About us

Ekurhuleni East TVET College is spread over six geographic areas in the Eastern Region of Gauteng, in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality. Six specialised Centers of Excellence have been established on the so-called Lakeside and Southside of the College. Campuses in Springs, Benoni and Brakpan offer programmes in Business Studies while our Springs Campus also offers courses in ICT as well as Hospitality and Tourism as part of the Creative and Social Services. Electrical and Mechanical Engineering are offered at Daveyton and Kwa-Thema while our Kwa-Thema Campus also offers Civil Engineering.

The focus of the sixth delivery site of the College, the Artisan & Skills Development Centre (ASDC) is purely on Artisan Training and Skills Programmes. Ekurhuleni East TVET College offers a mix of Artisan and Short Skills Programmes, Report 191, Pre-Vocational Learning Programmes (PLP) as well as NC (V) being the major offering. We boast:

  • 11 NC (V) (National Certificate Vocational) Programmes spread accord the Engineering, Business, ICT, Tourism, Process Plant Operations and Hospitality sectors.
  • 6 Report 191 Programmes spread across the Engineering, Business, Tourism and Hospitality sectors.

BRAKPAN CAMPUS: This is one of our sites that is situated in the Brakpan CBD; The Brakpan Campus specialises in Report 191 Business Studies Programmes i.e. Management Assistant, Marketing and Financial Management offered on both full-time and part-time basis.

DAVEYTON CAMPUS: With easy access to the surrounding township communities and its well-equipped engineering workshops, Daveyton Campus is ideally positioned to be the Centre of Excellence in Engineering with a boast of fabrication (Boilermaking). The Campus offers Pre-Vocational Learning (PLP), Electrical and Mechanical Engineering for both the Report 191 and NC (V) Programmes.

BENONI CAMPUS: This thriving and modern Campus situated in the heart of Benoni, with the emphasis on Business Studies Programmes it specialises in Programmes for both pre-and-post matric as well as Artisan Development Programmes (N1-3 Electrical and Mechanical Engineering). The Business Programmes offered are Human Resource Management, Financial Management, Marketing Management as well as Management Assistant in the Report 191 qualifications and Office Administration and Management (Wholesale & Retail) in the NC (V) qualification.

SPRINGS CAMPUS: This is the only Campus of Ekurhuleni East TVET College which offers a diverse variety of Programmes in Business Studies and the Creative and Social Services i.e.  Tourism and Hospitality as well as ICT. Financial Management, Marketing Management, Tourism and Hospitality are all offered in the Report 191 and NC (V) qualifications while ICT is offered only in the NC (V) qualification.

KWA-THEMA CAMPUS: The Campus has a strong focus on Pre-Vocational Learning Programme (PLP), Engineering Programmes and it boast itself with Process Plant Operations. The Campus offers Electrical, Mechanical and Civil Engineering in the Report 191 and NC (V) qualifications while Process Plant Operations is offered only in the NC (V) qualification.  The Head Office of the institution as well as the Placement Office which oversees student placements for Work-Based Experiential Learning are also both located on the same premises as Kwa-Thema Campus.

ARTISAN & SKILLS DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (ASDC): The Artisan & Skills Development Centre (ASDC) which boasts with the Centre of Specialization in Boilermaking (CoS). It is the sixth delivery site of Ekurhuleni East TVET College, it was established in 2016 as the product of Ekurhuleni East TVET College’s endeavours to support the achievement of the Department of Higher Education and Training’s strategic objectives as well as national targets informed by the National Development Plan (Vision 2030). The ASDC offers skills training in Plumbing, Electrical, General Construction, Carpentry, Tiling and Flooring.

Specific Training Courses are provided for each of these disciplines, ranging from short courses (six weeks to three months) to longer ones which takes students up to Trade Test level. The state-of-the-art Electrical Workshop for training is in the process of developing a similar facility for Plumbing. ASDC is a proud host of Dual System Pilot Project (DSPP) which offers a 3 year apprenticeship in Electrical and Plumbing. It also boasts with the Gauteng Foundry Training Centre (GFTC), Tool & Die Making, and SAMSUNG Refrigeration & Air-Conditioning Academy which are located at Kwa-Thema Campus premises.