“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.”
Confucius
Confucius’s famous words of wisdom ring true to our style of tertiary education at the African Academy. Our way of teaching students is centred on ‘doing’. We feel that for an industry that requires so much hands-on work, and a ‘bigger picture’ way of thinking, draughting needs to be taught by practical examples and assignments that students carry out and perfect with loads of practice. This is why we offer a variety of practical draughting courses.
Our course material has been developed with industry experts around the globe, to ensure the highest standards possible and to guarantee that what our students learn is always relevant to the working world. This is also why we continually update our course material and training programmes in order to reflect current changes and regulations in the draughting industry.
In addition to this, we use industry-standard software such as Solid Works and various AUTODESK® software that allows students to get a better understanding of the built environment and translating birds’ eye view drawings into three dimensional spaces.
We don’t just aim to give students theoretical knowledge, but we do our utmost best to give them valuable life skills with quality learnerships, where they can get excellent training and experience in the work world.
This is why we can boast 80% placement rates, and we believe that results like this can only be attained through a genuine passion for draughting education and a desire to see students thrive in life post graduation. The high calibre of students that we produce is why so many companies seek out African Academy graduates.
And what’s more, is that our practical draughting courses have SAQA accreditation (South African Qualifications Authority). This ensures that all our qualifications offered are fully verified and accepted nationwide.
So, in summary, our courses are developed with industry professionals, constantly updated, use industry-standard software, give you access to excellent learnerships, have 80% placement rates, and are fully accredited. What more do you need to know to choose your draughting college 😉 Don’t just take our word for it though – be sure to have a read through our student success stories to see what you can expect when you’re draughted into the AA family!
