Ekurhuleni East College hosts WorldSkills competition

Kwa-Thema – Ten electrical students from TVET colleges in nine provinces are competing in the WorldSkills South Africa National Competition, hosted by the Ekurhuleni East College.

Students at TVET colleges are given an opportunity to wrestle it out in different skills categories for the number one spot that would secure them an opportunity to participate in the international competition.
The competition offers the students to showcase their skills and talent as young artisans.
Fifty colleges nationwide participated at the regional and provincial levels until one provincial winner was selected and sent to compete in the national leg of the competition.
The competition is divided into two modules which include the electrical installation and fault-finding where they are given pre-build panels where they have to find the faulty aspects.

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Nation expert in WorldSkills in electrical installation, Joseph Timba said the competition started on August 16 and is to be completed on August 19.
“We are hosting an electrical installation skill which is one of the five remaining skills which did not make part of the national competition that was hosted in KwaZulu-Natal.
“The winner will be competing in the international leg of the competition to be hosted in Austria on November 17-19,” he explained.
Centre manager, Gugu Mathews said she is proud of the participants who are bringing their A-game to the competition.
“On Friday we will have the closing ceremony where the winner will be announced,” she added.

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