VCSE Engineering
Mae disgrifiad y cymhwyster yn Saesneg yn unig, gan ei fod wedi ei gymryd o fanyleb Saesneg CBAC.
VCSE Engineering asks learners to read engineering drawings and technical sources closely, use precise technical vocabulary, write an operations plan and risk assessment, report faults and evaluate the quality of their own work, while the Unit 1 tasks ask them to read a case study and weigh the benefits and challenges of an engineering project in Wales. Numeracy runs through every unit: measuring to tolerances with callipers and micrometers, finding missing dimensions and angles on drawings, converting units, and calculating area, volume, waste, feeds and speeds and Ohm's law, much of it tested in the one hour Unit 3 written test. The single biggest thing KS3 should build is accurate measuring in millimetres against a stated tolerance, together with the confidence to use a formula such as spindle speed or Ohm's law with the right units.
- Corff dyfarnu
- CBAC
- Lefel
- Level 1 and Level 2
- Addysgu gyntaf
- Medi 2027
- Faint o waith llythrennedd
- Canolig
- Faint o waith rhifedd
- Uchel
- Manyleb
- Agor y fanyleb
- Y cam cyn hyn
- Foundation Engineering, Entry Level and Level 1
Sut mae'r cymhwyster hwn yn cael ei asesu
- Unit 1: Introduction to the Engineering Sector: Non-examination assessment 8 hours, 20%, 40 marks, set and marked by WJEC, available via Portal
- Unit 2: Applying Engineering Processes: Non-examination assessment 26 hours, 60%, 145 marks, set by WJEC, marked by the centre and moderated by WJEC
- Unit 3: Engineering Principles: Written test 1 hour, 20%, 60 marks, set and marked by WJEC, paper format only
Sgiliau sy'n defnyddio Rhuglder
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Calculating spindle speed, surface speed and feed rate
Learners calculate metric feeds and speeds for machine tool operations, including spindle speed in revolutions per minute, surface speed in metres per minute and feed rates in millimetres per minute and per revolution. They calculate them in the Unit 3 test and set them correctly on machines in Unit 2.
Rhifedd: Cyfrifiad, Cymhwysedd strategol, Cyfathrebu â symbolau, Mesur, Rhuglder
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils measure how far a wheel travels in one turn and in ten turns and use multiplication to predict the distance for fifty turns.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils calculate the circumference of bars of different diameters and the distance a point on the surface travels in a minute at a given number of revolutions, giving the answer in metres per minute.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils use the spindle speed formula with a table of cutting speeds for aluminium and mild steel to work out the speed for turning two bar diameters, then pick the nearest speed on the lathe and explain the choice.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 3, Section 3.4.3, page 35; Unit 2, Section 2.1.3, page 19; Unit 2, Section 2.3.6, pages 24 and 25
“Learners should be able to calculate metric feeds and speeds for specific machine tool operations.”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu lluosi rhifau 2- a 3-digid â rhif 2-ddigid.
Rwy'n gallu dewis strategaeth briodol ymenyddol neu un ysgrifenedig ac rwy'n gwybod pryd mae'n briodol defnyddio cyfrifiannell.
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio nodiant, symbolau ac unedau mesur priodol.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu cynrychioli a defnyddio mesurau cyfansawdd, gan ddefnyddio unedau safonol.
Rwy'n gallu dangos dealltwriaeth o'r berthynas rhwng fformiwla sy'n cynrychioli mesuriad a'r unedau a ddefnyddir.
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio trefn gweithrediadau gan gynnwys cromfachau a phwerau.
Cam cynnydd 5
Rwy'n gallu deall a defnyddio amrywiaeth o fesurau cyfansawdd.
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio nodiant, symbolau ac unedau mesur priodol, gan gynnwys mesurau cyfansawdd.
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio cyfrifiannell wyddonol yn effeithiol ac yn effeithlon i gwblhau cyfrifiadau gan ddefnyddio'r amrywiaeth o fysellau swyddogaeth sydd ar gael.
Da gwybod
- Numeracy is named in the content itself: learners use "applying numeracy skills to calculate or determine missing or incorrect dimensions where required" (Unit 2, Section 2.1.1, page 19), and Unit 3 lists "GCSE Mathematics and Numeracy" as a linked qualification (page 28).
- No marks for spelling, punctuation and grammar are mentioned. All marks sit under AO1 to AO4 (Section 3.1, page 37), and "The Assessment Pack will include all detailed information relating to assessment." (page 37).
- Calculator use is not stated, although Unit 3 includes feeds and speeds and Ohm's law calculations and "Unit 3 is a written test, available in paper format only." (page 5). Check the Assessment Pack.
- NEA writing may be handwritten: evidence "must be submitted digitally, either as scanned handwritten responses or completed digitally." (page 38).
- Spoken and practical work is evidenced by the teacher: "performance evidence (for example, presentations) must be documented using observation records" (Section 3.3, page 40).
- Appendix A (pages 45 to 47) maps literacy to all three units but the numeracy statistics strand to Unit 1 only, and it lists section "3.4.5" (page 47), which does not exist in the content.
Cysylltiadau â chymwysterau eraill
Measuring to tolerances, unit conversions, area and volume and Ohm's law overlap with Mathematics and Numeracy, The Sciences and GCSE Design and Technology. Reading drawings, risk assessments and sector case studies in Wales are shared with VCSE Built Environment.
Ffynhonnell: WJEC Level 1/Level 2 VCSE Engineering specification, approved by Qualifications Wales, teaching from September 2027, for award from 2029 (© WJEC CBAC Ltd 2026).