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Overview
This qualification provides technical skills and knowledge related to ferrous and nonferrous metals, polymers, composites and ceramics and their application in manufacturing and engineering processes.
Completion of this qualification will enable a person to work in a variety of roles requiring industrial materials knowledge and skills, including working as part of a multidisciplinary design team, supervising the processing of materials, providing expert materials supervision to materials-intensive manufacturing processes, and technical sales roles requiring specialist materials knowledge.
The qualification provides broad technical skill and knowledge across common engineering materials and related manufacturing and engineering processes and equips workers for supervisory and operations management roles where specialist materials skills and knowledge are required.
It has the following streams:
- Manufacturing Materials Management. This stream provides broad technical skill and knowledge across common engineering materials and materials- related manufacturing and engineering processes. This stream is suitable for people in supervisory and operations management roles where specialist materials skills and knowledge are required.
- Metal Technology. This stream provides technical skill and knowledge for manufacturing based on metal and alloy materials.
- Polymer Technology. This stream provides technical skill and knowledge for manufacturing based on polymer materials.
- Composites Technology. This stream provides technical skill and knowledge for manufacturing based on composite materials.
Streams cover recognised industry subsectors and are achieved by choosing units listed under stream headings. They are not specialisations listed on qualification testamurs (i.e. certificates) but are identifiable via records of results.
There are 0 minimum work placement hours required for this unit.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.
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Financial help
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Government funding is not available for this course.
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Cost
Course costs can vary by provider and location. Ask your training provider for a cost estimate.
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VET Student Loans are not available
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You may need to pay for equipment or materials.
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On-the-job training
- Apprenticeships and traineeships are not available for this course.
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Entry requirements
This course doesn't have any entry requirements. It could be a good starting point for your career.
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Duration
You complete this course when you’ve learned the skills, not after a set amount of time. The times shown are estimates.
- Qualification only:
1–2 years
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Delivery options
You may be able to access this training in these ways:
Course content
This course is made up of units.
All courses have core units—these are mandatory for completing the course. Most courses also have elective units, which you can choose from to suit your needs and interests. Not all training providers offer every elective, so check with your provider to find out which electives they can offer you.
For more information about course content, talk to your training provider or visit the National Training Register.
| Unit | Unit type |
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| Apply chemistry principles to materials used in manufacturing and engineering processes | Core |
| Apply materials selection analysis techniques | Core |
| Apply mathematical techniques in a manufacturing engineering or related environment | Core |
| Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices | Core |
| Select common engineering materials | Core |
| Adjust resin chemicals for current conditions | Elective |
| Analyse and map a value stream | Elective |
| Analyse equipment performance | Elective |
| Analyse metallurgical failures of components and recommend preventative measures | Elective |
| Analyse production trials | Elective |
| Analyse the design of products and tools for polymer injection moulding | Elective |
| Apply basic chemical principles to metallurgy | Elective |
| Apply basic knowledge of casting operations | Elective |
| Apply calculus to engineering tasks | Elective |
| Apply efficient materials management techniques to composite manufacturing operations | Elective |
| Apply engineering mechanics principles | Elective |
| Apply fluid and thermodynamics principles in engineering | Elective |
| Apply materials technology principles to non-destructive tests | Elective |
| Apply metallurgical principles and practice to determine metal forming and shaping processes | Elective |
| Apply metallurgical principles and practice to optimise furnace operation | Elective |
| Apply metallurgical principles and techniques in welding and other thermal processes | Elective |
| Apply statistics to operational processes | Elective |
| Apply technical mathematics | Elective |
| Calculate and predict chemical outcomes in metallurgical situations | Elective |
| Calibrate measuring equipment | Elective |
| Carry out heat treatment | Elective |
| Choose polymer materials for an application | Elective |
| Coordinate small lot manufacture using rapid manufacture processes | Elective |
| Design structural or mechanical polymer components | Elective |
| Determine and supervise heat treatment of metal | Elective |
| Determine corrosion prevention strategies for metal and alloys | Elective |
| Develop a new compound | Elective |
| Develop a new die or tool | Elective |
| Develop a new product | Elective |
| Develop fibre-composite products using cored-laminate techniques | Elective |
| Diagnose production equipment problems | Elective |
| Evaluate mould design and gating | Elective |
| Evaluate suitability of materials for engineering-related applications | Elective |
| Exercise external quality assurance | Elective |
| Facilitate the development of a new product | Elective |
| Identify and select equipment for mineral and chemical processing plants | Elective |
| Integrate manufacturing fundamentals into an engineering task | Elective |
| Interact with computing technology | Elective |
| Interpret and produce complex binary phase diagrams | Elective |
| Interpret basic binary phase diagrams | Elective |
| Interpret technical drawing | Elective |
| Interpret technical specifications and manuals | Elective |
| Maintain/supervise the application of quality procedures | Elective |
| Manage environmental effects of engineering activities | Elective |
| Modify an existing product | Elective |
| Modify existing compounds | Elective |
| Monitor and test sands, cores and moulds | Elective |
| Monitor ferrous melting and casting processes | Elective |
| Monitor nonferrous melting and casting processes | Elective |
| Optimise process costs | Elective |
| Optimise process/plant area | Elective |
| Organise and communicate information | Elective |
| Perform chemical tests and procedures | Elective |
| Perform computations | Elective |
| Perform engineering measurements | Elective |
| Perform laboratory procedures | Elective |
| Perform precision mechanical measurement | Elective |
| Perform standard calibrations | Elective |
| Plan and manage materials supply for an engineering project or manufacturing operation | Elective |
| Plan work activities | Elective |
| Predict polymer properties and characteristics | Elective |
| Prepare and examine metallographic samples | Elective |
| Provide input to production trials | Elective |
| Read and interpret technical engineering drawings | Elective |
| Recommend a refractory for an application | Elective |
| Recommend ferrous and nonferrous metals or alloys for an application | Elective |
| Record and trial work processes for one-off composite products | Elective |
| Schedule material deliveries | Elective |
| Select and organise mechanical engineering material tests | Elective |
| Select and organise mechatronic engineering material tests | Elective |
| Select and use composite processes or systems appropriate for product | Elective |
| Select ceramic and glass materials for engineering and manufacturing applications | Elective |
| Select composite materials for engineering and manufacturing applications | Elective |
| Select metal forming process | Elective |
| Select metal joining process | Elective |
| Select surface treatment methods for metallic components or products | Elective |
| Source and estimate engineering materials requirements | Elective |
| Supervise work health and safety in an industrial work environment | Elective |
| Test the mechanical properties of materials | Elective |
| Test thermoset composite laminates and materials | Elective |
| Trial new process or product | Elective |
| Undertake analysis of cost and waste in terms of customer value | Elective |
| Undertake and interpret results of chemical analysis on metal samples | Elective |
| Undertake manual handling | Elective |
| Undertake process capability improvements | Elective |
| Undertake root cause analysis | Elective |
| Undertake work health and safety activities in the workplace | Elective |
| Use three or six sigma processes to determine and improve process capability | Elective |
| Work in Industry 4.0 | Elective |
| Work safely and effectively in manufacturing and engineering | Elective |
| Work safely with ionizing radiation | Elective |
| Write reports | Elective |
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