Engineering Manufacturing Technician Apprenticeship Level 4
Various start dates from August 2025

HNC Manufacturing Engineering (Engineering Manufacturing Technician) Higher Apprenticeship. Roles require specialist technical support for engineers, gathering information and data from a range of sources, analysing the information/data, and providing solutions. The HNC in Manufacturing Engineering is embedded within the apprenticeship. To complete the apprenticeship, passing an independent end-point assessment (EPA) is also required. Typical job titles can include: engineering technician, manufacturing technician, integration and test technician and production technician.

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The Apprenticeship is designed to develop your knowledge, skills and behaviours across a broad range of engineering technologies essential to manufacturing engineering in this rapidly evolving and dynamic sector of the economy. The course has been designed by the industry to support a wide range of manufacturing engineering roles and aims to help you gain key transferable skills that employers highly value.
Throughout the course, our team of dedicated experts will guide you as you gain knowledge and understanding, as well as practical, professional and subject-specific skills. Your studies will cover the core knowledge required by manufacturing engineers, such as engineering design, engineering maths, production engineering for manufacture, computer-aided design and manufacture (CAD/CAM) and industrial robots. You'll build on this learning with specialist units that concentrate on developing your understanding and skills in essential areas of manufacturing engineering.
You'll also undertake a professional engineering project, where you'll have the opportunity to develop and apply your knowledge, practical ability and design skills. Overall, we'll support you as you develop cognitive, intellectual and thinking skills and gain valuable key, personal and transferable skills ready for employment or further study.

Individual employers will determine their own entry requirements, but the typical entry requirements for this Apprenticeship is 32 UCAS points. You should also have five GCSEs at grade C or above or grade 4 to 9 (or equivalent), including English and Mathematics. Consideration for entry to this course is also available to applicants who have extensive appropriate work experience in the engineering sector.

You’ll be assessed throughout your learning programme by a mixture of methods including formal tests, reports, workplace observations, portfolio building, presentations and self-reflections.

We have a range of dedicated support and wellbeing services including financial support, and impartial advice and guidance. Throughout your Apprenticeship, you’ll also receive one-to-one support from your dedicated Work Based Tutor, helping you to achieve your ambitions

We’re an elite College, and part of the University of Bolton Group, offering you a gateway to all of Greater Manchester’s vast range of fantastic opportunities for specialist careers, university degree courses and higher Apprenticeships.

We’ll reward your achievements with trips to The Anderton Outdoor Activity Centre and the opportunity to apply for the prestigious Duke of Edinburgh Award.

Our £75 million campus offers a refurbished fitness suite and sports hall; Apple Mac suites; libraries, a lecture theatre; hair and beauty salon; and a restaurant, café and canteen.

You’ll also enjoy a wide range of events, including showcases, enterprise activities and cultural celebrations.

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Although every care has been taken to ensure that the information contained within this document is accurate, there may be changes to this programme and provision. We will endeavour to keep prospective and current students updated where appropriate and when the information becomes available.