UGANDA BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL EXAMINATIONS BOARD

MODULAR ASSESSMENT SYLLABUS FOR NATIONAL

CERTIFICATE IN CERAMICS TECHNOLOGY

FEBRUARY, 2023
1.0 PREAMBLE
The Ministry of Education and Sports is spearheading modularization of assessment as part of
the implementation of the Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) policy, 2019
reforms.

This Modular Assessment Syllabus (MAS) has been derived from the NCDC curriculum of
National Certificate in Ceramics Technology (2018) which is currently being taught and assessed
for trainees.

The syllabus looked at related content in the curriculum and realigned it into four core modules
of; Ceramics ware production, ceramic materials and product testing, kiln construction and
firing, and glazing emphasizing skills acquisition for the workforce to stimulate service delivery
and infrastructural development both in private and public sectors. Each module shall have a
real-life project and industrial training. Six (6) support modules have been identified and
included which have to be done by trainees who wish to pursue further education. The support
modules include; Vocational Mathematics I and II, Life skills, Computer Applications, Basic
Kiswahili and Entrepreneurship Skills. The support modules will be taught and assessed at the
end of the respective years of study as per the NCDC curriculum.

The modules are flexible and allow candidates interested in academic progression to join at any
time while participating in productive activities for community transformation.

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2.0 IDENTIFIED MODULES/COMPETENCY AREAS

Module 1
Ceramics ware production

Module 2 Module 4
Ceramic materials
NCCT
Glazing
and product testing

Module 3
Kiln construction
and firing

Support Modules

Vocational Basic Entrepreneurship Computer

Life Skills
Mathematics I Kiswahili Skills Applications
& II
 3.0 LEARNING OUTCOMES PER MODULE

MODULE NAME: CERAMICS WARE PRODUCTION (CERAMIST)

Upon successful completion of this module, the trainee will be able to:
• Make designs of specific shapes of the mould.
• Select ceramic materials and use them in the production of ceramic wares.
• Carry out the manufacturing of gypsum.
• Make moulds for casting (copings).
• Carry out concrete processes and cure concrete.
• Produce clay products like tiles, maxpans, bricks, decorative grills etc.
• Produce concrete products like pavers, kerb stones, concrete poles, culverts etc.

MODULE NAME: CERAMIC MATERIALS AND PRODUCT TESTING (LABORATORY

ASSISSTANT)
Upon successful completion of this module, the trainee will be able to:
• Select materials for firing.
• Test ceramic materials.
• Test ceramic products.

MODULE NAME: KILN CONSTRUCTION AND FIRING

Upon successful completion of this module, the trainee will be able to:
• Select and use materials in making refractory bricks.
• Construct kilns.
• Control the firing and cooling temperatures in the kiln.

MODULE NAME: GLAZING

Upon successful completion of this module, the trainee will be able to:
• Select materials for the manufacture of glazes.
• Apply glaze on ceramic products using different methods.
• Conduct glaze firing.
4.0 DETAILED LEARNING CONTENT AND COMPETENCIES FOR CERAMICS WARE
PRODUCTION (CERAMIST)
Duration
Submodules Competencies Duties and Tasks Indicative syllabus Content Contact
hours
Introduction to • identifies and selects different types of Identify and select various • Definition 10
pottery and clay ceramics products. • Origin
ceramics • wins clay material • Ceramic products.
• batches and mixes clay with pigments
• classifies plastics
• applies various processing methods to
convert polymers into finished
products
• molds the plastic into final form
• identifies various plastic product uses
Occupational • Administer first aid (cuts, electric • Ensure safety by use of • Accidents prevention, first
health and safety shocks). PPEs Aid and fire fighting 10
• Make use of PPEs • Sensitize on safety and • Possible areas prone to
• safety and accident management accident management. accidents:
• Identify possible causes of accidents • Administer first aid to - excavations
and suggests the possible preventive injured persons. - explosives
measures to be put in place to limit • Apply Workshop rules and - plants and equipment
accidents. regulations for a safe

• Sensitize about the effects of accidents environment

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 to workers, their families, the firm
and the country.
• Fight fire using water jets, sand and
fire extinguishers.
• Sensitizes workmates, managers and
the public on ways of limiting
accidents.
• provides a good health working
environment.
• identifies possible causes of accidents
and suggests the possible preventive
measures to be put in place to limit
accidents.
• describes the effects of accidents to
workers, their families, the firm and
the country.
Tools and • Identifies different types of tools and • Select and use appropriate • Define tools and the 08
equipment equipment tools and equipment in the difference between tools
and equipment
• Uses different tools and equipment production process.
• Classification of tools and
for specific tasks. • Use and care for tools and equipment according to
• Identify and uses the electric power equipment application

tools used by builders. • Troubleshoot simple • Care and maintenance of

• Identifies and uses the electric power electrical and mechanical tools and equipment

tools used by builders. errors.

• Troubleshoots faults in electric tools.

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 • Washes, dries and oils the tools and
equipment after the day’s work.
• Stores the tools and equipment by
placing the right tool in the right
place/area.
Body preparation • Prepares the ceramic body • Prepare ceramic body • Types of bodies- plastic, 40
• wins, soaks, blunges, sieves, pounds,
• Prepares plastic, slip slip body, semi-dry and
wedges, kneads and stores clay
body, semi-dry and dry dry
bodies • Preparation process
• Plastic and non-plastic
materials
• Winning, transportation,
Soaking, blunging,
sieving, store sieved clay
in troughs
pounding/crushing,
wedging/ kneading and
storing
Forming methods • Sorts, weighs, wedges/kneads, and forms • Apply various processing • Slip casting-drain casting 42
various shapes methods to produce and solid casting
• Plastic forming - coil
polymer products
building, throwing on
• Produce ceramic products potter’s wheel, , jiggering
using forming methods and jollying, pressing,
extruding and slab work
• Semi dry pressing
• Dry pressing
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 • Practicals using hand
forming methods;
➢ Coil building
➢ Slab joining, making of
bowls, ash trays
➢ Pinching.

Throwing method Sorts, weighs, wedges/kneads, and forms • Produce ceramic products • weigh clay body, sort, wedge 24
various shapes using forming methods and shape to balls
• Centring shaped ball
• Opening centred ball
• Cylinder forming and
shaping of clay
• Turning
Throwing, mould • Decorates ceramics articles. • Throw and make moulds • Decorative and functional 10
making and slip • Designs, throws and glazes different • Cast slip products
casting shapes in clay. • produce plaster of Paris
• Produces plaster of paris. • Produce one piece mould
• Makes and utilises a one-piece mould. • Flower vases
• Mugs and cups
• Sugar bowls
• Bowls
• Saucers and plates
• Use produced case mould
to cast articles
Clay • Identifies and selects different types of Prepares and use clay in • Plastic and non-plastic
clay making ceramic articles materials

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• Wins clay material • Ball clay, kaolin, its
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• Batches and mixes clay with pigments formation and properties,
materials, occurrence,
characteristics and properties
• Winning of materials,
machinery and equipment for
winning
• Borax, feldspar, Cornish
stone, flint, borne ash,
betonies
• Pigments
• Prepares material Make clay bricks and blocks Clay Brick and Block 26
• Forms articles Making
• Dries articles • Preparation of clay,
• Fires articles forming, moulding

• Brands articles process, curing and drying

• stacking and arranging
products in the kiln

• firing, cooling and

branding
• observes safety • Make energy saving Energy saving Cooking 14
• designs a stove cooking stoves Stoves
• Make energy saving cooking stoves Designing and drawing,
Preparation of materials,
moulding, curing, drying and

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 firing
Heavy clay wares • Produces heavy clay ware • Select materials for • Types of heavy clay wares
• Prepares materials. production of heavy clay (bricks, pavers, tiles,
• Applies various forming methods for wares. energy saving stoves, max- 22
making ceramic articles • Produce heavy clay spans, insulators, plant
• Dries and fires articles. wares. pots, water clausets)

• Brands articles • Preparation of clay

• Forming methods
(moulding, wire cut
extrusion, pressing, hand
forming)
• Drying, loading, firing,
offloading and branding
Drying and driers • Applies natural and artificial drying • Prepare the shade for • Methods of drying- natural 14
methods in drying ceramics articles drying. and artificial

• Uses various types of dryers’ • Select and apply different • Types of dryers’ e.g.
Humidity chamber, mangle,
types of dryers in the
infrared and continuous
during of ceramic articles
tunnel dryers, sun, air,
hybrid.

Gypsum • Processes plaster of Paris Prepare and apply Plaster of • Heating 12

processing for • Applies plaster of Paris Paris • Drying
plaster of Paris • Packing
• Types of plaster of Paris
• Application (plaster

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 moulds, ceiling)
Concrete • Identifies and selects concrete • Select concrete materials. • Materials (cement-types,
Manufacture materials • Batch, cast and cure manufacture and
• Batches and mixes materials by hand concrete properties, aggregates-
and machine coarse and fine, grading) 18
• Prepares surfaces to receive concrete and types of concrete
• Casts and cures concrete products • Batching and mixing of
concrete by hand and by
machine
• surface preparation,
Workability, casting,
curing of casted products
• Properties of hardened
concrete
Manufacture of • Observes safety and welfare. Manufacture concrete • Air bricks and blocks,
concrete products • Batches and mixes materials products building blocks
• Cast concrete to form a product • Column shuttering, 40

• Cures concrete reinforcing and casting

• Observes quality control • Ventilated improved
• Brands products pit latrine slabs
• Flower pots, road
kerbs, pavers and
balustrades
• Slabs
Concrete products • Effectively batches and mixes • Ventilated improved pit

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 materials. latrine slabs 12
• Produces strong concrete products. • Pavers, building blocks,
window cills and copings,
roofing tiles, fencing poles
Reinforced • Interprets bar bending schedule Produce reinforced concrete • Iron bar bending 10
Concrete Products • Cuts and bends iron bars products • Culvert making
• Batches, mixes, casts, compacts and • Precast balustrades and
cures concrete products R.C columns
• Flower containers
Technical Drawing • Identifies, selects and uses the • Make drawings used in • Introduction to technical 84
common drawing tools and drawing
ceramics.
equipment. • Representation of
• Interpret drawings materials/hatching
• Identifies drawing sheets by name and
size. • Geometrical constructions
• Projections
• Sets the margin and makes the title
• Application of projection to
block and prints lettering on drawing
drawing of shapes
sheets.
• Sectioning
• Identifies hatching for different types • Development
of materials.
• Applies the correct hatching to the
required representation.
• Divides a line into a given scale.
• Constructs different angles, polygons
and ellipses to a given scale.
• Draws to scale quadrilaterals,
triangles, circles, ellipses and relates
them to their application.
• Identifies the six principal views of
projection

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 • Sketches the top, front, and right-side
views of an object with normal,
inclined, and oblique surfaces.
• Draws objects in isometric, oblique
and orthographic views.
• Describes the differences between
orthographic projection, axonometric
projection, oblique projection, and
perspective.
• Sketches examples of an isometric
cube, a dimetric cube, and a trimetric
cube.
• Creates an isometric drawing given a
multi-view drawing.
• Uses the isometric axes to locate
drawing points. Draws inclined and
oblique
• Surfaces in isometric.
• Sketches 3d drawings and
orthographic.
• Applies projection for drawing
various shapes of ceramic articles
• Cuts/sections plane passing through
the detail of interest.
• Correctly dimensions sections
• Assembles sections develops various
shapes of ceramics products
• Develops various shapes of ceramics
products
Production of table • Observes safety, health and Produce table wares • Coffee pots,
ware environmental regulations • tea sets,

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• Mixes the body • dinner sets and water sets 26
• Forms the article • large dishes, vegetable
• Fires the article bowls
• firing of ware in kilns
TOTAL DURATION 438

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ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES OF THE CERAMICS WARE PRODUCTION

This module will consist of two papers including a theory and a practical. Each of the papers will have
a continuous assessment and a final exam.
(a) Continuous assessment (40%)
▪ Assignments (05%)
▪ Practicals (25%)
▪ Class tests (10%)
The continuous assessment shall consist of:
❖ Workshop/practical work/expert assignments
❖ Tests
❖ Assignments consisting of;
✓ Class work
✓ Written questions to be answered from home (homework)
✓ Reports from attended industrial visits, documentaries, Field visits and presentations by
professionals
The continuous assessment will be monitored and verified using assessment tools/instruments.
This will be done through the tripartite system of assessment.
(b) Final Examination
This examination will consist of two papers; a theory and a practical.
(i) Theory examination
This paper will consist of eight questions each carrying 20 marks and the trainee will be
required to answer any five questions.

The duration for this paper will be 3 hours.

(ii) Practical examination

This will consist of two compulsory practical questions carrying 100 marks.

The duration for this paper will be 20 hours.

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 5.0 DETAILED LEARNING CONTENT AND COMPETENCIES FOR CERAMIC MATERIALS AND
PRODUCT TESTING (LABORATORY ASSISTANT)
Submodules Competencies Duties and Tasks Indicative syllabus Content Duration Contact hours
Measurements • Converts metric units Uses measuring tools to • Systems International (SI) 10
• Carries out measurements determine product units
using metric system dimensions • Unit of length, volume,
• Determines appropriate sizes area, capacity and their
of products conversions
Materials properties • Carries out experiments on Make computations of Material change 20
Wet to dry shrinkage and shrinkage • Wet to dry shrinkage
Dry to fired shrinkage • Dry to fired shrinkage
• Estimates percentage
shrinkage of a material
• carries out experiments on Carry out experiments Bulking of materials 20
volume change, moisture on the bulking of Experiment on:
change and loss on ignition ceramic materials • Volume change
of materials • Moisture change
determines moisture • Loss on ignition
percentage, volume change
and loss on ignition
percentage of materials
• Determines volume, mass, Make computations of Matter
• Mass and volume 18
density and relative of a different parameters of

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 material matter • Density, relative density
• ideal solids and liquids
• Archimedes principles
• Determines porosity and Carry out an Porosity 22
absorption rate of ceramic experiment on porosity • Porous solids
materials and absorption rate of • Apparent and true solids
• Carries experiment on ceramic materials • True porosity, apparent
porosity and absorption rate porosity
of ceramic materials • Water absorption
• Determines density of slip. Make computations Suspensions 16
• Accurately mixes solid based on prepared • Density and relative density
particles with water. suspensions in ceramic of slip
• Applies required materials • Mixtures of solid particles
concentrations and solutions and water
to ceramic mixtures. • Dilution problems
Determines dry and wet weights Make ceramic body Body Calculations 16
of material slip calculations Dry and wet measurements of
materials for bodies
Ceramics Physical • Applies force to produce a Apply the required to Force 14
Science ceramics article. operate machines • Definition, advantages and
• Applies density, volume and disadvantages of force
mass during designing of • Mass and volume
ceramics articles • Pressure

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 • Density and relative density
• Linear motion and
Newton’s laws of motion
Equations of motion.
Determines energy, work and Apply work, energy and Work, energy and power 06
power power relationships to • Units of energy, work and
drive machines power
• Determination of work,
energy and power
• Analyses clay properties as a Carry out experiments Elasticity 10
• Tensile strength
binding material such as on the elastic properties
• Compressive strength
bearing and resistance to of ceramic materials • Shear force
sliding • Hook’s law
• Strain
• Determines stress and strain • Stress
of the clay material • Young’s modulus

• Applies levers in lifting loads Lift loads by Moments 12

• Selects appropriate lever application of levers • Levers, turning effect of
system basing on distance, force, conditions of
speed and loading applies equilibrium, parallel forces
levers in lifting loads and centre of gravity
• Selects appropriate lever
system basing on distance,
speed and loading

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 Minimizes friction and wear by Lubricate machine parts Friction 08
keeping contact interface well • Frictional resistance, types
lubricated of friction,
• Methods of reducing
frictional effect on surfaces,
• Advantages and
disadvantages of friction
Ceramics chemical • differentiates states of matter Analyze chemical • Matter 64
Science and their elements properties and apply • Equivalent weight and
• determines nature of bonding them to test ceramic valence
• determines equivalent weight materials and products • Acids, Bases and Alkaline
• and valence of compounds • Water and hydrogen
• produces kiln furniture (i.e. peroxide
props, bats, crucibles, stands • Electrolysis
and stilts), refractory bricks. • Metals
• decorates glass and other
ceramic products using
transfer papers.
• neutralises the product by
balancing the acidity
• differentiates between hard
and soft water
• carries out crystallization

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 process
• Carries out electroplating
• Performs electrotyping
• Purifies metals
• distinguishes between ferrous
and non ferrous
incorporates metals in
production of ceramics
articles
TOTAL DURATION 236

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ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES OF THE CERAMIC MATERIALS AND PRODUCT TESTING
This module will consist of two papers including a theory and a practical. Each of the papers will have
a continuous assessment and a final exam.
(a) Continuous assessment (40%)
▪ Assignments (05%)
▪ Practicals (25%)
▪ Class tests (10%)
The continuous assessment shall consist of:
❖ Workshop/practical work/expert assignments
❖ Tests
❖ Assignments consisting of;
✓ Class work
✓ Written questions to be answered from home (homework)
✓ Reports from attended industrial visits, documentaries, Field visits and presentations by
professionals
The continuous assessment will be monitored and verified using assessment tools/instruments.
This will be done through the tripartite system of assessment.

(b) Final Examination

This examination will consist of two papers; a theory and a practical.
(i) Theory examination
This paper will consist of eight questions each carrying 20 marks and the trainee will be
required to answer any five questions.

The duration for this paper will be 3 hours.

(ii) Practical examination

This will consist of two compulsory practical questions each carrying 50 marks.

The duration for this paper will be 3 hours.

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 6.0 DETAILED LEARNING CONTENT AND COMPETENCIES FOR KILN CONSTRUCTION AND
FIRING (KILN BUILDER)

Duration
Submodules Competencies Duties and Tasks Indicative syllabus Content
Contact hours
Kilns and Firing • Categorizes kilns • Construct the kiln • Types of kilns, their efficiency and 40
• Constructs a kiln • Operate the kiln fuels used (firewood, electricity,
• Fires the kiln • Fire ceramic gas, oil, sawdust coffee husks)
• Mixes correct proportion of products • Kiln construction, furniture and
refractory and fluxes in the operation
body • Packing and setting
• Biscuit, reduction and glost firing
• Stages in firing, oxidation and
reduction
• Firing faults and remedies
• Fluxes (feldspar, Cornish stone,
naphthalene syenite, born ash)
Refractory(alumina)

Practicals:
• Up draught, down draught kilns
• Batch kiln
• Continuous kilns
• Top loading kilns

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 • Electric, gas and bio-mass(wood
waste, agricultural waste)
Produce and apply glaze (local and
industrial)

Heat • analyzes mediums through • Analyze the • Definition and effects of heat on 08
which heat is transferred temperature and substances
• controls and regulates heat heat using optical • Temperature, heat transfer and heat
during firing • Observation and energy
• differentiates between colours • Heat loss and gain
temperature and heat
• uses bad and good
conductors of heat
• analyzes the temperature and
heat using optical
observation and colours
Light • identifies effects of light on Apply light principles • Optical instruments,
ceramics articles in ceramics production • magnifying glass, 10
• uses electric current for • microscope
firing products and running • colour.
equipment • Effects of light on ceramic products
Electricity Uses electric current for firing • Use electricity in Electric current, simple circuits, voltage 06
products and running equipment firing of ceramic (V), amperes (A) and ohms (Ω)
products. Effects of electric current

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 • Use electricity in
running of power
tools and equipment
Temperature control • Identifies, selects and uses • Supervises the Thermo electric pyrometers, 20
different tools and materials loading of kilns digital/programmable thermo couple,
used for setting out and • Ensures glost firing control thermo couple probe, optic and
constructing kilns. period radiation pyrometers thermo pyro-
• Identifies appropriate fuel • Operates fans and scopes, hold craft bars, bullers ring and
• Controls valves reads the Segar cones
• Controls the firing chambers thermocouple
• Selects the most
affordable and
suitable fuel
TOTAL DURATION 84

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ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES OF THE KILN CONSTRUCTING AND FIRING
This module will consist of two papers including a theory and a practical. Each of the papers will have
a continuous assessment and a final exam.
(a) Continuous assessment (40%)
▪ Assignments (05%)
▪ Practicals (25%)
▪ Class tests (10%)
The continuous assessment shall consist of:
❖ Workshop/practical work/expert assignments
❖ Tests
❖ Assignments consisting of;
✓ Class work
✓ Written questions to be answered from home (homework)
✓ Reports from attended industrial visits, documentaries, Field visits and presentations by
professionals
The continuous assessment will be monitored and verified using assessment tools/instruments.
This will be done through the tripartite system of assessment.
(b) Final Examination
This examination will consist of two papers; a theory and a practical.
(i) Theory examination
This paper will consist of five compulsory questions each carrying 20 marks.

The duration for this paper will be 3 hours.

(ii) Practical examination

This will consist of one compulsory practical question carrying 100 marks.

The duration for this paper will be 6 hours.

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 7.0 DETAILED LEARNING CONTENT AND COMPETENCIES FOR GLAZING (GLAZER)
Duration Contact
Submodules Competencies Duties and Tasks Indicative syllabus Content
hours
Glazes • identify the different types • Prepare and • Introduction and types of 20
of glazes produce glazes. glazes
• identify chemical • Apply glazes on • Classification and application
composition of different ceramics products of glazes (self-glazing and
glazes glazed products)
• materials used in the • Materials used (glass formers,
manufacture of glazes glass network modifiers and
• identify the different intermediate)
methods of glaze application
• identify glost firing
procedure (glaze firing)
• know cooling process after
firing
• know fuels applied in glaze
firing
Glaze application • identifies and applies • Carry out glazing of • Types and techniques of glazing 10
different types of glazing. products. articles (dipping, spraying,
• forms glazes of different • Conducts glost melting, brushing)
articles firing • On glaze and under glaze (use
of transparent and opaque

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 glazes)
Decorative ware • Glazes the article Produce decorative • Flower vases 24
• Decorates articles using wares • Ash trays
various methods • Lamp stands
• Brands products • Ornamental wares (lamp
shades, door/drawer lever,
beads, birds crosses, animals,
rings)
Colouring Materials • identifies and selects Apply colouring Antimony oxide, chromium oxide, 14
appropriate colouring materials to ceramic cobalt oxide, copper oxide, gold,
materials products iron oxide, manganese dioxide,
• correctly applies colour nickel oxide, platinum oxide
titanium dioxide, uranium oxide
Foundry work • prepares foundry materials Make moulds and apply • Material preparation 20
• designs mould patterns finishes on ceramic • Design pattern and mould
• produces designed articles products making (levers, rings, cooking
• finishes and brands articles pots, pans, lamp holders,
manhole covers, traps)
• Heating methods and tools used
• Finishing methods (filing ,
grinding)
• Painting, spraying and branding

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Plastics • classifies plastics Prepares moulds for • Plastic polymers 10
• applies various processing casting • Thermo-plastics, thermo sets,
methods to convert polymers lastomas
into finished products • formation and properties
• moulds the plastic into final • application and Plastic Products
form
• identifies various plastic
product uses
Glass technology • identifies and selects glass • Select materials • Material selection (silica, lime, 12
materials.
• batches and forms glass used in the soda potash, cullets)
• applies glass formation of glass. • Glass batching
• Form glass as a • Glass forming (rolling,
ceramics materials spinning, pressing, blowing)
• Application
TOTAL DURATION 110

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ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES FOR GLAZING
This module will consist of two papers including a theory and a practical. Each of the papers will have
a continuous assessment and a final exam.
(a) Continuous assessment (40%)
▪ Assignments (05%)
▪ Practicals (25%)
▪ Class tests (10%)
The continuous assessment shall consist of:
❖ Workshop/practical work/expert assignments
❖ Tests
❖ Assignments consisting of;
✓ Class work
✓ Written questions to be answered from home (homework)
✓ Reports from attended industrial visits, documentaries, Field visits and presentations by
professionals
The continuous assessment will be monitored and verified using assessment tools/instruments.
This will be done through the tripartite system of assessment.
(b) Final Examination
This examination will consist of two papers; a theory and a practical.
(i) Theory examination
This paper will consist of five compulsory questions each carrying 20 marks.

The duration for this paper will be 3 hours.

(ii) Practical examination

This will consist of one compulsory practical question carrying 100 marks.

The duration for this paper will be 16 hours.

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8.0 MODULE STRUCTURE

YEAR ONE

Number of Number
Code Module Title hours per of weeks LH PH CH CU
week
JULY/AUGUST SERIES
NCCT 111 Ceramics ware 6 20
120 0 120 6
production theory
NCCT 112 Ceramics ware 8 20
0 160 80 4
production practice
NCCT 113 Real Life Project I 6 20 0 120 60 3
NCCT 114 Industrial Training I 30 8 0 240 30 3
VCVM 101 Vocational Mathematics 4 28
112 0 112 4
I
TCCA 101 Computer Applications 4 28 56 56 84 3
TCCS 101 Life Skills 2 28 56 0 56 2
Total Credit Units 25

NOV//DEC SERIES
Ceramic materials and 6 10
NCCT 121 60 0 60 6
product testing theory
Ceramic materials and 8 10
NCCT 122 0 80 40 4
product testing practice
NCCT 123 Real Life Project II 6 10 0 60 30 3
NCCT 124 Industrial Training II 30 8 0 240 30 3
Total Credit Units 16

YEAR TWO

Number of Number
Code Module Title hours per of weeks LH PH CH CU
week
JULY/AUGUST SERIES
NCCT 211 Kiln construction and
firing theory 4 20 80 0 80 4

NCCT 212 Kiln construction and

firing practice 6 20 0 120 60 3

NCCT 213 Real Life Project III 6 20 0 120 60 3

NCCT 214 Industrial Training 30 6 0 240 30 3

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VCTM 201 Vocational Mathematics
4 28 112 0 112 4
II
TCBE 201 Entrepreneurship Skills 2 28 84 0 84 3
TCCS 201 Basic Kiswahili 2 28 56 0 56 2
Total Credit Units 22

NOV/DEC SERIES
NCCT 221 Glazing theory 4 10 40 0 40 4

NCCT 222 Glazing practice 6 10 0 60 30 3

NCCT 223 Real Life Project 6 10 0 60 30 3

NCCT 224 Industrial Training 30 8 0 240 30 3

Total Credit Units 13

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9.0 ASSESSMENT FORMATS FOR NATIONAL CERTIFICATE IN CERAMICS
TECHNOLOGY MODULES
YEAR ONE

Paper code and Name Assessment format

JULY/AUGUST SERIES
NCCT 111 Ceramics ware production This paper will consist of eight questions each carrying
theory 20 marks and the trainee will be required to answer any
five questions.

The duration for this paper will be 3 hours.

NCCT 112 Ceramics ware production This will consist of two compulsory practical questions
practice carrying 100 marks.

The duration for this paper will be 20 hours.

NCCT 113 Ceramics ware production real Each module shall have a real life project which shall be
life project done by trainees either individually or in groups
throughout training period for the specific modules.
NCCT 114 Industrial Training I The institutions shall place and supervise trainees for
industrial training for each of the modules. UBTEB
shall also carry out the routine monitoring of the
industrial training.
VCVM 101 Vocational Mathematics I As before

TCCA 101 Computer Applications As before

TCCS 101 Life Skills As before

NOV/DEC SERIES
This paper will consist of eight questions each carrying
20 marks and the trainee will be required to answer any
NCCT 121 Ceramic materials and product
five questions.
testing theory

The duration for this paper will be 3 hours.

NCCT 122 Ceramic materials and product This will consist of two compulsory practical questions
testing practice each carrying 50 marks.

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 The duration for this paper will be 3 hours.
Each module shall have a real life project which shall be
NCCT 123 Ceramic materials and product
done by trainees either individually or in groups
testing real life project
throughout training period for the specific modules.
The institutions shall place and supervise trainees for
industrial training for each of the modules. UBTEB
NCCT 124 Industrial Training II
shall also carry out the routine monitoring of the
industrial training.

YEAR TWO
Paper code and Name Assessment format
JULY/AUGUST SERIES
NCCT 211 Kiln construction and firing theory This paper will consist of five compulsory
questions each carrying 20 marks.

The duration for this paper will be 3 hours.

NCCT 212 Kiln construction and firing practice This will consist of one compulsory practical
question carrying 100 marks.

The duration for this paper will be 6 hours.

NCCT 213 Kiln construction and firing real life Each module shall have a real life project which
project shall be done by trainees either individually or in
groups throughout training period for the specific
modules.
NCCT 214 Industrial Training III The institutions shall place and supervise trainees
for industrial training for each of the modules.
UBTEB shall also carry out the routine
monitoring of the industrial training.
VCTM 201 Vocational Mathematics II As before

TCBE 201 Entrepreneurship Skills As before

TCCS 201 Basic Kiswahili As before

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NOV/DEC SERIES
This paper will consist of five compulsory
questions each carrying 20 marks.
NCCT 221 Glazing theory

The duration for this paper will be 3 hours.

This will consist of one compulsory practical
question carrying 100 marks.
NCCT 222 Glazing practice

The duration for this paper will be 16 hours.

Each module shall have a real-life project which
shall be done by trainees either individually or in
NCCT 223 Glazing real life project
groups throughout training period for the specific
modules.
The institutions shall place and supervise trainees
for industrial training for each of the modules.
NCCT 224 Industrial Training IV
UBTEB shall also carry out the routine
monitoring of the industrial training.

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