Gold Coast Region
MEM20422 Certificate II in Engineering Pathways
Course Description
Improve your employability by building foundation skills in an engineering field with this practical entry-level course. This qualification will give you the confidence to pursue an engineering apprenticeship or undertake further study in design and drafting.
As part of the manufacturing and design industry, engineering offers the opportunity to be involved in broadbased skills areas driven by technology and design. Employers will increasingly need workers to be multi-skilled and equipped to move across industries to meet demand.
This course will give you foundation skills to operate tools and equipment to produce and modify objects. You will learn basic welding skills, communication skills, and explore career options in the engineering and manufacturing industry. This course is centred around a basic engineering project that integrates the skills you learn just like in the workplace.
This certificate will set you on the path to pursue an apprenticeship in a wide range of engineering jobs including fitting and turning, sheet metal fabrication, boiler-making, welding, casting and moulding, diesel and mechanical trades. You may also look for work as a trade’s assistant, or choose to develop your design and drafting skills through a traineeship or further study.
Timetable Information
This program is offered via face to face delivery for 4 Terms at PWR Advanced Cooling Technology
Class Times:
Location:
Address: 8:00am – 3:00pm PWR Advanced Cooling Technology 28 Quarry Rd, Stapylton QLD 4207
First Day: Students to meet TAFE Queensland Staff at the entrance infront of cafeteria
Selection Criteria
• This program is offered to Year 10, and 11 students currently enrolled in and attending a State, Private or Independent School in Queensland.
Resources Required
Under Workplace Health and Safety legislation students are legally required to wear appropriate protective clothing in class and around the Trades area at all times.
You will need to have the following:
• Safety glasses.
• Steel capped safety work boots, required from the first day.
• 100% Cotton Drill industry clothing – including long sleeved top and pants or overalls,
• Stationery such as pens, pencils, eraser and notebook.
• 2 GB USB.
• Note: No Singlets can be worn to any of the classes
If you fail to meet these minimum standards of dress, you will not be permitted entry into practical classes.
Work Experience
Work experience is an important part of this course and provides students with an opportunity to further their learning whilst undertaking tasks relevant to their studies. Work experience can also help form career-building relationships.
We recommend all students undertake 80 hours of work experience and encourage students to be proactive in finding their own placement. Students may contact potential companies prior to the commencement of their course, however for legal, liability, and insurance reasons they must not start work experience until after the course has commenced and insurance is in place.
Finding a placement for work experience:
• Work experience needs to be within the engineering industry i.e. fitter and turners, fabricators, sheet metal fabricators, boiler makers, and heavy diesel mechanics.
• While on work experience insurance will be covered by TAFE Queensland Gold Coast.
• Work experience is unpaid
• There is plenty of time to do work experience. It can be done on Saturdays, school holidays, after school hours and it may also be timetabled.
• Students are responsible for organising their own transport to and from work experience.
• This is an opportunity to demonstrate an appropriate attitude and interest in your chosen career choice, increasing your chance of future employment opportunities. It may also help you gain an apprenticeship.
Further information, including how to gain insurance coverage, will be provided to you in the first few weeks of your course by the TAFE Gold Coast Vocational Placement Coordinator when they visit your class.
Course Funding
This program is a VET in School (VETiS) funded program so there is no cost to eligible students.
What is VET in School (VETiS) funding?
The VET investment budget provides funding for students to complete one VETiS qualification listed on the Priority Skills List while attending a Queensland secondary school (in Years 10, 11 and 12). Qualifications are primarily at certificate I and II level and are those that have been identified by industry as leading to employment.
Prior to enrolment, TAFE Queensland Gold Coast checks all student eligibility for VETiS funding. If it is deemed that a student has previously used their VETiS funding they will be contacted and offered a position with the full fee for service price.
Disclaimer: The information contained in this brochure is to be read in conjunction with the course information found on our website www.tafeqld.edu.au
Contact US
Enrolment and Course Enquiries
Email: Schools.GoldCoast@tafeqld.edu.au
Phone: (07)5581 8810
Important: Quote: Full Name, Contact Number and your course enquiry.
Attendance/ Absences
Email: SchoolAbsentees.GoldCoast@tafeqld.edu.au