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Course code: P13772
Subject area: Engineering
Study level: Apprenticeship
Course level: 3
Course time:
09:00 - 17:00
Course date:
1st Aug 2025 - 31st Jul 2030
Course location:
Abingdon Campus• 24 months practical training period, plus 6 months for End Point Assessment
Delivery model:
• Work-based training with your employer
• Day release during term time (approximately 36 days per year, over two years)
• Regular meetings with your training coordinator to monitor progress and well-being
• Apprentices will need to complete a minimum of 744 hours of off-the-job training during their apprenticeship
End Point Assessment:
• Project: report including evidence and questioning
• Multiple choice test
• Professional discussion
• The typical engineering problems which may arise within the maintenance environment
• Information technology: spreadsheets, presentations, word processing, email and digital collaboration tools
• Fundamentals of engineering maintenance: documentation, safety checks, standard operating procedures, estimating planned equipment downtime, cost management and document validity
• Engineering materials and consumables, their structure, properties and characteristics, how and why engineering materials can fail
• Engineering standards and regulations requiring compliance in the engineering workplace
• Types of engineering drawings and diagrams and their purpose
• Data analysis principles used to identify trends and issues impacting operational performance
• Level 3 Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Technical Knowledge)
• Level 3 Engineering Fitter Apprenticeship