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Government Certificate of competency

About GCC

The Department of Higher Education and Training is responsible for the Management Plan for the administration and management of The Certificate Of Competency (Mines And Factories) Examinations.  

The Government Certificate of Competency (GCC) is a certificate issued by the Chief Inspector from The Department of Employment and Labour (Factories Engineer) or The Department of Mineral Resources (Mines Engineer) or South African Maritime Safety Authority (Marine Engineer) certification for mechanical or electrical engineers who are working in the factories or mining or marine industry in South Africa.

 

The Candidate would need to register by completing the application form and submit this with the relevant supporting documents to either the DoL (Factories) or DMR (Mines) to write their GCC exams.  The Department will issue the Candidate with a letter of acceptance to write the GCC exams.  Take note that this letter has an expiry term of 3 years. The Candidate must present this letter when registering at the relevant Examination Centres.

GCC in Electrotechnical Engineering

  • Engineering Drawing N3

  • Electrotechnics N4, N5, N6

  • Mathematics N4

  • Industrial Electronics N4,N5,N6

  • Engineering Science N4

  • Mechanotechnics N4, N5, N6

  • Supervisory Management N4, N5, N6

  • Power Machines N5, N6

  • Strength of Materials & Structures N5

  • Control System N6

GCC in Mechanical Engineering

  • Engineering Drawing N3

  • Electrotechnics N4, N5, N6

  • Mathematics N4

  • Industrial Electronics N4,N5,N6

  • Engineering Science N4

  • Mechanotechnics N4, N5, N6

  • Supervisory Management N4, N5, N6

  • Power Machines N5, N6

  • Strength of Materials & Structures N5

  • Control System N6

Tshwane Technical Institution is one of a few tertiary institutions accredited to offer National N Diplomas complying with the requirements for admission to the GCC examination. This is not a GCC qualification, only a subject package complying with the entry requirements to the GCC examination

 

Learners may enroll for the examinations for the Government Certificate of Competency once they have completed their prescribed number of subjects from N3 level up to N6 level. Admittance to such examination will only be permitted if learners had passed all the prescribed subjects with a minimum of 50% per instructional offering. The Department of Labour must be contacted for further information regarding the examinations.

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