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Higher National Certificate (HNC) Electrical Engineering

Start Date

Tue Sep 08 2020

Day / Time

Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:30-9pm

Duration

2 years

Fees

£4,000

Higher National Certificate (HNC) Electrical Engineering

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This course is ideal if you’d like to pursue a career as an Electrical Engineer or progress onto a degree course at university. The part time course is run over two evenings per week for two years. You will develop your skills and knowledge in electrical engineering covering key areas such as engineering science and electrical and electronic principles.

The course covers a range of subjects relating to engineering with emphasis on workplace application.
Year 1:
• Engineering mathematics                                                 
• Engineering science
• Electrical and electronic principles
• Automation, robotics and programmable logic controllers (PLCs)
Year 2:
• Managing a professional engineering project
• Engineering design
• Engineering management
• Renewable energy

You’ll be based in our world class Skills Academy for Automotive, Engineering, Manufacturing and Logistics campus at Team Valley where you’ll benefit from our outstanding workshops which have a range of industry standard mechanical maintenance equipment including lathes, millers, grinders, fabrication and welding workshops, electronics laboratory, pneumatics, PLCs, and ICT suites with industry standard engineering simulation software packages, including MultiSim, Autocad & Inventor
Students completing the HNC have the opportunity to progress onto the HND in general engineering. Other progression to university courses vary by institution and you should check the entry requirements for any course you plan to take after an HNC.
An appropriate level 3 qualification Mature students may be offered a place without these qualifications, depending on a satisfactory interview.

There are loans available that you can apply for to help cover the costs of course fees and living costs(if studying full time).

For more information or advice, contact our finance support services on 0191 490 4627 or 0191 426 4329. Our support funds team can also be emailed at support.funds@gateshead.ac.uk

Please note; courses will run subject to sufficient student numbers.
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What about after the course?
Future
Careers:
  • Electrical engineers
  • Electronics engineers
  • Electrical and electronics technicians
What
you could
earn:
Potential
£44,034
Entry level
£20,363
Average
£43,035
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