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Unit 3: Engineering Maintenance — assessment criteria

BTEC International Level 3 Unit 3 (Engineering Maintenance) — 60 Guided Learning Hours.

Mandatory (Pearson-set)60 GLH24 criteria3 learning aims
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Assessment criteria

Reproduced verbatim from the Pearson specification — the same grid the assignment brief carries. A unit grade is the highest band where all criteria in that band (and every band below it) are met.

Pass

11 criteria
A.P1Interpret the numerical data from the client brief into a set of partially valid findings.
A.P2Interpret the client brief into some appropriate requirements and opportunities or constraints.
A.P3Interpret the brief into some appropriate health and safety factors and sustainability considerations.
B.P4Produce a range of design ideas, with some differences in form, that addresses some aspects of the client brief.
B.P5Communicate the design ideas using simplistic sketches and annotation with limited reference to existing products.
B.P6Produce a design solution that shows a variation in form and addresses some aspects of the client brief.
B.P7Communicate the design solution so that a competent third party could understand its purpose.
B.P8Select, from a limited investigation of options, suitable materials for the design solution that meet some of the requirements of the client brief.
B.P9Select, from a limited investigation of options, suitable manufacturing processes for the design solution that meet some of the requirements of the client brief.
C.P10Provide a partial rationale for why the design solution should be more effective than the original product.
C.P11Provide an appraisal of the design solution that considers some features, limitations, constraints and further opportunities.

Merit

8 criteria
A.M1Interpret the numerical data from the client brief into a set of mainly valid and accurate findings.
A.M2Interpret the client brief into a mostly cohesive set of appropriate product requirements, opportunities, constraints, health and safety factors and sustainability considerations.
B.M3Produce a range of mostly feasible design ideas, with some differences in form and approach, that addresses most aspects of the client brief.
B.M4Communicate the design ideas using easy to understand sketches and annotation with some reference to existing products.
B.M5Produce an improved design solution with a clear variation in form and approach that is communicated so a competent third party could interpret how to manufacture it.
B.M6Justify, from an investigation of options, the selection of materials and manufacturing processes for the design solution that meet most of the requirements of the client brief.
C.M7Provide a clear rationale for why the design solution should be more effective than the original product.
C.M8Provide a clear appraisal of the design solution that considers features, limitations, constraints and further opportunities.

Distinction

5 criteria
A.D1Interpret the client brief into a comprehensive and mostly justifiable set of requirements,
B.D2Produce a range of mostly clear, feasible and fit-for-purpose design ideas, with differences in
B.D3Produce a design solution that is optimised, with a justified variation in form and approach,
B.D4Optimise the selection of materials and manufacturing process for the design solution that meets the requirements of the brief.
C.D5Provide a justified rationale for why the design solution is more effective than the original

Command verbs in this unit

The verb decides the depth expected — that is what separates Pass from Merit and Distinction work on the same learning aim.

InterpretProduceCommunicateSelectProvideJustifyOptimise
Pearson's ladder runs Identify → Describe → Explain → Compare / Analyse → Evaluate / Justify / Assess. A Merit or Distinction criterion on the same aim always implies the Pass beneath it: an “evaluate” answer that never first “explains” fails, however polished it reads. Hover a verb for what it demands.

Learning aims

  • A. Requirements and Data Interpretation
  • B. Design Ideas and Technical Communication
  • C. Rationale and Appraisal

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