VCSE Engineering
Mae disgrifiad y cymhwyster yn Saesneg yn unig, gan ei fod wedi ei gymryd o fanyleb Saesneg CBAC.
VCSE Engineering is a hands-on workshop qualification whose digital content sits mainly in Unit 2, where CAD and CAM, CNC machining, laser cutting and 3D printing, with their slicing and machine settings, are listed among the processes learners can use to produce components, and where planning, risk assessment and inspection evidence suit spreadsheets. Both NEA units must be submitted digitally and Unit 2 evidence can include annotated photographs, tables and charts, while Unit 1 involves research into the engineering sector in Wales and the Unit 3 written test is on paper only. The single biggest thing KS3 should build is confident use of CAD and CAM, from an accurately dimensioned drawing to a laser cut or 3D printed part made with sensible machine settings and checked against the drawing.
- Corff dyfarnu
- CBAC
- Lefel
- Level 1 and Level 2
- Addysgu gyntaf
- Medi 2027
- Faint o waith digidol
- Canolig
- 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 Cyfnewid a rhannu gwybodaeth
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Preparing and submitting NEA evidence as digital files
Both NEA units must be submitted digitally, either typed or handwritten and scanned. Learners need to save, name, scan, combine and upload plans, risk assessments, tables and photographs reliably.
DCF: Cyfnewid a rhannu gwybodaeth
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils save their project work in a named OneDrive folder with clear file names and hand it in through a Teams assignment.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils scan a handwritten risk assessment with the Teams or Office Lens camera, save it as a PDF and attach it to their assignment.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils combine a typed operations plan, scanned sketches and annotated photos into one PDF, check it opens and reads correctly, and use version history to recover an earlier draft.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r FCD
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Section 3.2, Unit 1 and Unit 2, page 38
“The non-examination assessment must be submitted digitally, either as scanned handwritten responses or completed digitally.”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu rheoli ffeiliau a ffolderi yn lleol neu ar-lein, e.e. symud ffeiliau i ffolder.
Rwy'n gallu lanlwytho ffeiliau o yriant lleol i storfa ar-lein.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio dulliau rheoli ffeiliau datblygedig, e.e. hanes fersiynau, adfer y fersiwn flaenorol, tagio, cywasgu.
Cam cynnydd 5
Rwy'n gallu gwneud penderfyniadau deallus am fathau o ffeiliau a deall materion yn ymwneud â chydweddoldeb, e.e. anawsterau golygu ffeiliau PDF, y gwahaniaethau rhwng ffeiliau sain.
Da gwybod
- CAD and CAM are not compulsory. Centres need "At least one of the following pieces of equipment for other engineering processes" (Unit 2, page 17), and that list puts a brazing hearth and welding equipment alongside a laser cutter, 3D printer, CNC machines and "CAD/CAM Software and Hardware." No software package is named.
- Both NEA units are submitted digitally: "The non-examination assessment must be submitted digitally, either as scanned handwritten responses or completed digitally." (Unit 1, page 38), and Unit 2 evidence "must be submitted digitally" (page 38).
- The Unit 1 tasks are released online: "The assessment will be available via Portal." (Summary of assessment, page 5).
- The Unit 3 test is not on screen: "Unit 3 is a written test, available in paper format only." (page 5).
- AI rules apply to all NEA, which must follow "the JCQ Artificial Intelligence (AI) Use in Assessments" guidance (Section 3.3, page 39), and during supervised tasks teachers "must not provide feedback on the evidence being produced." (page 39).
- Appendix A (pages 46 and 47) maps Digital Competence Citizenship, Interacting and Collaborating and Producing to Unit 1 only, and Data and Computational Thinking to all three units, including planning (2.2.1), risk assessment (2.2.3), other engineering processes (2.3.4), machine settings (2.3.6) and the technical drawing sections of Unit 3.
Cysylltiadau â chymwysterau eraill
CAD, laser cutting, 3D printing and risk assessment overlap closely with GCSE Design and Technology, and the spreadsheet inspection and risk tables build the same data skills as Mathematics and Numeracy. Researching a sector in Wales and digital NEA submission are shared with the other VCSEs, such as 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).