L1/2 Vocational Award in Engineering (Eduqas)

Engineering has sub-sectors, but almost all are linked by the production or manufacture of an end product, environment or system. This unit allows learners to understand how engineering information is used to manufacture or produce these outcomes. From basic hand tools to complex machinery, learners will gain understanding, skills and knowledge of processes and materials, to allow successful products to be produced

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Virtually everything that we interact with from day to day has been through the design process. This unit allows learners to understand how an engineering design process is used to develop or adapt products, and how these solutions help to meet the needs and demands of clients, users and environments. In this unit, learners will become familiar with developing problem-solving skills based on real problems and identified market needs. They will need to analyse a brief and specification and produce a solution that meets those requirements.

This unit allows learners to experience and gain understanding of how an engineered product is adapted and improved over time. The unit is linked to the engineering product manufactured during Unit 1 of the course. It will require the learner to work to a given brief to adapt an existing component, element or part of the engineering outcome that they manufactured for Unit 1.

Understanding engineering materials and processes is key to understanding the core principle of Engineering, and fundamental to an engineer’s role is finding functional solutions to problems and demands. However, many areas in Engineering are fast evolving, and developments in materials, processes and technologies are constantly re-shaping the sector. This unit considers both the steadfast central tenets of modern Engineering, whilst exploring the impact of engineering developments and achievements in the home and in society in general.

This unit introduces learners to how engineering design is impacted by a range of external considerations such as the properties of materials, both traditional and smart developing materials, as well as methods of manufacturing in both the traditional and new and emerging technologies. The unit also gives the learner the opportunity to explore how engineering achievements have had an impact on modern day life at home, work and in society in general. Finally, the unit allows learners to develop understanding and skills to assist them in the solving of engineering problems.