Engineering & Manufacturing - Level 1 - Gravesend

Applications Open - 26th September 2025

Applications Close - 14th August 2026 for application forms - please visit www.northkent.ac.uk if applying after this date for GCSE Open Events and Open Enrolment Dates.

How to Apply - Apply through Careers East Sussex

PLEASE NOTE - Popular courses can fill up quickly so apply early to avoid disappointment

Mixture of practical and theory assessments

So you want to be an engineer but want to know more about areas within engineering, then this is the first stepping-stone course before you progress to higher level ones in the future. It is a hands-on introduction with 70% practical in our industry-equipped workshops and 30% theory. You will learn and develop technical hand skills for filing, cutting, drawing related and the use of drilling. Together with electrical and electronic skills. You will already have had academic success in Science, Maths and English as this is a challenging course that requires a good level of maths.

Mixture of practical and theory assessments

Minimum of a Grade 3 in GCSE Math’s and English or equivalent and 2 GCSEs at Grade 3 and above of which one must be Science. Good School/College reference.

Level 2 Engineering