This Unit was developed for the HNC/HND Electronics Group Awards, or may be taken as a stand alone HN Unit. It has been designed to allow you to develop knowledge, understanding and skills associated with combinational logic, which is the basis of digital electronics and underpins more advanced work in this area of study. The early part of the unit deals with the basic elements of digital electronics and should provide you with a good grounding in this subject area. You will learn to interpret manufacturers data sheets for a range of TTL and CMOS devices, meaning you have the knowledge to select the most appropriate...

This Unit is designed to develop skills in analysing, summarising, evaluating, and producing complex written business information. It also develops skills in presenting and responding to complex oral business information. It enhances skills for learning, life and work and there is a particular emphasis on employability. The Unit can be taken as part of a Group Award or as a stand-alone Unit for the purposes of continued professional development. Work undertaken for the Unit will be in a context appropriate to the learner’s Group Award or relevant to an individual’s vocational area/discipline.The Unit embeds and provides automatic certification of the Core Skill of...

Conveying and responding to a range of information by reading, writing, listening and talking is the basis of communication. Effective oral and written communication skills are essential to promote good relationships and best working practice in a business environment. This is a Unit within the HNC/HND Mechanical Engineering or HNC Electronics Group Award, but may also be part of another Group Award or taken as a stand-alone HN Unit. It will focus on the practical approaches needed for successful communication, which will prove extremely valuable in your career progression and your performance in the workplace. Credit points and level: 1 HN credit at SCQF level 7:...

This is a mandatory Unit within PDA Group Awards, the HNC/HND Accounting Group Award, and may also be part of other HN group awards as optional or may be taken as a stand alone HN Unit. It is primarily aimed at those who expect to take up a career or further study in cost/management accounting, those who want to work in a supervisory/managerial role, and those with appropriate work experience looking to formalise their qualifications or progress in their accounting career.Credit points and level: 2 HN credits at SCQF level 7: (16 SCQF credit points at SCQF level 7)This unit will enable you to maintain a working...

This Unit was developed for the HNC/HND Electronics Group Awards or may be taken as a stand alone HN Unit. It has been designed to allow you to develop knowledge, understanding and skills in basic electrical and magnetic concepts and theorems, that underpin so much of more advanced studies in electronic and electrical engineering.A strong emphasis is placed on putting your theoretical knowledge - within a practical electronics and electrical context - into practice, as you will be provided with the opportunity to conduct practical experiments and computer simulations on electronic and electrical circuits. If you have studied these subjects before, the early...

The Unit is designed to enable candidates to know, understand and apply the basic concepts of digital electronics. It provides candidates with an opportunity to develop the knowledge and skills to be able to design and construct logic circuits to meet a design brief. On completion of the Unit candidates should be able to: Produce truth tables and associated Boolean expressions for logic gatesDesign combinational logic circuits using minimisation techniquesDescribe the operation of sequential logic circuitsConstruct logic circuitsThis Unit will allow you to develop knowledge, understanding and skills associated with digital electronics which is the basis of digital control systems and...

Why take this course?This is a mandatory Unit within HNC/HND Mechanical Engineering Group Awards, or may be part of other Group Award or taken as a single HN Unit. Candidates studying towards an HNC or HND in Mechanical Engineering will also have to answer questions on dynamics as part of the integrated assessment. The Unit has been designed to allow you to develop knowledge, understanding and skills in basic dynamic concepts and theorems that underpin so much of more advanced studies in mechanical engineering. If you have studied these subjects before, the early parts of this Unit it will provide you...

This BCS course introduces you to core IT user skills and applications used in many businesses around the world. Please note that ECDL has been split into two separate levels, ECDL Essentials and ECDL Core, to make it more achievable. The qualification is designed to give you a beginners overview of using computers, including internet and email. The course is useful if:You want to develop a basic understanding of using IT systems;You are considering further learning in IT or a subject where basic IT skills are required;You are employed and want to prove to your employer that you can use IT systems safely and...

This is the next step of the ECDL qualification - ideally for those progressing from the Level 1 qualification - and would be of interest to those who work with computers but don’t have any formal qualifications, or for those who simply wish to extend their knowledge.  The course covers core IT applications which are commonly used in many businesses around the world, and completing this qualification will improve your understanding of these applications whilst teaching you how to use the software efficiently. If employed the course will help you prove to your employer that you can use these applications productively and...

This Unit is designed to provide candidates with the knowledge and skills for further study or employment in an administrative or IT environment. It is an optional Unit within HNC/HND Administration and Information Technology or HNC Accounting course, but is also included within other HN Group Awards and can be taken as a stand-alone Unit. It will introduce you to fundamental issues in economics with a particular emphasis on the business environment.  For more information please visit the SQA website.Credit points andYou will learn about basic economic problems, and how the consumer and other economic agents can address these problems. You will also learn about...