HNC Operations Engineering for England (HTQ)

The objectives of these qualifications are to:

• Equip students with the skills, knowledge and understanding they need to achieve high performance in the engineering and manufacturing environment
• Develop students with enquiring minds, who have the abilities and confidence to work across different engineering functions and to lead, manage, respond to change and tackle a range of complex engineering situations
• Provide the core skills required for a range of careers in engineering, specifically those related to operations engineering
• Offer a balance between employability skills and the knowledge essential for students with entrepreneurial, employment or academic ambitions
• Develop students’ understanding of the major impact that new digital and software technologies have on the engineering environment
• Provide insight to operations engineering sector-wide operations and the opportunities and challenges presented by a global marketplace
• Equip students with knowledge and understanding of culturally diverse organisations, cross-cultural issues, diversity and values
• Allow flexible study to meet local and specialist needs.

The Level 4 units lay the foundation of learning by providing a broad introduction to the engineering sector as well as a focused introduction to operations engineering. This develops and strengthens core skills while preparing students for more specialist subjects at Level 5 or to enter employment with the qualities necessary for job roles that require some personal responsibility.