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The purpose of these qualifications is to develop students as professional, self-reflecting individuals able to meet the demands of employers in the engineering sector and to adapt to a constantly changing world. The qualifications aim to widen access to higher education and enhance the career prospects of those who undertake them.
The objectives of these qualifications are to:
- Equip students with the skills, knowledge and understanding they need to achieve high performance in the engineering and manufacturing environment
- Develop students with enquiring minds, who have the abilities and confidence to work across different engineering functions and to lead, manage, respond to change and tackle a range of complex engineering situations
- Provide the core skills required for a range of careers in engineering, specifically those related to mechanical engineering
- Offer a balance between employability skills and the knowledge essential for students with entrepreneurial, employment or academic ambitions
- Develop students’ understanding of the major impact that new digital and software technologies have on the engineering environment
- Provide insight to mechanical engineering operations and the opportunities and challenges presented by a global marketplace
- Equip students with knowledge and understanding of culturally diverse organisations, cross-cultural issues, diversity and values
- To allow flexible study to meet local and specialist needs.
By the end of Level 4 study, students will have sound knowledge of the basic concepts of mechanical engineering. They will be competent in a range of subject-specific skills as well as in general skills and qualities relevant to these key areas of engineering.
Key Information
Course Level
Level 4
Delivery
Part-Time
Duration
2 Years PT
Awarding Body
Pearson
This course includes the following core modules that all students complete:
Level 4 Year 1
- Unit 4001: Engineering Design
- Unit 4002: Engineering Maths
- Unit 4004: Managing a Professional Engineering Project (A Pearson-set unit)
- Unit 4008: Mechanical Principles
- Unit 4011: Fluid Mechanics
- Unit 4013: Fundamentals of Thermodynamics and Heat Engines
- Unit 4014: Production Engineering for Manufacture
- Unit 4017: Quality and Process Improvement
Occasional changes to modules and course content may take place. Students will be notified when applicable.
All Higher Technical Qualifications (HTQs) have a practical focus in delivery that compliments the theoretical underpinnings of Engineering study. Students can expect to experience a timetabled schedule of theory-led lectures/seminars alongside practical, assessment and employability workshops that prepare them for industry. All students also receive timetabled tutorial support alongside the formal curriculum.
Assessment methods are varied to ensure holistic assessment is achieved in Higher Technical Qualifications. These can include:
- Practical sessions
- Essay-writing
- Reports
- Project development and management
- Computer-aided design
- Podcasts/vodcasts
- Poster preparation/presentation/symposiums
- Presentations
- Time-constrained/time-limited assessment
- Reflection
- Peer Review
- Observation
You will normally be required to have achieved the BTEC National Certificate or Diploma or A Level or NVQ/VRQ level 3 qualification in a relevant subject area.
We are committed to creating educational opportunities for people from a variety of backgrounds and situations. If you have been out of formal education for some time, and/or you do not have the qualifications stated, we might still be able to consider your application and offer you a range of support. We are here to help. Please get in touch to find out more.
The Level 4 units lay the foundation of learning by providing a broad introduction to the engineering sector as well as a focused introduction to mechanical engineering. This develops and strengthens core skills while preparing students for more specialist subjects at Level 5 or to enter employment with the qualities necessary for job roles that require some personal responsibility. Students will gain a wide range of scientific and engineering knowledge linked to practical skills obtained through research, independent study, directed study and workplace scenarios. Students are involved in vocational activities that help them to develop behaviours (the attitudes and approaches required for a competence) and transferable skills. Transferable skills are those such as communication, teamwork, research and analysis, which are highly valued in higher education and in the workplace.
The Level 4 Higher National Certificate provides a solid grounding on which students can build should they decide to continue their studies beyond the Certificate stage. The Level 5 Higher National Diploma allows students to specialise by committing to specific career paths and progression routes to degree-level study. On successful completion of the Level 5 Higher National Diploma, students can develop their careers in the sector through:
- entering employment
- continuing existing employment
- linking with the appropriate professional body
- committing to Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- progressing to university.
Financial Support
UK students can take out a tuition fee loan to cover the cost of their course and a maintenance loan to cover living costs.
We also have a range of other financial support available.
Course Fees
UK
£3000.00 PA
Additional Costs
Your Tuition fees cover most costs associated with your course (including registration, tuition, and assessment).
There may be some extra costs that you might need to make, or choose to pay, for example:
- Books (you’ll have access to books from your module reading lists in the HE library, but you may wish to buy your own copies)
- Printing and photocopying
- Trips and enhancement opportunities
As the programme requires vocational hours within the Mental Health and Wellbeing arena, you may be required to pay for an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check if you are not in possession of a current one or registered on the update service.
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