HNC Engineering (FT)

Start Date
Level
4
Course Course
P00450
Area
Engineering
Campus
City Campus

About this Course

The course is ideal for any learners who have completed a Level 3 Engineering qualification and want to take their career to the next level. This course is equivalent to the first year of a degree and is studied at our fantastic Olive Grove campus which has seen major investment in the latest technology. The level 4 HNC gives learners a broad introduction to engineering, with mandatory core units of learning that cover the basics of engineering, while allowing for the acquisition of some sector-specific skills and experience through the specialist units. Learners will also gain the valuable employability skills that are key to a job in the thriving sector. We work with employers in Sheffield which has maintained a reputation as a key industrial city. Learners will be onsite and also will be required to undertake independent study from home.

Key Units

  • Engineering Design
The aim of this unit is to introduce students to the methodical steps that engineers use in creating functional products and processes; from a design brief to the work, and the stages involved in identifying and justifying a solution to a given engineering need. 

  • Engineering Maths
The mathematics that is delivered in this unit is that which is directly applicable to the engineering industry, and it will help to increase students’ knowledge of the broad underlying principles within this discipline. 

  • Engineering Science
Engineering is a discipline that uses scientific theory to design, develop or maintain structures, machines, systems, and processes. Engineers are therefore required to have a broad knowledge of the science that is applicable to the industry around them.

  • Managing a Professional Engineering Project
This unit introduces students to the techniques and best practices required to successfully create and manage an engineering project designed to identify a solution to an engineering need. 

  • Production Engineering for Manufacture
All of the manufactured products we use in our daily lives, from processed food to clothing and cars, are the result of production engineering. This unit introduces students to the production process for key material types; the various types of machinery used to manufacture products and the different ways of organising production systems to optimise the production process.

  • Quality and Process Improvement 
The quality unit introduces students to the importance of quality assurance processes in a manufacturing or service environment and the principles and theories that underpin them.

  • Electrical and Electronic Principles 
Electrical engineering is mainly concerned with the movement of energy and power in electrical form, and its generation and consumption. Electronics is mainly concerned with the manipulation of information, which may be acquired, stored, processed or transmitted in electrical form. Both depend on the same set of physical principles.

  • Industrial Robots
Industrial robotics is the present and future of automated manufacturing and is an unstoppable reality. With the emergence of lighter, smarter and safer industrial robot models that are increasingly easy to interface, the demand has never been so high and is expected to grow year on year. Among the topics included are industrial robot selection, and programming and safety protocols that anticipate future developments in industrial robot technology. 

Entry Requirements

  • Level 3 Engineering, 
  • GCSE Maths and English at grade 4 or equivalent

Assessment

The course will be assessed purely from a portfolio of assignment work.

Where does this Lead

  • HND in Engineering (General, Manufacturing or Electrical & Electronic pathways)
  • University Degree
  • Higher Apprenticeship

Future Opportunities

  • Manufacturing Engineer
  • Electrical Engineer
  • Electronic Engineer

Tell Me More

The Sheffield College Olive Grove Campus has recently had major funding spent on new facilities and equipment which HNC learners can take full advantage of. We also work closely with local employers and you would be involved in the annual GUTS STEM event at Magna which showcases what we do alongside major employers in the region.

Extra Costs

For the workshop learners will be expected to provide their own PPE (overalls, boots and glasses)

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