The course equips the student with the skills and knowledge required to fulfil the tasks of a planning technician such as land appraisal, planning surveys, the analysis and presentation of data by means of maps, graphs, diagrams and sketches as well as all work, including legal procedures, connected with planning processes in general.
Type: undergraduate diploma
Duration: 3 year full time
Compulsory Subjects
First Year Subjects:
- Planning
- Surveying
- Drawing
- Geography
- Communication skills
- Planning design
- Survey and analysis
- Civil engineering
- Computer skills
Second Year Subjects:
- Planning practice and project work
Third Year Subjects:
- Planning design
- Development planning – applied economics
- Legal principles
- Statistics
- Development planning – housing development
- Computer applications
- Legal procedures
Careers: Town and Regional planner.
Source: www.cput.ac.za