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Cable Jointing and Termination Qualifications

 

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Project overview, reports, resources and work-in-progress

 

Project purpose

Develop and register national qualifications for Cable Jointing and Termination
 

Project rationale

The rationale is to:

  1. Recognise the skills and knowledge acquired by cable jointers
  2. Provide a benchmark for clients to judge contractors
  3. Enhance the image of the occupation /trade
  4. Provide guidance for education and training providers who will to develop courses
 

Project scope

African Cables who funded this phase of the project requested that the scope be limited to the medium voltage range of 11kV.
 

Training

We do not offer any training.

The following may be able to help:

HV TEST
http://www.hvtest.co.za/Site-Areas/Training/Courses/Cable-Jointing.htm

TRINITY TECHNICAL TRAINING COLLEGE
http://trinity-tech.co.za/downloads/Trinity_Electrical_Information_Feb09.pdf

EQTECH AFRICA(Pty)Ltd
http://www.eqtech.co.za/index_files/Page870.htm

South African Institute of Electrical Engineers
http://www.saiee.org.za/content.php?pageID=203#

Train the Nation / Dinyane Education and Training
http://trainthenation.co.za/Portableskills/electricalcables.html

City Power
http://www.ceomag.co.za/display.asp?ipkArticleID=802&ipkCategoryID=621
+ 27 11 490 7000

Northlink College
http://www.northlink.co.za/hc2.asp?nav=academics

CBI-electric: african cables
Vereeniging
+27 16 430 6000
 

Documents posted

 

2007-05-05

After a long hiatus, the qualification has finally been registered. The details and the links to the SAQA database are below

Qualification

58204

Further Education and Training Certificate: Cable Jointing and Termination

Level 4

228 credits

Unit standards

ID

UNIT STANDARD TITLE

LEVEL

CREDITS

Core 

10621 

Identify the correct phase sequence on high voltage transformers and cables 

Level 3 

3 

Core 

116714 

Lead a team, plan, allocate and assess their work 

Level 3 

4 

Core 

119915 

Manage personal expenditure 

Level 3 

3 

Core 

9885 

Read and interpret engineering drawings 

Level 3 

12 

Core 

11775 

Test, diagnose and locate a fault on a high voltage electrical cable 

Level 3 

9 

Core 

243667 

Co-ordinate activities and manage the cable jointing site 

Level 4 

6 

Core 

13254 

Contribute to the implementation and maintenance of business processes 

Level 4 

10 

Core 

113862 

Install and terminate Medium/High Voltage cables 

Level 4 

6 

Core 

243668 

Joint and terminate a range of 11-33kV cables in a range of settings 

Level 4 

72 

Core 

13235 

Maintain the quality assurance system 

Level 4 

5 

Core 

243669 

Manage cable jointing resources 

Level 4 

8 

Core 

242810 

Manage Expenditure against a budget 

Level 4 

6 

Core 

13224 

Monitor the application of safety, health and environmental protection procedures 

Level 4 

4 

Core 

10981 

Supervise work unit to achieve work unit objectives (individuals and teams) 

Level 4 

12 

Fundamental 

119472 

Accommodate audience and context needs in oral/signed communication 

Level 3 

5 

Fundamental 

119457 

Interpret and use information from texts 

Level 3 

5 

Fundamental 

119467 

Use language and communication in occupational learning programmes 

Level 3 

5 

Fundamental 

119465 

Write/present/sign texts for a range of communicative contexts 

Level 3 

5 

Fundamental 

12155 

Apply comprehension skills to engage written texts in a business environment 

Level 4 

5 

Fundamental 

9015 

Apply knowledge of statistics and probability to critically interrogate and effectively communicate findings on life related problems 

Level 4 

6 

Fundamental 

119462 

Engage in sustained oral/signed communication and evaluate spoken/signed texts 

Level 4 

5 

Fundamental 

9016 

Represent analyse and calculate shape and motion in 2-and 3-dimensional space in different contexts 

Level 4 

4 

Fundamental 

119471 

Use language and communication in occupational learning programmes 

Level 4 

5 

Fundamental 

7468 

Use mathematics to investigate and monitor the financial aspects of personal, business, national and international issues 

Level 4 

6 

Fundamental 

12153 

Use the writing process to compose texts required in the business environment 

Level 4 

5 

Elective 

10810 

Join metals by means of Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding 

Level 3 

6 

Elective 

12455 

Perform the role of a safety, health and environmental protection representative 

Level 3 

4 

Elective 

116292 

Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of manufacturing and assembly logistics planning 

Level 4 

12 

Elective 

114877 

Formulate and implement an action plan to improve productivity within an organisational unit 

Level 4 

8 

Elective 

116692 

Plan, organise and control the erection, alteration/repositioning and dismantling of access scaffolding 

Level 4 

12 

Elective 

119257 

Produce and maintain work activity reports 

Level 4 

8 
 
2006-5-30

The Manufacturing and ASsembly SGB has approved the submission with minor editorial changes. The qualification has no been submitted to the South African Qualifications Authority.

There are four stages in the registration process

  1. Technical evaluation
  2. Publication in the Government Gazette for public comment
  3. Submission for comment to a Consultative Panel
  4. Submission to SAQA structures, culminating in the Authority

We may be required to make adjustments in response to comments or supply additional information in response to requests at each stage of the process.

 

Recent submissions have been taking 6 - 8 months to be fully processed.

Click to download the submission - now removed

 
2006-03-20

To download the drafts as revised after the inputs at the workshop on 16 March, 2006, click here now removed

These are once again in EXCEL format to allow you to get an overview and be able to drill down to the detail as required. I have tried to optimise the page setup and printing. But it may not work for all printers

CHALLENGES

As reported at the workshop we have some interesting challenges to deal with:

  1. The qualification is at Level 4 and assumes that learners com from other trades or have some working experience with the process, ie jointer's mate
  2. The registered unit standards included in the qualification do not reflect the range of joints, cable types, voltages etc that the jointer has to deal with - we therefore developed one unit standard with high credits to reflect this additional experience. It proved impossible to develop unit standards for all the variations of cable type, joint type etc So this unit standard requires the presentation of a portfolio of evidence which will reflect the diversity of work undertaken as part of the final summative assessment.
  3. The registered welding standards have very high credits and the level and range of performance is more appropriate to a specialised welder that a cable jointer. Hence we also included welding within the large credit unit standard.
  4. Since the workshop I have split the unit standard for site and resources management in two on focusing on site management and one on resources management.
  5. The qualification still has high credit values but it really covers approximately 2 years of learning

Please note: these standards do not reflect what the training course must look like - they reflect what a cable jointer must demonstrate in terms of occupational competence. The development of training courses that lead to this level of competence lies with the companies and education and training providers

 NEXT STEPS

These drafts will be converted to a document format. Any comments received will be incorporated into the documents. The documents will be submitted to the Manufacturing and Assembly Processes Standards Generating Body at the meeting in May 2006. If approved they will then be submitted to SAQA for the registration process.

Between now and SAQA's public comment phase you have the opportunity to comment or request changes.
 
2006-03-10

The next workshop will take place on 16 March 2005, at 9:00. We will discussing the drafts that have been prepared.
 
2005-09-30

The work outcomes have been published. The outcomes include:

  1. Brief workshop report

  2. Contact list

  3. Cable jointing activities and knowledge

  4. Site preparation activities and knowledge

File now removed

 

2005-09-20

Inception workshop:

Programme and PowerPoint presentation in Zip archive.

File now removed

 

 

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