Mbeya University of Science and Technology Short Courses 2016 / 2017

Sn.

Course

Code

Course Content

Duration

Date

Fee Structure

Title/Name

1

Basic

SCAR01

AutoCAD interface, Setting up drawings

1 Week

2nd week

600,000/=

AutoCad

and templates, coordinate entry methods

(40HRS)

each

level I

and OSNAP, Using 2D drawing and

month

editing commands, display commands

(ZOOM, PAN etc), Text, dimensioning and

hatching, Layers,

2

Basic

SCAR02

Blocks, attributes, extracting to tables,

1 Week

3rd week

600,000/=

AutoCad

toolbar customising, Dynamic blocks,

(40HRS)

each

level II

Xrefs (cross referencing drawing files),

month

UCS and Views and Viewports, Layouts

(paperspace) setup, layers and filtering

techniques, Page setup manager for

printing / PDF, Express Tools, Setting up

Layouts for Plotting,

3

Advanced

SCAR03

3D environment,3D User Coordinate

1 Week

4th week

600,000/=

AutoCad

systems, Navigation and viewing tools,

(40HRS)

each

Solid Modelling and Editing, Surface

Month

Modelling and Editing, Organising a 3D

project, Setting up 3D Layouts, Materials,

Mapping and Rendering and Lighting.

4

Basic

SCAR04

ArchiCAD interface, Archicad windows,

1 Week

2nd week

600,000/=

ArchiCad

Setting up tools, Using toolbox commands

(40HRS)

each

and editing commands, Text,

month

dimensioning.

5

Advanced

SCAR05

Stair settings, object creations, creating

1 Week

3rd week

600,000/=

ArchiCad

schedules, Morphy & shell tool, detailing

(40HRS)

each

drawings,

month

6

Introduction

SCAR06

The SPSS environment-data editor,

1 week

2nd week

150,000/=

to SPSS

entering data, creating variables, the output

(14HRS)

each

statistical

viewer

month

package

Exploring data-graphing and screening,

testing, etc

7

Research

SCAR07

Components of research proposal, types of

3rd week

800,000/=

proposal

research

each

writing

month

8

Regression

SCAR08

An introduction to regression technique,

1 week

3rd week

300,000/=

techniques

doing simple regression on SPSS,

(28HRS)

each

using SPSS

interpreting simple regression, multiple

month

regression, doing multiple regression on

SPSS, interpreting multiple regression

9

Introduction

SCAR09

Theory behind ANOVA ,running One-Way

1 week

4th week

210,000/=

to Analysis

ANOVA on SPSS, interpretation of output

(14HRS)

each

of Variance

from One-Way ANOVA

Month

(ANOVA)

10

Architectural

SCAR10

Materials for modeling, types of models,

1 Week

3rd week

1,200,000/=

modeling

workmanships, scaling

(40HRS)

each

month

11

Interiors –

SCAR11

decoration planning; space planning;

1 Week

3rd week

800,000/=

design and

elements and principles of interior

(40HRS)

each

decoration

decoration; colour planning; lighting, soft

month

for living

furnishing; furniture styles; renovation

techniques; application of decorative

materials; surface coatings selection.

S/N

NAME OF COURSE

DURATION

COURSE FEE AT MUST

1.

Industrial Risks and Safety

2 Weeks

1,000,000/=

2.

4G and Next Generation Network

2 Weeks

1,125,000/=

3.

IP convergence in Mobile networks

2 weeks

1,125,000/=

4.

Substation and Cabling Technology

2 weeks

1,125,000/=

5.

Economical industrial and Domestic Electrical

2 weeks

1,125,000/=

installation

6.

Renewable energy

2 weeks

1,125,000/=

7.

High voltage live line working technology

2 weeks

1,125,000/=

FROM 24TH MAY TO 9TH JUNE 2016

1.

Power Systems Management

2 weeks

1,125,000/=

2.

Programmable Logic Controllers(PLC)

2 weeks

1,125,000/=

3.

SDH Network and NOC monitoring

2 weeks

1,125,000/=

4.

Fibre optics training

2 weeks

1,000,000/=

5.

Low voltage(220V-400V) distribution network

2 weeks

1,125,000/=

design

6.

Medium voltage(3kV-11kV) network design

2 weeks

1,125,000/=

7

Substation and Switchgear maintenance

2 weeks

1,000,000/=

FROM 2ND JUNE TO 14TH JUNE2016

1.

Commissioning and testing of electrical systems

2 weeks

1,125,000/=

and equipment (Electrical installation and

electrical machines)

2.

SCADA Technology

2 weeks

1,125,000/=

3.

Low voltage (220V-400V) network construction

2 weeks

1,125,000/=

4.

Medium voltage(3kV-11kV) network

2 weeks

1,125,000/=

constuction

5.

Single line Earth return distribution network

2 weeks

1,125,000/=

technology

6.

Preventive maintenance of Electrical

2 weeks

1,125,000/=

installations, Equipment and electrical machines

7.

Solar water pumping Technology

2 weeks

1,125,000/=

8.

Power quality improvement technology

2 weeks

1,125,000/=

Mr. Owdean Suwi

Mr. Exaud Tweve

Head of Department (ETE) .

short course coordinator(ETE)

Email: suwi69@yahoo.com

Email:exaud1996@gmail.com

Mobile:0755744486

Mobile: +255768118010

COURSE NAME

duration

1

Maintenance planning and scheduling

2 weeks

1,125,000

2

Mechatronics and its application

2 weeks

1,125,000

3

Basics of hydraulic and pneumatic system

2 weeks

1,125,000

4

Safety and maintenance management

2 weeks

1,000,000

5

Industrial supervisory skills

2 weeks

1,125,000

6

Basic engineering Drawing

2 weeks

1,125,000

7

Safety and maintenance management

2 weeks

1,125,000

8

Trouble shooting and repair of boilers

2 weeks

1,125,000

9

Engineering maintenance management

2 weeks

1,125,000

10

Oil and gas plant management

2 weeks

1,125,000

11

Energy management and auditing

2 weeks

1,125,000

12

Renewable energy

2

1,125,000

∙

hydropower

weeks@course

∙

solar

∙

wind

∙

biomass

13

Renewable energy management and finance

2 weeks

1,125,000

14

Renewable energy finance and policy

2 weeks

1,125,000

15

Risk management

2 weeks

1,125,000

16

Basic petroleum technology

2 weeks

1,125,000

17

Basic petroleum economics

2 weeks

1,125,000

18

AutoCAD 2D and 3D

2 weeks

1,125,000

19

Project Management

2 weeks

1,125,000

20

Industrial Risk And Safety

2 weeks

1,125,000

21

PLC and SCADA Technologies

2 weeks

1,125,000

22

Petroleum Engineering

2 weeks

1,125,000

23

Solid Works

2 weeks

1,125,000

24

Trouble shooting and repair of refrigeration and air

2 weeks

1,125,000

condition system

25

Basic lifting and rigging

2 weeks

1,125,000

26

Workshop management

2 weeks

1,125,000

27

Vehicle routine maintenance and inspection course for

2 weeks

1,125,000

drivers

S/

Course

Code

Course Content

Durati

Date

Fee

N

Name

on

Structure

1

Accounting

SCBM01

Role of accounting small business players,

1 Week

2nd week

700,000/=

for Small

setting up financial books, accounting

(40hrs)

each

Business

principles, ledger and

trial

balance,

adjusted

month

journal entries and an adjusted trial balance,

financial

statements,

accounting

cycle,

worksheet, reporting systems in perpetual and

periodic

inventory, create and utilize

payroll

records for a small business and strategic plans

for a small business utilizing accounting.

2

Commercial

SCBM02

Role and importance of Law, intentional and

1 Week

3rd week

500,000/=

Law

negligent Torts, contract, contracts of

(21HR

each

guarantees, insurance

and

leases,

sole

S)

month

proprietorships,

partnership

and corporations,

security for debt and government regulation of

business.

3

Project Cost

SCBM03

Project costs, cost management, estimate of

1 Week

4th week

200,000/=

Management

project costs, project budgeting and control of

(14hrs)

each

project costs.

Month

4

Customer

SCBM04

Customer service, who we are and what we do,

1 Week

2nd week

700,000/=

Service

establishing

your attitude, customer

analysis,

(40hrs)

each

Training

identifying and addressing customer needs,

month

Skills

generating return business, in-person customer

service, over the phone customer service,

electronic customer service, calming upset

customers, time management strategies and

stress management strategies.

5

Effective

SCBM05

Supervisory theory and practice from a

1 Week

3rd week

800,000/=

Supervision

Tanzanian perspective, fundamental concepts of

(40hrS)

each

Skills

supervisory, supervisors’ role, issues Tanzanian

month

supervisors face in the twenty first century,

appraise

supervisory

decisions and

personal

philosophies of supervisory.

6

Essential

SCBM06

Developing a writing strategy, critical thinking,

1 week

1st week

800,000/=

technical

organizational

strategies,

using

language

(40hrs)

each

writing skills

effectively,

writing

the

technical

report,

month

constructing

effective,

sentences

and

paragraphs, understanding how readers read,

building the argument of the document, using

figures, graphs, and charts, writing proposals,

editing and proofreading strategies.

7

Excellent

SCBM07

Customer service, improving customer relations

1 week

3rd week

300,000/=

customer

through effective

communication,

identifying

(28hrs)

each

service

and meeting customer needs, identifying and

month

dealing with different customer types, dealing

with “difficult” customers, handling customer

complaints and action planning.

8

Human

SCBM08

Major challenges facing managers today and

1 week

3rd week

500,000/=

resources

the role of the HR department in assisting line

(21hrs)

each

management

managers, the legal human resources

month

framework in Tanzania and the role the

manager plays to ensure legal compliance and

effective employee relations, managers role in

employment planning and the impact on the

recruitment and selection process, appropriate

performance management and the management

practices necessary for a good

system and

strategic role of compensation in managing

employees effectively.

9

Innovation

SCBM09

Innovation

and entrepreneurship,

technology

1 week

4th week

700,000/=

and social

entrepreneurship,

entrepreneurial

finance,

(40hrs)

each

entrepreneurs

marketing research, new product development,

Month

hip

growing and exiting a venture, intrapreneurship,

change management, social

entrepreneurship,

and innovation and sustainability.

10

Management

SCBM10

Effective leadership

attitude,

communication,

1 Week

2nd

500,000/=

& supervisory

achieving effective results with workforce,

(28hrs)

week

skills

adjusting communication style to achieve

each

results, communicating with your work unit,

month

providing performance feedback, effective on-

the-job

training,

motivating

through

empowerment, teambuilding, growing and time

management

11

Negotiation

SCBM11

Understanding

negotiation,

laying

the

1 Week

1st week

500,000/=

skills

groundwork, conducting a negotiation, phase

(21hrs)

each

one – exchanging information, phase two –

month

bargaining, mutual gain, phase three – closing,

dealing with difficult issues, negotiating outside

the boardroom , negotiating on behalf of

someone else.

12

Principles of

SCBM12

Steps in strategic planning, forces influencing

1 Week

4th week

500,000/=

marketing

customer behavior and buying decisions

(21hrs)

each

behavior, forces impacting a company’s

Month

environment and their impact on marketing

initiatives,

product

and brand management

decisions,

an

integrated

marketing

communications and distribution strategy and

philosophy, marketing plan for small business.

13

Project

SCBM13

Project management

dynamics,

management

1 week

1st week

700,000/=

management

philosophy, strategy and systems, project

(40hrs)

each

management

leadership

and

organization,

Month

project planning and scheduling, project control

and closure, coordinating project elements for

successful project completion, achieving project

objectives of timely completion in budget and

to stakeholder satisfaction, utilizing project

team members effectively and disposing project

information

appropriately,

acquiring

project

resources efficiently from external sources,

managing project risks for maximizing positive

outcomes.

14

Enterprise

SCBM14

Enterprise

risk

management,

business

1 week

2nd

700,000/=

risk

management, enterprise statistics, business

(40hrs)

week

management

finance and accounting, enterprise economics,

each

enterprise risk financing and risk control.

Month

15

Small

SCBM15

Business

problems

and

opportunities,

1 week

1st week

200,000/=

business

qualitative and quantitative information for

(14hrs)

each

management

decision making, impact of economic, social,

Month

political, and cultural variables affecting a small

business operation and formulate strategies

based upon the results, strategies to creatively

organize, lead and assume the risks of an

organization.

S

Course

Code

Course

Dura

Date

Fee

n.

Name

Contents/Objectives/Outcome

tion

Structure

1

The use of

SCBE

Overview of AutoCAD Civil

10

August 2016

1,000,000/=

Autocad

E01

3D,Working with survey data in

days

to Sept 2016

CIVIL 3D for

analyzing surfaces for road

design of

design,Creating road Alignments,

roads

Profiles, Assemblies, Corridors,

Cross-Sections, etc. Design roads

and their associated structures

(Road intersections, drainage

structures etc.,),Road planning and

analysis for a given

locality,working with Storm Water

Structures, producing cut and fill

data for road construction and other

earth works, plan production

(creating view frames, sheets plans,

profiles and sections)

2

Aggregate

SCBE

Sampling of aggregate samples for

14

August 2016

1,000,000/=

testing for

E02

different types of laboratory

days

to Sept 2016

Civil and

tests,Carry out different types of

Building

aggregate tests in the laboratory to

Construction

assess the basic physical,

mechanical and chemical properties

of aggregates for Building and

civil works,Identify types of

aggregates suitable for Building

and civil work projects,Selection of

quarry for production of good

aggregates for building and civil

works

3

Pavement

SCBE

Causes of road failure

10

August 2016

1,000,000/=

Maintenance

E03

Road defects for both paved and

days

to Sept 2016

Prioritization

unpaved roads, Types of treatment

for different failure of roads,

Prioritization ( to set priorities

based on importance of road and

failure of the road),Visually assess

a pavement and collect data about

its condition using non-destructive

testing equipment, To understand

different types/alternatives of

treatment ( e.g. Routine

maintenance, periodic,

rehabilitation, upgrading etc)

Perform road inventory,

Determination of road condition

index

Parameters used in prioritization

model development ,Develop

Prioritization models

Develop Project optimization

model

4

Laboratory

SCBE

Sampling of soil samples for

14

August 2016

1,000,000/=

testing of soil

E04

different types of laboratory soil

days

to Sept 2016

for Building

tests, Classification of different

and Civil

types of soils for Building and civil

Works

works, Carry out different types of

soil strength tests to assess the basic

properties of soils for Building

civil works,Identify types of soils

suitable for Building and civil work

projects,Stabilization of soils to

improve the engineering properties

of in situ soil

5

Structural

SCBE

The Base Units and Design

14

April 2016 to

1,000,000/=

analysis and

E05

Codes,Set up Grid Lines,Define

days

May 2016

design by

Story Levels,Define Section

And

using Etabs

August 2016

Properties,Draw Structural

Software

to Sept 2016

Objects,SelectObjects,AssignPrope

rties,Define Load

Patterns,AssignLoads,Define Load

Cases,Edit the Model

Geometry,View the Model,Analyze

the Model,Display Results for

Checking,Design the

Model,Generate Detail

Documents,Output Results and

Reports Save the Model

6

Autocad 2D

SCBE

Introduction to structural drawings

14

August 2016

1,000,000/=

for structural

E06

and details,Drawingcircles,arcs and

days

to Sept 2016

Engineers

polygons,Drawing Lines and

Rectangles,Fillet and Chamfer

lines,Work with grids and

Snap,Stretchobjects,Use offset and

Mirror,Use trim and

extend,Eraseobjects,Copy or Move

objects,Alter layer assignments for

objects,Change objects

properties,Control layer

visibility,Defineblocks,Apply hatch

patterns,Create text styles,Write

lines of texts,Create and apply

dimension styles,Use the window

command,Use view

ports,Structurallayouts,Reinforcem

entdetails,Set printing and plotting

options

7

Application

SCBE

Quality Management System in

3

May and

1,000,000/=

of quality

E06

construction industry,

week

October every

management

s

year

system at

Constituents of project quality plan

project level

in

at project

level

Detailed scope of

construction

the project,

industry

Quality plan inputs,

Quality objectives Purchasing plan

Management responsibilities

Control of documents and data

Design control plan

Resources needed plan

Inspection and test plan

Audits plan

Production and service provision

Control of data plan

Preservation of product plan

Control of nonconforming product

Coordination

of

process

and

documentation

at

project

level

during construction process

Impact of

Quality

Managements

Systems application at project level

in construction industry

8

Introduction to Reinforced

Concrete Structures

General introduction to reinforced

concrete materials

Reinforced

SCBE

General introduction to use of code

14

August 2016

1,000,000/=

Concrete

E07

of practice for design and detailing

days

to Sept 2016

Floor plan 2D Modelling

Design and

General introduction to design

Detailing

theories for design and detailing

Buildings 3D modelling 1

Buildings 3D modelling 11

Using

Buildings 3D Design 1

MasterSeries

Buildings 3D Design 11

Buildings 3D Design 111

SoftwareTrai

Buildings 3D Design 1V

ningProgram

Buildings 3D DXF and AUTOCAD

drawings Manager

me

Preparation of General

Arrangement Drawings 1

Preparation of General

Arrangement Drawings 11

Preparation of Reinforced Concrete

Detail Drawings 1

Preparation of Reinforced Concrete

Detail Drawings 11

Preparation of Reinforced Concrete

Detail Drawings 111

Preparation of Reinforced Concrete

Detail Drawings 1V

10

Short course

SCBE

Understand nature of management

10

August 2016

1,000,000/=

in

E08

(definition and functional elements).

days

to Sept 2016

construction

Understand what a project is, and the

management

elements of project management.

Manage span control and build

capability to select and adopt

appropriate leadership style.

Understand how to manage one and

several projects.

Understanding planning techniques a

how to track project progresses.

Understand facets of process

perspective – process mapping –

(macro, middle and micro), IMO,

process charts & tools, improvement

disconnects, etc.

Understand basic principles of lean a

TQM philosophies and their

application in the organization to crea

value, eliminated wastes and become

competitive.

Organization Structure, strategy

deployment and leaderships

Planning techniques, Work Study and

productivity

Project risk management

11

Cost

SCBE

Basic concepts in projects and

10

August 2016

1,000,000/=

Management

E09

project management,Project

days

to Sept 2016

(work

breakdown structure,Project

ing

planning techniques ,Work study

days)

and analysis,Earn Value

Analysis,Equivalencies –

engineering economic studies

(exercises on present worth, future

worth, and Annuity),Project risk

management,Use emerged

management techniques to create

value and eliminated unnecessary

costs

Wanafunzi wa MUST waliosajiliwa/Wanafunzi wa sekondari

Tshs. 120,000/-

Wafanyakazi wa MUST

Tshs. 200,000/-

Watu Nje ya MUST

Tshs. 300,000/-