HND Electrical and Electronic Engineering

If you are progressing from a level 3 Diploma in Electrical and Electronics’, Operations and Maintenance Engineering or a relevant ‘A’ level study programme and wish to develop a range of skills and techniques, personal qualities and attributes essential for successful performance in working life, then this course could be for you. It will enable you to make an immediate contribution to employment at the appropriate professional level with a range of technical and management skills needed for careers in engineering.

The course leader will review your profile of qualifications and/or experience held, considering whether this profile shows an ability to progress to a Level 4/5 qualification. If you have recently been in education, the entry profile is likely to include one of the following:

• a Level 3 Diploma in Electrical/Electronic or Operations and Maintenance Engineering
• a relevant A-Level Programme

If you are a mature learner you may present a more varied profile of achievement that is likely to include extensive work experience (paid and/or unpaid) and/or achievement of a range of professional qualifications in your work sector.

4 Mandatory units:

• Engineering Science (L4)
• Analytical Methods for Engineers (L4)
• Project Design, Implementation and Evaluation (L5)
• Electrical and Electronic Principles (L5)

Specialist units:

• Health safety & Risk Assessment (L4)
• Engineering Design (L5)
• Electronic Principles (L5)
• Advanced Computer Aided Design (L4)
• Programmable Logic Controllers (L4)
• Instrumentation and Control Principles (L4)
• Electrical Power (L4)
• Digital Analogue Devices and Circuits (L5)
• Further Electrical Power (L5)
• Utilisation of Electrical Energy (L4)
• Electrical, Electronic and Digital Principles (L5)
• Work Based Experience (L5)

Note: All optional units are not shown here and some may be changed to suit individual cohorts of students after discussion with the curriculum team and representative employers.

You will learn through a variety of methods including:

• Classroom teaching,
• Craft workshop activity
• Directed work with other students
• Directed private study
• Directed study in Learning Centre

Assessment methods could include written assignments, coursework, practical assessment or combination.

This course also enables you to progress to further professional qualifications in electrical and/or electronic engineering or related area.

2017 Tuition fee: £5,999 per year

Other course costs: Printing for your course – you will receive £30 credit for printing which will be paid in three instalments of £10 per term. Any printing requirements in excess of this can be purchased.

You may choose to purchase books from the recommended reading lists however the College Learning Centre have an excellent range of all books suggested within your units studied

You will be expected to provide your own pens, paper, and folders.