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Engineering

Fife College

Venues

Dunfermline (Halbeath) Campus, Rosyth Campus

Content

This distance learning course is for anyone who wishes to start a career in engineering or who may already be employed currently in the industry and would like to attain an internationally recognised engineering qualification. You will carry out mathematical solutions and apply engineering theory to a multitude of mechanical and electrical engineering problems and understand the parameters in which engineering systems operate.

Subjects Include:
Communication: practical skills; Engineering mathematics 1; Principles of engineering systems; Engineering communication; Engineering measurement and systems monitoring; Engineering systems: Graded Unit 1; Materials selection; Quality management: an introduction; Personal development planning; Engineering project; Safety engineering and the environment.

Entry Requirements

Higher Maths at B and 1 from Chemistry, Physics or a technological subject; or Foundation Apprenticeship Engineering; or NC Mechanical Engineering (including SWAP Access to Engineering); or other relevant national qualifications at SCQF Level 6. Interview.

Progression Routes

HND Engineering

Start Date

January

Qualification

HNC

Study Method

Distance and Flexible learning

Course Length

18 months

Department

Engineering and Energy

SCQF Level

7

Website

www.fife.ac.uk

Career Area

Engineering

Career Sectors

Aeronautical Engineering

Chemical and Materials Engineering

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Engineering General

Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (including Fabrication and Welding)

Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

Offshore and Energy