ABC Level 1 Diploma in Motor Vehicle Studies
What is the Course About?
Faculty: Environment & Sustainability
Department: Engineering
This qualification offers a flexible bank of units that provides an overview of potential occupations and job roles within the sector. It provides learners with specialist and transferable skills, engages them with current industry practice, and prepares them to progress onto further qualifications or employment within the motor vehicle industry.
What subjects will I study?
Health and safety for motor vehicle studies
Introduction to engineering equipment and materials
Introduction to compression ignition power units.
Introduction to spark ignition power units
Introduction to engine liquid cooling and engine lubrication systems
Introduction to spark ignition and compression ignition fuel systems
Introduction to vehicle transmission systems
Introduction to battery and lighting systems
Introduction to steering and suspension
Introduction to vehicle braking systems
Introduction to vehicle inspection
Introduction to customer care Introduction to vehicle wheels and tyres
Introduction to vehicle exhaust systems
Introduction to vehicle ignition systems
Days and hours of attendance
This course typically requires 3 days attendance.
Campus
William Kennish
Specialist uniform and/or kit required
Safety equipment will be provided.
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What happens once I have applied?
We will send you an email to let you know we have received your application. If you are new to the course area you have applied for, you will be invited to an Information Sharing Appointment (ISA) along with all other applicants to the course.
Please note: applicants are invited to ISAs depending on the date the application was received (there is limited capacity for each ISA so you may not be invited to the same one as other applicants who have applied for the same course). You will receive your invitation via email, to the email address you used when setting up your UCM Learner Portal.
Popular Courses
Sometimes we get a high volume of applications for particular courses. If your first choice course is popular, we’ll let you know and ask if you would like us to process your second choice course as well. This doesn’t mean you won’t be considered for your first choice it just provides you with a back-up plan.
What do I need to know about Information Sharing Appointments (ISAs)?
Do I have to attend an ISA?
If you are invited to an ISA, you must attend!
What happens if I can’t attend the ISA I’m invited to?
Please let us know and we will make sure you are invited to an ISA on a different date.
What happens if I don’t attend an ISA?
If you fail to attend two ISAs without letting us know why, we will assume you don’t want us to continue with your application.
How long will the ISA take?
The ISA will start at 4:30 p.m.
(If parents/carers bring you to the ISA, they can wait in the College’s refectory; there are vending machines available.)
What should I wear?
Casual Clothes
What will I need to bring?
Record of Achievement or any professional qualifications
Who do I contact if I have mobility or additional educational needs that I would like to discuss before the ISA?
Please email applications@ucm.ac.im
What happens once I’ve attended an ISA?
We will contact you within 5 working days of the ISA to either:
• make you an unconditional offer (i.e. a definite place on the course);
• make you a conditional offer (i.e. a place on the course IF you get the results required in the summer exams);
• suggest you apply for another course because the one you have applied for is not suitable for you (if this is the case it is likely we will have discussed this with you during the ISA).
What happens if I get an unconditional offer?
You will be invited in to enrol, which is when you are given your student card. This may happen in the summer, if not you will be enrolled at the start of your course.
What happens if I get a conditional offer?
If you have applied for an FE course, you will need to upload your results to your UCM Learner Portal, once you get them (e.g. GCSE, BTEC). We will then check to see you have got what is needed for the course and, if you have, we will convert your offer to unconditional, which means you definitely have a place on the course. You will be enrolled at the start of your course (that’s when you get your student card).
If you are unlucky and don’t get what you need for the course you applied for, you will be invited in to find out what else is available to you at UCM.
When will I get a timetable?
If you receive an unconditional offer you will receive your timetable during induction in September.
What are my progression and career options?
Local motor vehicle apprenticeship, and part time study at college.
How will I be assessed?
Continuous assessment through practical assignments supported with documented evidence.
Entry requirements
Entry onto the course will require having one GCSE at grade ‘D’.