Through this qualification, you will learn engineering theory and participate in hands on workshop projects to develop your skills and knowledge around general engineering concepts. It's the perfect starting point for a future career in engineering!
You'll gain key skills in technical drawing and computer-aided design (CAD) systems, and the projects you complete will help you develop your understanding of how drawings are transformed into buildings and manufactured items.
You'll also learn freehand sketching, 3D modelling, performing computations, applying mathematical techniques in a manufacturing engineering environment, and much more!
Choose a WA TAFE college that delivers this course
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Pursue your career in a wide range of engineering fields
This course will provide you with the practical skills and knowledge, including workshop and measurement skills, to allow you to produce drawings for manufacture. Learn how to use and operate computer-aided design (CAD) to create drawings. In addition you will work in teams to produce projects. On successful completion of this course you may be able to work in a number of different engineering related industries including mining and mineral processing, manufacturing, oil and gas and automotive.
Or you may choose to complete an additional 6 months further study, to gain the Diploma of Engineering - Technical (Drafting). Please note this course will be delivered in specialised classrooms across both the East Perth and Perth campuses.
Are you ready to engineer a mechanically technical career?
Join an industry that is continually growing and evolving with new technologies! Students will learn theoretical components, as well as participating in hands-on workshop projects that will develop your skills and knowledge around general engineering concepts. These projects will help you develop your understanding of how drawings are transformed into buildings and manufactured items.
When you complete the Certificate III in Engineering - Technical you've laid the groundwork to a career in engineering drafting, or as an engineering associate.
Specialist applied engineering facility at Munster campus
Students study this course at our state-of-the-art Applied Engineering building at Munster campus, featuring mechatronics labs and technical engineering workshop rooms. In our courses, you'll have access to modern equipment such as 3D printers, laser cutters, civil engineering compression labs to name just a few.
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