BTEC International Level 3 Engineering

Unit 50: Aircraft Gas Turbine Engines — assessment criteria

BTEC International Level 3 Unit 50 (Aircraft Gas Turbine Engines) — 60 Guided Learning Hours.

Internal / Optional60 GLH13 criteria

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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

6 criteria

A.P1Explain the application of scientific principles to aircraft gas turbine engine cycles and thrust production

A.P2Explain the operation of two types of aircraft gas turbine engines.

B.P3Explain the function and operation of gas turbine engine components

B.P4Explain the function and operation of gas turbine starter and fluid systems

C.P5Explain, using research, how gas turbine engine performance is measured and improvements in thrust production and fuel efficiency are achieved in turbofan engines.

C.P6Explain, using research, the nature of environmental pollutants produced from gas turbine engines and the methods used to mitigate their effects.

Merit

4 criteria

A.M1Analyse the application of scientific principles to aircraft gas turbine engine cycles and thrust production

A.M2Analyse the operation of two types of aircraft gas turbine engines, making comparisons between types

B.M3Analyse the function and operation of gas turbine engine components and engine starter and fluid systems, making comparison between component types

C.M4Analyse, using research, how gas turbine engine performance is measured and improved using turbofan engines and the methods used to mitigate the effects of aircraft environmental pollutants

Distinction

3 criteria

A.D1Evaluate, using vocational and high quality written language, the application of scientific principles to the cycles, operation and thrust production of two types of aircraft turbine engines making comparisons between types

B.D2Evaluate the function and operation of gas turbine engine components and engine starting and fluid systems, making comparisons between component and system types

C.D3Justify, using research, how gas turbine engine performance is measured and improved using turbofan engines and the methods used to mitigate the effects of aircraft environmental pollutants suggesting possible future improvements

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.

ExplainAnalyseEvaluateJustify

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.

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