Land-Based Service Engineering

City & Guild Level 2

If you're looking to gain a basic understanding of land-based engineering, this is the course for you. You'll discover all the technical skills you'll need to know for today's machinery maintenance and repair industry.

During your course, you'll get to try out lots of different machinery and workshop equipment plus you'll attend a work experience placement for one day per week. This course will be particularly ideal if you're looking to work on a mechanised farm or servicing agricultural machinery.

Course content

You can look forward to a varied programme of modules that also includes a work placement. You'll also continue your English and Maths up to GCSE level. Modules include:

Applying mechanical principles
Carrying out service and maintenance
Health and Safety in a land-based engineering work area
Introduction to land-based machinery operations
Servicing and repair of engines and components

Work Experience

Study programmes include a minimum of compulsory work experience hours achieved through one day a week or block placements. The amount of hours required is dependent on the study programme.

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Industry Work Placement

All students aged 16-18 on our Level 2 & Level 3 programmes will now have to take part in an exciting and compulsory 180 hour industry placement programme alongside completion of their vocational course. The programme will give you the chance to gain valuable skills in a real working environment whilst being paired with your ideal employer.

Our mission is to pair students with their ideal employer and to support them continuously during the placement.

There is flexibility on how students complete the placement; it can be during non-college weekdays, weekends, in blocks or over the holiday period. You will receive all of the necessary information during your interview, and if you have any queries in the meantime please contact workexperience@plumpton.ac.uk

Entry Requirements:	Either: You'll need to have achieved 2 or more GCSEs between grade 9-3 (previous grade structure A*-D) Successful completion of a related Level 1 course, having studied English and Maths at GCSE level Mature students without the above requirements will be considered.
Dates & Location:	September 2020
Duration:	1 year 3 days per week in College 1 day per week in industry / work experience
Costs:	£80 for materials

Facilities

You'll get to work on a fleet of tractors, some with GPS, at our modern well-equipped workshops. This makes sure that you're learning on equipment that you'll be using in a current working environment. You'll meet visiting machinery dealers and enjoy specialist guest lectures. You'll also get the opportunity to develop your diagnostic skills as well as hands-on tools to use. We've also got an on-site welding shop.

Future Opportunities

By completing this course, you'll be able to go on to complete a Level 3 Agricultural Machinery programme or employment in roles such as an Agricultural Contractor, Apprentice, Machinery Operative on a farm or Mechanic.