Performing Engineering Operations

Performing Engineering Operations NVQs provide the ideal foundation for entrants into a wide range of occupations.  They are based on national occupational standards, developed to meet the needs of the engineering industry now and into the future, and can satisfy the foundation requirement of the Apprenticeship and Advanced Apprenticeship in Engineering.

These qualifications cover the fundamentals common to all engineering practices, including Health & Safety requirements and communicating engineering information, whilst offering extensive choice and flexibility for learners to demonstrate competence in one or more of a broad variety of engineering activities.  The pathway structure also caters for those providing technical support, including project planning, contributing to business improvement, using CAD and software packages, and carrying out selected engineering applications.

Benefits of the Qualification

Through their pathway structure, Performing Engineering Operations NVQs offer employers, training providers and
individual learners the widest possible choice of engineering options to suit varied needs.

For employers the qualifications can:

• provide a benchmark of employees’ skills and knowledge
• assist with recruitment and retention
• boost employee motivation and morale
• increase employee loyalty
• raise productivity and reduce rework
• improve Health & Safety in the workplace
• demonstrate the quality of the workforce to existing and potential customers
• stimulate employees’ desire to learn

For learners the qualifications can:

• provide the foundation for a career in engineering
• recognise competence to national occupational standards in identified areas
• prove ability to do a particular job
• contribute to the completion of an engineering apprenticeship
• lead to further development
• give a sense of achievement
• be gained on or off the job
• be completed at a time and pace to suit