Engineering Level 2

We offer two Engineering Courses for able pupils.

These are: Manufacturing and Aeronautical Engineering.

Image : Engineers making key rings for charity.

Both courses take place at Blackpool and The Fylde College and involve working in the evening.

Successful pupils will gain an equivalent of 4 GCSE grades - A*-C.

Growth in the Manufacturing and Servicing Industry has led to an increase in demand for technicians servicing telecommunications, medical, refrigeration, and other such equipment. Prospects for a satisfying and rewarding technology based career, for both men and women, have never been better. The following course has a proven record of helping young students to develop their careers.

Why choose a career in Engineering?

Engineering underpins just about everything from transport to medicine and farming to space exploration. An army of engineers is needed now and in the future. The career opportunities are endless.

Mechanical engineers are trained to come up with practical designs for all sorts of machines and structures from skateboards to Formula 1 racing cars, from artifi cial heart valves to stateof- the art wheelchairs. It often involves not only the design but manufacturing and maintenance of mechanical systems and is one of the oldest and broadest of engineering disciplines.

This course offers a starting point for potential technicians and engineers. This course combines both theory and practice, but has a significant practical content. After successful completion, progression on to the Subsidiary Diploma in Engineering leading to an Extended Diploma in Engineering is recommended. This programme forms the ideal stepping-stone for the aspiring engineer!

BTEC Level 2 Diploma is equivalent to four GCSEs grades A* - C.

Course content includes:

• Engineering workshop practises
• Materials
• Electronics
• Welding and fabrication
• Engineering maths
• Engineering science
• Using and interpreting information
• Engineering principles

Practical experience will be gained in engineering, welding and fabrication workshops – putting theory into practise.