Level 3 National Foundation Diploma / Extended Diploma in Engineering

On successful completion of the L3 Foundatin Diploma you would usually continue onto a second year to complete the L3 Extended Diploma or on to an apprenticeship. On completion of the two year Extended Diploma you could progress onto a Higher National Certificate, a degree course or into employment.

There are so many different areas of engineering to work in; however, most engineers choose to specialise in just one, such as chemical, automotive or robotics.  Careers in engineering are constantly evolving and new processes and technologies are being developed all the time.  This allows engineers to stay on the ball and react to new problems and challenges in their chosen career.

Engineering careers are constantly varied in terms of their job responsibilities, but also in their working locations.  As an engineer you could be working in an office, in a laboratory, on an oil rig, in a factory or on a race track.

Each engineering discipline requires professionals with very specific skill-sets.  However each and every area of this sector is as complex as the next.  Consequently, all engineers need to have strong mathematical skills, logic and the ability to rise to intellectual and practical challenges.