Engineering: Manufacturing (Process and Control)

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The global multi-billion-pound sector of manufacturing is fuelled by Engineers constantly innovating to solve our everyday problems. Are you fascinated by how it’s made? Explore diverse industry sectors from car manufacturing to how we feed whole countries. You’ll learn about the exciting use of skills to solve real world problems, how the industry works based on engineering thinking, career opportunities for engineers, sustainability, and the true potential of engineering in the commercial setting.

There is a huge real-world 45-day industry placement experience built into the course, giving you a real advantage in the employment marketplace. In addition to robust core elements that give you a really good understanding of the sector, you will be able to specialise in an area such as production technologies, process design or materials use.

What will I study in Engineering: Manufacturing (Process and Control)?

You will study a range of core modules from typical Engineering modules such as:

  • Working within the Engineering and Manufacturing Sectors
  • Essential mathematics for engineering and manufacturing
  • Essential science for engineering and manufacturing
  • Materials and their properties
  • Mechanical principles
  • Electrical and electronic principles

to more business focused modules, such as:

  • Health and safety principles and coverage
  • Business, commercial and financial awareness
  • Professional responsibilities, attitudes, and behaviours

The full list can be found at the website below:

Employer-set project

The employer-set project ensures students have the opportunity to combine core knowledge and skills to develop a substantial piece of work in response to an employer set brief. The employer-set project forms part of the Technical Qualification and is a separate part of the T Level programme to the Industry Placement.

Occupational Specialist Content

Specialist content is structured into different occupational specialisms, which correspond to the apprenticeship standards listed on the relevant occupational map. Occupational specialisms ensure students develop the knowledge and skills necessary to achieve a level of competence needed to enter employment in the occupational specialism, and are organised around ‘performance outcomes’ that indicate what the student will be able to do, as a result of learning and applying the specified knowledge and skills.

Entry Requirements

At least five GCSEs at Grade 4 or above from the basket subjects, including Grade 5 in Maths and Grade 4 in English Language.

Students with a Grade 5 in Maths will be enrolled on Maths GCSE (Higher tier). This course will run from November to May of Year 1 and will support progress on the Engineering T-level.

What is the T-level industry placement?

The Industry Placement

Your industry placement gives you a great opportunity to put your learning into practice and develop your technical skills and knowledge for the industry your placement is in. It will help you to progress once you have finished your T-level, whether that is directly into employment, an apprenticeship, or more education.

This is a compulsory part of your T-level, and you must complete it to get your T-level certificate. You will spend a minimum of 315 hours on your placement, or 750 hours for Childcare and Education T-level students.

How will I learn?

There will be a lot of classroom based activities, with lectures, debates and workshops occurring throughout the two years but a key component of the T level is the work placement.  This is a substantial element of the course and equates to 45 days (315 hours) of your course.

How will I be assessed?

  • 2 Core exam papers taken in May of Year 2.
  • An 18 hour Employer Set Project in November of Year 2.
  • A 30 hour Occupational Specialism Assessment in May of Year 2
  • Minimum 315 hours of work placement with one or two employers over the 2 years

Any trips?

Yes, we will be organising a number of various trips to take advantage of the excellent situation within which Cirencester lies - at the heart of much of the best of British Engineering.

Companies such as:

  • Rolls Royce
  • Dyson
  • Machynlleth Centre for Alternative Technology
  • Renishaw

will be possible options to visit, but we will also visit a number of different sites, such as Cosford RAF Museum, the Ironbridge World Heritage Site in Shropshire and the Amazon Distribution Centre in Swindon.

Are there any costs involved?

There will be costs for transport to your work placement and you will have to pay a small amount for materials.  There will be costs associated with the trips but these will be kept to a minimum.

A laptop suitable for CAD work would be useful but not compulsory for this course. https://www.cirencester.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/filr/78325/LAPTOP REQUIREMENT FOR T LEVELS.pdf

Cirencester College offers a generous Bursary Scheme, which may be able to assist with the cost of these items. All details can be found under Financial Support.

FAQs

Do I need to be good at Maths?

There is a lot of Maths involved in Engineering so the standard is quite high - you will need to be able to access a similar standard to A-level Maths.


Is there much practical work involved?

Yes, LOTS! You have 315 hours of work placement, at least, and many of your units in College will have a practical element to them as well.


What sort of progression is there from the T-level in Engineering?

A quick answer would be to say - lots of different opportunities! Anything ranging from a full apprenticeship to Higher Education Degree Courses in Engineering.

The T-level also offers you a useful route straight into employment or even self-employment.


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