FDQ
Level 3
QN: 610/1418/7
Curriculum Active
FDQ Level 3 Diploma in Food and Drink Engineering Maintenance
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by FDQ. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 1414 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 3
Awarding Body
FDQ
Syllabus Units
20 Units
Guided Hours
1414 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Contribute to project management in a food business
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Confirm a project plan in a food business
- Communicate a project plan and delivery arrangements in a food business
- Support the management of a project in a food business
- Evaluate the support provided to project management in a food business
2
Control energy efficiency in food operations
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Maintain measures that support sustainable energy usage, Promote measures that support sustainable energy usage, Promote the development of sustainable energy usage
3
Install, commission checks and decommission electrical equipment in food and drink sector engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the requirements for the British Standard for Electrical Installations
- Understand the application of circuit protection devices covering basic and fault protection
- Understand types of circuits used in electrical installations
- Understand cable types and cable sizing used in electrical installations
- Understand enclosure types and measurement used in electrical installations
- Understand the principles of lighting
- Understand installation and commissioning checks
- Understand decommissioning techniques
- Understand requirements for hazardous areas
- Understand the functions of shock protection
- Demonstrate how to comply with health and safety and environmental procedures during installation, commissioning and decommissioning activities
- Demonstrate how to install
- commission and de
- commission systems
4
Maintain, promote and improve environmental good practice in food operations
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Maintain environmental good practice, Promote and improve environmental good practice
5
Perform engineering maintenance operations in the food and drink sector
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand health and safety procedures for engineering maintenance in the food and drink sector
- Understand best practice maintenance strategies used in the food and drink sector
- Understand equipment performance measures used in the food and drink sector
- Understand the types of tools used for maintenance in the food and drink sector
- Understand reliability techniques used in maintenance in the food and drink sector
- Understand the fundamental principles of pneumatic and hydraulic systems
- Demonstrate how to isolate, lock off (lockout, tagout) and re-instate equipment
- Demonstrate how to use maintenance tools in the food and drink sector
- Demonstrate how to maintain mechanical and fluid power systems
- Demonstrate how to use engineering reliability processes to prevent or reduce the likelihood of failures
6
Perform mechanical engineering operations in the food and drink sector
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand fundamental mechanical principles
- Understand limits and fits, applied to assemblies and components
- Understand the fundamental properties of engineering materials
- Understand the common fault-finding techniques
- Understand health and safety practices for mechanical engineering
- Demonstrate how to identify hazards and use control measures to mitigate risks
- Demonstrate how to comply with organisational environmental and sustainability procedures during maintenance activities
7
Principles of continuous improvement techniques _Kaizen_ in food operations
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the features, importance of Kaizen activity
- Understand the criteria and requirements for Kaizen and problem solving
- Understand how to interact with Kaizen activity
8
Principles of electrical engineering in the food and drink sector
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand basic electrical theory
- Understand the relationship between resistance resistivity voltage current and power
- Understanding the basic principles of the relationship between magnetism and electricity
- Understand the principles and construction of a capacitor
- Understand the principles and terminology associated with Alternating Current (AC) theory
- Understand the operation of circuit components when connected to an alternating supply
- Understand the principles and theory of transformers
- Understand the basic principles of AC motor operation
- Understand the principles applied to generate an AC supply
- Understand the construction of a DC machine and main principles used in DC machines
- Understand the application of DC motor control
- Understand the principles of PLC and their applications
- Understand the type of input and output devices used in PLC and how they are interfaced
- Understand the operation of sensors and actuators
- Understand the principles and impact of digitisation and Industry 4.016.
- Understand safety circuits
- Understand additional safety circuits and safety motor control systems
9
Principles of electrical installations BS7671 (2018)
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the fundamental principles and definitions of BS76712.
- Understand how to assess the characteristics of electrical installations
- Understand the requirements of protection for safety in electrical installations
- Understand the requirements for inspecting and testing electrical installations
- Understand the requirements for selection of equipment for electrical installations
- Understand the requirements for special installations and locations
10
Principles of food and drink sector engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the role of maintenance engineers in the food and drink sector
- Understand the fundamentals of the food and drink sector
- Understand the types of manufacturing equipment used in the food and drink sector
- Understand the fundamentals of food safety and contamination control in maintenance engineering
- Understand the fundamentals of food science, technology and packaging materials used in the food and drink sector
- Understand the types of services and utilities used for the food and drink sector including their importance and impact on food safety
11
Principles of maths and science in food and drink sector engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the fundamentals of engineering science and basic engineering theory
- Understand the basic theory of thermodynamics
- Understand the fundamentals of engineering mathematics
12
Principles of quality and continuous improvement in food and drink sector engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand international standards and quality management systems used in food and drink sector maintenance engineering
- Apply procedures for maintenance engineering in the food and drink sector
- Understand industry recognised continuous improvement (CI) techniques
- Apply continuous improvement (CI) techniques to measure performance and suggest improvements
13
Principles of safety and environmental regulations in food and drink sector engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand health and safety regulations and practices in food and drink sector maintenance engineering
- Understand food safety regulations and their impact on maintenance engineering activities in the food and drink sector
- Understand environmental regulations and their impact on maintenance engineering in the food and drink sector
14
Principles of sustainability in food operations
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles of sustainability
- Understand factors affecting sustainability targets
- Understand factors affecting support for sustainability targets
- Understand the factors influencing the achievement of sustainability
15
Principles of team working and self-development in food and drink engineering roles
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand communication techniques in food and drink maintenance engineering
- Use communication techniques including the production of reports to communicate technical information to colleagues and stakeholders
- Understand team dynamics and roles within a high performing team
- Understand how skills and capability can be developed for individuals and teams
16
Principles of using Information Communication Technology _ICT_ and Management Information Systems _MIS_ in food technology
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand ICT and MIS systems used within food and drink businesses
- Understand how ICT and MIS systems are used within food and drink businesses
17
Principles of using representations, drawings and graphs in food and drink engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the British standards for engineering representations, drawings, and graphical information
- Demonstrate the ability to produce and amend electrical and mechanical engineering information
- Understand the use of information technology for maintenance engineering in the food and drink sector
18
Produce replacement components for maintenance activities in food and drink sector engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand health and safety requirements of component manufacturing in the food and drink sector
- Understand the preparation requirements for component manufacture in the food and drink sector
- Understand the principles of machine and hand mechanical component manufacturing
- Produce replacement components using hand and machine tools
- Demonstrate how to produce replacement components safely using hand and machining techniques
19
Weld replacement components for maintenance activities in food and drink sector engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand health and safety and food safety requirements for welding
- Understand the principles and metallurgy of Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding
- Understand the equipment and consumables used in Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding
- Understand welding procedures and methods of testing applied to Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG)
- Demonstrate how to repair and maintain equipment using Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding techniques
20
Welding techniques for food and drink sector engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand health and safety requirements for Metal Inert Gas (MIG) and Manual Metal Arc (MMA) welding
- Understand food safety risks and controls when performing welding activities
- Understand types and uses of welding joints and welding positions
- Understand the equipment and consumables used for Metal Inert Gas (MIG) and Manual Metal Arc (MMA) welding
- Demonstrate how to use Metal Inert Gas (MIG) techniques to repair and maintain equipment in the food and drink sector
- Demonstrate how to repair and maintain equipment in the food and drink sector using Manual Metal Arc (MMA) welding techniques
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 610/1418/7
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- FDQ
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Sept 2022
- Operational End
- Aug 2027