Workshops & facilities
Engineering benches, welding bays, plumbing rigs, a catering kitchen and a cyber centre with over 600 e-library resources.
Braamfontein · Pretoria CBD · Polokwane CBD — since 2002
Learn a trade. Build a country
JTVC delivers QCTO occupational certificates, Report 191 engineering and business studies, NC(V) programmes and short skills courses. Face-to-face tuition, real workshops, and a career path that matches what the job market is asking for right now.
Education is the pillar that moves a country forward. We train people to make things, fix things and run things — and we place them where that work is needed.
What to study
Pick the field. We will handle the path
Seven fields of study, from a one-week skills programme to a three-year trade qualification. If you are still deciding, start with the routes.
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Engineering Studies
Report 191 (Nated) engineering from N1 through N6 — the theory route into artisan trades, technician posts and the National N Diploma.
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Business Studies
N4 – N6 Nated business qualifications covering management, marketing, finance, human resources and public administration.
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Occupational Certificates
QCTO occupational qualifications built from knowledge, practical and workplace modules, ending in an external assessment and a trade test.
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Skills Programmes
Short, credit-bearing programmes accredited through QCTO, merSETA and CETA — from one week to six months.
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National Certificate (Vocational)
NQF Levels 2 – 4 for learners entering after Grade 9, combining fundamental subjects with a vocational specialisation.
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Leisure & Hospitality
Nated hospitality and catering studies for kitchens, front-of-house, events and the wider tourism economy.
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Artisan Trades
The artisan route: institutional training paired with supervised plant training, ending at a trade test.
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See it for yourself
You belong at JTVC
Whether you are fresh out of school, changing trade, or returning to study after years on the tools — there is a place for you here. Watch what a week on campus actually looks like.
Beyond the classroom
Learning that happens on site
Practical placements put our learners next to experienced professionals, on real projects, in real conditions.
Learners at workplace
At JTVC learning goes beyond the classroom. Learners gain hands-on experience at partner companies, applying technical knowledge to real projects, building confidence and meeting the professional standards employers expect.
The college in numbers
2002
Training since
Two decades of building quality teaching and curriculum.
250
Bursaries awarded
To achievers from disadvantaged communities nationwide.
95%
Enter work readiness
Of our students are placed into Work Readiness Programmes with partner organisations. It is an enrolment figure, not an employment rate.
600+
E-library resources
Journals, informative sites and literature in the cyber centre.
Popular right now
Programmes learners are choosing
Engineering Studies
Electrical Engineering N1 – N6
Design, build and maintain electrical control systems, machinery and equipment — the Report 191 route from N1 to N6.
N1 – N6 National N Certificate One trimester or semester per level View programme
Engineering Studies
Civil Engineering N1 – N6
Plan, construct and maintain the physical infrastructure a city depends on: water, roads, drainage and public buildings.
N1 – N6 National N Certificate One trimester or semester per level View programme-
Engineering Studies
Mechanical Engineering N4 – N6
One of the broadest engineering disciplines — designing, developing and building the machines that move everything else.
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Business Studies
Business Management N4 – N6
Insight into how a business actually runs — strategy, operations, people and the numbers underneath all three.
N4 – N6 National N Diploma 18 months theory + 18 months workplace View programme 
Occupational Certificates
Occupational Certificate: Plumber
Install and repair the pipework that supplies water and gas to homes, businesses and industrial sites, and carries waste away.
NQF 5 Occupational Certificate 3 years View programme
Occupational Certificates
Occupational Certificate: Electrician
Install, operate, repair, upgrade and service electrical systems across residential, commercial and industrial sites.
NQF 5 Occupational Certificate 3 years View programme
Recognised
Our accreditations
Where our learners work
Workplace partners
Admissions
Applications & admission requirements
Early application is advised for every programme. Here is what you need before you start.
For post-matric programmes you must have passed Grade 9/12, N3 or Level 4, or an equivalent qualification. Use your November Grade 11 or September Grade 12 results to apply.
For the National Certificate (Vocational), Levels 2 – 4, a Grade 9 certificate applies. Students write an entrance test.
Full-time lectures run from approximately 08:00 to 16:00, Monday to Friday. Part-time classes are offered on Saturdays between 08:30 and 13:00.
Student centres, restaurants, internet facilities, social activities, student councils and sport facilities are available to full-time and part-time students. Career guidance and aptitude tests are available on request. Accommodation is arranged on request.
Classes are offered in English.
Yes. The institute has offered up to 250 achievers bursaries to learners from disadvantaged communities and to those who have excelled in academics, cultural and sports events, through our nationwide campaign “Giving back to our deserved communities”. Contact us to find out more about the bursary programme.
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Applications are open.
Early application is advised for every programme. Use your November Grade 11 or September Grade 12 results to apply now.