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Intermediate Certificate: Engineering Skills

This course is ideal for you if you are looking to build your skills across electrical & mechanical engineering as well as fabrication and welding. The skills you will gain are transferable across these disciplines and will give a broad experience for those aiming to work towards becoming technicians in either discipline or for those looking to progress through to a Level 6 engineering course. Delivered by industry experienced engineers your learning will be contextualised and industry relevant.

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Who is this course for?

  • This course is designed to allow you to gain skills in key areas of engineering to prepare you for undertaking employment in an engineering discipline.
  • Typically this will be for students looking to apply for modern apprenticeships.
  • The course offers progression through to SCQF Level 6 for those looking to build their engineering knowledge.
  • Typical Modern Apprenticeship pathways that are supported are electrical and mechanical engineering, pipefitting, fabrication and welding and manufacturing engineering.

What skills will I learn?

The skills that will be developed during this course will help you to achieve employment within the Engineering industry. Skills listed below:
  • Mechanical Maintenance and testing
  • Engineering design/communication
  • Project management
  • Electrical and mechanical principles
  • Fabrication
  • Welding
  • Electrical maintenance and testing

What will I study?

You will study and learn a broad range of engineering skills across Fabrication, Welding, Manufacturing, Mechanical maintenance and electrical engineering. This includes:
  • Wiring and maintenance
  • Mechanical maintenance and design
  • Engineering communication using industry standard software
  • Engineering maths
  • Welding and fabrication typically MIG/MAG
  • Meta skills
  • Mechanical and electrical principles

Application Information

What further study options are available?

Subject to successful completion of the course including all Maths units, then you could progress onto the following courses:
  • Advanced Certificates: Electrical Engineering
  • National Certificate: Mechanical Engineering SCQF Level 6
  • National Certificate: Manufacturing Engineering SCQF Level 6

What career opportunities are there?

Completion of this and further courses may lead to careers in the following areas:
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Electrical engineering
  • Fabrication and welding
  • Manufacturing
  • Modern Apprenticeships