Design & Development for Engineering & Manufacturing (Electrical) T-Level

Course Overview

T-Level summary:
- Two-year course
- Equivalent to 3 A-Levels
- Worth up to 168 UCAS points (Distinction*)
- Created alongside employers
- Includes an extended industry placement within the industry (315 hours minimum)
- Supports progression into university and a professional career within land-based industries

Meaningful work placements
Our T Level students gain direct occupational experience with local engineering firms, including Anord Mardix and James Cropper. Your placement takes place over a minimum of 45 days, spread across two blocks during the two years, giving you the opportunity to put your newly learned engineering skills into practice.

Although the college will try to secure a placement for you, you are free to seek out your own placement, allowing you to tailor your experience to any specialism of engineering you find interesting.

This course is designed to develop your knowledge, core skills and values in an engineering context, providing a great foundation to studying specialist areas of engineering at university.

The core content includes:
- Mechanical principles
- Electrical and electronic principles
- Engineering design including Computer Aided Design and Manufacture
- Mechatronics
- Essential science for engineering and manufacturing

In addition to the mandatory core content, you will have the option of studying one of the standalone occupational specialisms listed below:
- Mechanical engineering
- Electrical and electronic engineering
- Control and instrumentation engineering
- Structural engineering

The Workshop
Throughout your time at the college, you will have access to the engineering departments extensive workshop facilities. One day a week is dedicated to training you on correct workshop practices, and fundamental machining skills. One these skills have reached the required level, you will be working on live projects with the independence to make engineering design decisions. Examples of the machines you will operate include Lathes, both manual and CNC mills, welders, and a waterjet cutter, to name a few.

Besides the workshop, the engineering departments, maker space also has a range of 3D printers, including both filament and resin models, to allow you to quickly prototype designs and develop engineering solutions.

Assessment
Assessment is via practical & academic based assignments, examinations, and a series of assessed tasks based on an employer set project.

Further opportunities
The department organises a variety of guest speakers throughout the year, including presentations from larger companies, such as BAE systems.

Awarding body
This qualification is awarded by City & Guilds. More information about the engineering T Level can be found here. https://www.cityandguilds.com/tlevels/engineering.