– Article updated 28 August 2021 –
Friday 30 July 2021: A career-enhancing academic opportunity for boys entering Grade 10 in 2022: Wynberg Boys’ High School invites applications from enthusiastic, qualifying candidates to enter our Engineering Stream in the new academic year.
Wynberg Boys’ High offers Civil Technology (Construction) and Electrical Technology (Electronics) subjects as part of the CAPS curriculum for Grade 10 through to National Senior Certificate – all within a purpose-built, state-of-the-art new Engineering and Design Faculty headed by specialist educators and mentors.
Applicants must have a minimum average of 65% for Mathematics and English home language in their Grade 9 year, and be prepared to take compulsory subjects of Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering Graphics & Design until the end of their Grade 12 year as part of their subject choice.
Enquiries, with a copy of the applicant’s latest report and a letter of motivation, should be emailed to Mr Stefan Potgieter spotgieter@wbhs.org.za by 27 August 2021.
Explore the Technology Curriculum and future career potential using the tabs below:
What is Engineering Graphics & Design?
Engineering Graphics and Design (EGD) teaches internationally acknowledged principles that have both academic and technical applications. The emphasis in EGD is on teaching specific basic knowledge and various drawing techniques and skills so that the EGD learners will be able to interpret and produce drawings within the contexts of Mechanical Technology, Civil Technology, and Electrical Technology.
EGD course overview:
- General drawing principles for all technological drawings
- Free-hand drawing
- Instrument drawing
- First- and third-angle orthographic projections
- Descriptive and solid geometry
- Mechanical working drawing
- Civil working drawing
- Isometric drawing
- Perspective drawing
- Electrical diagrams
- Interpenetrations and developments
- Loci of helixes, cams, and mechanisms
- The Design Process
- CAD (Computer-Aided Drawing/Design)
What is Civil Technology?
Civil Technology focuses on concepts and principles in the built environment and on the technological process. It embraces practical skills and the application of scientific principles. This subject aims to create and improve the built environment to enhance the quality of life of the individual and society alike and to ensure the sustainable use of the natural environment. The subject focuses on three main areas, namely:
- Civil services
- Construction
- Woodworking
Construction:
Construction focuses on the development of concrete and brick structures in the built environment. It focuses on materials and the way they are used to provide infrastructures in the development of sites, considering environmentally friendly technology (green energy).
Civil Technology; Construction course overview:
- Occupational Health & Safety
- Materials
- Equipment & Tools
- Graphics as means of communication
- Quantities
- Joining
- Excavations
- Foundations
- Brickwork
- Concrete
- Formwork
- Steel
- Cavity walls
- Arches
- Staircase
- Roof covering
- Rib & Block floor
- Reinforcement
- Scaffolding
- Plaster & Screed
Tertiary studies and careers.
Civil Technology Construction opportunities:
- Students taking Civil Technology will opt for one of the following career opportunities:
- Higher education at a university (to study engineering)
- Higher education at a university of technology
- Working as an entrepreneur or working with an entrepreneur
- Continued studies at a college in the NC(V) in a vocational career pathway.
- Higher education to study technical education to become a teacher of technology.
- Apprenticeship to become an artisan.
- Career and occupational opportunities for students with a foundation in Civil Technology include but are not limited to:
- Civil technology educator
- Building inspector
- Quantity surveyor
- Architect
- Draughtsperson
- Building surveyor
- Engineering technician (Civil)
- Engineering technologist (Civil)
- Civil engineer
- Roof specialist
What is Electrical Technology?
Electrical Technology focuses on the understanding and application of electrical and electronic principles. The subject focuses on three main areas of specialisation, namely:
- Electrical (Power Systems)
- Electronics
- Digital Electronics
Electronics:
Electronics as a specialisation in Electrical Technology introduces the student to analogue electronics utilising mainly light current applications. In Grade 10 the student will be introduced to the principles of electricity and current flow. In Grade 11 the student further explores discrete electronics through the examination of semiconductor devices and their various applications. The student is introduced to instrumentation and how to use it to make measurements and subsequent conclusions based on observation. Towards Grade 12 the student is introduced to integrated circuits and how simple circuits are combined to form more complex circuitry for the purpose of establishing communication and control. A student with Electrical Technology specialising in Electronics will be able to source solutions to problems using electronic applications and innovations made to existing circuits. The student will be able to construct, test, and commission electronic circuits.
Electrical Technology-Electronics course overview:
- Occupational Health & Safety
- Tools & Measuring Instruments
- Principles of Electricity, Waveforms & Semiconductor devices
- Power Sources
- RLC
- Switching Circuits
- Electronic Components
- Amplifiers
- Logics
- Power Supplies
- Principles of magnetism
- Sensors and Transducers
- Communication Systems
