This is the 2023/24 Annual Teaching Plan for Grade 11 Electrical Technology, with separate plans for Digital Electronics, Electronics and Power Systems. All three start with safety and measuring instruments, then move to the topics of each specialisation, such as waveforms, RLC circuits, semiconductors, logic, amplifiers, DC machines, transformers, motors and power supplies, with a PAT built up through simulations and a design.
Each specialisation plan is set out week by week over 10 to 11 weeks per term, listing CAPS topics, concepts and skills, practicals, resources and formal SBA tasks.
Download the ATP
- Download Digital Electronics (PDF, 269 KB)
- Download Electronics (PDF, 263 KB)
- Download Power Systems (PDF, 286 KB)
What the Electrical Technology Grade 11 ATP covers
Term 1
- All: occupational health and safety
- All: tools and measuring instruments
- Digital Electronics and Electronics: waveforms and pulse shaping
- Digital Electronics and Electronics: RLC circuits
- Power Systems: DC machines
- Power Systems: single phase AC generation
- PAT simulation 1 and design part 1
Formal assessment: Assignment. PAT simulation 1 completed.
Term 2
- Digital Electronics and Electronics: semiconductor devices
- Zener diodes, NPN and PNP transistors, SCR
- Power Systems: single phase transformers
- Power Systems: RLC circuits
- PAT simulation 2
Formal assessment: Controlled test. PAT simulation 2 completed.
Term 3
- Digital Electronics: TRIAC and DIAC
- Digital Electronics: logic gates, Boolean algebra, Karnaugh maps
- Electronics: power supplies and amplifiers
- Power Systems: control devices, contactors and PLCs
- Power Systems: single phase motors
- PAT simulation 3 and design part 2
Formal assessment: Term test. PAT simulation 3 completed.
Term 4
- Digital Electronics: sensors and transducers
- Electronics: amplifiers, sensors and communication systems
- Power Systems: DC power supplies and rectification
- Finalising the PAT portfolio
- Revision and examination
Formal assessment: Final examination.
Source: Department of Basic Education, 2023/24 Annual Teaching Plans. DBE Circular S19 of 2025 keeps the 2023/24 ATPs in use, with some exclusions, so check with your school or district for any changes.