Electrical and Electronic Extended Diploma Level 3

This course is for people who are looking for a career in electrical/electronic engineering or who would like to progress to studying electrical/electronic engineering an higher education.

You will need either a minimum of four GCSE passes at grade C or above including a ‘B’ in Mathematics. Or a BTEC at Level 2 Diploma in Engineering, at Merit Level with a Merit in Mathematics.

This course has five mandatory topics:

• Health and safety in the engineering workplace
• Communications for engineering technicians
• Engineering Project
• Mathematics for engineering technicians
• Electrical and electronic principles

As well as optional topics:

• Further Electrical Principles
• Electronic Measure and Testing
• Electronic Fault Finding
• Features and Application of Electrical Machines
• Mechanical Principles
• Principles and Applications of Electronic Devices and Circuits
• Selecting and Using Programmable Logic Controllers
• Electrical Technology
• Further Maths

This course is taught with a mixture of classroom based theory and practical work when applicable.

You could progress to Higher Education to undertake an HNC/D or Degree in a range of Engineering areas.