Engineering – BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Applied Science (Engineering)

This course provides the opportunity to develop highly specialist, work-related knowledge and skills in the design, development and maintenance of engineering products and systems. This is a practical course and follows an electronic and material engineering pathway.

Course Specific Trips & Visits & Experiences

The College runs a number of educational experiences each year to enable students to contextualise their learning. These experiences include trips, work experience and presentations by visiting speakers.

Students undertaking this course will be expected to complete a work placement within an engineering based company.

The Level 3 Diploma is equivalent to two A Levels and allows progression onto an Engineering related higher education qualification such as Electrical or Materials Engineering or into employment fields such as Research, Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality Assurance and Material Development.

Students wishing to do BTEC Level 3 courses, need to have (or expect to achieve) at least four GCSE passes at Grade 4 or above including English and Mathematics (and a satisfactory school reference) in order to be accepted on a BTEC Level 3 Programme.

Students should also gain the following GCSE grade:

• Grade 4 in Science and Grade 4 in Maths

This course is 33% exam based.

The exam board for this course is Pearson EDEXCEL.