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Chris De Lange is our 2014 EIT Graduate of the Year and an inspiring citizen of the world. As a young man, Chris graduated in 1979 as an electro-mechanical technician. He then worked in the steel industry, underground in black coal mines, as a foreman in an 8000 loaves an...Read More

Efficiency and cost considerations mean that more and more people are turning to web-based course work, and this now includes 70 year old engineer Edwin Wakefield from South Africa.   Edwin has just successfully completed a three month part-time course in PLC’s and SCADA Systems, one of a range of...Read More

A student on our recent Hazardous Areas course was kind enough to share some photos with us of a recent potentially hazardous encounter at a mine in Phalaborwa. The mine is almost entirely occupied by wild life. Game farms and Nature reserves overlap, so the animals migrate over vast areas...Read More

In a recent phone discussion with the EIT’s Ric Harrison, a Senior Course Advisor, the student made some very valid comments for people who are contemplating the value of adding a recognised qualification to their CV’s.   This student completed his Advanced Diploma of Industrial Automation in 2010, and is...Read More

Here is what some of our graduating students from the Advanced Diploma of Industrial Automation had to say about the course:   It was a great course, excellent revision for the topics that I am familiar with. Gained greater in depth understanding for the topics that I am not so...Read More

Positive feedback from students is humbling and amazing, but it is particularly extraordinary when it comes with gratitude for what is a fairly gruelling process. Those of you who have undertaken the EIT’s online courses (3 month certificate courses through to eighteen month advanced diplomas) will agree that the going...Read More

Hazel Woodhall, an enormously capable and determined student, graduated from the Advanced Diploma of Industrial Data Communications, Networking and IT, in the latter part of 2013. She praises the course for filling her knowledge gaps.   In 2008 she joined Alstom UK (a French multinational company which holds interests in...Read More

Another student tale; from another part of the world and another field of engineering - and one that will clarify the alliteration used above – words that have been selected very carefully, as you will discover. Paula Palmer graduated from the EIT’s Advanced Diploma of Applied Electrical Engineering (DEE) in...Read More

Past student Peter Bramall talking about his experiences with EIT studying the Advanced Diploma of Mechanical Engineering Technology. He explains how the program fits nicely around his work and family commitments and how beneficial the degree has proven so far in his professional advancement. Hear for yourself!      ...Read More

Well done to EIT graduate, Steve Schober, from Ergon Energy. Recently Steve sent us a note of thanks - not terribly remarkable on its own, but the words were particularly heart-warming. He expresses a justified pride in himself. Without the confidence of youth and the time available at that stage...Read More