Course Summary
Subject: Engineering
Course Title: Mechatronics Maintenance Technician Apprenticeship
Course Types: Apprenticeship
Course Level: Level 3
Age Group: 19+, 16-18
Course Description
Mechatronics Maintenance Technicians manage electrical and mechanical systems ensuring that plant and equipment perform to the required standard to facilitate production targets of safety, quality, delivery, and cost within high value manufacturing environments. The role covers a broad range of activities; installation, testing, fault finding and the on-going planned maintenance of complex automated equipment. This requires the application of a complex blend of skills, knowledge, and occupational behaviours across the electrical, electronic, mechanical, fluid power and control systems disciplines.
Where will I study?
North West Training Council
How will I study?
Year 1 – full time at NWTC
Year 2 – 1 day per week on technical certificate 4 days in your workplace
Year 3 / 4 – assessment in your workplace
SPECIFIC SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
What will I learn?
- mathematical techniques, formulae and calculations
- mechanical, electrical, electronic, fluid power and process control principles
- how equipment being maintained functions and operating parameters in individual components and how they interactfault diagnostic methods, techniques and equipment used when maintaining equipment and systems
- condition monitoring methods and equipment and understand how the information gained supports planned maintenance activities
- how to minimise machinery downtime by implementing planned preventative maintenance programmes
- read and interpret relevant data and documentation used to maintain components, equipment and systems
- carry out condition monitoring of plant and equipment
- carry out planned maintenance activities on plant and equipment
- carrying out complex fault diagnosis and repair activities on high technology engineered systems
- carrying out confirmation testing and subsequent smooth hand over of equipment & plant support the installation, testing and commissioning of equipment
- contribute to the business by identifying possible opportunities for improving working practices, processes and/or procedures
SPECIFIC SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
What qualifications will I achieve?
After a period of foundation skills and technical knowledge development all apprentices will be required to achieve the following qualifications
- Level 2 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Foundation Competence)
- Gateway Assessment
- Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing (Development Knowledge) - Mechatronics
- Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Development Competence) – Mechatronics Maintenance Technician
- End Point Assessment
ROLES FOR MECHATRONIC MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN
Robotics engineer/ technician
Automation engineer
Control system design/ troubleshooting engineer
Electronics design engineer
Mechanical design engineer
Instrumentation engineer
Software engineer
Course Entry Guidelines
A minimum of four GCSEs at grade 4 (C) or above including English, Maths, Science and Technology.
Course Fees
Non Payable
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“NWTC have supported the programme on an ongoing basis at an individual and group level, allowing our maintenance team to achieve this qualification in a timescale to meet our business needs”
Nestle Purina Pet Care
“We have found NWTC’s Training Personnel to be of the highest quality and the administration of the courses to be very smooth”
HBM - Ken Kneale, Managing Director
“NWTC carried out our assessments professionally and in a timely fashion. Our workforce now enjoys a good cross fertilisation of skills, which they employ on a day to day basis.”
Cargill, N.J. Garrett, Maintenance Supervisor
Course Provider
North West Training Council
Address: Unit 33, Wellington Employment Park Dunes Way, Liverpool, L5 9RJ
