Design Make and Test (1) for Apprentice Engineers

Code

ENGF2001

School

Foundation in Engineering and Physical Sciences

Level

2

Credits

10

Semesters

Full Year UK

Summary

This module consists of practical based projects covering a range of skills such as manufacturing, electrical or electronics elements. The projects will build on the Skills and Behaviours of the apprenticeship standard to develop the student’s ability to solve problems using the Knowledges gained in other modules.

Projects may involve activities at the Employers workplace if agreed between the Apprentice, the University and the Employer or Industry contact.

Assessments will comprise both individual and group submissions of reports and presentations.

Re-assessment

Students who fail this module overall and are required to complete a re-assessment will be reassessed by resubmission of any elements that were not satisfactory. If the presentation was unsatisfactory the student will be required to submit a recording of a revised presentation.

Target Students

This module is only available to Apprentices on the Electromechanical Engineer Degree Level Apprenticeship.

Assessment

• Coursework 1: Formative Group Interim Report
• 40% Coursework 2: Group Final Report
• 30% Coursework 3: Group Test Session and Presentation
• 10% Coursework 4: Individual project logbook
• 20% Coursework 5: Individual Project Presentation with Viva style questions

Assessed by end of summer vacation

Educational Aims

Learning Outcomes

The Project modules throughout the electromechanical engineer degree level apprenticeship increasingly demonstrate knowledge skills and behaviours demonstrated by professional engineers in their daily working life. These include the following knowledge elements:

•    Engineering Design – the creative design process: root cause analysis; requirements definition; research and development; solution generation, prototyping; simulation; benchmarking and testing (see apprenticeship KSB K2), 

•    Systems design: the system lifecycle from concept to disposal; requirements validation and verification; architecture definition, sub-system design and testing; integration; design for supportability/maintainability; functional safety, cyber vulnerability (see apprenticeship KSB K3).

•    Project management: project planning, management of risks, commercial awareness (costs, overheads, gross margin, net margin, profit, cash), resourcing and quality assurance (see apprenticeship KSB K14).

•    Safety requirements: statutory, organisational and environmental (see apprenticeship KSB K15).

During the project modules the student will additionally increasing demonstrate all the Skills (KSB S1-S15) and Behaviours (KSB B1-B10) of the standard. 

Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of both projects comprising this module students will have demonstrated:

L1.    The creative design process including, requirements definition and the establishment of a project brief; research and development; solution generation for an electro-mechanical engineering application, prototyping, benchmarking and testing including communication of the design using design software packages. (KSB K2, K16, S2, S3, S4, S6, S7)

L2.    Theory and design of equipment and systems which use electricity and electromagnetism; fabrication of the engineering components and assemblies, assembling, wiring and testing the equipment and system (KSB K8, S9, S11, S12)

L3.    Manufacturing: the considerations when turning raw materials into a finished product in the most efficient way possible: common methods and models for the manufacturing process, design for manufacture, production drawings, quality control; fabrication of components and assemblies. (KSB K13, S4, S11)

L4.    The system lifecycle from concept to disposal; requirements validation and verification; architecture definition, sub-system design and testing; integration; design for supportability/maintainability; functional safety, including development and execution of a test plan. (KSB K3, S8).

L5.    Demonstration of safety first and ethical thinking and behaviour and professional standards (KSB K15, S15, B1, B7, B8, B10)

L6.    Project management including project planning, management of risks, costs and quality; self-motivation, independent work, commitment to personal learning (KSB K14, S13, S14, B2, B9)

L7.    Ability to adjust to different conditions, technologies, situations and environments (KSB B6).

L8.    Communication of technical information via a written and oral presentation (KSB S1, B3)

Conveners

• Dr Francesco Piga