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PREFACE:
Welcome to the challenging and exciting world of engineering! This book has been written to help get you through six specialist units of the revised BTEC National Certificate and Diploma awards in Engineering. It provides the essential underpinning knowledge required of a student who wishes to pursue a career in engineering.
The book has been written by a highly experienced further education lecturer, who has over 30 years of practical teaching experience, with contributions from specialist lecturers in Engineering Design and Pneumatics and Hydraulics. Throughout the book I have adopted a common format and approach with numerous student activities, examples, end of chapter review questions and key points
The BTEC National Certificate and National Diploma qualifications have long been accepted by industry as appropriate qualifications for those who are about to enter industry or who are receiving training at the early stages of employment in industry. At the same time, these qualifications have become increasingly acceptable as a means of gaining entry into higher education. BTEC National programmes in engineering attract a very large number of registrations per annum such that there are in excess of 35,000 students currently studying these qualifications in the UK by both parttime and full-time modes of study.
The BTEC National syllabus was recently reviewed and extensively updated and new programmes have been launched with effect from September 2007. The new scheme is likely to be adopted by all institutions that currently offer the programme as well as a number of others who will be offering BTEC qualifications for the first time.
Many organizations have contributed to the design of the new BTEC National Engineering programme including the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA), the Engineering Council and several Sector Skills Councils (SSC). The Engineering Council continues to view the BTEC National Certificate/Diploma as a key qualification for the sector.
They also recognize that BTEC National qualifications are frequently used as a means of entry to higher education courses, such as HNC/HND programmes and Foundation Degree courses.
This book covers six of the most popular specialist units that are common to many of the BTEC Engineering programmes. Each chapter covers one unit and contains Text, Key points, Test your knowledge questions, Examples, Activitiesand Review questions. The Test your knowledge questionsare interspersed with the text throughout the book.
These questions allow you to check your understanding of the preceding text. They also provide you with an opportunity to reflect on what you have learned and consolidate this in manageable chunks.
Most Test your knowledge questionscan be answered in only a few minutes and the necessary information, formulae, etc., can be gleaned from the surrounding text. Activities, on the other hand, make excellent vehicles for gathering the necessary evidence to demonstrate that you are competent in key skills.
Consequently, they normally require a significantly greater amount of time to complete. They may also require additional library or resource area research time coupled with access to computing and other information technology resources.
Many tutors will use Test your knowledge questionsas a means of reinforcing work done in class while Activitiesare more likely to be ‘ set work ’ for students to do outside the classroom.
Whether or not this approach is taken, it is important to be aware that this studentcentred work is designed to complement a programme of lectures and tutorials based on the BTEC syllabus.
Independent learners (i.e. those not taking a formal course) will find complete syllabus coverage in the text. The Examplesnot only show you how to solve simple problems but also help put the subject matter into context with typical illustrative examples. In order to successfully tackle this work you will need to have a good scientific calculator (and get to know how to use it).
covers one unit and contains Text, Key points, Test your knowledge questions, Examples, Activitiesand Review questions. The Test your knowledge questionsare interspersed with the text throughout the book. These questions allow you to check your understanding of the preceding text.
They also provide you with an opportunity to reflect on what you have learned and consolidate this in manageable chunks. Most Test your knowledge questionscan be answered in only a few minutes and the necessary information, formulae, etc., can be gleaned from the surrounding text. Activities, on the other hand, make excellent vehicles for gathering the necessary evidence to demonstrate that you are competent in key skills.
Consequently, they normally require a significantly greater amount of time to complete. They may also require additional library or resource area research time coupled with access to computing and other information technology resources. Many tutors will use Test your knowledge questionsas a means of reinforcing work done in class while Activitiesare more likely to be ‘ set work ’ for students to do outside the classroom.
Whether or not this approach is taken, it is important to be aware that this studentcentred work is designed to complement a programme of lectures and tutorials based on the BTEC syllabus. Independent learners (i.e. those not taking a formal course) will find complete syllabus coverage in the text.
The Examplesnot only show you how to solve simple problems but also help put the subject matter into context with typical illustrative examples. In order to successfully tackle this work you will need to have a good scientific calculator (and get to know how to use it).
that demands logical thinking and an approach in which each new concept builds upon those that have gone before.
Finally, don’t be afraid to put your new ideas into practice. Engineering is about doing – get out there and do it!
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