Design and Development for Engineering and Manufacturing
- Core content
- Options to specialise
- Awarding Organisation resources
- ETF teaching resources
- Gatsby resources
- AoC resources
Core content
Students will develop an understanding of a broad range of issues relevant to the sector, including:
- working within the Engineering and Manufacturing Sectors – an understanding of how materials, conditions and context influence design processes and products
- essential mathematics for engineering and manufacturing – a knowledge and understanding of mathematics including standard matrices and determinants and standard trigonometry
- materials and their properties – understanding material processing techniques and their effects on materials and material quality, the condition of materials, how these are managed, and materials testing methods and techniques
- business, commercial and financial awareness - basic commercial principles including commercial priorities and markets, customers/clients/partners and resource allocation
Options to specialise
In addition to the core content, each student will also complete at least 1 module of occupation-specific content:
- Mechanical engineering
- Electrical and electronic engineering
- Control and instrumentation engineering
- Structural engineering
Awarding Organisation resources
City & Guilds has developed a wide range of resources to help providers to deliver the Design and Development for Engineering and Manufacturing T Level.
Approval and quality assurance
- Support to help providers through the approval process can be found here.
Registration, entries and results
- Information on how to register learners for their T Level as well as how to make bookings for the correct assessment series can be found here.
Teaching, learning and planning resources (found in the teaching, learning and planning resources tab of this page)
- Essential guidance and information for the planning, delivery assessment and administration of the T Level TQs, including key dates schedules and Higher Education information.
- Past papers, mark schemes and chief examiner reports for core and occupational specialisms (also includes specimen papers and mark schemes).
- Example Employer Set Projects, with briefs, tutor guidance and mark schemes.
- Guidance on how to deliver and mark assessments which form part of the T Level technical qualifications (found in the assessment guidance tab of this page).
Tutor and learning materials (found in the curriculum delivery planners and tutor resources tabs of this page)
- For both the core component and occupational specialist component, including curriculum planners, schemes of work and worksheets.
Video Resources
City & Guilds has a selection of on-demand webinars that you can find below. A number of the webinars were recorded before the recent core exams and ESP decoupling confirmation. Please watch this short video before watching any of the on-demand events.
- T Level Introduction (Design and Development). Watch the video here and find the slides here.
- Curriculum planning. Watch the video here, find the slides here and find sample curriculum plans here.
- Preparation for core exams and assessments. Watch the video here and find the slides here.
- Preparation for the Employer-Set Project assessment (Design and Development). Watch the video here and find the slides here.
Other resources include:
ETF resources
This T Level Resource Improvement Project (TRIP) consists of resources to support the Employer Set Project (ESP) for the T Level in Engineering and Manufacturing.
Produced by Leicester College, this TRIP presents an Engineering and Manufacturing contextualised approach to scaffolding and sequencing the development of oral skills, with a focus on speaking.
Resources include:
- a framework for learning, covering 21.5 hours of learning, sequenced for the development of skills in oral communication in preparation for the ESP
- 14 lesson plans, with accompanying PowerPoint presentations
- additional handouts
- guidance for learners.
Core specialisms
The core specialism covered is:
- CSB: Communication and presentation of outcomes and evidence.
General competencies
The general competencies covered include:
- GEC1: Conveying technical information to different audiences.
- GEC2: Presenting information and ideas.
- GEC3: Creating texts for different purposes and audiences.
- GEC4: Summarising information/ideas.
- GEC5: Synthesising information.
- GEC6: Taking part in/leading discussions.
- GDC1: Use digital technology and media effectively.
- GDC2: Design, create and edit documents and digital media.
- GDC3: Communicate and collaborate.
- GDC5: Be safe and responsible online.
- GDC6: Controlling digital functions.
Downloadable resources
| Framework for learning | 1 |
| Lesson plans | 14 |
| Guidance for students | 1 |
| Lesson PowerPoints | 14 |
This TRIP can be found here.
Developing formative assessment materials for core exam content (Loughborough College)
This T Level Resource Improvement Project (TRIP) has been developed to support providers delivering T Levels in Engineering and Manufacturing and consists of one PDF document which covers formative assessment questions and developmental activities.
Produced by Loughborough College, this resources is designed to support formative assessment. Formative assessment should be designed to determine where learners are in their learning journey and whether they are progressing at the level expected at a particular milestone.
Formative assessment questions
This section features a range of questions covering the following core elements:
- Essential maths for engineering and manufacturing (core elements 4.1, 4.2).
- Essential science for engineering and manufacturing (core elements 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8).
- Materials and their properties (core elements 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6).
- Mechanical principles (core elements 7.1, 7.2).
- Electrical and electronic principles (core element 8.1).
- Mechatronics (core elements 9.1, 9.2, 9.3).
There are questions that address the following two assessment objectives:
- AO2 – Apply knowledge and understanding of contexts, concepts, theories and principles to different situations and contexts.
- AO3 – Analyse and evaluate information and issues related to contexts, concepts, theories and principles to make informed judgements.
Developmental activities
The activities provided are linked to the following elements covered in the T Levels in Engineering and Manufacturing common core content for exam paper one:
- Essential maths for engineering and manufacturing.
- Essential science for engineering and manufacturing.
- Materials and their properties.
- Mechanical principles.
- Electrical and electronic principles.
- Mechatronics.
They are designed to help learners consolidate their learning by bridging any knowledge or skills gaps identified through their answers to the formative assessment questions.
Downloadable resources
| Formative assessment materials document | 1 |
This TRIP can be found here.
Developing formative assessment materials for core exam content (Weston College)
This T Level Resource Improvement Project (TRIP) has been developed to support providers delivering T Levels in Engineering and Manufacturing and consists of one PDF document which covers formative assessment questions and developmental activities.
Produced by Weston College, this resource is designed to support formative assessment. Formative assessment should be designed to determine where learners are in their learning journey and whether they are progressing at the level expected at a particular milestone.
Formative assessment questions
This section features a range of questions covering the following common core components:
- Working in the engineering and manufacturing sectors (common core component 1)
- Engineering and manufacturing past, present and future (common core component 2)
- Engineering representations (common core component 3)
- Engineering and manufacturing control systems (common core component 10)
- Quality management (common core component 11)
- Health and safety principles and coverage (common core component 12)
- Business, commercial and financial awareness (common core component 13)
- Professional responsibilities, attitudes and behaviours (common core component 14)
- Stock and asset management (common core component 15)
- Continuous improvement (common core component 16)
- Project and programme management (common core component 17).
There are questions that address the following two assessment objectives:
- AO2 – Apply knowledge and understanding of contexts, concepts, theories and principles to different situations and contexts.
- AO3 – Analyse and evaluate information and issues related to contexts, concepts, theories and principles to make informed judgements.
Developmental activities
There are 15 development activities in this resource. Each activity is linked to a common core component, which is referenced. The focus of the development activity is based on the ‘what you need to learn’ content of the targeted common core component.
With each activity is a list of useful resources, including books and websites. The same list is provided for each activity.
Downloadable resources
| Formative assessment materials document | 1 |
This TRIP can be found here.
Gatsby resources
The Technical Education Networks programme supports teachers bringing industry and the classroom closer together by delivering an engaging and enriched curriculum for their students in an evolving education landscape, drawing on expertise of specialist teachers, employers and professional bodies. Please find the resources page here.
Research – Macrosequencing of curriculum:
Macro-sequencing is a structured and logical progression of a programme informed by strong pedagogical decisions. This research, in partnership with the Association of Colleges, has collated feedback from 55 providers who took part in the research: 24 completed a survey, 51 had in-depth interviews, and 55 attended focus groups between January and August 2023. This research presents one model for the macro-sequencing of the T Level Design and Development for Engineering and Manufacturing together with feedback on implementing diagnostic assessments, sequencing core and occupational specialism content, embedding skills into the curriculum and implementing industry placements.
Please find the research here.
AoC resources
Please find AoC's resource depository here.
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