This course is delivered by East Coast College at our Lowestoft campus.
What is a T Level?
T Levels are a brand new two year qualification designed to give you a head start towards the career you want. They have been designed for 16 to 19-year-olds and offer a mixture of classroom learning and work placement. They follow GCSEs, gain you UCAS points and are equivalent to three A Levels.
This T Level has been developed with employers and businesses to prepare you to step straight into your chosen career, an apprenticeship or university.
About the course…
This course is suitable for anyone interested in a career in maintenance, installation and repair for engineering and manufacturing. You will develop an understanding of a broad range of issues
relevant to the sector, including working within the engineering and manufacturing sectors, essential maths for engineering and manufacturing, materials and their properties. You will also learn to understand material processing techniques and their effects on materials and material quality, materials testing methods and techniques and commercial and financial awareness.
You will then choose a specialism designed to support your interests, so you can get deeper into your chosen job and build up the skills you need for your future role. You can choose from
specialist modules in either Mechanical, Mechatronic, Electronic Control and Instrumentation, or Light and Electric Vehicles.
Then you will be able to put everything you learn into practice with a substantial industry placement for a minimum of 315 hours. This will give you an amazing opportunity to work within the engineering and manufacturing sectors and gain invaluable experience as well as key skills that employers are looking for.
Where Maintenance, Installation and Repair for Engineering and Manufacturing can take you…
Following a T Level, you could progress straight into a skilled profession or continue your studies with a degree or higher apprenticeship. Career options might include becoming an Accident Repair Technician or Maintenance and Operation Engineering Technician – our careers advisors can help you find the right path.
Want to stay local? The University of Suffolk at East Coast College offers degree courses such as General Engineering, allowing you to gain a degree on your doorstep. You can find out more at https://www.eastcoast.ac.uk/degrees/