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Elements and Performance Criteria
Required Skills
Evidence Required
Range Statement
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The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. |
Mechatronic engineering | The engineering discipline concerned with the conceptual development, research, design, manufacture and/or implementation and/or installation, commissioning and maintenance of automated products for domestic, commercial, industrial, civil, entertainment, medical or military applications.Mechatronics is usually defined as the integration of mechanical, electronics, programming, electrical and fluid power in an engineering product. The skills and underpinning knowledge of mechatronics have much in common with general automation of processes, systems and services. |
Sources of information | Includes reference texts, manufacturer's catalogues and industrial magazines, websites, use of phone, email and fax information gathering. |
Engineering applications | The description or definition of an objective or challenge within a real or simulated engineering environment or state requiring a conceptual development, design, manufacture and/or implementation and/or installation, commissioning and maintenance response to affect a solution or improvement. |