ObjectivesThis course is offered as part of a traineeship combining off-the-job training with on-the-job training and practical experience in production/manufacturing. You will learn the knowledge, skills and application required to begin a career as a production worker, or progress your career with recognition of existing skills and acquisition of new skills.
Entry requirementsBefore you commence your training, you will need to gain employment as an engineering production trainee, under a training agreement established with your employer and BRIT. Other Entry Requirements There are no other entry requirements.
Academic titleCertificate II In Engineering
Course descriptionKey Study Areas
While some study areas are mandatory, a training plan is negotiated to include study most appropriate to your traineeship. These may include:
* Assembly
* Casting and moulding
* Fabrication
* Machine and process operations
* Surface finishing
* Drawing and drawing interpretation
* Installation and commissioning
* Materials handling
* Measurement
* Occupational health and safety
* Planning
* Quality
* Communication
* Maintenance and diagnostics
Where
• Bendigo (Charleston Road Campus)
• Castlemaine Campus
Selection Process
• No Selection Process Required
Employment Opportunities
On successfully completing this course you will be eligible for employment in a number of industries, including component manufacturing, general engineering, light engineering, agricultural products, construction, warehousing, and production operations.
Further Study Options
On successfully completing the Certificate II in Engineering, you may choose to apply for enrolment in the Certificate II in Engineering (Production Systems), Certificate III in Engineering (Trade Streams) or the Diploma of Engineering.
Assessment
You will be assessed as part of this course.
Typical Course Content (exact details may be obtained from the teaching centre)
MEM12.23A Perform Engineering Measurements
MEM12.24A Perform Computations
MEM13.14A Apply Principles Of Occupational Health And Safety In The Work Environment
MEM14.4A Plan To Undertake A Routine Task
MEM14.5A Plan A Complete Activity
MEM15.24A Apply Quality Procedures
MEM15.2A Apply Quality Systems
MEM16.6A Organise And Communicate Information
MEM16.8A Interact With Computing Technology
MEM17.3A Assist In The Provision Of On The Job Training
MEM18.1C Use Hand Tools
MEM3.1B Perform Manual Production Assembly
MEM3.2B Perform Precision Assembly
MEM3.3B Perform Sheet And Plate Assembly
MEM4.1B Operate Melting Furnaces
MEM4.2B Perform Gravity Die Casting
MEM4.3B Operate Pressure Die Casting Machine
MEM4.4B Prepare And Mix Sand For Metal Moulding
MEM4.6B Operate Sand Moulding And Core Making Machines
MEM5.1B Perform Manual Soldering/Desoldering - Electrical/Electronic Components
MEM5.2B Perform High Reliability Soldering And Desoldering
MEM5.3B Perform Soft Soldering
MEM8.10B Manually Finish/Polish Materials
MEM8.11B Prepare Surfaces Using Solvents And/Or Mechanical Means
MEM8.12B Prepare Surfaces By Abrasive Blasting (Basic)
MEM8.13B Prepare Surfaces By Abrasive Blasting (Advanced)
MEM8.14B Apply Protective Coatings (Basic)
MEM8.15B Apply Protective Coatings (Advanced)
MEM8.16B Control Blast Coating By-products, Materials And Emissions
MEM8.7B Control Surface Finish Production And Finished Product Quality
MEM9.2B Interpret Technical Drawing
MEM10.12A Install split air conditioning system
MEM10.2B Terminate and connect electrical wiring
MEM11.10B Operate Mobile Load Shifting Equipment
MEM11.11B Undertake Manual Handling
MEM11.12B Purchase Materials
MEM11.13B Undertake Warehouse Receival Process
MEM11.14B Undertake Warehouse Dispatch Process
MEM11.16B Order Materials
MEM11.17B Organise And Lead Stocktakes
MEM11.18B organise and maintain warehouse stock receival and/or dispatch system
MEM11.19B Undertake tool store procedures
MEM11.21B Perform advanced operation of load shifting equipment
MEM11.22B Operate fixed/moveable load shifting equipment
MEM11.4B Undertake Dogging
MEM11.5B Pick And Process Order
MEM11.6B Perform Production Packaging
MEM11.7B Administer Inventory Procedures
MEM11.8B Package Materials (Stores And Warehouse)
MEM12.1B Use comparison and basic measuring devices
MEM13.2B Undertake occupational health and safety activities in the workplace
MEM13.3B Work safely with industrial chemicals and materials
MEM13.4B Work safely with molten metals/glass
MEM5.12C Perform Routine Manual Metal Arc Welding
MEM5.13C Perform manual production welding
MEM5.41B Weld using powder flame spraying
MEM5.49B Perform routine gas tungsten arc welding
MEM5.4C perform routine oxy acetylene welding
MEM5.50B Perform routine gas metal arc welding
MEM5.5B Carry Out Mechanical Cutting
MEM5.6B Perform Brazing And/Or Silver Soldering
MEM5.7C Perform Manual Heating And Thermal Cutting
MEM7.30C Perform metal spinning lathe operations (basic)
MEM7.32B Use workshop machines for basic operations
Recognition of Prior Learning
Recognition of your current qualifications and prior learning: BRIT has processes to give you credit for relevant units from your prior study, and to assess your prior learning against units in a course.