Manufacturing Engineering for England

**This HNC Manufacturing Engineering for England course is taught by Bolton College on behalf of the University of Greater Manchester.**<br/><br/>**In December 2024, the University of Bolton was granted permission by the Office for Students (OfS) to change its name to the University of Greater Manchester with immediate effect. While we work to update our systems, you may see both names used in the information we provide.**<br/><br/>Equivalent to the first year of a university degree, this HNC in Manufacturing Engineering for England (HTQ) course taught at Bolton College offers you the practical and personal skills needed for a role in the sector or progression to higher-level study.<br/><br/>This Level 4 HNC in Manufacturing Engineering for England, Higher Technical Qualification (HTQ), is designed to develop your knowledge, skills and behaviours across a broad range of engineering technologies essential to manufacturing engineering in this rapidly evolving and dynamic sector of the economy. The course has been designed by the industry to support a wide range of manufacturing engineering roles, and aims to help you gain key transferable skills that employers highly value.<br/><br/>Throughout the course, our team of dedicated experts will guide you as you gain knowledge and understanding, as well as practical, professional and subject-specific skills. Your studies will cover the core knowledge required by manufacturing engineers, such as engineering design, engineering maths, production engineering for manufacture, computer-aided design and manufacture (CAD/CAM) and industrial robots. Youll build on this learning with specialist units that concentrate on developing your understanding and skills in essential areas of manufacturing engineering.<br/><br/>Youll also undertake a professional engineering project, where youll have the opportunity to develop and apply your knowledge, practical ability and design skills. Overall, well support you as you develop cognitive, intellectual and thinking skills and gain valuable key, personal and transferable skills ready for employment or further study.