HNC Manufacturing Engineering for England

Program Overview

The curriculum includes core concepts, practical skills, specialist units, and key transferable skills for employment or further study in engineering and related fields. The program offers opportunities for industry interaction, guest lectures, site visits, and a major project. Graduates are prepared for a range of careers and eligible for advanced standing in bachelor's degrees in engineering disciplines.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

This HNC in Manufacturing Engineering for England (HTQ) course is designed to develop your knowledge, skills, and behaviors across a broad range of engineering technologies essential to manufacturing engineering in this rapidly evolving and dynamic sector of the economy.

Objectives:

• Develop knowledge and understanding of core manufacturing engineering concepts.
• Gain practical, professional, and subject-specific skills.
• Build on core learning with specialist units in essential areas of manufacturing engineering.
• Develop cognitive, intellectual, and thinking skills.
• Acquire valuable key, personal, and transferable skills for employment or further study.

Assessment:

• A range of assessment methods are used, depending on the learning outcome and module content.
• Each module/unit includes at least one practice or 'formative' assessment with tutor feedback.
• Formal or 'summative' assessment for each module/unit, including exams, essays, reports, portfolios, presentations, and a final year major project.

Teaching:

• A combination of timetabled classes, student-centred learning, and independent learning.
• Lectures, practical sessions, workshops, tutorials, and informal group study sessions.
• Site visits to view state-of-the-art projects.
• Guest lectures by industry specialists, professional bodies, or other academic institutions.
• Significant opportunities for interaction with tutors and technicians during classes, practical work, and tutorials.
• Emphasis on personal study, including background reading, revisiting practical work, attending technical meetings and lectures, and working on assignments.

Careers:

• Designed to prepare students for a range of careers, including engineering technician, manufacturing technician, integration and test technician, and production technician.
• Progression to higher-level qualifications, such as the HND in Manufacturing Engineering.
• Eligibility for advanced standing to bachelor's degrees in various engineering disciplines.
• Alternative career options include teaching, research and development, finance, business, government and civil service, and the military.

Other:

• The course provides opportunities to make progress towards achieving internationally recognized registration with a professional body regulated by the Engineering Council.
• On successful completion, students receive a Level 4 Higher National Certificate in Manufacturing Engineering for England (HTQ) from the University of Bolton.
• Bolton College scores highly in student satisfaction surveys for its HE provision.
• The course offers essential subject knowledge for progression in the world of work or further study.
• The teaching and learning approach is student-centred, with tailored help and support provided throughout studies.
• Students develop crucial skills such as communication, teamwork, organizing and planning, numeracy, problem-solving, flexibility and adaptability, action planning, self-awareness, initiative, personal impact and confidence, environmental sustainability, and social, public, and ethical responsibility.
• The programme is a Higher Technical Qualification developed with employers for the industry.