Certificate III in Engineering - Mechanical Trade

The Certificate III in Engineering - Mechanical Trade must be completed as part of an apprenticeship, and upon successful completion, allows participants to work as a qualified plant mechanic. Apprentices will learn through a combination of on-the-job employment and block training at North Regional TAFE.

Throughout this course, participants will be guided through the design, assembly, manufacture, installation, modification, testing, fault finding, commissioning, maintenance and service of all mechanical equipment, machinery, fluid power systems, stationary and mobile equipment, instruments, refrigeration, and the use of computer controlled machine tools.

• Engineering measurements and computations
• Manual heating and thermal cutting
• Routine manual metal arc welding
• Routine gas metal arc welding
• Maintenance of machines and equipment
• Fault diagnosis
• Manual handling
• Handle a range of tools
• Dismantle, replace and assembly of engineering components

• Plant mechanic