Qualifications improve your chances; they do not gate the job. Level 3 is the most recognised.
Level 3 most recognisedOpen entry
Your route in
You can start without qualifications - direct entry/volunteering; a qualification improves your chances
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Qualifications employers recognise (Level 3)
Any of these strengthens your application.
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Where this can take you
Enter with no quals via an Engineering & Manufacturing L2 foundation apprenticeship/operative role, with the Engineering Technician L3 as the recognised step up.
Courses for this career
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Level 2
- BTEC First Extended Certificate in Engineering L237 courses
- Level 2 Diploma in Engineering L213 courses
Level 3
- BTEC National Extended Certificate in Engineering L360 courses
- BTEC National Extended Diploma in Engineering L357 courses