Paddy

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Paddy
Paddy is a post-16 student taking the Advanced
Diploma in engineering. He has always excelled at
school and achieved A in GCSE Physics,
Chemistry, Maths, Design Technology, Geography,
French, ICT and English. He became interested in
engineering as a result of his work experience
placement in a food processing factory. He liked
the intellectual challenge of finding ways to
make the production lines work more efficiently.
He now plans to pursue a career in process
engineering.
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Paddy Advanced Diploma in engineering
additional and specialist learning 360 GLH
generic learning 180 GLH
principal learning 540 GLH
6 mandatory units
3 x functional skills at level 2 (prerequisite)
Level 3 Certificate in Process Technology (360
GLH)

• Investigating engineering business and the
  environment
• Applications of computer-aided designing
• Selection and application of engineering
  materials
• Instrumentation and control engineering
• Maintaining engineering plant, equipment and
  systems
• Investigating modern manufacturing techniques
  used in engineering
• Innovative design and enterprise
• Mathematical techniques and applications for
  engineers
• Principles and application of engineering science

extended project qualification (120 GLH)
10 days work experience
personal, learning and thinking skills (60 GLH)
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Work experience
Extended Project
Paddy spent two weeks in a factory that produced
bottled sauces, helping to carry out
modifications to the equipment that filled the
bottles. He then returned for one day a week for
five weeks to work on his project, and was able
to experiment by making changes to the equipment
to see what effect it would have on the
mayonnaise.
Paddys project was based on his work experience.
The company set him a challenge to see if he
could find a way to speed up the equipment that
injects mayonnaise into the bottles without
damaging the mayonnaise when it was being pushed
through the pipes under greater pressure. Paddy
worked on several possible solutions both in the
factory and at college, and finally submitted a
detailed report which recommended larger pipes.
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