Fitters and turners manufacture and construct components for machinery and use power operated tools such as lathes, milling- and drilling machines.
They are also responsible for the mechanical maintenance of all machinery and the assembling and fitting of new components and equipment.
The fitting and turning trade is a dual trade. They do exactly the same training as a fitter. They are then required to do an extra six weeks turning.
It comprises the following:
Maintain a lathe
Operate a lathe
Plan a turning work-piece
Turn a coupling pin and bush
Maintain a milling machine
Plan a milling work-piece
Mill a keyway and hexagon
The six weeks training is scheduled either after basics or advanced as arranged by the company. It could also be done just before final training.
The final training is sixteen weeks.
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
Make up a pipe system
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.