ON A FACULTY COURSE YOU ARE A CLASS OF YOUR OWN

What the FACULTY Stands for

These initials spell out certainly one of the most respected and influential names in global technical education.

The Faculty of Technology, Management and Applied Sciences (FTMAS) what we stand for is furnishing men and women with the knowledge and skills which will bring them success in this technological age. We believe that the desire for knowledge – which exists in all of us – should be fully and thoroughly satisfied.

The courses available to you are, as you’ll see, are enormously diverse. You can, for example study for one of the more specialized complete advanced level courses or prepare you for studies in one or more disciplines that articulates into transfer of credit for degree related studies. Likewise you can study these general skills and vocational related courses to enrich your capability and obtain a qualification that will benefit you in your career.

Or, if you prefer, we have our many other diploma and degree related programs in many fields of endeavor also available. Whichever course you wish to take you will receive the same care and attention from your tutors, lecturers and mentors. Please note the FACULTY is not a degree granting institution we are only a service provider to our members or interested individuals seeking to qualify for higher grades of membership or career advancement.

The FACULTY employs all the latest sophistication in both education and communication …. high speed connections and electronic media facilities and modern administrative and tutorial departments to ensure we deliver the best possible service. All of which combine to the needs of members and students and of course industry and commerce.

Because what industry needs these days is trained man-and-woman power. The specialists, the technically competent and those who are going to lead the way and be of value. After completing a FACULTY course, you will be numbered among them.

ADVISORY SERVICE

Our personal and confidential service has been established to help you plan your future. Whatever your background, whatever your current employment, your life, with a valuable qualification under your belt you’ll be a sought-after individual. We can help you plan your future profitability from the word “go”.

ON A FACULTY COURSE YOU ARE A CLASS OF YOUR OWN

Personal individual attention is the secret.

On a FACULTY course, studying at home or any location you may be located, in your own time, at your own pace, you are the only student that matters. You’re your tutor, who is devoted to your individual progress.

The first, vital step is that moment when you mail or email your enrollment and then set off on your course to a study for your qualification. From then on, your personal tutor, instructor and mentor is as near as the nearest mail box or your inbox via email.

You’ll receive, then, everything you’ll need for the course. Many courses are self-contained and require no additional materials other than those provided. But for those that do, we will provide all materials or additional material information you may need to obtain this materials. Everything we provide is yours to keep and there are no “hidden” extras. You can then settle down to study at your own pace, in your own time, your own learning method, your own chosen course.

When you have completed your assignments or after you have completed your requested exam paper, you need to mail or email your work for marking to the Faculty. Immediately when it is received, it is handed to our personal, individual tutor or mentor for scrutiny. Step by step he’ll evaluate your answers, mark your papers and return your results to you be means of a grade report. Your student file is updated with your progress and a copy is sent to you for your personal record. And don’t forget, you can ask your tutor or mentor as many questions as you wish. You don’t have to worry about what other students think. Your advance is followed not only by your own tutor, or lecturer but by a team of assessors, who take a keen interest and who will advise you wherever you feel necessary and develop ways to give you any extra help you may need.

The results of your submitted work after they came back to you, will indicate exactly your progress. You can decide on how you wish to proceed to ensure you make progress based on the comments and remarks from your tutor, lecturer or mentor.

At the end of the course you will have reached the standard necessary to qualify for your FACULTY certificate and or diploma, or you will have passed your chosen examination.

And there it is solid, impressive evidence of your achievements.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long will it take to complete the course?
You yourself are entirely free to decide how long. It depends on how fast you wish to study your present standard of knowledge and the scope of the course. Some of our certificate courses can be completed in a few months while diploma courses may take longer. More advanced courses may take a year or longer.
How much time will I have to spend on a course?
As much or as little as you wish. An hour a day will ensure steady progress. You are not required to keep to a rigid time table but devoting more time will result in faster rate to complete the course.
I have had no previous training. Is this a disadvantage?
Most of our courses begin from the “ABC” of each subject. We have included all the basic training you need for each course.
What is the value of a FACULTY – certificate?
It provides you with documentary evidence that you have reached a sound technical training and reached a definite standard in the subjects indicated on the certificate or transcript. The FACULTY – credential has academic standing and is internationally accepted and recognized by many institutions and organizations. It is also valuable personal testimony to your initiative and determination to get ahead in your career.
I am 16 years old. Am I to young for a FACULTY – course?
Certainly not. The sooner you start your technical training, the sooner you will enjoy the practical benefits.
I am 45 years of age, is it too late to take a FACULTY – course?
At 45 you are mentally at the peak of your powers. Backed by up-to-date specialized knowledge, your maturity is an asset which many employers would be quick to recognize.
Can anything be done if I find it difficult to meet your fees?
The course fees may be paid by installments. In special cases we are prepared to adjust them as required. Our agents will assist you to make regular payments or to work out a schedule of payment for you.
What happens if I fall sick to loose my job and I cannot pay regular installments?
Each case is dealt with on its own merit. You may rely on sympathetic consideration. If illness made it impossible for you to study for some months, both your studentship and account will be put in abeyance till you change back to normal.
Is it worth enrolling when I have so little time to study?
One of the greatest advantages of a home study course is that it enables you to use profitably any spare time. Most of us, in fact, do have rather more spare time than we realize. Even half an hour will get results over a period of time.
I was a poor scholar at school. Can you really help me?
If you sincerely want to learn – yes. The “home study: or distance learning method often gets results where other systems fail. You are in effect, a class of one and you can ask as many questions as you like without embarrassment.
I have already received some training and want to advance my knowledge. Would I have to start all over again?
No. If you would like some rapid revision, we’ll give this to you. Otherwise the course can start from any stage to suit your present standard of knowledge.
Do you transfer in academic credits from any previously obtained education through learning at other institutions?
Yes, provided it has a bearing on your coursework and it is well documented. We accept prior learning from any recognized institution and will make sure you have the benefit of the program. Your student file will reflect all credit transferred and the completion of all courses and coursework delivered.
Can I select more subjects for a particular course or request any other subjects or additional subjects of my choice?
Yes, provided your study area and the compulsory subjects are studied as applicable to your program.
Can I request to study subjects of my choice or request to study an area not listed in your brochure?
Yes, provided we have the materials and tutoring facilities as well as staff available. Most of the time it is possible to study in any technical area and subjects of your choice.
Does your programs and courses allow me to use these as entrance qualifications for further studies at other similar academic institutions?
It may or it may not. The onus is on the academic institution to grant you exemption or allow you admission for further studies. The FACULTY – credential does not replace or substitute any formal examination for governments and other examination authorities.
Do I receive help from FACULTY after I have finished the course?
We like to keep in touch with past students and are always ready to give advice and guidance on practical problems. It is our wish that you continue to make progress and that you will always regard your enrollment with us, as the best investment you ever made.
Do you guarantee to find me a position?
It would not be possible to guarantee, therefore we do not offer it. We are not in the position to influence an employer’s decision in your favor but we cannot control it. However, our student department may provide you with a letter explaining your training and course that may assist you in your job placement needs.

INDUSTRY LEADS IN INDUSTRY

The work you put into your FACULTY course obviously has a prime purpose.

It is to secure you a place in the technological development of industry. This is in itself, a substantial ambition. Accordingly, this amount of application you provide will need to be substantial too.

It would be misleading of us to pretend that FACULTY courses are plain sailing, because they’re not. But what you do have is that feeling of partnership, which we at the Faculty install in all our courses. Your success is our success, your endeavor is our endeavor. And don’t forget, the rewards are there, in the end.

YOUR COURSE IS AN INVESTMENT

In deciding to undertake a course of distance study, you are not so much spending your money, as investing it. And investing it, what’s more, in the most valuable possession you have – your own future.

In which case, it is wise to choose which is most suitable for your talents and ambitions – and our advisory service will help you here. But more than that, it is essential that you choose a course which is proven, which is of value, which has been created by a reputable establishment and highly regarded institution. Qualities which sum up precisely the Faculty and which you can see amplified in the syllabus of specialties.

The applicable fees for each course will give you precise facts about the financial requirements for each course. You will find them, we are confident, to be remarkably modest in return for the opportunities they bring.

HOW TO ENROLL

 First you must decide which course you wish to take. Carefully consider your experience and training (if any) and make up your mind on the type of post for which you wish to qualify. It should not then be a difficult matter to decide.

When you have chosen your course you should fill out the enrollment form. ALL the required information should be provided including your registration fee.

Prospective students are requested to apply directly on the website (or through your consultant or agent where applicable and to provide all the information to them). This will ensure that all the required information copies of documents and any further requested information shall be obtained. It will ensure that there will be no delays. Where mature students apply, the agency or consultancy may on the request of the FACULTY interview the applicant and also conduct a survey to assess the eligibility of the applicant. Such applicants will be enrolled provisionally under conditions applicable to each case. The agency shall also give the student all the relative information and guidance to enroll into the appropriate program best suited to their ability. An assessment shall also be conducted to ensure that the student can meet the practical and laboratory requirements as well as having the minimum time available to undertake and complete the course of study.

This procedure is applicable to all enrollments for all the schools listed below.

  • Completed application form
  • Copies of credentials with transcripts detailing subjects completed
  • Comprehensive CV – resume with a detailed description of the prospective student’s employment, responsibilities, practical experience and EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING achievement.
  • Recommendation letters from referees where required or letter from employer
  • Information about completed research, studies or work undertaken NOT PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED for diploma/degree award.
  • Information about how tuition shall be paid and the presentation of such documents
  • Registration fee applicable
  • Copy of ID or valid passport
  • Statement of how you wish to study and whom will be appointed as mentor where required
  • Postgraduate student’s needs to complete a narrative as required for the program in the proposed field of study. Details will be given to the applicant what is required.

TECHNICAL SKILLS AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING THROUGH THE FACULTY BY DISTANCE LEARNING

Many people recognize that, to enter more profitable and interesting fields of work, they need a special kind of education. But not everyone is able to attend college or find suitable evening classes. Few can afford to give up their jobs – and many have already started in their chosen vocations but require technical training for advancement or pay increases.

For such persons, distance education instruction is often the best and possibly the only alternative educational route to self-improvement. Therefore it has become a considerable force in adult education in today’s educational environment. Nowhere are the advantages of the method more strikingly demonstrated than in the Faculty’s approach and proven record of student success.

Our system is simple – and it works. The materials we use are textbooks, study guides, prepared examinations and assignments with where required, practical fieldwork to complete. Our contact with students is via email, mail communications or by phone. We also arrange for scheduled meetings with students at regular intervals to ensure they are able to master each study area of their courses.

Distance education courses offer a valuable method or training alternative to those who, for some reason or other, are not able to attend part or full-time classes or who may prefer to study be distance education.

Today this form of instruction must be regarded as an integral part of the whole education pattern in the world at large.

Technical training by distance education is available to students in the following engineering and technological fields:-

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Building and Architecture
  • Draughtsmanship and Drafting
  • Engineering Design
  • Business and Management Disciplines
  • Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
  • Machinery Technology and Design
  • Production and Industrial Technology
  • Etc

It is available to persons employed as or planning to qualify as:-

  • Artisans
  • Draughtsman and designers
  • Technicians
  • Engineers
  • Technologists and Specialists
  • Production administrators
  • Work study officers
  • Estimators.
  • Costing and clerks
  • Inspectors and clerks of works
  • Etc

Artisans

artisanPersons usually commence their practical training as apprentices. Persons who can satisfy the Registrar of Apprentices that they have gained experience and training of a nature and that for a total period, which in the Registrar’s opinion is adequate may apply for and be admitted to a trade test. This period will be reduced for persons who qualify for a particular trade by providing a certificate of technical training in that particular vocation.  Many tradesmen have completed their technical training and have passed the trades test but have not completed their theoretical training. These persons may require special training such as one or more of our vocational type of programs for promotion and job satisfaction.

Draughtsman and Designers

draghtsmanThere are many positions in the technical and engineering field which do not require the completion of a contract under apprenticeship. Persons employed in a drawing office, for instance, may have to do a pupilage for a few years and may also enroll for a particular program such those listed in this brochure.

Technicians

technicianUsually the technician is a person such as an artisan (not a necessarily compulsory requirement) who is already qualified in a particular trade but who have studied further beyond the usual introductory qualification and obtained a certificate level or at diploma level qualification in addition to the usual artisan academic credential. Technicians have obtained suitable technical education that equips them to be able to work independently or under the guidance of engineers and technologists where they are an interface between the artisan and engineer. The technician is well trained and qualified to ensure that the system, process and design of a particular device, machine, or equipment will work. The technician has the skills to do the same work as the artisan and has the capability to oversee more advanced level technical work at a higher intellectual level as an in-between for the artisan to the advanced engineering work for the technologist and engineer.

Technologists

technologist These persons are trained beyond the minimum technical education level required for technicians with special skills and knowledge obtained through research and the development in a particular industrial and engineering environment. They are referred to as Technologists, Incorporated engineers and can register under the professional engineer’s registration act applicable to them as “semi-professional engineers”. The Faculty has specially developed programs that will enable our students or members to register as professional engineers or Incorporated engineers.

Engineers

engineersAlthough the engineering profession at the professional engineer level is well protected and usually the training is only recognized through traditional campus learning or similarly approved recognized academic programs. The Faculty has many programs that are equivalent to an engineering degree at the bachelors and graduate and postgraduate degree level. We have agreements in place with accredited universities to ensure our members and graduates will be able graduate with a recognized degree that will enable them to apply for professional registration provided they meet the basic requirements applicable to the relative grade of registration.

Allied Positions
 tradesmenMany persons with no technical experience or qualified tradesmen obtain positions in the technical fields in the production administration departments in engineering concerns and in industry in general. Those who have passed the matriculation (high School) level diploma examination will be eligible for further study and the completion of a particular course that will allow them to advance further with promotion in their careers.