MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Qualification:
- Relevant National 3 year Diploma
OR
- Grade 12 with mathematics, science and technical drawings (latter optional)
- Drivers licence – EB or B
Experience:
- A total of 2 years with a relevant National 3 year Diploma
- A total of 4 years with Grade 12
- Artisan or equivalent training and experience
- Work as test or instrumentation technician with experience in:
- Troubleshooting of electronic measurement systems and manufacturing and maintenance of mechanical and electrical test equipment
- Servo-hydraulic & Pneumatic control systems
- Fixing instrumentation and control systems
- Execution of experiments
- Acquiring measured data
ADDED ADVANTAGES AND PREFERENCES:
- Execution of structural testing programs
- Exposure to servo-hydraulic structural testing machines and controllers
- Data acquisitioning hardware and software
- Set-up of measurement instrumentation
REQUIRED COMPETENCIES (SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND BEHAVIOURAL ATTRIBUTES):
Knowledge
- Computer networks
- Basic electricity and electronics
- Measurement instrumentation
Technical Competencies
- Ability to source new and upgrade old equipment
- Fitting & turning
- Manufacturing of network and communication cables for different types of data loggers (BNC, Ether etc.)
- Precision soldering
- Hand skills (welding, fitting and turning, milling, mechanical and electrical, soldering)
- Computer literacy
Behavioural Competencies
- Ability to work in a research team
- Ability to handle large diverse class groups for practical sessions
- Cross cultural communication skills
- Multilingualism
- Show initiative and be pro-active in problem solving