Fitting and Turning Short Courses
Fitting and Turning Short Courses
A range of courses covering hydraulics, pneumatics, pumps, and alignment for fitters and turners.
Roller Bearings
Training Programme
Roller bearings
Contact: Kgabo Makhabane 066 361 6585
Minimum Entry Requirement
Trade Certificate
Target Population
Artisans, Foremen, Engineers
Duration
3 days
Number of Candidates
15
Objectives
To equip artisans with roller bearing knowledge and skills.
Learning Outcomes
- Identify all roller bearings
- Understand the reason for selection of roller bearings vs other bearings
- Understand the care, storage and correct installation procedures of roller bearings
- Understand maintenance requirements
- Identify examples and reasons for bearing failures
Dates
- 04-06/02/2026
- 21-23/10/2026
Alignment Refresher
Training Programme
Alignment refresher
Contact: Kgabo Makhabane-066 361 6585
Minimum Entry Requirement
Trade Certificate
Target Population
Artisans, Foremen
Duration
4 days
Number of Candidates
15
Objectives
Artisans will be equipped with alignment knowledge and skills
Learning Outcomes
- Align V-belt drives
- Align chain drives
- Align fluid drive couplings
- Align tyre couplings
- Align pin and bush couplings
Dates
- 17-20/03/2026
- 14-17/07/2026
Basic Hydraulics
Training Programme
Basic hydraulics
Contact: Kgabo Makhabane-066 361 6585
Minimum Entry Requirement
Trade Certificate
Target Population
Artisans, Foremen, Engineers
Duration
5 days
Number of Candidates
15
Objectives
Artisans will be equipped with basic hydraulic knowledge and skills
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the basic principles and theory of hydraulics including hydraulic safety
- Identify hydraulic schematic symbols and understand their application
- Understand hydraulic circuit operation
- Understand planned maintenance associated with hydraulic components
- Understand construction of industrial circuits
- Practise circuit construction on training panels
Dates
- 26-30/01/2026
- 27-31/07/2026
Basic Pneumatics
Training Programme
Basic pneumatics
Contact: Kgabo Makhabane 066 361 6585
Minimum Entry Requirement
Trade Certificate
Target Population
Artisans, Foremen, Engineers
Duration
5 days
Number of Candidates
15
Objectives
Artisans will be equipped with basic pneumatic knowledge and skills
Learning Outcomes
- Understand basic principles and theory of pneumatics
- Overview and safety
- Air treatment devices
- Cylinder and valve operations
- "Wet-screw" rotary-type compressors
- Reciprocating compressors
- Identify pneumatic symbols and understand their application
- Understand pneumatic circuit operation
- Understand construction of industrial circuits
- Understand planned maintenance
- Identify motion diagrams and design of a cascade circuit diagram
- Fault finding different circuits
- Practise advanced circuit construction on training panels
Dates
- 09-13/03/2026
- 28/09-02/10/2026
Electro-pneumatics
Training Programme
Electro-pneumatics
Contact: Kgabo Makhabane-066 361 6585
Minimum Entry Requirement
Basic pneumatic course, Basic electrical course, Trade Certificate
Target Population
Artisans, Foremen, Engineers, Instrument Mechanician, Technicians
Duration
5 days
Number of Candidates
10
Objectives
Artisans, foremen, trainee engineers, engineers and Instrument Mechanician, and Technicians will be equipped with electro-pneumatic knowledge and skills
Learning Outcomes
- Understand electrical principles
- Identify and understand electro-pneumatic symbols
- Understand control methods (electro-pneumatics)
- Understand fault finding procedures
- Practice electrical and pneumatic elements (relays, valves) hands on
- Understand electronic sensors and typical industrial circuits (hands on)
- Coordinate sequence controls
- Practical advanced circuit construction on training panels
Dates
- 06-10/04/2026
- 26-30/10/2026
Fluid and Centrifugal Pumps
Training Programme
Fluid and Centrifugal Pumps
Contact: Kgabo Makhabane-066 361 6585
Minimum Entry Requirement
Trade Certificate
Target Population
Artisans, Foremen
Duration
3 days
Number of Candidates
15
Objectives
Artisans will be equipped with fluid pump knowledge and skills.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand construction of slurry pumps
- Maintain and install slurry pumps
- Understand pump efficiency, monitoring and troubleshooting
- Identify pump capacities
- Differentiate between Hydroseal versus Centriseal
- Understand adjustments on Centrifugal pumps.
- Stripping and assembling of centrifugal pumps.
- Fault finding on Centrifugal pumps.
Dates
- 30/03-01/04/2026
- 12-14/08/2026
Hydraulics Systems Trouble Shooting
Training Programme
Hydraulics systems trouble shooting
Contact: Kgabo Makhabane 066 361 6585
Minimum Entry Requirement
Trade Certificate, Basic hydraulics course
Target Population
Artisans, Foremen, Engineers
Duration
5 days
Number of Candidates
15
Objectives
Artisans will be equipped with hydraulics systems troubleshooting knowledge and techniques
Learning Outcomes
- Isolate a hydraulic system
- Maintain a hydraulic system safely and correctly
- Understand basic principles of cartridge valves
- Understand cartridge valve functions and operation
- Identify troubleshooting techniques
- Isolate faults by systematically eliminating possibilities.
- Maintain control through good maintenance
- Understand preventative maintenance routines
- Practical fault finding on training panels
Dates
- 23-27/02/2026
- 24-28/08/2026
Electro-hydraulics
Training Programme
Electro-hydraulics
Contact: Kgabo Makhabane-066 361 6585
Minimum Entry Requirement
Basic hydraulic course, Basic electrical course, Trade Certificate
Target Population
Artisans, Foremen, Engineers
Duration
5 days
Number of Candidates
10
Objectives
Artisans, foremen, trainee engineers and engineers will be equipped with electro-hydraulic knowledge and skills
Learning Outcomes
- Understand electrical principles
- Identify and understand electro-hydraulic symbols
- Identify and understand electrical symbols
- Understand control methods (electro-hydraulics)
- Understand fault finding procedures
- Practice electrical and hydraulic elements (relays, valves) hands on
- Understand electronic sensors and typical industrial circuits (hands on)
- Coordinate sequence controls
- Practical advanced circuit construction on training panels
Dates
- 25-29/05/2026
- 09-13/11/2026
Electro-proportional Hydraulics
Training Programme
Electro-proportional hydraulics
Contact: Kgabo Makhabane 066 361 6585
Minimum Entry Requirement
Basic hydraulic course, Basic electrical course, Electro-hydraulic course, Trade Certificate
Target Population
Artisans, Foremen, Engineers
Duration
5 days
Number of Candidates
8
Objectives
To equip artisans, foremen, trainee engineers and engineers with electro-proportional hydraulic knowledge and skills
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the principles of proportional hydraulics
- Understand proportional valves, design and mode of operation
- Understand characteristic curves and parameters
- Understand the setting of amplifier and set point value specification
- Understand switching examples using proportional valves: Speed control, Leakage prevention, Positioning, Energy saving
- Understand electronic sensors and electro-hydraulic symbols
- Calculate motion sequence for a hydraulic cylinder drive
- Practical advanced circuit construction on training panels, using electrical and proportional elements (relays, sensors, valves) hands on
Dates
- 22-26/06/2026
- 16-20/11/2026
A range of courses covering hydraulics, pneumatics, pumps, and alignment for fitters and turners.
All Course Details
Roller Bearings
Programme: Roller bearings
Entry Requirement: Trade Certificate
Target Population: Artisans, Foremen, Engineers
Duration: 3 days
Candidates: 15
Objectives: To equip artisans with roller bearing knowledge and skills.
- Identify all roller bearings
- Understand the reason for selection of roller bearings vs other bearings
- Understand the care, storage and correct installation procedures of roller bearings
- Understand maintenance requirements
- Identify examples and reasons for bearing failures
- 04-06/02/2026
- 21-23/10/2026
Alignment Refresher
Programme: Alignment refresher
Entry Requirement: Trade Certificate
Target Population: Artisans, Foremen
Duration: 4 days
Candidates: 15
Objectives: Artisans will be equipped with alignment knowledge and skills
- Align V-belt drives
- Align chain drives
- Align fluid drive couplings
- Align tyre couplings
- Align pin and bush couplings
- 17-20/03/2026
- 14-17/07/2026
Basic Hydraulics
Programme: Basic hydraulics
Entry Requirement: Trade Certificate
Target Population: Artisans, Foremen, Engineers
Duration: 5 days
Candidates: 15
Objectives: Artisans will be equipped with basic hydraulic knowledge and skills
- Understand the basic principles and theory of hydraulics including hydraulic safety
- Identify hydraulic schematic symbols and understand their application
- Understand hydraulic circuit operation
- Understand planned maintenance associated with hydraulic components
- Understand construction of industrial circuits
- Practise circuit construction on training panels
- 26-30/01/2026
- 27-31/07/2026
Basic Pneumatics
Programme: Basic pneumatics
Entry Requirement: Trade Certificate
Target Population: Artisans, Foremen, Engineers
Duration: 5 days
Candidates: 15
Objectives: Artisans will be equipped with basic pneumatic knowledge and skills
- Understand basic principles and theory of pneumatics
- Overview and safety
- Air treatment devices
- Cylinder and valve operations
- "Wet-screw" rotary-type compressors
- Reciprocating compressors
- Identify pneumatic symbols and understand their application
- Understand pneumatic circuit operation
- Understand construction of industrial circuits
- Understand planned maintenance
- Identify motion diagrams and design of a cascade circuit diagram
- Fault finding different circuits
- Practise advanced circuit construction on training panels
- 09-13/03/2026
- 28/09-02/10/2026
Electro-pneumatics
Programme: Electro-pneumatics
Entry Requirement: Basic pneumatic course, Basic electrical course, Trade Certificate
Target Population: Artisans, Foremen, Engineers, Instrument Mechanician, Technicians
Duration: 5 days
Candidates: 10
Objectives: Artisans, foremen, trainee engineers, engineers and Instrument Mechanician, and Technicians will be equipped with electro-pneumatic knowledge and skills
- Understand electrical principles
- Identify and understand electro-pneumatic symbols
- Understand control methods (electro-pneumatics)
- Understand fault finding procedures
- Practice electrical and pneumatic elements (relays, valves) hands on
- Understand electronic sensors and typical industrial circuits (hands on)
- Coordinate sequence controls
- Practical advanced circuit construction on training panels
- 06-10/04/2026
- 26-30/10/2026
Fluid and Centrifugal Pumps
Programme: Fluid and Centrifugal Pumps
Entry Requirement: Trade Certificate
Target Population: Artisans, Foremen
Duration: 3 days
Candidates: 15
Objectives: Artisans will be equipped with fluid pump knowledge and skills.
- Understand construction of slurry pumps
- Maintain and install slurry pumps
- Understand pump efficiency, monitoring and troubleshooting
- Identify pump capacities
- Differentiate between Hydroseal versus Centriseal
- Understand adjustments on Centrifugal pumps.
- Stripping and assembling of centrifugal pumps.
- Fault finding on Centrifugal pumps.
- 30/03-01/04/2026
- 12-14/08/2026
Hydraulics Systems Trouble Shooting
Programme: Hydraulics systems trouble shooting
Entry Requirement: Trade Certificate, Basic hydraulics course
Target Population: Artisans, Foremen, Engineers
Duration: 5 days
Candidates: 15
Objectives: Artisans will be equipped with hydraulics systems troubleshooting knowledge and techniques
- Isolate a hydraulic system
- Maintain a hydraulic system safely and correctly
- Understand basic principles of cartridge valves
- Understand cartridge valve functions and operation
- Identify troubleshooting techniques
- Isolate faults by systematically eliminating possibilities.
- Maintain control through good maintenance
- Understand preventative maintenance routines
- Practical fault finding on training panels
- 23-27/02/2026
- 24-28/08/2026
Electro-hydraulics
Programme: Electro-hydraulics
Entry Requirement: Basic hydraulic course, Basic electrical course, Trade Certificate
Target Population: Artisans, Foremen, Engineers
Duration: 5 days
Candidates: 10
Objectives: Artisans, foremen, trainee engineers and engineers will be equipped with electro-hydraulic knowledge and skills
- Understand electrical principles
- Identify and understand electro-hydraulic symbols
- Identify and understand electrical symbols
- Understand control methods (electro-hydraulics)
- Understand fault finding procedures
- Practice electrical and hydraulic elements (relays, valves) hands on
- Understand electronic sensors and typical industrial circuits (hands on)
- Coordinate sequence controls
- Practical advanced circuit construction on training panels
- 25-29/05/2026
- 09-13/11/2026
Electro-proportional Hydraulics
Programme: Electro-proportional hydraulics
Entry Requirement: Basic hydraulic course, Basic electrical course, Electro-hydraulic course, Trade Certificate
Target Population: Artisans, Foremen, Engineers
Duration: 5 days
Candidates: 8
Objectives: To equip artisans, foremen, trainee engineers and engineers with electro-proportional hydraulic knowledge and skills
- Understand the principles of proportional hydraulics
- Understand proportional valves, design and mode of operation
- Understand characteristic curves and parameters
- Understand the setting of amplifier and set point value specification
- Understand switching examples using proportional valves: Speed control, Leakage prevention, Positioning, Energy saving
- Understand electronic sensors and electro-hydraulic symbols
- Calculate motion sequence for a hydraulic cylinder drive
- Practical advanced circuit construction on training panels, using electrical and proportional elements (relays, sensors, valves) hands on
- 22-26/06/2026
- 16-20/11/2026