West Coast TVET College, which brands itself West Coast College, is unusual among South African TVET colleges in how far apart its campuses are. Five campuses are spread over roughly two hundred kilometres of the Western Cape coast and interior, from Atlantis in the south to Vredendal in the north. Distance, not programme choice, is often the deciding factor here, and the college runs student transport pick-up points because of it.
Central office, Malmesbury
- Telephone: 022 482 1143
- Email: [email protected]
- Complaints: [email protected]
- Address: 2 Loedolf Street, Malmesbury
Campus telephone numbers
- Malmesbury Campus: 022 487 2851, 022 487 2852 or 022 487 2853, 6 Church Street, Malmesbury
- Atlantis Campus: 021 577 1727, corner Charl Uys Drive and Neil Hare Street, Atlantis Industrial Area
- Vredenburg Campus: 022 713 3167 or 022 713 3168, 1 Akademie Street, Louwville, Vredenburg
- Citrusdal Campus: 022 921 2457, 101 Kerk Street, Citrusdal
- Vredendal Campus: 027 213 5673 or 027 213 5674, 1 Hoerskool Road, Vredendal
Note that the central office and the Malmesbury campus are two different addresses in the same town, on Loedolf Street and Church Street respectively. Administrative matters go to Loedolf Street; teaching and campus registration happen on Church Street.
Office hours across all campuses
- Monday to Thursday: 07h30 to 16h00
- Friday: 07h30 to 15h00
- Closed on weekends
The early Friday close is easy to miss and catches people driving in from out of town for an afternoon appointment.
Getting there
The college publishes a pick-up points and times page for student transport, which matters more here than at an urban college. Before you accept a place at a campus, work out the daily journey and check whether a pick-up point serves your town, because the nearest campus by map is not always the one your transport reaches. Vredendal to Malmesbury, for instance, is a long trip and the two campuses do not offer the same programmes.
Applications and funding
- Apply to the campus that offers the programme, not the nearest one; there is no application fee
- NSFAS bursary funding is a separate application with its own deadline, and the college cannot approve or release it
- Confirm which of the NC(V) and NATED programmes run at your chosen campus before applying, since they are split across the five
If something is not resolved
- Raise it at the campus first, then with the central office on 022 482 1143
- The college publishes a dedicated complaints mailbox at [email protected], which is separate from general enquiries
- Public TVET colleges fall under the Department of Higher Education and Training for unresolved complaints