L6 Manufacturing Engineer Standards Apprenticeship | Furness College

L6 Manufacturing Engineer Standards Apprenticeship

Manufacturing Engineers primarily support the activities involved in bringing design programmes into manufacture. This role is pivotal to the launch planning and smooth delivery of exciting new products or product refresh programmes. The focus is on the advanced manufacturing techniques and project management skills required to launch products on time, on cost and to the right quality. Typically Manufacturing Engineers work closely with a range of other engineers, functions and managers both within their own company and supplier base.

Course Content

What Modules will you Study?

During the Foundation stage the apprentice must develop a solid grasp of the core engineering skills. These skills will not only prepare the apprentice for the workplace in demonstrating that they have the required manual dexterity to do their core role but their competencies are transferable and can be built upon over time. The skills required are:

Complying with statutory regulations and stringent organisational safety requirements
Producing components using hand fitting, fabrication and joining techniques
Producing Computer Aided Design (CAD) models (drawings) using a CAD system
Preparing and using lathes, milling and other general or specialist machines and high tech equipment
Preparing and proving Computer Numeric Control programmes
Using computer software packages to assist with and evaluate engineering activities
Producing and managing engineering project plans
Producing assemblies using a wide range of materials and techniques
During the development stage they would hone their general engineering skills, along with the likes of experimental / new model development, component investigation and problem solving, measurement, control & inspection. With all of these skills, they will be using a logical and systematic approach.

On successful completion of the above, the apprentice will then progress to develop their skills in:

Project management and scheduling engineering activities
Securing appropriate resources and managing budgets and resources
Implementing, monitoring and evaluating engineering processes

The apprentice would complete a HND or Foundation Degree which would provide the foundation stage of the knowledge elements in the competence qualification It will support the fundamental scientific and mathematical principles that equip apprentices with the understanding required to operate effectively and efficiently at high level within this sector.