This course is designed for students who wish to enter Higher Education in Engineering and become technically qualified at level 4. The Higher National Certificate, which is a Higher Technical Qualification, is used as the technical qualification for Higher Apprenticeships.
Applicants are those interested in pursuing career development into technical, supervisory and management roles within the engineering industry, or possibly use it as an entry qualification for university.
Electrical and Electronic Engineering for England pathway – HVGB4. This is the latest Higher Technical Qualification and is “quality marked” by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Qualifications (IfATE)
The part-time programme is scheduled to cover 4 units per year; each unit is worth 15 credits. 120 credits are required for the HNC. The 120 HNC credits are required as a prerequisite for the HND, which is a further 120 credits at level 5; the HND therefore requires 240 credits in total. Full-time programmes are delivered over one college year.
The remaining 5 “specialist” units are:
Students who have completed Level 3 Engineering qualifications and wish to progress will be interviewed before entry, as the Level 4 programme has a high level of maths and science content. Minimum entry qualifications are a Level 3 EAL Extended Diploma, BTEC Level 3 Certificate or Diploma, “A” level maths or “A” level science. In all cases, a good maths capability is required.
Assignment based.
Student Finance Higher Education Loan available for eligible Learners, course costs apply.
Students can progress onto the HND.
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