Typical duration to gateway: 42 months
Delivery: Weekly day release and off-the-job training
Delivery Location: East Coast College – Lowestoft Campus
Mechatronics Maintenance: Learn, Build and Innovate!
This occupation is found in the aerospace, aviation, automotive, defence, logistics, pharmaceutical, energy, food and drink, and wider advanced manufacturing and engineering sectors which utilise automated equipment with integrated systems and interfaces, where the equipment contains a blend of technologies such as mechanical, electrical, electronic and control, and fluid power. The broad purpose of the occupation is to ensure that plant and equipment perform to the required standard to facilitate targets regarding safety, quality, delivery, availability and cost within the engineering sector.
Multi-skilled mechatronics maintenance technicians carry out a broad range of activities which may include installation, testing, fault finding, rectification, modifications and the on-going planned maintenance of complex automated equipment. This requires the application of a blend of skills, knowledge and occupational behaviours across the electrical, electronic, mechanical, fluid power and control systems disciplines. They prepare for the maintenance activity and inform stakeholders of work status. They also complete documentation, handover work, set up their work area and are required to be competent in safe engineering practices for their own safety and those around them.
Course Content:
- Plan and prepare the maintenance activities to cause minimal disruption to normal working
- Set up safe systems of work ensuring that statutory regulations and organisational compliance requirements are met
- Manufacture, repair or refurbish components using a range of hand and machine tools
- Carry out planned preventative maintenance including functional, static and operational checks on complex equipment and assets
- Return equipment to operational condition, re-connect any ancillary equipment and services, and carry out required functional, static, quality and operational checks to confirm equipment serviceability and fitness for purpose
- Use a range of test and measuring equipment (including both electrical and physical measures) and appropriate calculations required to carry out the task and to aid in fault diagnosis
Entry Requirements:
- GCSE grade 4 or Level 2 Functional Skills in English and Maths
If you do not possess these grades, you will need to achieve this level prior to taking the End Point Assessment.
Progression Opportunities:
- Level 4 Engineering Manufacturing Technician Apprenticeship Standard (ß hyperlink this to the L4 Eng Manufacturing Standard page)
- Senior roles: Taking on leadership responsibilities and mentoring junior technicians
- Workshop Manager: Overseeing maintenance operations and ensuring efficiency
- Teacher or Assessor of Engineering: Transitioning into education to train future technicians
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