24-02-2012, 04:07 PM
Electrical Engineering Technology National Diploma
[attachment=17695]
GENERAL INFORMATION
GOAL AND OBJECTIVES
The programme is designed to produce electrical engineering technicians for the following industries;
manufacturing, assembling, servicing, power generation, transmission distribution and utilisation,
telecommunications and other related industries. More specifically, diplomates of the programme should be
able to:
1) Construct simple electrical and electronic circuits when necessary for use in modification
or as a part of a system;
2) Assemble, install and test-run simple electrical and electronic equipment;
3) Carry out both preventive and corrective maintenance on simple electronic/electrical
installation, equipment and appliances;
4) Select and use appropriate instruments to carry out simple tests and measurement on all
types of electrical and electronic installation and equipment under various operating
conditions.
5) Operate relevant equipment and installations whenever required;
6) Prepare simple bills of quantities and specifications related to electrical/electronic
engineering works;
7) Coordinate and supervise craftsmen in activities related to electrical/electronic
engineering services
8) Maintain a personal logbook to record his daily and weekly activities for each semester.
CURRICULUM
1. The curriculum of all ND programme consists of four main components. These are:
1. General studies/Education
2. Foundation courses
3. Professional courses
4. Supervised Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES)
2. The General studies/education component shall include course in:
i. Art and Humanities - English language, communication. These are compulsory
ii. Mathematics and Science
iii. Social Studies - Citizenship, political science, sociology, philosophy, geography,
entrepreneurship studies. The courses in citizen, entrepreneurship are compulsory.
3. The General Education/studies components shall account for not more than 15% of the total contact hours
for the programmes
4. Foundation courses include courses in Mathematics, Pure Science., Computer Science, Technical
Drawing, Descriptive Geometry and Statistics, etc. The number of hour will vary with the programme and
many account of hours will vary with the programme and many account for about 10-15% of the total contact
hour depending on the programmes.
5. Professional courses are course which give the student the theory and practical skills he needs to practice
his field of specialisation at the technician/technologist level. These may account for between 60-70% of the
contact hours depending on the programme.
6. Supervised industrial work experience (SIWES) shall be taken during the long vacation following the end
of the second semester of the first year. See detail of SIWES at Paragraph 7.0.