Workshop Practice NQF Level 5 Credits: 30

Course Description:
This course will enable students to have hands on practice using engineering tools and
equipment, build electronics and projects and apply proper handling, safety precautions and
correct workshop attitude in simulated real-world environment

Outcomes of Learning
1. Identify and describe the basic engineering tools and equipment
2. Build electronic circuits and projects
3. Apply proper handling, safety precautions and correct workshop attitude in circuit
building and projects
4. Checking and Testing of different type of electronic Components used in electronic
circuit (Passive Components)
5. Checking and Testing of different type of electronic Components used in electronic
circuit (Active Components).
6. To Check and verify the operation of different types of measuring equipment used for
Electronic Lab.
7. To Check and identify the operation of different types of measuring equipment used
for Electronic L
8. Checking/Verifying and Understanding the need and process of Earthing and
Grounding used for Electronic Circuits

Course Outline

1. Safety and regulations

• Safety practices
• Workplace safety
• Housekeeping
• Hazards
• Personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Working in elevated positions
• Dangers of electricity
• Health and safety regulations, policies and procedures
• The Occupational Health and Safety
• Safety, health and the environment (SHE)
2. Engineering hand tools
• Selecting, using and caring for basic hand tools
• Selecting engineering hand tools
• Using engineering hand tools
• Caring for and storing of engineering hand tools

3. Engineering power tools

• Selecting, using and caring for engineering power tools
• Selecting engineering power tools
• Using engineering power tools
• Maintaining and caring for engineering power tools
4. Engineering measuring equipment
 • Selecting, using and caring for engineering measuring equipment
• Selecting engineering measuring equipment
• Using engineering measuring equipment
• Caring for and maintaining engineering measuring equipment
5. Worksite procedures and lifting techniques
• Worksite procedures
• Worksite procedures
• Safety signs and colour coding
• Basic fire-fighting
• Planning and preparing an electrical job
6. Electronics
Soldering and desoldering, PCB design, Component Assembling
Theoretical instructions:
• Working principle of a Transformer, uses of a Transformer; type of Transformers.
• Measuring instruments like Ammeter, Voltmeter, Wattmeter, Watt hour meter, Megger,
their description and uses.
• Single phase A.C. Two wire and three wire, 3 phase four wire A.C. systems over-head
systems and under-ground systems.
• Service connection, domestic lighting, Heating, mixed loads, Industrial wiring, Insulation
and wiring of Industrial Motors.
• Estimating and costing of materials.
Practical Instructions: -
• Servicing of A.C. Machines and their repairs.
• Construction of simple transformer.
• Rewinding of Transformer.
• Circuits, domestic, heating, lighting and mixed loads.
• Testing wiring insulation fault; rectification.
• Insulation and wiring of D.C. and A.C. single and three phase machines, fault
rectification.
• Use of electrical equipment in automobiles.
7. Multisim Circuit Simulation using and NI ELVIS platforms
• Configure and build circuits and (Programmable Logic Devices) PLD designs in Multisim.
• Simulate simple digital, analog and power electronic circuits.
• Deploy PLD designs to the (Field-Programmable Gate Array FPGA).
• Develop and analyze a circuit simulation, build a circuit on a breadboard, and measure it
using common instrumentation
Reference Books
1. The Designer's Guide to SPICE and Spectre Ken Kundert.
2. SPICE: Practical Device Modeling Ron M. Kielkowski.
3. Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits Paul R. Gray and Robert G. Meyer.