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 Siâp a gofod
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Finding missing dimensions and angles on engineering drawings
Learners apply numeracy to calculate missing or incorrect dimensions on drawings and calculate angles and sizes in Unit 2. In Unit 3 they construct third angle projections with a 45 degree line and isometric drawings with 30 degree lines, and dimension drawings to BS 8888.
Rhifedd: Ongl, Cyfrifiad, Siâp a gofod, Cymhwysedd strategol, Rhesymu rhesymegol
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils work out the missing lengths on a dimensioned drawing of an L-shaped plate by adding and subtracting the given sizes.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils draw a simple block in isometric using 30 degree lines measured with a protractor, then draw its front, side and plan views to scale.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils check a drawing with deliberate mistakes, calculate the missing or wrong dimensions and the angle of a 45 degree chamfer, and correct them in a different colour.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 2, Sections 2.1.1 and 2.1.3, page 19; Unit 3, Sections 3.2.2 to 3.2.4, pages 32 and 33
“applying numeracy skills to calculate or determine missing or incorrect dimensions where required”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio ongl fel mesur cylchdro.
Rwy'n gallu adio a thynnu rhifau gan ddefnyddio rhifau cyfan a degolion.
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio iaith fathemategol i ddisgrifio siapiau dau ddimensiwn a thri dimensiwn yn gywir.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu mesur a lluniadu onglau.
Rwy'n gallu cymhwyso dealltwriaeth o gyfeiriannau a graddfa i ddehongli mapiau a chynlluniau, ac i greu cynlluniau a lluniadau wrth raddfa.
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio dulliau ysgrifenedig effeithlon i adio a thynnu rhifau a degolion o unrhyw faint, gan gynnwys cymysgedd o rifau mawr a bach â niferoedd gwahanol o leoedd degol.
Cam cynnydd 5
Rwy'n gallu mesur a lluniadu onglau.
Rwy'n gallu nodi, mesur neu gasglu'r wybodaeth sy'n ofynnol er mwyn cwblhau'r dasg.
Rwy'n gallu dilysu a phrofi canlyniadau a datrysiadau.
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Calculating area, volume and material waste
Learners calculate the surface area and volume of quadrilaterals, triangles, circles and compound shapes in engineering scenarios, including quantities of material, waste and maximising material use through tessellation. This is examined in the Unit 3 written test.
Rhifedd: Siâp a gofod, Cymhwysedd strategol, Dealltwriaeth gysyniadol
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils use the area of rectangles to work out how many 50 mm by 30 mm keyring blanks can be cut from a 300 mm by 200 mm sheet of acrylic.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils tessellate their design shapes on a sheet to get the most parts from it and calculate the percentage of the sheet that is wasted.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils calculate the volume of a turned aluminium part made from a cylinder with a hole through it, and the volume of metal removed as waste from the starting bar.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 3, Section 3.4.2, page 35
“calculation of waste materials”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu mesur a chyfrifo perimedr.
Rwy'n gallu dod o hyd i arwynebedd drwy gyfrif sgwariau, gan ddatblygu i gyfrifo arwynebedd sgwariau a phetryalau drwy ddefnyddio fformiwlâu.
Rwy'n gallu dod o hyd i gyfeintiau drwy gyfrif a dulliau ymarferol eraill.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu dod o hyd i gylchedd cylchoedd gan ddefnyddio'r hyn rwy'n ei wybod am π (Pi).
Rwy'n gallu cyfrifo arwynebedd siapiau dau ddimensiwn syml a chyfansawdd, gan gynnwys cylchoedd.
Rwy'n gallu cymhwyso'r fformiwlâu ar gyfer cyfaint prismau syml.
Cam cynnydd 5
Rwy'n gallu adnabod, modelu a chymhwyso'r strwythurau a syniadau mathemategol wrth wraidd problemau, er mwyn eu fformiwleiddio a'u datrys.
Rwy'n gallu dewis, treialu a gwerthuso amrywiaeth o ddulliau posibl a rhannu problemau cymhleth yn gyfres o dasgau.
Rwy'n gallu dehongli atebion o fewn cyd-destun y broblem ac ystyried a yw atebion, gan gynnwys dangosyddion cyfrifiannell, analog a digidol, yn synhwyrol.
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).