Fitters (including machining) are responsible for the mechanical maintenance of machinery, including the assembling and fitting of new components.
They also manufacture and construct components for machinery, using power-operated tools to a small extend, excluding the lathe.
The following modules/unit standards are done during training:
Basic Training
Hand Tools: Reading of engineering drawings Use of measuring instruments and marking off of materials Using a drilling machine, grinder, welding machine and oxy-acetylene equipment
Make and fit a key
File and saw a workpiece
Drill and tap holes
Overhaul valves
Maintain and align couplings
Tension and align V-belts
Lift and move equipment
Advanced Training
Principles of pneumatics
Principles of hydraulics
Line up a fluid drive coupling
Overhaul hydraulic brakes
Overhaul an electromagnetic brake
Maintain clutches
Maintain gearboxes
Overhaul a multi-stage centrifugal pump
Final Training
During Final Training, learners receive intensive training to prepare them for the Trade Test. Training during this period includes all modules/unit standards trained in during the Basic, Advanced training phases.
For more information and specific modules/unit standards, please feel free to contact UMF-TC’s engineering (administration) Department.
Any part of the course can also be done as per client specification.