Aircraft Engineering Diploma - Level 2

Fascinated by Aircraft? Do you enjoy problem solving and fixing things? Do you want to have a career in commercial airlines or the RAF? Do you want to have a career in an growing industry helping to create a better future? If so then this is the course for you. The UK is expanding its Engineering sector every year with more and more companies looking for highly skilled technicians to come up with innovative new systems and technologies.

Here at Central Sussex College you will take your first steps into your career by learning in a practical environment complete with actual planes, simulators and engines.

Want to know more? Below are just some of the units you will study on this programme.

• Fundamentals of Aircraft Materials and Hardware
• Human Factors in Aviation
• Fundamentals of Electrics and Theory of Flight
• Fundamentals of Airframe Construction and Systems
• Aviation Mathematics and Science for Technicians

Every learner at Central Sussex College who is under 19 will undertake a personal Study Programme designed to develop them academically, practically and personally. Study Programmes contain 3 essential elements:

• Subject Course – Vocational or chosen Academic subject, usually studied for 12 – 16 hours a week.
• English and Maths – Every learner will work towards Level 2 English and Maths (C grade equivalent). Learners who have achieved a Grade C will extend their English and Maths.
• 3E – Our own brand of specific entrepreneurship, enterprise and employability training.

You will have specific time in your timetable for each of the three elements above and you will be expected to attend all elements throughout the year. Study programmes are designed to help you meet your maximum potential and progress to the next level of study of into work.

Central Sussex College is committed to providing you with guidance and support to help you make the most of your potential and achieve your goals! We offer an exciting range of academic qualifications, vocational subjects and apprenticeships – based at excellent facilities in Crawley, Haywards Heath, East Grinstead and Horsham. We have something for everyone – so whether you are just leaving school and looking to study for a BTEC or A Levels, are looking to retrain and gain new skills or take your studies further with professional qualification or higher level training at our University Centre, Central Sussex College can cater for you.