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Ekurhuleni West Technical, Vocational, Education and Training College (EWC) is a public institution regulated by the FET Colleges Act no 16 of 2006, as amended. It was established in terms of the Further Education and Training Act, Act No .98 of 1998, declared as such by the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Education (Gauteng Province) in terms of a Provincial Gazette Extraordinary (dated 7 December 2001).

Ekurhuleni West TVET College is situated in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng Province in South Africa. EWC operates within a broad band and diverse communities and comprises of the following six (6) campuses: Alberton, Boksburg, Germiston, Kathorus, (in Katlehong/ Vosloorus/ Thokoza), Kempton (in Kempton Park) and Tembisa.

The name "Ekurhuleni" originates from the geographical and municipal areas (the Southern Service Delivery Regions [SDR]), namely: Germiston (as regional centre), Alberton, areas of Boksburg, Katlehong, Thokoza, Vosloorus and sections of Freeway Park and the Northern Service Delivery Region [SDR) namely Kempton Park (as regional centre) Tembisa, Edenvale, including Bedfordview and Primrose, in which the College is situated.

"Ekurhuleni" - means place of peace in Xitsonga. "Ekurhuleni" was taken from the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality and "West" from the Western Belt within the Municipal area, where all the campuses are situated.

Message From The Acting Principal's Desk

Ms Ntombizodwa Dangazele - A/Principal

College Reopening - Welcome Message

01 June 2020

The world is facing a health medical emergency; it is in crisis mode due to the coronavirus outbreak. The way this epidemic is spreading, it is without doubt that no one is immune from it. The epidemic is a global problem which needs every one of us to respond to it.

On 15 March 2020, His Excellency, President Ramaphosa, declared coronavirus a National State of Disaster. This was followed by the implementation of a national lock down, which has been in effect since midnight on 26 March 2020, and was extended to 31 May 2020. The intention of this drastic measure is to "flatten the curve" and contain the spread of the coronavirus to enable healthcare workers to effectively treat those affected as well as ensuring that the country is ready to deal with the epidemic.

On 23 May 2020, Dr Blade Nzimande announced that at COVID-19 alert level 3, which starts on 01 June 2020, following the President's announcement of lowering the alert level 4 to level 3, Higher Education institutions will resume their teaching and learning.

On that note, it is such a great pleasure to welcome all the staff and students back from the lock down. I must say that it will not be easy to continue with teaching and learning as we used to before the emergence of the COVID-19 epidemic. As a college, we will introduce new ways of teaching and learning, and the way we operate, as guided by the COVID-19 regulations and protocols.

The college is ready to conduct its business while ensuring that it combats the spread of the disease. The following measures are in place:

• A steering committee, to deal with all issues concerning COVID-19, has been established.
• Rigorous daily screening methods are in place.
• The college will provide masks and sanitisers to staff and students to use to combat or reduce the spread of the virus.
• Perspex shield screens have been installed at the reception of all EWC campuses.
• COVID-19 screening booths have been installed at all EWC campuses.
• All the work areas and classrooms have been disinfected.
• Measures to create awareness are in place.
• All lecturers, support staff and students will be inducted on the new reopenng guidelines.
• The college will keep on informing all its staff and students about the epdemic developments.

As announced by the minister, the college wll resume its operations in this manner:

Management and staff will return to work as follows:

Staff	Dates
Line Managers	01 June 2020
Heads of Divisions Support Staff	03 June 2020
Report 191 Engineering Studies Lecturers	08 June 2020
Report 191 Business Studies Lecturers	11 June 2020
NC(V) Lecturers	23 June 2020

Students will return to the college in a staggered manner. Below are the calendar dates for college reopening:

Engineering Students

N6 and N3: 10 June

N5 and N2: 15 June

N4: 22 June

Business Studies Students

N6: 25 June

N5: 29 June

N4: 06 July

National Certificate (Vocational) Students

Level 4: 13 July

Level 3: 20 July

Level 2: 27 July

PLP: 20 July

Upon returning to college, all lecturers, support staff and students are reminded to continue adhering to the COVID-19 measures and regulations to prevent the epidemic infections; and always ensure that hygiene measures, such as washing your hands regularly with soap for not less the 20 seconds, or sanitising your hands, as well as maintainng social distance are practised. All staff and students will be required to wear fabric face masks as an additional preventative measure against COVID-19. These simple but effective measures are the most important ammunition in our fight against COVID-19 in the absence of a cure or vaccine.

Let us unite in fighting the scourge of this epidemic.

Should you wish to enquire, please do not hesitate to contact the dollowing officials:

• Mr Ralph Mandiwana - HR Manager on 011 323 1600 or thifhuriwam@ewc.edu.za

Ms Ntombizodwa Dangazele
Acting Principal

Please Note:

There are no accommodation facilities available for students at EWC.

Bursaries

Special Note: Bursary funds are limited, and not all students will be successful. Bursaries are not guaranteed and they are subject to approval and availability of funds. An application for a bursary is not a guarantee that the bursary will be awarded. Class fees must still be paid and will then be refunded in the event of a bursary being awarded.

ISO Policies

EWC's ISO Policies are available upon request. For Information Security purposes they are classified as Internal and not Public, and therefore not displayed on the Website.

• ISO 9001: 2015
• ISO 18001: 2007
• ISO 14001: 2015
• ISO 27001: 2013

Issuing of policies will be upon request to the Quality Manager, who will only issue such policies after a confidentiality statement has been signed.