Skills Bootcamp in Factory 4.0

The first industrial revolution came with the advent of mechanisation, steam power and water power. This was followed by the second industrial revolution, which revolved around mass production and assembly lines using electricity. The third industrial revolution came with electronics, I.T. systems and automation, which led to the fourth industrial revolution that is associated with cyber physical systems. Generally-speaking, Industry/ factory 4.0 describes the growing trend towards automation and data exchange in technology and processes within the manufacturing industry, including: Additive manufacturing, cyber physical production, cobots, virtual reality, communication methods and governance. The factory 4.0 programme is implemented to provide a practical overview of these technologies whilst analysing how they may be implemented into local industries and what hurdles may be encountered. Yeovil College is proud to be able to provide access to a state-of-the-art additive manufacturing centre, 6 stage cyber physical lab and associated cobotic companion all of which will provide hands on learning opportunities. This programme is designed to be 60 hours spread across 16 weeks broken down to 48 hours of lecturing and 12 hours of work or home-based project whereby a learner will look at what technologies can be implemented in their place of work.

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Yeovil College Factory 4.0 Bootcamp

After you have successfully completed this qualification, you may find it beneficial to join one of our full time or apprentice programmes looking at advanced manufacturing. These are offered at level 3 and 4.

You will learn the benefits and pitfalls of a variety of Factory 4.0 developments including additive manufacturing, cyber physical production, cobots, virtual reality, communication methods and governance. This will include practical applications with Yeovil Colleges additive manufacturing cell, cobot and cyber physical lab.

It is recommended that level 2 English and maths are achieved prior to enrolment.

Your lecturers are specialists in a variety of engineering disciplines with years of real-world experience to draw upon.

Delivered and assessed at Yeovil College.

Tutorials and progress checks will be completed weekly throughout the timetabled sessions.

You will be assessed on your use of college equipment and through a final project designed to investigate the implementation of factory 4.0 technology in a given engineering sector.

This programme is open to any who are interested

No previous experience is needed

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