Electronic Engineering: City and Guilds Basic

Pre-requisites
No previous experience required except for basic mathematical skills.
Qualification
C&G/ICS Joint Certificate in Basic Electronic Engineering
 
Support and benefits

Complimentary textbook: ‘Principles of Transistor Circuits’
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Flexible term times
Access to a dedicated tutor and student advisors to guide you through your studies
Access to the ICS online Student Community, allowing you to interact with other students and browse our resource library

















































Key topics

The Nature of Electricity
Explore the nature of electricity. Examine materials that act as conductors and others that act as insulators. Consider voltage, current and resistance. Discover the amount of electric current that each wire size can safely carry.

Sources of D.C. Power, Electrical Components and Ohm’s Law
Examine dry cells and storage cells. Learn how to draw schematic diagrams. Explore devices that generate electricity through heat and chemical action.

Magnetism, Electromagnetism, A.C. and Basic Circuits
Explore magnetic and non-magnetic materials and the nature of magnetism. Examine electromagnetic induction. Discover how alternating current is generated and study the nature of a cycle of alternating current.

Transformers – Inductance and Capacitance A.C. Circuits
Explore the main parts of a transformer and learn how to calculate efficiency factors. Examine the effects of resistance, inductance and capacitance in A.C. circuits.

Rectification – Introduction to Solid State Devices
Learn how to recognise short circuits and open circuits. Examine rectifier and filtering methods. Learn how to use diodes and triode valves.
Course Code
W08
Hours of study
12 months / 170 hours
Technical requirements
Exam fees are additional to course fees.




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Outline
You’ll complete twenty-one assessments (set by ICS) during your course and one final exam (set by City & Guilds) on completion of your course. The assessments can be submitted to ICS online via the Student Community, or they can be posted to ICS. It is recommended that you submit your assessments online as you will receive your results more quickly this way – in fact, for multiple choice assessments, you receive your results instantly!
Assessment Breakdown

Assessment 1: 10 multiple choice questions
Assessment 2: an assignment consisting of 1 question
Assessment 3: 20 multiple choice questions
Assessment 4: an assignment consisting of 2 questions
Assessment 5: 20 multiple choice questions
Assessment 6: an assignment consisting of 3 questions
Assessment 7: 20 multiple choice questions
Assessment 8: an assignment consisting of 2 questions
Assessment 9: 15 multiple choice questions
Assessment 10: an assignment consisting of 4 questions
Assessment 11: 15 multiple choice questions
Assessment 12: an assignment consisting of 2 questions
Assessment 13: 15 multiple choice questions
Assessment 14: an assignment consisting of 1 question
Assessment 15: 20 multiple choice questions
Assessment 16: an assignment consisting of 2 questions
Assessment 17: an assignment consisting of 8 questions
Assessment 18: 20 multiple choice questions
Assessment 19: 2 questions
Assessment 20: 20 multiple choice questions
Assessment 21: 5 questions
Final Exam: a 2 hour exam consisting of multiple choice questions
Notes
Each multiple choice question comes with four potential answers. Only one of these answers is correct; the other three are wrong. You must identify the correct answer.
Each assignment question asks you to do one of the following: write a short answer (of around a paragraph), write a short essay (of several paragraphs), draw a circuit, draw a waveform, create a truth table. Note that some questions have multiple-parts (i.e. Question 1 a, b, c, etc.).
The exam will be sat at your nearest authorised testing centre. Please note that the exam fee is additional to your course fees.