BTEC Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Mechanical Engineering

Who is the course for
This course is for students who are interested in a career in electromechanical engineering.

Course Content
Year 1 course = 90 credit Diploma. Year 2 course = a further 90 credits providing in total a 180 credit Extended Diploma.

You will study five mandatory units and 12 specialist units (accumulating 180 credits) all must be passed to achieve the qualification.

Mandatory units.

• Health and safety in the engineering workplace
• Communication for engineering technicians
• Engineering project
• Mathematics for engineering technicians
• Mechanical principles and applications.

Specialist units.

• Business operations in engineering
• Engineering design
• Properties and applications of engineering materials
• Further mechanical principles and applications
• Applications of mechanical systems in engineering
• Principles and applications of fluid mechanics
• Engineering drawing for technicians
• Electrical and electronic principles
• Engineering primary forming processes
• Engineering secondary and finishing techniques and processes
• Applications of computer numerical control in engineering
• Further mathematics for technicians.