Engineering

Course Information

Engineers can have a major impact on industry and society. The achievements they have made have improved the quality of everyday life, from the buildings we live and work in to the transport we use to get around and how we enjoy our leisure time. Engineers are able to find solutions to problems, whether it is adapting or combining materials used to produce a product to make it withstand severe weather conditions or fixing materials in a different way to make something more portable. Problem solving is critical to working in engineering. 

Finding solutions to problems to ensure a product is fit for purpose involves: 

• learning about materials 

• design processes 

• engineering processes 

• safe use of tools and equipment 

• maths skills used in the engineering process 

The qualification we work towards is a Level 1/2 Award in Engineering which is a GCSE equivalent qualification. We offer a learning experience that focuses learning through applied learning, i.e. acquiring and applying knowledge, skills and understanding through purposeful tasks set in sector or subject contexts that have many of the characteristics of real work.

We follow the WJEC specification. This can be found here:

WJEC Level 1/2 Engineering Specification 

Engineering Staff