Which Courses Are Offered At Thekwini TVET College?

Thekwini TVET College’s courses are spread across its six Durban campuses, with each campus specialising. The list below follows the college’s campuses page and 2025 brochure.

Courses by campus

Campus	Courses
Asherville	NC(V) Education and Development; Public Management N4 to N6 (full-time and part-time)
Cato Manor	NC(V) Hospitality; Pre-Vocational Learning Programme; Occupational Certificate: Hairdresser
Centec	NC(V) Office Administration and Tourism; Hospitality and Catering, Financial Management and Travel and Tourism N4 to N6
Melbourne	NC(V) IT and Computer Science, including software design and robotics streams; plumbing, electrical and hairdressing skills and trade tests
Springfield	NC(V) Engineering and Related Design; Mechanical Engineering N4 to N6; Business Management, Public Relations and part-time Marketing N4 to N6; part-time engineering
Umbilo	NC(V) Transport and Logistics

What to know for 2027

• NC(V) Office Administration and Education and Development take no new Level 2 students from January 2027 under DHET circular TC 0153.
• NATED N4 to N6 courses are being phased out nationally.
• The DHET 2026 list also shows Thekwini offering the Supply Chain Practitioner and Hairdressing occupational certificates.

NC(V) runs from Level 2 to Level 4 only. Business courses such as Marketing or Public Management are NATED programmes, not NC(V).

Exams and trade tests

Springfield is an examination centre for Wireman’s Licence and Government Certificate of Competency examinations, and Melbourne hosts electrical and plumbing trade tests.

Apply through Thekwini’s admissions portal; see applying to Thekwini and Thekwini fees.

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