Level 3 Extended Diploma in Engineering

5 GCSE at grades 9-4 (A-C) including maths at grade 5 or above and English. Functional Skills English is accepted Level 2. Alternatively, you will have a Level 2 Diploma in Engineering at Merit grade, along with the English and Maths at the required levels.

Please apply online (via the green button) and the College will contact you shortly.

This course at Barnet and Southgate College comprises 7 units. There are 4 mandatory units – Engineering principles; Delivery of Engineering process Safely as a Team; Engineering Product Design and Manufacture; and Applied commercial and Quality principles in Engineering.
Then there are 3 Optional units – Calculus to Solve Engineering Problems; Computer Aided Design in Engineering; Static Mechanical Principles in Practice.

BTEC Nationals are assessed using a combination of internal assessments, which are set and marked by teachers, and external assessments which are set and marked by Pearson:
1. Mandatory units have a combination of internal and external assessments. 2. All optional units are internally assessed.

Level 3 Extended Diploma in Engineering.

(Equivalent to 1.5 A Levels)

You will need to purchase the department uniform and course books. You will also need to pay for some trips and visits.

This is the first half of a three A-Level equivalent programme which will provide you with a qualification to progress onto the Extended Diploma, an engineering degree, or a Higher National Diploma at college or at university. Others may choose to move direct into employment in the engineering sector in fields such as: Chemical, Defence, Electrical, Marine or Mechanical Engineering. Studying Core Maths and the Extended Project qualification provides the added stretch for progression to these exciting disciplines.