Download PDF Mechanical Engineering BTEC National Engineering Specialist Units Second Edition by Alan Darbyshire

Sinopsis

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.

Content

1. Further Mechanical Principles and Applications 
2. Advanced Mechanical Principles and Applications
3. Applications of Mechanical Systems and Technology
4. Properties and Applications of Engineering Materials
5. Engineering Design
6. Electro, Pneumatic and Hydraulic Systems and Devices

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