Future Students
Boland College serves the needs of the widespread Boland area by providing affordable, lifelong, quality education and training in line with the social and economic needs of the community.
We at Boland College understands that South-Africa with its different sectors needs employers and employees with above-average skills and that is why our programmes are intended to directly respond to the priority skills demands of the Boland as well as South African economy.
Our qualifications are designed to provide both the theory and practical experience related to a particular vocational field. This ensures access to work opportunities in a work environment or sector relevant to the students’ vocational specialisation.
Educational offerings
Full-time programmes
A full-time course entails that students must attend classes during the week at campus. Times for classes differ from course to course and timetables are available for students from February of each year. Two full time programme streams are offered for both pre- and post matrics namely:
1) National Certificates (N4-N6) (Post matric)
A variety of National Certificate programmes are offered by Boland College in the following fields: Management Programmes, Assistant Management Programmes, Hospitality and Catering Services, Early Childhood Development, Tourism, Engineering Studies and Agricultural Studies.
2) National Certificate (Vocational) programmes (Level 2 -4) (Pre matric)
The variety of National Certificate (Vocational) (NCV) programmes offered are intended to directly respond to the priority skills demands of the South African economy. These qualifications are designed to provide both the theory and practical experience related to a particular vocational field. Students are advised to complete all three levels of training before they seek employment.
National Certificates (Levels 2, 3 and 4) are offered in the following fields: Civil Engineering and Building Construction; Engineering and Related Design; Electrical Infrastructure Construction; Finance, Economics and Accounting; Marketing; Office Administration; Hospitality; Primary Agriculture; Tourism; Information Technology and Computer Science and Safety in Society.
Students will have the following options after they have completed a three-year NCV Qualification:
- Access work opportunities in a work environment or sector relevant to his/her vocational specialisation (such as a bank/insurance company after completing the Finance, Economics & Accounting programme);
- Access the workplace with the occupational specialisation he/she might have opted for through the fourth subject option (such as Motor mechanics after opting for Automotive Repair and Maintenance);
- Pursue further training at the same/horizontal level; and
- Go into self employment.
Further his/her studies at any Higher Education Institution on the condition that the minimum entry requirements of that institution are met.
A part-time course entails that students can work or study full-time while attending the various classes in the evenings.
A variety of part-time programmes are also offered at all Boland College campuses, providing adult learners and employed people with the opportunity to obtain a formal qualification, further their studies or do an enrichment course.
For a complete list of all out Part-time offerings visit our Part-time and Continuing Education section.
A learnership is a programme that combines work-based experience with structured learning thus combining theory with practice. Extensive skills training (plastering, bricklaying and painting) in various disciplines take place at Boland College centres.
E-Learning / Blended Learning is the means to study any course you want at your own pace by means of using a computer and the Internet as well as normal study material.
Current students
Boland College, in alliance with its strategic partners, is committed to providing accredited quality vocational, occupational education and training to you as student that is not only flexible and affordable but responsive to the social and economic needs of South Africa too.
In this section check out what your SRC is up to on your campus, what services are available to support you to successfully complete your studies and what dates you cannot miss on the Boland College calendar.
Visit the exam result section, after formal exams (December & June each year), to find out how you scored.
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