Overview
Mechatronics Maintenance Technicians ensure that plant and equipment perform to the required standard to facilitate production targets regarding safety, quality, delivery and cost within high value manufacturing environments.
Typically the work would cover a broad range of activities including:
- Installation
- Testing
- Fault finding
- On-going planned maintenance of complex automated equipment.
This requires the application of a complex blend of skills, knowledge and occupational behaviours across the electrical, electronic, mechanical, fluid power and control systems disciplines.
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- Entry requirements
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Level
Level 3
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Delivery/Study method
A minimum of 30 hours of on the job training at the work place per week including a day/ block release to study theory at our Uxbridge/ Hayes/ Harrow campus.
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What will I learn?
Specific specialist knowledge and skills include:
- Understand mathematical techniques, formula and calculations in a mechatronics maintenance environment and the type of equipment being maintained
- Understand mechanical, electrical, electronic, fluid power and process control principles in a mechatronics maintenance environment
- Understand how equipment being maintained functions and operating parameters in individual components and how they interact
- Understand fault diagnostic methods, techniques and equipment used when maintaining equipment and systems
- Understand condition monitoring methods and equipment used and understand how the information gained supports the planning of maintenance activities
- Understand how to minimise machinery downtime by implementing planned preventative maintenance programmes.
Specific specialist skills include:- Read and interpret relevant data and documentation used to maintain components, equipment and systems
- Carry out condition monitoring of plant and equipment
- Carry out planned maintenance activities on plant and equipment
- Carrying out complex fault diagnosis and repair activities on high technology engineered systems
- Carrying out confirmation testing and subsequent smooth hand over of equipment and plant
- Support the installation, testing and commissioning of equipment (where applicable).
- Contribute to the business by identifying possible opportunities for improving working practices, processes and/or procedures.
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Duration and assessment
The duration of the apprenticeship will typically be 42-48 months.
After a period of foundation skills and technical knowledge development all apprentices will be required to achieve the following qualifications:
- Level 2 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Foundation Competence)
- Level 2 Award for Foundation Phase Gateway Assessment.
After a further period of skills and technical knowledge development all apprentices will be required to achieve the following qualifications:- Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Development Competence) – Mechatronics Maintenance Technician.
Plus the following:- Level 3 Extended Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Development Knowledge)
Other forms of assessment:- An end-point assessment.
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Where next? Career/study opportunities
Completion of the apprenticeship is designed to be recognised by relevant Professional Engineering Institutions at the appropriate level of professional registration (EngTech).