OAL
Level 3
QN: 610/1134/4
Curriculum Active
OAL Level 3 Diploma in Food and Drink Maintenance Engineering
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by OAL. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 1370 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 3
Awarding Body
OAL
Syllabus Units
14 Units
Guided Hours
1370 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Automation, instrumentation and digitalisation in food and drink maintenance engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand safety circuits.2.
- Understand automation and instrumentation and calibration techniques for systems.3.
- Understand types of programmable logic controllers (PLC).4.
- Understand sensors and motion control.5.
- Understand the principles of factory digitalisation.6.
- Understand information technology within own role.
- Install and configure instrumentation or process control systems.8.
- Use information technology.
2
Communication and positive behaviours in food and drink maintenance engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand communication techniques.
- Understand team working techniques.
- Work as part of a team.
- Understand workplace training, coaching and buddying techniques.5. Provide guidance or training to colleagues or stakeholders.6.
- Understand equality, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace.7.
- Prioritise and promote health and safety, food safety, and the environment and sustainability.8.
- Develop self to maintain and enhance competence.
- Use different communication methods appropriate to subject and audience.
3
Continuous improvement in food and drink maintenance engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand problem solving techniques.2.
- Understand fault finding techniques.3.
- Understand continuous improvement techniques.4.
- Understand organisation techniques.5.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques.6. Take ownership for own work.7. Show commitment to continuing professional development (CPD).
4
Electrical maintenance in food and drink maintenance engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand electrical principles.2.
- Understand control circuits principles.
- Understand safety circuits.
- Understand the types of motors and control systems.
- Understand electrical instrumentation and control installation, commissioning and decommissioning practices and techniques.
- Understand maintenance work recording and documentation requirements.7.
- Understand safe isolation procedures for electrical maintenance.8.
- Apply reliability engineering techniques.9.
- Apply fault-finding and problem-solving techniques.
- Install and configure electrical systems.
- Apply electrical and control maintenance practices and techniques.
- Interpret equipment performance data.
- solve or escalate issues.14.
- Comply with regulations and procedures when carrying out electrical maintenance activities.15.
- Follow site isolation and lock off procedures.16. Take ownership for own work and accountability for quality of work.17. Restore the work area on completion of activity.
5
Food safety and compliance in food and drink maintenance engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the food and drink sector.2.
- Understand the role of the food and drink maintenance engineer.3.
- Understand the principles of quality management systems and processes in the food and drink industry.4.
- Know food safety regulations.5.
- Understand food safety.6.
- Know engineering standards and regulations and their application to food and drink engineering.
- Understand food safety engineering.8.
- Know services and utilities in the context of food safety.
6
Health, safety and environment in food and drink maintenance engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand health and safety requirements in food and drink engineering.
- Understand health and safety incident types and reporting procedures in food and drink engineering.3.
- Understand health and safety mitigation methods and incident management in food and drink engineering within own organisation.
- Understand environmental regulations and requirements in food and drink engineering.5.
- Understand types of pollution and control measures in food and drink engineering.6.
- Understand how to use resources efficiently in food and drink engineering.
7
Machining and welding in food and drink maintenance engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand welding in food processing / manufacturing.
- Understand component manufacturing uses and requirements.3.
- Comply with regulations and procedures when carrying out machining and welding activities.4.
- Produce basic parts, spares or components.5.
- Apply down-hand (flat) TIG welding techniques.6. Restore the work area on completion of activity.
8
Maintenance of fluid power systems in food and drink maintenance engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand safe isolation processes for fluid power maintenance.
- Understand pneumatic and hydraulic system principles.3.
- Comply with regulations and procedures when carrying out fluid power maintenance activities.4.
- Follow site isolation and lock off procedures.5.
- Apply mechanical and fluid power system maintenance practices and techniques.6.
- Apply reliability engineering techniques.7. Assemble, position and fix equipment or components.
- Disconnect and remove equipment or components.
- Interpret equipment performance data.10. Take ownership for own work and accountability for quality of work.
9
Material science in food and drink maintenance engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how engineering is used in food and drink production.2.
- Understand the properties of food and drink packaging.3.
- Understand engineering materials and their properties.
10
Mathematical and scientific principles in food and drink maintenance engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know mathematics for continuous improvement.
- Know engineering, mathematical and scientific equipment sizing and dimensions.3.
- Apply mathematical techniques to solve engineering problems.
11
Mechanical maintenance in food and drink maintenance engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand safe isolation procedures for mechanical maintenance.2.
- Understand mechanical principles.3.
- Understand maintenance work recording and documentation requirements.4.
- Know basic engineering theory and thermodynamic principles on heat transfer.5.
- Comply with regulations and procedures when carrying out mechanical maintenance activities.6.
- Follow site isolation and lock off procedures.7.
- Apply reliability engineering techniques.
- Assemble, position and fix equipment or components.9. Disconnect and remove equipment or components.10. Restore the work area on completion of activity.11. Re
- solve or escalate issues.12.
- Interpret equipment performance data.13. Take ownership for own work.
12
Plan and prepare maintenance activities in food and drink maintenance engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand safe practice when preparing to carry out maintenance.
- Understand safe isolation processes.3.
- Understand the types of food and drink equipment and their application.4.
- Understand spares and store services considerations.5.
- Know how to use maintenance tools.6.
- Understand standard operating and quality assurance procedures.7. Read and interpret task related information and data.8.
- Plan own work.9. Mitigate risks.
- Use tools and equipment.11.
- Follow standard operating and quality procedures.12. Read and interpret equipment performance data.13. Take ownership for own work.
13
Planned, predictive and preventative maintenance in food and drink maintenance engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand maintenance strategies and best practice.
- Understand reliability techniques.
- Understand equipment performance measures.
- Understand maintenance work recording and documentation requirements.5.
- Comply with regulations and procedures when carrying out maintenance activities.6.
- Follow site isolation and lock off procedures.7.
- Apply reliability engineering techniques.8.
- Interpret equipment performance data.9. Re
- solve or escalate issues.10.
- Produce equipment performance reports.
- Take ownership for own work.
- Restore the work area on completion of activity.
14
Representations, drawings and graphs in food and drink maintenance engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand British standards for engineering representations, drawings, and graphical information.2.
- Produce electrical and mechanical engineering representations, drawings, and graphical information.3.
- Complete relevant documentation.
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 610/1134/4
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- OAL
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Jul 2022