EAL Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Aeronautical Engineering

The EAL Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Aeronautical Engineering qualification is made up of a number of units of competence, which EAL has derived from the National Occupational Standards (NOS), which set out the collective performance, skills requirements and underpinning knowledge requirements. EAL provides documents which allow both the learners and the assessor to record the progress through the qualification. The units contain the performance to be assessed, the knowledge to be assessed and the evidence required from the learner to demonstrate their skills.

The qualification covers the specific skills, knowledge for a range of:

• Individuals who need to acquire Aeronautical Engineering competencies for the engineering sectors
• Individuals employed in the Aeronautical Engineering sectors but require additional competencies as part of an existing job role or to enable career progression.

Learners will be assessed in relation to their chosen discipline and endorsed accordingly. The endorsement will be printed on the certificate to show future employers which discipline was covered during their assessment.

All units must be assessed against all the mandatory units and one of the following endorsements:

• Pathway QAEA: Aircraft Systems Maintenance
• Pathway QAEB: Survival Equipment Maintenance
• Pathway QAEC: Aircraft Component Assembly
• Pathway QAED: Electrical and Electronic
• Pathway QAEE: Composite Manufacture
• Pathway QAEF: Lifting and Moving loads

This NVQ qualification is gained when all the necessary units have been achieved. The centre will then be able to apply for the learner’s NVQ certificate of achievement. The learner will also receive a certificate of unit credit, listing all the units they have completed, which can be used as accredited prior learning to complete a qualification.

• Northern Ireland: Engineering Level 2 apprenticeship framework - Pathway one – Aeronautical Engineering
• England: Non-mandated may be used to support Standards

The minimum age for registration is 16.