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The Engineering Diploma

What is it?. The Edexcel View. The Edexcel Diplomas in Engineering aim to:Develop a broad understanding and knowledge about engineering and related sectors.Develop the knowledge, skills and attributes required to work in the engineering sector.Encourage learners to learn through experience of applying knowledge and skills to tasks or contexts including those that have many of the characteristics of real work..

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The Engineering Diploma

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    1. The Engineering Diploma An Author’s View Alan Gray

    2. What is it?

    3. The Edexcel View The Edexcel Diplomas in Engineering aim to: Develop a broad understanding and knowledge about engineering and related sectors. Develop the knowledge, skills and attributes required to work in the engineering sector. Encourage learners to learn through experience of applying knowledge and skills to tasks or contexts including those that have many of the characteristics of real work.

    4. The AQA/City & Guilds View Why choose the Engineering Diploma? The Engineering Diploma introduces learners to the world of engineering. It provides a gateway to the different sectors of engineering and the underlying systems and structures. Learners will acquire an understanding of the contribution engineering makes to modern life and of the career opportunities available. The Diploma will enable learners to progress into further and higher education and future employment. Learners following an Engineering programme will also produce a project which complements the Principal Learning and/or supports their progression

    5. Do not mention the ‘V’ word! Diplomas provide a unique opportunity for learners to explore engineering, prior to committing to a specific occupational area. (original draft summary specification) i.e. It is not a vocational qualification

    6. Is this more like it?

    7. My Units EAL/BTEC collaborative venture Unit 6: Electronic Circuit Construction and Testing (Level 1) Unit 5: Electrical and Electronic Circuits and Systems (Level 2) Unit 4: Instrumentation and Control Engineering (Level 3)

    8. EDDP Sector Skills Councils represented on the Engineering Diploma Project Team: SEMTA (engineering manufacture and technology, and lead SSC) Automotive Skills (motor vehicle retail and maintenance) Cogent (chemical, nuclear, oil and gas, petroleum and polymer industries)

    9. EDDP GoSkills (passenger transport) Energy and Utility Skills (electricity, gas, waste management and water industries) SummitSkills (building services engineering) (“This Specification has been developed as a result of a series of employer consultation events between January and March 2006 on the purpose, aims and ‘learning outcomes’ for the Engineering Diploma.”)

    10. Great advice – too much content Unit 5: Electrical and Electronic Circuits and Systems (Level 2) 30 GLH of which 10 hours assessment (8 hours for AQA/C&G) 20/22 GLH for teaching To be taught as practically as possible

    11. What the EDDP originally said This topic provides learners with the opportunity to learn about the basic principles and techniques used in the construction of electronic and electrical systems. This is a practical topic which complements the topic on engineering design and enables the learner to develop further understanding of the importance of applied mathematical skills in engineering.

    12. What came out – all in 20 GLH! (Don’t try and read it) To achieve this topic the learner must Use safe working practices in the laboratory/workshop Recognise, explain and select components from circuit diagrams Know about and be able to construct electronic and electrical systems Use tools and equipment to test and fault find systems Use safe working practices in the laboratory/workshop Safe working practices: cable colour coding of mains equipment; selection and fitting of a fuse for a device of known power; checking earth connections; replacement of a mains plug to a 3-core cable, hazardous voltages Safety devices: Fuses, RCD’s, etc Checking and safe use of hand tools e.g. soldering irons, wire cutters and strippers, pliers, screwdrivers; handling and storage of components and test equipment First aid procedures e.g. for electrical shock, electrical and acid burns; procedures for establishing risk Recognise, explain and select components from circuit diagram Components: power source e.g. cells, batteries, transformers, switches, relays, motors, solenoids, sockets and plugs, audio and optical indicators; resistors e.g. variable resistors, light dependent resistors, tolerances, colour codes; capacitors e.g. electrolytic, polarisation, colour codes, values; semiconductors e.g. diodes, light emitting diodes (LED), transistors – bipolar and field effect (FET); integrated circuit components e.g. logic gates, programmable devices, operational amplifiers, timers Calculate and specify component; values, tolerances etc Circuit diagrams: use of block diagrams; schematic symbols; labelling and values; representation of test equipment; computer representation Know about and be able to construct electronic and electrical systems Types of circuit boards: protoboards; stripboards; printed circuit boards (pcb) Printed circuit board design and construction: designing layout; producing ar2rk; drilling holes; etching; populating board; soldering onto pcb Circuit construction techniques: wire-wrapping; component pin/terminal identification; use of heat sinks; soldering techniques; power supply considerations; noise limitation Types of circuit: e.g. single transistor circuits (amplifier, sensor and switch), combinational logic circuits, alarm circuits, audio, electro-mechanical and optical circuits Use tools and equipment to test and fault find systems Test equipment: e.g. cathode ray-tube oscilloscope (CRO), signal generator, power supplies, multi-meter, logic probe, logic display clip, logic pulser, insulation tester, AC current. Circuit testing techniques: set-up and operation of test equipment; checking connections according to diagram; power-off testing; continuity testing; power-on testing and monitoring; truth tables; expected test values Calculate circuit; voltage, resistance, current and power values Fault finding: e.g. use of fault-finding aids, functional charts, diagrams, trouble-shooting charts; determine and remove cause, rectify fault, check system

    13. What I wanted to say Measure the current and voltage in a circuit

    14. EDDP Comment Simple and clear although greater reference to mathematical techniques should be emphasised. The ability to calculate is just as important as the ability to measure.

    15. Actual Assessment Determines current, voltage and power in a simple DC circuit, and calculates appropriate ratings for fuses or other protection devices in an AC circuit stating any assumptions made.

    16. To deliver this unit BTEC 18 pages of advice, content and assessment AQA/C&G 8 pages of advice, content and assessment

    17. Assessing the beast Help!

    18. Assignments should be

    19. Assessment Grid

    20. Using the marking grid • The basic principle in this unit is that the assessment across the mark band is progressive and is done in an objective way to reflect the analytical/practical/vocational nature of this unit. Each band has a specific number of marks allocated, the guidance on mark allocation provides further details to help assessors to consistently award marks and differentiate between bands. Tasks will need to be completed to meet the requirements of each mark band. If a learner completes all they are asked to do in a band for an assessment focus, they should normally be awarded the full marks for that band and additional work carried out considered for the next band. If a learner has met any part of the requirements of that mark band they can be awarded the mark(s) attached to that performance for that part. A learner can get marks in band 3 on one assessment focus, band 1 on another etc, then all band marks are added together for the unit total. It may be possible for a learner to pass a unit even if 0 has been given in marks for one assessment focus in the unit.

    21. What else have you got to think about? Generic Learning Functional skills and personal, learning and thinking skills (PLTS) Additional and specialist learning (ASL) Work experience (minimum of 10 days) The project

    22. Specialist resources The following specialist resources (in appropriate quantities to suit the number of learners) will typically be required for delivering this unit: multimeter (digital or analogue type) signal generator power supply oscilloscope logic probe constructed circuits (with switched faults) manufacturers’ and suppliers’ catalogues component symbols reference data (BS3939, BS8888) a supply of electronic components (resistors, capacitors, diodes, transistors, etc) printed circuit boards (etched and pre-drilled).

    23. Reference material Bishop O – Electronics: A First Course (Newnes, 2006) ISBN 0750669608 Bishop O – Electronics: Circuits and Systems (Newnes, 2003) ISBN 0750658452 Duncan T – Success in Electronics (Hodder Murray, 1997) ISBN 0719572053 Tooley M – Electronic Circuits: Fundamentals and Applications (Newnes, 2006) ISBN 0750669233 Tooley M, O’Dwyer N, Deacon M and Tooley R – Level 2 Diploma in Engineering – Student Book (Heinemann, 2008) ISBN 9780435756208 Tooley M, O’Dwyer N and Tooley R – Level 2 Diploma in Engineering Assessment and Delivery Resource (Heinemann, 2008) ISBN 9780435756215

    24. The other units Level 1 units Unit 1: Introducing the Engineering World Unit 2: Practical Engineering and Communication Skills Unit 3: Introduction to Computer Aided Engineering Unit 4: Developing Routine Maintenance Skills Unit 5: Introduction to Engineering Materials Unit 6: Electronic Circuit Construction and Testing Unit 7: Engineering the Future

    25. Level 2 units Unit 1: Exploring the Engineering World Unit 2: Investigating Engineering Design Unit 3: Engineering Applications of Computers Unit 4: Producing Engineering Solutions Unit 5: Electrical and Electronic Circuits and Systems Unit 6: Application of Manufacturing Techniques in Engineering Unit 7: Applications of Maintenance Techniques in Engineering Unit 8: Exploring Engineering Innovation, Enterprise and Technological Advancements

    26. Level 3 units Unit 1: Investigating Engineering Business and the Environment Unit 2: Applications of Computer Aided Designing Unit 3: Selection and Application of Engineering Materials Unit 4: Instrumentation and Control Engineering Unit 5: Maintaining Engineering Plant, Equipment and Systems Unit 6: Investigating Modern Manufacturing Techniques used in Engineering Unit 7: Innovative Design and Enterprise Unit 8: Mathematical Techniques and Applications for Engineers Unit 9: Principles and Application of Engineering Science

    27. External assessment

    28. Your Consortium Who does what? Who gets the money?

    29. Good Luck Any Questions?

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