The Department of Higher Education and Training is responsible for the Management Plan for the administration and management of The Certificate Of Competency (Mines And Factories) Examinations.

The Government Certificate of Competency (GCC) is a certificate issued by the Chief Inspector from The Department of Employment and Labour (Factories Engineer) or The Department of Mineral Resources (Mines Engineer) or South African Maritime Safety Authority (Marine Engineer) certification for mechanical or electrical engineers who are working in the factories or mining or marine industry in South Africa.

The Candidate would need to register by completing the application form and submit this with the relevant supporting documents to either the DoL (Factories) or DMR (Mines) to write their GCC exams.  The Department will issue the Candidate with a letter of acceptance to write the GCC exams.  Take note that this letter has an expiry term of 3 years. The Candidate must present this letter when registering at the relevant Examination Centres.

Department of Employment and Labour, Tel: 012 309 4111, Email: leema.mofokeng@labour.gov.za

Department of Mineral and Resources, Tel: 012 444 3000, Email: gcc_examinations@dmr.gov.za

South African Maritime Safety Authority, Tel: 021 938 3310, Email: info@samsa.org.za