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If you have completed your engineering apprenticeship and want to progress further in your career, are working as an engineering operative and want to improve your skills, or want to move up the career ladder into a supervisory or management role in the industry, an HNC is a great qualification to have.
The HNC is mainly a theory-led classroom-based course which will give you the skills, knowledge and confidence to achieve your ambition or move on to further study such as an HND or university degree.
There are two pathways on offer - manufacturing engineering and mechanical engineering and throughout the programme you will study a range of mandatory modules, as well as a choice of specialism-specific modules which best suit your interests and future career plans.
To access the course you are required to have:
You will also be required to attend a college interview and assessment.
During the course you will study a selection of the the following mandatory modules:
In additon, you will study a number of specialist modules from the following selection:
Manufacturing Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
By studying this course you will:
Throughout the course you will be assessed in the following ways:
Completion of the course will enable you to :
Tutors on the course are all qualified engineers - at degree level or above - have extensive experience of working in the industry.
You will train at our new state-of-the-art Advanced Technology and Automotive Centre at the Welington Road campus in Bilston - due to open in September 2024 - an industry-standard learning centre which will be equipped with a range of equipment including millers, lathes, CNC tooling, 3D printers and laser cutters, as well as fabrication and welding equipment such as TIG, MIG and ARC welders, and CAD suites.
30/09/2024
£2750
Part-time