Maintenance Engineering

Do you work as a maintenance engineer or installation engineer? You can gain recognition of your competence with a level 3 NVQ in Maintenance Engineering at City College Plymouth. All assessment is undertaken in your workplace and is flexible to suit the needs of you and your employer. Your work situation will need to provide the opportunity to be involved in a range of engineering maintenance and installation activities. When you start this qualification, you will choose to follow one of the following pathways: mechanical, electrical, electronic, fluid power, engineered systems, services maintenance, lift servicing, lift repair, escalator repair and service, communication electronics, stair lifts, servicing medical equipment or instrumentation and control.

To gain the award, you must complete one of the following pathways: mechanical, electrical, electronic, fluid power, engineered systems, services maintenance, lift servicing, lift repair, escalator repair and service, communication electronics, stairlifts, servicing medical equipment or instrumentation and control.

You must be employed in an engineering maintenance role.

Assessment is undertaken in your workplace. There are no formal examinations, but you will be required to generate a portfolio of evidence under the guidance of an experienced assessor.

You may be able to progress to the Foundation Degrees in Mechanical or Marine Engineering at the College.