OTHM Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Engineering
Qualification Number: 603/7030/0

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    Completion Rate

    90.1%

    Course Pass Rate

    95%

    Submission Rate

    88%

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    Duration

    6 Months

    Pedagogy

    Online

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    Course description

    The OTHM Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Engineering has been developed to allow learners to gain understanding and knowledge across a range of Engineering practices.
    The qualification enables learners to develop essential knowledge in areas such as engineering principles, design technology, electricity, mechanics, statistics and mathematics.
    Successful completion of this qualification will prepare learners for employment in the engineering sector or further learning.

    Entry requirements

    OTHM Level 3 qualifications can be offered to learners from age 16.
    OTHM does not specify entry requirements for these qualifications. OTHM ensures that learners admitted to the programme have sufficient capability at the right level to undertake the learning and assessment.

    Equivalences

    OTHM qualifications at Level 3 represent practical knowledge, skills, capabilities and competences that are assessed in academic terms as being equivalent to GCE AS/A Levels.

    Qualification structure

    The OTHM Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Engineering consists of 6 mandatory units for a combined total of 60 credits, 600 hours Total Qualification Time (TQT) and 240 Guided Learning Hours (GLH) for the completed qualification.

    Mandatory units
    ⦁ Engineering Principles (10 credits)
    ⦁ Design Technology (10 credits)
    ⦁ Electricity (10 credits)
    ⦁ Mechanics (10 credits)
    ⦁ Introducing Statistics (10 credits)
    ⦁ Mathematics (10 credits)
    Duration and delivery

    The qualification is designed to be delivered over one academic year for full-time study, but it is also flexible in its delivery in order to accommodate part-time and distance learning.

    Assessment and verification

    All units within this qualification are internally assessed by KIMT and externally verified by OTHM. The qualifications are criterion referenced, based on the achievement of all the specified learning outcomes.
    To achieve a ‘pass’ for a unit, learners must provide evidence to demonstrate that they have fulfilled all the learning outcomes and meet the standards specified by all assessment criteria. Judgement that the learners have successfully fulfilled the assessment criteria is made by the Assessor.
    The Assessor should provide an audit trail showing how the judgement of the learners’ overall achievement has been arrived at.

    Progression

    Successful completion of the OTHM Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Engineering provides learners with the opportunity for workplace and academic progressions to a wide range of OTHM Level 4 diplomas.