Engineering Technician

City College Plymouth

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In Plymouth

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    Plymouth

About the course

Engineering Technicians in the Aerospace, Aviation, Automotive, Maritime Defence and wider Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Sector are predominantly involved in highly skilled, complex work.

Engineering Technicians take responsibility for the quality and accuracy of the work they undertake within the limits of their personal authority. They also need to be able to demonstrate a core set of behaviours in order to be competent in their job role, complement wider business strategy and development. This will enable them to support their long term career development.
Engineered and manufactured products and systems that Engineering Technicians work on could involve mechanical, electrical, electronic, electromechanical and fluid power components/systems.

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Location

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Plymouth (Devon)
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Kings Road, PL1 5QG

Start date

On request

About this course

Entry requirements

Acceptance on this Apprenticeship will be determined through completion of Functional Skills entry assessments with our Work-based Learning team and a vocational assessment carried out by the engineering team at the College.
Individual employers will set the recruitment and selection criteria for their Apprenticeships. In order to optimise success, candidates will typically have 4 GCSEs at Grade C/4 or equivalent, including Mathematics, English and a Science.

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Subjects

  • Systems
  • Engineering

Course programme

What you'll learn

Engineering Technicians are able to demonstrate:

• understanding of general engineering/manufacturing mathematical and scientific principles, methods, techniques, graphical expressions, symbols formulae and calculations used by engineering technicians
• understanding the structure, properties and characteristics of common materials used in the sector
• understanding approved diagnostic methods and techniques used to help solve engineering/manufacturing problems
• understanding the importance of only using current approved processes, procedures, documentation and the potential implications for the organisation if this is not adhered to
• understanding and interpreting relevant engineering/manufacturing data and documentation in order to complete their job role
• working safely at all times, complying with health, safety and environmental legislation, regulations and organisational requirements
planning and where applicable obtaining all the resources required to undertake the work activity.

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