Edexcel Level 4 BTEC Higher Nationals in Aerospace Engineering

246 Pages·2005·1.06 MB·English

BTEC

Edexcel Level 4 BTEC Higher

Nationals in Aerospace

Engineering

July 2004

Guidance and units

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EDEXCEL LEVEL 4 BTEC HIGHER NATIONALS
IN AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
BTEC Higher National Certificate in Aerospace Engineering
BTEC Higher National Diploma in Aerospace Engineering

Contents

Qualification titles covered by this specification 5
Edexcel qualifications in the National Qualifications
Framework 5
Introduction 5
Structure of the qualification 5
BTEC Higher National Certificate 5
BTEC Higher National Diploma 5
Key features 5
Professional body recognition 5
National Occupational Standards 5
Qualification Requirement 5
Higher level skills 5
BTEC Higher National Certificate 5
BTEC Higher National Diploma 5
Teaching, learning and assessment 5
Unit format 5
Learning and assessment 5
Grading Higher National units 5
Grade descriptors 5
Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) 5
Quality assurance of BTEC Higher Nationals 5
Centre and programme approval 5
Monitoring centres’ internal quality systems 5
Independent assessment: the role of the external examiner 5
Programme design and delivery 5
Mode of delivery 5
Resources 5
Delivery approach 5
Meeting local needs 5
Locally-devised specialist units 5
Limitations on variations from standard specifications 5
Access and recruitment 5
Restrictions on learner entry 5
Learners with particular requirements 5
The wider curriculum 5
Moral, ethical, social and cultural issues 5
Environmental issues 5
European developments 5
Health and safety issues 5
Equal opportunities issues 5
Useful publications 5
Professional body contact details 5
How to obtain National Occupational Standards 5
Professional development and training 5
Further information 5
Core units 5
Unit 1: Business Management Techniques 5
Unit 2: Analytical Methods for Engineers 5
Unit 3: Engineering Science 5
Unit 4: Aircraft Systems Principles 5
Unit 5: Project 5
Unit 6: Engineering Design 5
Unit 7: Aerodynamics 5
Specialist units 5
Unit 8: Further Aerodynamics 5
Unit 9: Automatic Flight Control Systems 5
Unit 10: Measurement and Testing 5
Unit 11: Communication and Navigation 5
Unit 12: Aircraft Fluid Systems 5
Unit 13: Further Aircraft Fluid Systems 5
Unit 14: Aircraft Structural Integrity 5
Unit 15: Aircraft Propulsion Technology 5
Unit 16: Integrated Flight Instrument Systems 5
Unit 17: Gas Turbine Science 5
Unit 18: Aviation Legislation and Human Factors 5
Unit 19: Health and Safety and Risk Assessment 5
Unit 21: Microprocessor Systems 5
Unit 22: Mechanical Principles 5
Unit 23: Materials Engineering 5
Unit 24: Engineering Thermodynamics 5
Unit 25: Quality Assurance and Management 5
Unit 26: Further Analytical Methods for Engineers 5
Unit 27: Manufacturing Process 5
Unit 28: Computer-Aided Machining 5
Unit 29: CAD/CAM 5
Unit 30: Application of Machine Tools 5
Unit 31: Advanced Machine Tools 5
Unit 32: Engineering Mathematics 5
Unit 33: Project Management 5
Unit 34: Work-based Assignment 5
Unit 35: Quality and Business Improvement 5
Unit 36: Further Business Improvement Techniques 5
Annex A 5
Qualification codes 5
QCA codes 5
Edexcel codes 5
QCA and Edexcel codes 5
Annex B 5
Engineering Council (UK) — Extract from New Standards for Registration 5
Annex C 5
Engineering Applications 5
Annex D 5
Overall structure of OSCEng Higher Level Standards: Functional Map (V 2) 5
Annex E 5
Qualification Requirement 5