The Department of Engineering is a newly introduced department at the University of Zululand, housed manufacturing, and processing. Many of these industries have pledged support to the programmes. Engineering is one both in industry and parastatal bodies. The engineering complex of approximately R600m is under development operational management of the Department of Engineering (Mechanical) as well as implementation of departmental the field, with a specialization in Mechanical Engineering. Competence in communicating knowledge and facilitating