66881- NQF LEVEL 5
N5 – SAQA ID 66960- NQF LEVEL 5
N6 – SAQA ID 67005- NQF LEVEL 5
COURSE DURATION
The duration of each N-Level is three months (per Trimester).
ENROLMENT DATE
January, May and September of each year
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
- Draughtsperson
- Acoustic Technician
- Telecommunication
- Power Electronics
- Control and Instrumentation Technician
- Design Engineer
- Electrician
ACHIEVEMENT AND AWARD
The following certificates are awarded upon successful completion of each level
- Certificate of Achievement N4: Engineering Studies
- Certificate of Achievement N5: Engineering Studies
- Certificate of Achievement N6: Engineering Studies

