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What are the benefits?
The Diploma in Manufacturing and Product Design will provide learners with the opportunity to:
- find out about the breadth of careers available within manufacturing – providing excellent preparation to make informed choices about the kind of work, training or further study to pursue in the future.
- explore the role of engineering in society and in their future.
- ‘have a go’ through applied learning.
- experience different styles of learning and to learn in different settings.
- gain a world class qualification which, as the qualification has been developed with input from employers and universities, should give them a head-start in employment and higher education.
- develop wider skills valued by employers, further education colleges and universities – including communication, mathematics and IT skills.
- demonstrate an interest in a sector of industry which should give them an advantage when applying for a job, apprenticeship or university place.


