Pre-entry Guidance
Pre-entry guidance is required prior to booking a place on this course. Please contact our Distance Learning Co-ordinators by email or call 01346 506014.
Why take this course?
This Graded Unit has been validated as part of the HNC/HND Mechanical Engineering.
What you will experience
This Graded Unit is designed to provide evidence that the candidate has achieved the principal aims of the HNC/HND awards in Mechanical Engineering.
Key Facts
Everything you need to know before applying to this course.
Additional costs
This course involves an additional SQA fee. Further information is available here.
Funding
Fee waiver may apply. Find out more about distance learning funding.
Student Stories
Graemie Watt
Engineering
Shell Engineering Scheme
“Teaching was always something I was interested in but it was important to me to get industry experience first. I was delighted when the lecturing opportunity came up at NESCol and I am now really enjoying my time back at College but on the other side of the fence!”
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Svetlana Mateeva
Engineering
NC Electrical Engineering SCQF Level 5
“College has improved my confidence –the lecturers guide you allowing you to work independently so that you feel a sense of achievement when something works! The atmosphere is very positive, no matter what country you come from and what language you speak.”
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Kevin Simpson
Engineering
HNC Engineering Design
“My experience in the power generation and LNG industries show how transferrable a qualification an HNC in Engineering can be.”
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Oskars Rancans
Engineering
HND Electrical Engineering
“I’m really enjoying my new role and I’m glad I have my qualifications behind me. They have set me up for an engineering career which will allow me to work and live in different places.”
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David Ewing
Engineering
HNC Mechanical Engineering
“I could never have imagined when I was studying back in Aberdeen that I would one day be working in the motorsport industry for Formula 1.”
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Emma Craig
Engineering
HND Electrical Engineering
“I think more women should consider studying engineering, it’s a career that can take you anywhere you want to go and is not limited to oil and gas.”
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Scott Fraser
Engineering
Electrical Installation Apprenticeship
“During my apprenticeship I’ve been involved a lot in domestic properties – rewiring houses, kitchens, bathrooms and full rewires of new houses plus some small industrial work as well. it’s been a lot of fun and I’ve learnt a lot of new things.”
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Maureen Morgan
Engineering
Mechanical Engineering Apprenticeship
“I look to get my Crane Op tickets which will make me the first female Crane Operator in the North Sea.”
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Glenn Murison
Engineering
HNC Mechanical Engineering
“It’s given me a recognised qualification for progressing my career in the industry.”
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Eilidh Duncan
Engineering
Shell Engineering Scheme
“Studying at NESCol definitely helped me get my job – every day I put into practice things I learned at college.”
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Applications
Please Note: Distance learning courses have flexible start dates and applications will be considered at all points of the year.
For non-Scottish residents – the College will confirm fees payable for your chosen course on booking and these may differ from the advertised fee
If you take up a place on a College course, at the start of the course you will be asked to sign an enrolment form. In signing the form and/or taking up a place on a College course, you will enter into a contract with the College and be bound by the North East Scotland College Standard Terms and Conditions of Study. Copies of the Terms and Conditions are available for inspection on notice boards and at various locations throughout the College, at the College Reception, on the College website: nescol.ac.uk, or can be obtained on request from the Student Funding and Admissions Manager, North East Scotland College, Aberdeen City Campus, Gallowgate, Aberdeen AB25 1BN. Please note that courses are offered subject to (a) there being sufficient numbers of enrolments and (b) the availability of resources. The College reserves its right (i) not to run courses where the number of students is considered insufficient or where resources are unavailable and (ii) in certain circumstances, to refuse admission to an individual applicant.
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