Engineering Operative (Level 2)

Engineering Operatives are predominantly involved in the engineering operations which are key to the success of the Manufacturing and Engineering sector allowing employers to grow their business while developing a work force with the relevant skills and knowledge to enhance the sustainability of the sector.

The role covers a wide range of common and job specific skills sets that can be transferred across multiple manufacturing and engineering industry sectors during your career.

Examples of the occupational roles from across the engineering and manufacturing sector that would be covered within this standard are -

• Servicing and maintenance operative
• Machine setter / operative
• Electrical engineering operative
• Mechanical engineering operative
• Fabrication operative
• Multi-disciplined engineering operative
• Materials, processing and finishing operative
• Technical Support operative

Course information

During this course you will learn a full range of skills that a qualified engineering operative needs including -

• how to obtain the necessary job instructions, engineering drawings and specifications and how to interpret them
• relevant statutory, quality, environmental compliance procedures/systems, organisational and health and safety regulations relating to engineering operations
• their individual roles and responsibilities within the organisation and the flexibility required to support the achievement of company targets
• engineering operational practices, processes and procedures
• potential problems that can occur within the engineering operations and how they can be avoided
• demonstrate effective communication skills which include oral, written and electronic

You will work towards gaining an apprenticeship standard to be a qualified engineering operative. The apprenticeship standard contains a list of skills, knowledge and behaviours you will need to have learnt by the end of your apprenticeship.