T Level Engineering and Manufacturing: Manufacturing, Processing and Control (September 2025 Start)

T Levels will give 16-19 year old learners the technical knowledge and practical skills that are valued by the industry. They follow immediately after GCSEs as a technical alternative to A-Levels. They are the biggest reform to vocational training in a generation, giving learners the skills, knowledge, and attitude to excel in the engineering sector.

The T Level programme includes the following compulsory elements:

- Core engineering theory, concepts and skills;

- Specialist engineering skills and knowledge;

- Industry placement with an engineering employer;

- A minimum standard in maths and English if learners have not already achieved them at the start of their T Levels.

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- Develop the relevant knowledge and skills related to your course and future career aspirations;

- Help you gain a greater understanding of what it’s like to work in your chosen industry;

- Receive coaching and mentoring from a line manager;

- Improve your ability to get a job.

You have several progression options which include the following:

- Employment in an engineering company with the potential to earn up to £24,000, which could rise as high as £36,000 upon the completion of further training, qualifications and development.

- Employment as an engineering apprentice with the potential to earn up to £28,000 during your apprenticeship.

- Progress on to the BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering. Completion of this qualification gives you the potential to earn up to 168 UCAS points which is equivalent to A levels. Upon completion of this 'top-up' year you would have these additional progression opportunities:

- Study an engineering related subject at a higher level either at our University Centre or a university of your choosing.

- Employment as a degree engineering apprentice with the potential to earn up to £31,000 during your apprenticeship.

NOTE: 'Higher level' refers to HNC (level 4), HND (level 5) and Degree (level 6).

- Key engineering principles

- Engineering math and science

- Materials and their properties

- Electrical and electronic principles

- Mechatronics

- Engineering and manufacturing control systems

- Quality management and control

- Professional responsibilities, attitudes, and behaviours

- Continuous improvement

- Project and programme management

- Control theory

- Machining and tooling

- CAD/CAM and CNC