1st Edition
T Level Engineering Technology, Manufacture and Maintenance
Preface ix
Abbreviations and Symbols xi
Glossary xvi
1 Engineering Development and Innovation 1
2 Introduction to Workplace Health and Safety Procedures
and Practices 9
3 Design Processes and Practices: Engineering Drawings
and Graphical Language 36
4 Maintenance, Installation and Repair Practices 53
5 Manufacturing, Processing and Control Practices 74
6 Engineering Calculations 79
7 Engineering Science 106
8 Engineering Materials 125
9 Mechanical Principles 167
10 Electrical and Electronic Principles 177
11 Standards Used in Engineering 193
12 Nature and Application of Standard Operating
Procedures 195
13 Health and Safety – Standards, Acts, Legislation and
Risk Analysis 199
14 Business, Commercial and Financial Awareness 209
15 Professional Responsibilities, Attitudes and Behaviours 219
16 Stock and Asset Management 223
17 Quality Assurance, Control and Improvement 226
18 Principles and Practices of Continuous Improvement 229
19 Project Management Principles, Techniques and
Practices 233
20 My Project 237
Index 240
Biography
Andrew Livesey is an experienced Chartered Engineer. He teaches engineering at Ashford College in Kent when not restoring classic MGs, or making electronic gadgets in his workshop. He was a member of the DfE committee responsible for developing the T Levels and is a T Level Ambassador. His Routledge publications include: Basic Motorsport Engineering (2011), Advanced Motorsport Engineering (2012), The Repair of Vehicle Bodies (2018), Practical Motorsport Engineering (2018), Bicycle Engineering and Technology (2021) and Motorcycle Engineering (2021).
[Andrew Livesey] is recognised for his books on motorsport engineering and his long running book The Repair of Vehicle Bodies. With all his books the emphasis is on practice.
-- Lloyd Dingle, aerospace engineering lecturer and consultant
