Summary

This course is for individuals wishing to develop higher-level professional skills relevant to the mechanical engineering sector.

The purpose of Higher Nationals in Mechanical Engineering is to develop students as professional, self-reflecting individuals who are able to meet the demands of employers in the rapidly evolving engineering sector and adapt to a constantly changing world. The qualifications also aim to widen access to higher education and enhance the career prospects of those who undertake them.

The Higher National Certificate (HNC) is a Level 4 qualification made up of 120 credits.

The programme team uses a combination of traditional classroom teaching, open learning and research-based experiential learning, laboratory experiments and demonstrations, industry standard IT applications and group activities.

The course comprises of mandatory and additional units.

The mandatory units are:
Engineering Design
Engineering Maths
Engineering Science
Managing a Professional Engineering Project
Mechanical Principles
Fundamentals of Thermodynamics and Heat Engines

The course team have selected the following additional units:
Quality and Process Improvement
Computer Aided Design (CAD) for Engineering

Please see Pearson website https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/btec-higher-nationals/general-engineering-2017.html for further information, and the attached document for an outline of each unit.

Students will normally attend college one day per week for one and a half years.