Western TVET College Registration
Western TVET College Registration
REGISTRATION AND ACCREDITATION STATUS
The Further Education and Training (FET) Act, 98 of 1998 constituted all FET institutions in South Africa and includes public as well as private Colleges that offers programs on the FET and the Higher Education and Training (HET) bands of the National Qualification Framework (NQF). The FET Act was amended by Act 16 of 2006 and is now called the Continuous Education and Training (CET) Act, 16 of 2006(as amended).
Western College (Westcol) is one of 50 public TVET Colleges that forms part of the Department of Higher Education and Training in terms of this act. CET Act.
Western College are listed in the CET Act and is included as a TVET College on the list of Public Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Colleges. Public TVET Colleges are not required or issued with registration number – only private FET colleges are expected to register with the Department of Higher Education.
Technical Colleges changed its names from a Technical Colleges in the 1980’s to FET Colleges and again to TVET Colleges. These changes correlated with the changes in legislation.
Westcol TVET College offers various National Certificates in the Business, Engineering and General fields of study and have registered Examination Centers at Campuses.
Westcol enjoys various other accreditations as well.
Eligible and interested prospective students are invited to apply for admission for the following programmes:
Submit documentation – you will receive a reference number.
Please read the minimum requirements before you apply.
Please see attached dates for the next window of applications
This is an APPLICATION PROCESS
Meeting the minimum admission requirement does not guarantee admission
Westcol reserves the right to discontinue a programme based on insufficient student numbers or to move it to another campus
Please carefully read the following before proceeding to apply:
STEP 1:
STEP 2:
STEP 3:
STEP 4:
- Grade 12 certificate/Statement of results/Latest school report/DHET certificate
- ID document
- Proof of residence
STEP 5:
Business Studies
General Studies
Engineering Studies
NCV Studies
STEP 6:
STEP 7:
STEP 8:
Step 1: Complete the online PLACEMENT ASSESSMENT.
Step 2: Complete the APPLICATION SCORING POINTS (APS) SYSTEM
You will then be directed to the APPLICATION PORTAL.