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Level 3
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15 Credits
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0.125 EFTS
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Course duration: 16 weeks
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Workload - Approximately 10 hours per week
This online course will enable you to develop an understanding of the skills involved in safely using engineering workshop machines and equipment, and to develop an awareness of common manufacturing processes.
The course focuses on the development of basic skills and knowledge of safe work practice to enable students to understand and undertake simple engineering project and/or prototype development work. This will include:
- Safety, workplace and personal hazards, safety procedures, current safety legislation and regulations.
- Engineering machining – Lathe, milling machine, drilling machine, off hand grinding.
- Observing heat treatment processes such as quenching, tempering, normalising, and annealing.
- Understanding of welding processes - gas, arc, TIG and MIG.
- Practical skill at MMA and MIG, understanding of thermal cutting and joining of metals, e.g. Brazing, hard soldering.
- Observing a CNC machine in operation.
- Light metal fabrication – bending and forming of sheetmetal, light structural sections, e.g. tube EWS.
- Plastics fabrication, drilling, cutting, gluing, and fastening.
What you will learn
Once you have successfully completed this course, you will be able to:
- Operate safely in an engineering environment and explain the safety requirement required by the appropriate regulations.
- Operate mechanical engineering equipment.
Workshop requirements
You will need access to an engineering workshop to undertake the practical on-job projects.
If access to a workshop to undertake the practical projects is a potential issue, please contact the lecturer/tutor utilising the Ask an Advisor tab on this webpage to discuss.
Lab requirements
There are no Lab requirements for this course.
Assessment
This course is 100% internally assessed
Computer and internet requirements
This course is delivered online, so you will access the course and do your study online, which generally includes reading and doing activities, watching videos, downloading content, and writing and submitting assessments online.
For online learning you need:
- Access to a laptop or desktop computer
- Reliable broadband internet and a data plan
Find out more about online learning
If you are unsure if your current computer or internet access will allow you to study online please contact us.