HNC Manufacturing Engineering: Level 4 Higher National Certificate : YEAR 2 Enrolment 2024

Our HNC includes:

• Face-to-face tutorials
• Flexible day delivery to minimise effect on employer
• Opportunities to develop workplace projects within employers

What you'll learn: 

Quality and Process Improvement

This unit introduces students to the importance of quality assurance processes in a manufacturing or service environment and the principles and theories that underpin them. Topics included in this unit are: tools and techniques used to support quality control, attributes and variables, testing processes, costing modules, the importance of qualifying the costs related to quality, international standards for management (ISO 9000, 14000, 18000), European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM), principles, tools and techniques of Total Quality Management (TQM) and implementation of Six Sigma.

Machining and Processing of Engineering Materials

The aim of this unit is to introduce students to the application of a variety of material forming processes involved in the production of components and articles for everyday use. Among the topics included in this unit are: conventional machining, shaping and moulding processes used in the production of components, machine tooling, jigs and fixtures required to support the manufacture of components, using metallic and non-metallic materials such as polymers and composites.

Lean Manufacturing

The aim of this unit is to introduce students to the principles and processes of lean manufacturing, so that they can become an effective and committed practitioner of lean in whatever industry sector they are employed in. To do this, the unit will explore the tools and techniques that are applied by organisations practicing lean. The students will consider both the benefits and challenges of using lean manufacturing, and become sufficiently knowledgeable about the most important process tools and techniques to be able to operate and use them.

Production Engineering for Manufacture

This unit introduces students to the production process for key material types; the various types of machinery used to manufacture products and the different ways of organising production systems to optimise the production process; consideration of how to measure the effectiveness of a production system within the overall context of the manufacturing system; and an examination of how production engineering contributes to ensuring safe and reliable operation of manufacturing.

Operations and Plant Management

The underlying aims of this unit are to develop the students’ knowledge of the engineering fundamentals that augment the design and operation of plant engineering systems, and to furnish them with the tools and techniques to maintain the ever more technological equipment.

How you will be assessed

All units are internally assessed. Each unit within the qualification has specified pass assessment and grading criteria, in addition to this there are generic merit and distinction grading descriptors that describe performance over and above a pass grade. These allow grades of pass, merit or distinction to be awarded for all units.

Next steps

On completion of this course you may want to consider the following options to further your career.

Where can you progress to?

Level 5 HND in General Engineering 

Made up of one-to-one tutorials, flexible day delivery to minimise effect on employer and work-based projects.

Operations / Departmental Manager

Manages teams and/or projects, achieving operational or departmental goals and objectives, as part of the delivery of the organisation’s strategy

Level 6/7 Engineering Degree Apprenticeships

UCLan’s range of Higher and Degree apprenticeships allow you to gain a degree whilst you continue to work 

Completion of Year 1 HNC Manufacturing Engineering: Level 4 Higher National  Certificate required.