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Level X
Maintenance & Operations Engineering Technician (Mechanical) Apprenticeship L3 Standard
COURSE OVERVIEW
Maintenance & Operations Engineering Technicians maintain the safety, integrity and effective operation of plant and equipment in the role of Electrical Technicians; Mechanical Technicians; Control & Instrumentation Technicians; Wind Turbine Technicians Electrical System and Process Control Technicians; Electromechanical Technicians and Plant Operations Technicians.
They will be responsible for the quality of their own work, possibly others’; and ensuring the work is completed safely, meets stakeholder quality, time and budget requirements, whilst maintaining the efficient running of plant and equipment.
To build these knowledge, skills and behaviours in apprentices, this provision contains an NVQ and BTEC qualification. The NVQ build work-place competency in preparation for the Practical Observation and Technical Interview while the BTEC qualification builds knowledge about relevant engineering theories and principles relative to their occupation and prepare apprentices for the knowledge assessment part of their End Point Assessment (EPA). The EPA contains three summative assessments including the Independent Knowledge Assessment, a Practical Observation and a Technical Interview.
STEM building
The college has built a multi-million pound facility at Crawley College that puts the college at the cutting edge of training delivery in electrical electronic. The new building is home to a suite of modern teaching and interactive spaces, which integrate the use of technology and STEM (science, technology, engineering & maths) in to its curriculum.
FURTHER INFORMATION
This course is suitable for candidates who have achieved their L2 in Engineering already, or who have significant knowledge and experience in the industry. Candidates must also be in Employment in a relevant job role.
We would recommend apprentices have achieved a grade 4 or above in both English and Maths to study this Standard.
Upon achievement you will have the opportunity to advance onto a HNC L4 or HND L5 course in Engineering and will gain highly desirable and transferable skills to aid you with your Engineering career. In addition to registration with an appropriate Professional Engineering Institution and will have use of the prefix Eng Tech (Engineering Technician) in your title.
You will be assessed via an e-portfolio of work, developed with the guidance and supervision of a highly qualified assessor and complete college assessments with your tutor whilst in college.
Throughout the apprenticeship you will be prepared for the summative End-Point assessment (EPA) needed to achieve the qualification.
There is no cost to an apprentice.
If you are an employer employing an apprentice over the age 21 (without an EHCP) then you are likely to pay 5% towards the training cost.
If you are an employer with an Apprenticeship levy (i.e. your payroll exceeds £3 Million) then you will pay in full from your levy account.
Your employer will provide you with personal protective equipment that you will use when working as well as in our dedicated engineering workshops.
For more information on this Apprenticeship or other Apprenticeships we offer, please contact our friendly Apprenticeship team on 01243 812948 or email apprenticeships@chigroup.ac.uk