CUT Annual Report 2011

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• Annual Career Guidance Workshop: Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologyh provided specific, programme related
information to Grade 10 to 12 learners over three days during the June recess period. High-school learners from the Free State,
Northern Cape and Eastern Cape attended the Winter School, which is aimed at making learners more informed about the admission
requirements and content of different Engineering programmes. Prospective students were taken through a variety of programmes
including Civil Engineering, Built Environment, Electrical Engineering, Computer Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and
Information Technology. A number of activities were arranged for the learners to have a first-hand glimpse into the real world of
science, engineering and technology through site visits to Bloemspruit Airbase, Centlec, Pacofs and South African Truck Bodies.
• Computer Building and Restoring: CUT students received training in the assembly and repair of computers, thereby enabling them
to earn a living. In this module, the emphasis is on the hardware aspect of a personal computer in view of enhancing curriculabased
learning and teaching skills for entrepreneurial development. With CUT as the partner and first-semester students as the
community, focus areas include: Developing skills and enhancing achievement; establishing entrepreneurial skills; serving as a
practical demonstration of the curriculum; and serving as a practical example of what is expected in a job environment. BTech
students supervised the students to build computers.
• Free State and Northern Cape Tourism Town of the Year Competition: The aim was to contribute to the general neatness and
readiness of towns in the provinces for the 2010 Soccer World Cup and beyond. CUT’s School of Tourism, Hospitality and Sport
took the initiative to develop criteria according to which towns would be adjudicated. The winning town received various prizes
from multiple partners in the project, namely the tourism associations in the various towns of the Free State and Northern Cape;
Volksblad; Capitec Bank; PricewaterhouseCoopers; and AHI. Through this competition, participating towns in the Free State and
Northern Cape became better geared towards tourism. Their infrastructure was upgraded in the process, the general level of
neatness increased and pollution decreased. Clarens was the winner of the competition in 2011.
• Training in Aspects of Human Resources to Officials of the Free State Department of Education (FSDE): CUT offered a short course
in Human Resources to officials of the FSDE. This course forms part of the syllabus of the National Diploma in Human Resources
Management, in partnership with the FSDE.CUT lecturers and five FSDE officials provided short-course training in Human Resources
to 60 officials of the FSDE on a block-release basis in Bloemfontein, Welkom, Sasolburg and Phuthaditjhaba. The aim is to improve
the formal training levels of government employees, eventually resulting in improved qualifications.
• Offering of Module in Restaurant Service at Selected Schools in Bloemfontein: Senior Hotel School students train learners from
selected schools in Bloemfontein in all aspects of restaurant service. The training equipped learners with the necessary skills to be
employed as waiters in restaurants and earn income. A total of 80 learners were trained in the module by 27 third-year students
in 2011. The programme has been running for about four years and an estimated 250 learners have already been trained. Protea
Hotels accepts learners who have completed the module into their in-house training programme.
• Training in Basic Financial Aspects for Municipal Employees in Mangaung Local Municipality: Training in Basic Financial Aspects
was offered to municipal employees according to the Local Government Accounting Certificate developed by the Association of
Accounting Technicians South Africa. CUT’s partners are the Mangaung Local Municipality (MLM) and the South African Institute of
Chartered Accountants (SAICA). The first successful candidates received their qualifications in 2011.
• Public Administration and Management Academy Executive Development Programme (EDP): The aim of this project was to provide
training to senior managers in the national public service as part of a consortium of training providers. Training was offered at all
three levels of government in South Africa. The partners are PALAMA, NWU and Vaal University of Technology (VUT). On successful
completion, candidates could be admitted to the MTech: Public Administration. The project has proven successful in capacitybuilding
amongst senior managers in the public service and will continue in 2012.
• CENTLEC Project Management Programme: Supervisory personnel of CENTLEC are offered training in Project Management at CUT.
Training is provided in the following modules on BTech level: Project Management Process; MS Project 2007 Software; Strategic
Management; Entrepreneurship; Project Quality; Project Resources; Project Research; Project Accounting; Operational Research;
Excel QM; and QM for Windows. Twenty attendees attended lectures at CUT and the course concluded in 2011.