COURSE INFORMATION

This is a mainly practical course aimed to improve your career prospects within mechanical, manufacture or systems related areas within engineering. It follows an SQA SCQF Level 5 Engineering Practice award, providing a thorough grounding in the engineering principles required by people working towards technician level.
The skills that will be developed during this course will help the candidate to achieve employment within the Engineering industry. Skills listed below: 
  • Employability
  • Problem solving 
  • Understand engineering principles 
  • Numeracy 
  • Communications 
  • Hand skills 
  • Confidence  
  • One year full-time 
Your course will include important skills to enhance your employment and career progression options these may include a variety of skills such as: 
  • Health and safety: engineering 
  • Engineering materials 
  • Graphical engineering communication 
  • Engineering dimensional control 
  • Computer aided draughting (CAD) for engineers 
  • Electrical and mechanical principles 
  • Material removal principles and practice 
  • Engineering workshop and assembly skills 
  • Craft 1 and 2 Maths 
  • Engineering project / Manufacturing processes
  • The Core Skills of ICT, numeracy and communication will be developed and certificated on this course 
One of the following: 
  • Three National 4's which must include Mathematics, English, and Technology or a Science-based subject.
  • Successful completion of the three National 5 Mathematics Units or the two National 5 English Units will also be acceptable if the applicant has achieved these rather than National 4’s in these subjects.
  • Certificate: Gateway to Engineering SCQF Level 4 (with SCQF Level 4 Maths and English).

 PLUS 
  • You may be required to take part in an informal conversation as part of the application process. This group/individual conversation may be an information session, a portfolio discussion, or a skills based exercise.
Subject to successful completion of the course including all Maths units, then you could progress onto the following courses:
  • National Certificates: Electrical Engineering and Engineering Systems SCQF Level 6.
  • National Certificate: Mechanical Engineering SCQF Level 6.
  • National Certificate: Manufacturing Engineering SCQF Level 6.
Completion of this and further courses may lead to careers in the following areas: 
  • Mechanical engineering 
  • Electrical engineering 
  • Fabrication and welding 
  • Manufacturing 
  • Modern Apprenticeships 
  • You may be required to take part in an informal conversation as part of the application process. This group/individual conversation may be an information session, a portfolio discussion, or a skills based exercise.