Overview

The Engineering Technician course prepares individuals for highly skilled, complex work in the Aerospace, Aviation, Automotive, Maritime Defence, and wider Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering sectors. This course aligns with employers’ requirements for skills, knowledge, and behaviours essential for competency in the job role.

Core Occupational Profile

Engineering Technicians are involved in:

• Applying safe systems of working
• Contributing to the design, development, quality assurance, manufacture, installation, commissioning, decommissioning, operation, or maintenance of products, equipment, systems, processes, or services
• Solving engineering/manufacturing problems using proven techniques and procedures
• Communicating technical and non-technical information effectively
• Committing to continued professional development

Technicians are responsible for the quality and accuracy of their work within their personal authority limits and must demonstrate behaviours that support business strategy and career development. They work on mechanical, electrical, electronic, electromechanical, and fluid power components/systems.

Core Knowledge and Skills

Knowledge:

• Complying with statutory, quality, organisational, and health and safety regulations
• Understanding engineering/manufacturing mathematical and scientific principles, methods, techniques, graphical expressions, symbols, formulae, and calculations
• Understanding the properties and characteristics of common materials in the sector
• Identifying typical problems in normal work activities/environments
• Using approved diagnostic methods and techniques for problem-solving
• Adhering to current approved processes, procedures, and documentation
• Interpreting relevant engineering/manufacturing data and documentation
• Understanding different organisational roles and functions and their interactions
• Recognising the importance of continuous review of processes and procedures

Skills

• Obtaining, checking, and using appropriate documentation (job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation)
• Complying with health, safety, and environmental legislation and organisational requirements
• Planning and obtaining resources required for work activities
• Undertaking work activities using correct processes, procedures, and equipment
• Performing required checks (quality, compliance, testing) using correct procedures and equipment
• Addressing engineering/manufacturing problems using approved diagnostic methods and reporting unresolved issues
• Completing required documentation using defined recording systems
• Restoring the work area and returning resources and consumables after completing activities