By
Mike Tooley, BA; Advanced Technological and Higher National Certificates, Kingston University, Formerly Vice Principal, Dean of Faculty and Head of Engineering at Brooklands College, Surrey, UK
Lloyd Dingle, BA (Open); BEng (Hons); CEng; MRAeS, BTEC Engineering Adviser, lecturer at Farnborough College of Technology and Project Tutor at Kingston University, UK
Description
The second edition of this bestselling textbook ensures all the core units of the 2007 BTEC National Engineering syllabus are fully covered
in a way that encourages students to explore engineering for themselves, developing the expertise and knowledge required at this level.
Units covered:
Unit 1 – Business Systems for Technicians
Unit 2 – Communications for Technicians
Unit 3 – Engineering
Project
Unit 4 – Mathematics for Technicians
Unit 5 – Electrical and Electronic Principles
Unit 6 – Mechanical Principles and Applications
The look of this new edition has been radically improved and colour has been added to make the book more accessible for students.
Key points and definitions highlight the most important concepts and hundreds of activities and worked examples help put the theory in
context. Questions throughout the text, with answers provided, allow students to test their knowledge as they go, while end of unit review
questions are ideal for exam revision and set course work.
For lecturers a
Tutor Support DVD to help with the delivery
of the programme is available for purchase:
BTEC National
Engineering Tutor Support Material , ISBN 978-0-7506-8520-7.
A
free student website is available at http://www.key2study.com/btecnat and features:
- Interactive quizzes with automatic marking and feedback
- A free comprehensive 2D CAD package for
downloading
- A variety of spreadsheet tools for solving common engineering problems
- Useful engineering data summaries
- Extensive Visio symbol libraries for engineering drawing/CAD
- Drawing templates and sample drawings in industry-standard
format
- Additional material to support learning activities and assignments
Audience:
Engineering students on vocational courses.
