Certificate III in Engineering - Fabrication Trade

This course will give you the knowledge and skills required to work in the metals and engineering industry. You'll learn to make and repair steel and other metal products and structures such as boilers and storage tanks, and develop industry-specific skills including:

• metal fabrication
• forming and shaping techniques
• forging
• founding
• structural steel erection
• electroplating
• metal spinning and polishing
• sheet metal work
• welding
• mechanical and thermal cutting.

You'll learn broad engineering skills such as planning, measurement, marking out, computing and computer-aided drafting (CAD). This course also teaches you occupational health and safety principles, and how to follow workplace safety regulations.

This is an apprenticeship course.

After finishing the course, you could pursue a career as one of the following:

• fitter (metal)
• fitter and turner
• maintenance mechanic/motor mechanic
• mechanical fitter
• metal fabricator
• plant mechanic
• tool and die maker
• toolmaker.

The course structure comprises the following core and elective units. These electives have been selected based on industry needs, graduate pathways and/or student and teacher feedback.
To be awarded the MEM30319 Certificate III in Engineering - Fabrication Trade (General Award), units of competency to the value of 96 points must be achieved, chosen as outlined below:

• all core units of competency listed below (totalling 33 points);
• elective units of competency to a minimum value of 40 points from Groups A, B, C, D, E, F and G as described below, and;
• elective units of competency to a maximum value of 23 points from Group H to bring the total value to 96 points.

To be awarded the MEM30319 Certificate III in Engineering - Fabrication Trade (Welding), units of competency to the value of 96 points must be achieved, chosen as outlined below:

• all core units of competency listed below (totalling 33 points);
• elective units of competency to a minimum value of 40 points from Group C as described below, and;
• elective units of competency to a maximum value of 23 points from Group H to bring the total value to 96 points.

To be awarded the MEM30319 Certificate III in Engineering - Fabrication Trade (Boilermaking/Welding), units of competency to the value of 96 points must be achieved, chosen as outlined below:

• all core units of competency listed below (totalling 33 points);
• elective units of competency to a minimum value of 40 points from Group D as described below, and;
• elective units of competency to a maximum value of 23 points from Group H to bring the total value to 96 points.

Appropriate Group H elective units to the value of 8 points may be chosen from this Training Package, other endorsed Training Packages and accredited courses where those units are available for inclusion at Certificate III. Only select units that would be suitable for occupational outcomes in a fabrication trade environment. Electives must be industry relevant as well as be approved by the Polytechnic.

Prerequisites
Points associated with prerequisites count towards the total. All prerequisites are included in the units listed.

Specialisations
The Polytechnic offer the following specialisations:

• Boilermaking/welding, and;
• Welding.

Note: At the start the third (3rd) year of apprenticeship, in order to specialise in one of the listed specialisation student select and discuss their preferred stream.

Use our credit calculator to find out how much credit you could get towards your course, based on your previous study.

You may be able to complete your qualification sooner through formal recognition of your existing skills. This is known as Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

To receive RPL, we assess your previous work, education and life experiences against recognised qualifications. Applications for RPL can be made prior to enrolling.

Call us on 1300 TAFE VP (1300 823 387) to discuss RPL options with the course manager.

Before starting your application, please read through the step-by-step VU Polytechnic application process to make sure you have all the necessary documents and information ready to successfully complete your application.

Before applying, you should consider whether you also want to apply for:

• Credit transfer/Recognition of prior learning (RPL): If you have significant experience or studies elsewhere you may be eligible for credit for some units of your course and not have to undertake them.