engineering training with aston
City and Guilds with Aston

Level 2 Diplomas in Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering

Fully delivered within the workplace

Available in 5 x pathways;

  1. Machine Operating

  2. CNC Machine Operating

  3. Production Assembly

  4. Composite Manufacture

  5. Optical Engineering

Full unit listing below, this is a 6 x unit qualification dependent upon your pathway will determine the selection, please follow the link for the full standards

  • Unit 201 Complying with statutory regulations and organisational safety requirements 22

  • Unit 202 Using and interpreting engineering data and documentation 26

  • Unit 203 Working efficiently and effectively in engineering 31

  • Unit 204 Operating capstan or turret lathes 36

  • Unit 205 Operating centre lathes 41

  • Unit 206 Operating single spindle automatic turning machines 46

  • Unit 207 Operating multi-spindle automatic turning machines 51

  • Unit 208 Operating milling machines 56

  • Unit 209 Operating single and multi-spindle drilling machines 61

  • Unit 210 Operating grinding machines 66

  • Unit 211 Operating special-purpose machines 71

  • Unit 212 Operating gear cutting machines 76

  • Unit 213 Operating electro-discharge machines 81

  • Unit 214 Operating honing and lapping machines 86

  • Unit 215 Operating broaching machines 91

  • Unit 216 Operating shaping, planing or slotting machines 96

  • Unit 217 Operating gear grinding machines 101

  • Unit 218 Operating power presses 106

  • Unit 219 Operating CNC turning machines 111

  • Unit 220 Operating CNC milling machines 116

  • Unit 221 Operating CNC grinding machines 121

  • Unit 222 Operating CNC punching machines 126

  • Unit 223 Operating CNC laser profiling machines 131

  • Unit 224 Operating CNC electro-discharge machines 136

  • Unit 225 Operating CNC gear cutting machines 141

  • Unit 226 Operating CNC machining centres 146

  • Unit 227 Producing mechanical sub-assemblies/ assemblies 151

  • Unit 227 Producing mechanical sub-assemblies/ assemblies 153

  • Unit 228 Assembling fluid power components to mechanical equipment 156

  • Unit 229 Assembling electrical or electronic components to mechanical equipment 161

  • Unit 230 Assembling pipework components to mechanical equipment 166

  • Unit 231 Producing composite mouldings using wet lay-up techniques 171

  • Unit 232 Producing composite mouldings using pre-preg laminating techniques 176

  • Unit 233 Producing components by acrylic moulding 181

  • Unit 234 Vacuum forming composite materials 186

  • Unit 235 Trimming composite mouldings using hand tools 191

  • Unit 236 Identifying defects in composite mouldings 196

  • Unit 237 Carrying out repairs to composite mouldings 201

  • Unit 238 Applying surface finishes to composite mouldings 206

  • Unit 239 Bonding composite mouldings 212

  • Unit 240 Producing composite assemblies 217

  • Unit 241 Carrying out inspection activities on optical components 222

  • Unit 242 Operating infra-red/special material lens process machines 228

  • Unit 243 Operating optical glass lens process machines 233

  • Unit 244 Operating optical prism and flat process machines 238

  • Unit 245 Operating CNC aspheric optical and diamond turning machines 243

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