EAL
Level 4
QN: 603/2089/8
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EAL Level 4 in Advanced Rail Engineering Technical Knowledge
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by EAL. Classified as a Vocationally-Related Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 480 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 4
Awarding Body
EAL
Syllabus Units
8 Units
Guided Hours
480 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Commercial activities within the rail industry
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the contractual and financial processes used within rail engineering organisations 1.
- Analyse organisational financial reporting in the context of governance and regulatory frameworks 1.
- Calculate and present financial statements for organisational performance and compliance 1.
- Explain the contractual requirements and arrangements for projects within the rail industry 1.
- Analyse the factors that influence the selection of a contract used to control and manage a project2.
- Understand the key functions of financial planning and control in the rail engineering industry 2.
- Analyse the key financial management principles used by organisations to develop effective financial strategies for long term financial sustainability 2.
- State appropriate costing systems and techniques for given rail project 2.
- Examine the factors influencing the decision-making process during financial planning 2.
- Identify areas for cost savings within a given rail project3.
- Identify the contractual performance management techniques used in the rail engineering industry 3.
- Determine the criteria to consider for selection of a contract 3.
- Describe the methods of measuring performance management employed in the rail engineering industry 3.
- Identify a range of activities that you could employ to improve contract performance 3.
- Develop a contract performance management strategy for a given activity4.
- Analyse the implications of not complying with contractual performance management targets 4.
- Analyse the implications of non-compliant performance management for a given scenario 4.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of the performance management tools employed within the rail industry 4.
- Explain the need for a skills gap analysis when determining the needs of a team to meet performance targets 4.
- State the implications to the rail industry for non-conformance with contract performance targets
2
Managing a professional rail engineering project
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Formulate and plan a project that will provide a solution to an identified engineering problem, with reference to national and international engineering regulatory regimes and ethical frameworks 1.
- Select an appropriate engineering based project, giving reasons for the selection 1.
- Produce a project management plan that covers aspects of cost, scope, time, quality, communication, risk and resources 1.
- Produce a work breakdown structure and a Gantt chart to provide timeframes and stages for completion 1.
- Carry out research by applying qualitative and quantitative research methods appropriate for meeting project aims and objectives2. Conduct planned project activities to generate outcomes which provide a solution to the identified engineering problem, with reference to ethical frameworks, health and safety requirements and professional standards of behaviour and stages 2.
- Select an appropriate method of recording progress, giving reasons for the selection 2.
- Conduct project activities and record progress against original project plan 2.
- Assess the importance of stakeholder communications and collaboration to achieve project success 2.
- Assess the attributes, competencies and behavioural skills required of a project manager3.
- Produce a project report analysing the outcomes of each of the project processes and stages 3.
- Select an appropriate method of reporting, giving reasons for the selection 3.
- Produce a clearly structured and coherent project report covering each stage of the project and analysing project outcomes 3.
- Produce a detailed financial report for the implementation of the project 3.
- Examine the key project management processes and social responsibilities in a project4. Present the project report and reflect on the value gained from conducting the project and potential improvements in the future projects 4.
- Consolidate reports, outcomes, findings and data collected to support the project 4.
- Select the most appropriate method of presenting the project outcomes 4.
- Present the project report describing challenges for completion and value gained, in a structured and coherent manner 4.
- Critically analyse the project outcomes and make recommendations for improvement
3
Rail engineering principles
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Analyse rail engineering data and produce reports 1.
- Identify rail engineering sources of data and documentation 1.
- Describe the causes of non-compliance in processes, plant and equipment and the use of the statistical data used for analysis 1.
- Explain the techniques used to monitor non-compliance in processes, plant and equipment 1.
- Investigate and report on the causes of failure and identify the failure states of components within a given system2.
- Determine the behavioural characteristics of components used in rail engineering 2.
- Identify the specific characteristics related to the behaviour of the four categories of engineering materials 2.
- Identify the causes of in-service material failure 2.
- Evaluate the issues that need to be considered when selecting alternative components for use in the rail industry 2.
- Justify the selection of an alternative component due to obsolescence from a given number of replacements3. Compare different types of engineering strategies 3.
- Describe the types of engineering strategies associated with rail engineering equipment 3.
- Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different strategies to complete engineering activities in the rail engineering industry 3.
- Justify the procedures employed for a given rail engineering situation 3.
- Evaluate the process for recording and documenting engineering activities to ensure compliance4.
- Analyse the impact of the environment on the operation of rail systems 4.
- Describe working and environmental conditions that lead to failure for a product made from material from each of the four material categories 4.
- State methods that can be used to reduce the impact of the environment on rail engineering systems 4.
- Identify the key environmental issues that relate to a proposed rail engineering system 4.
- Explain the safe practices that should be employed when dealing with the environmental emergencies
4
Rail engineering science
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Examine scientific and mathematical data to solve engineering problems 1.
- Determine the quotient and remainder for algebraic fractions and reduce algebraic fractions to partial fractions 1.
- Solve engineering problems that involve the use and solution of exponential, trigonometric and hyperbolic functions and equations 1.
- Solve scientific problems that involve arithmetic and geometric series 1.
- Use power series methods to determine estimates of engineering variables expressed in power series form2.
- Analyse applications of electronic and electrical principles and properties 2.
- Calculate currents and voltages in circuits using circuit theorems 2.
- Describe how complex waves are produced from sinusoidal waveforms 2.
- Solve problems on series R, L, C circuits with AC theory 2.
- Calculate currents and voltages in circuits using Kirchoff’s law3.
- Analyse applications of mechanical principles and properties 3.
- Apply the relationship between longitudinal and transverse strain to determine the dimensional effects of uniaxial loading on a given material 3.
- Explain the change within a solid material when exposed to temperature variations 3.
- Determine volumetric strain and change in volume due to three dimensional loading 3.
- Apply the relationship between elastic constants4.
- Explore the characteristics and properties of engineering materials 4.
- Describe the material properties for the classification of metals and non-metals 4.
- Explain how the characteristics of materials determine their engineering application in the rail industry 4.
- Explain the types of degradation found in metals and non-metals and the impact to a given function 4.
- Describe working and environmental conditions that lead to failure for a product made from each of the four material categories
5
Rail engineering solutions and innovation
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to design engineering solutions 1.
- Explain the systematic methods by which potential failures of a product or process are identified, analysed and documented 1.
- Apply problem solving techniques to given data 1.
- Analyse diagnostic systems in support of problem solving 1.
- Describe the production/maintenance methods associated with rail engineering2.
- Understand how to develop engineering solutions 2.
- Analyse given data to develop a preventative maintenance schedule for a rail engineering application 2.
- Determine resources and costs for a given maintenance activity 2.
- Explain the principles of asset management and how they are applied within the rail industry 2.
- Use asset management data to calculate whole life asset costs3.
- Understand how to deliver quality assurance 3.
- State the relevant quality assurance standards that are applicable to rail engineering activities 3.
- Identify the relevant quality compliance organisations and their role within the rail engineering industry 3.
- Describe how quality is managed in a rail engineering organisation 3.
- Explain the reporting process for non-compliance with quality assurance requirements within the rail industry4.
- Understand how to deliver business improvement solutions 4.
- Identify the sources of data that demonstrate the need for business improvement and innovation 4.
- Analyse business improvement data 4.
- Develop a business improvement strategy 4.
- Describe the business improvement processes and techniques required to implement improvement strategies
6
Rail engineering technologies
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the operation and integration of current technology employed within the rail industry 1.
- Describe the operational characteristics of current technologies 1.
- Analyse the characteristics of current technologies 1.
- Justify the use of current technologies and identify any areas for improvement2.
- Understand the operational integration between current and future technologies within the rail industry 2.
- Identify the opportunity and challenges of integration between current and future technologies 2.
- Explain the principles and benefits of current and future technologies 2.
- Justify the choice of technologies currently employed3.
- Analyse the commercial aspects of introducing future technologies into the rail industry 3.
- Describe the process for the integration of new technologies 3.
- Analyse the commercial impact of introducing new technologies 3.
- Justify the introduction of a new technology into the rail engineering industry
7
Rail operations
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how the railway works as a system 1.
- Describe how the critical interfaces are managed to ensure an effective UK rail net
- Identify the process that ensures the UK rail net
- work is regulated 1.
- Research how the regulatory process is implemented in the event of a dispute or non-compliance2.
- Understand the importance of internal business requirements and operational interfaces 2.
- Identify the internal corporate policies and operational interfaces of rail industry organisations 2.
- Describe the importance of compliance with corporate policies and operational interfaces of rail industry organisations 2.
- Identify how a rail organisation maintains compliance with corporate policies including ethics, equality and diversity and sustainability 2.
- Explain the consequence of non-compliance with internal corporate policies including ethics, equality and diversity and sustainability3.
- Understand the importance of 3rd party business requirements and operational interfaces 3.
- Identify the corporate policies and operational interfaces between supply chain and stakeholders across rail industry 3.
- Describe the importance of compliance with corporate policies and operational interfaces between supply chain and stakeholders across rail industry 3.
- Identify how supply chain and stakeholders maintain compliance with corporate policies and operational interfaces 3.
- Explain the consequence of non-compliance with external corporate policies4.
- Understand how the railway is evolving 4.
- Analyse the performance of the current national rail net
- Explore the development and application of new technologies and processes in the rail engineering industry 4.
- Identify the challenges the rail industry faces in introducing new technologies and procedures 4.
- Analyse the impact on current and future operations of the rail net
8
Safe and professional working practices in the rail industry
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the corporate governance and reporting of health and safety 1.
- State the relevant safety related legislation that is applicable to rail engineering activities 1.
- Identify the regulatory organisations and their role within the rail engineering industry 1.
- Identify how health and safety is managed in a rail engineering organisation 1.
- Explain the reporting process for compliance with rail industry legislation2.
- Understand managing and minimising risk to life, property and the railway 2.
- Identify the methods that ensure compliance with codes of practice and regulations pertaining to risk are fully understood by all 2.
- Describe how to minimise the risk to people, property and activities and recommend methods of implementation and control 2.
- Identify the specific standards that are applicable to the issue of personal protective equipment for a range defined activities within the rail industry 2.
- Explain the function of competence management systems (CMS) in the management of risk in the rail engineering industry3.
- Understand the management of the environmental impact of railway engineering activities 3.
- State the relevant environmental legislation that is applicable to rail engineering activities 3.
- Identify the environmental regulatory organisations and their role within the rail engineering industry 3.
- Identify the methods employed to ensure adherence with environmental regulations during rail engineering activities 3.
- Investigate the implications and consequences of failure to adhere with environmental regulations4.
- Understand ensuring safe and professional working practices through the application of human factors 4.
- State the importance of recognising how human factors contribute to accidents in the rail industry 4.
- Evaluate how human behaviours and limitations can affect performance 4.
- Evaluate the effect on the working environment of the organisation of safety and performance 4.
- State the importance and principles of error management
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 603/2089/8
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- EAL
- Qualification Type
- Vocationally-Related Qualification
- Operational Start
- Aug 2017