LEVEL 3 Foundation In Engineering

The 180-credit BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma extends and deepens the specialist work-related focus from the BTEC Level 3 90-credit Diploma and the BTEC Level 3 Diploma. There is potential for the qualification to prepare learners for appropriate direct employment in the vocational sector and it is suitable for those who have decided that they clearly wish to enter a particular specialist area of work. It is broadly equivalent to three GCE A Levels. Some learners may wish to gain the qualification in order to enter a specialist area of employment or to progress to a higher education foundation degree, HND or other professional development programme. Other learners may want to extend the specialist nature of the subjects they studied on the Level 3 BTEC Diploma or another programme of study.

The BTEC qualifications in this specification have been developed in the engineering sector to give education and training for employees in the engineering industries. It helps engineering employees in the mechanical engineering sector opportunities to achieve a nationally recognized level 3 vocationally-specific qualification.

It gives full-time learners the opportunity to progress to vocational qualifications such as the Pearson BTEC Level 4 Higher National Diplomas in various Engineering programmes.  It give learners the opportunity to develop a range of skills and techniques, personal skills and attributes essential for successful performance in working life.

Duration

1 year (3 semesters in a year)

Mode of Study

Full-time

Course Contents

1. Health & Safety in the Engineering Workplace
2. Mathematics for Engineering Technicians
3. Mechanical Principles for Engineering Technicians
4. Communications for Engineering Technicians
5. Engineering Project
6. Business Operations in Engineering
7. Engineering Design
8. Properties & Applications of Engineering Materials
9. Applications of Mechanical Systems in Engineering
10. Principles & Applications of Fluid MechanicsPrinciples & Applications of Thermodynamics
11. Electro, Pneumatic & Hydraulic Systems & DevicesIndustrial Process Controllers
12. Engineering Drawing for Technicians
13. Setting & Providing Secondary Processing Machines
14. Computer Aided Drafting in Engineering
15. Further Mechanical Principles & Applications
16. Further Mathematics for Technicians

Certification

Final Degree certificate issued by University of Bolton, UK