NATIONAL BOARD FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM AND COURSE SPECIFICATIONS FOR NATIONAL DIPLOMA (ND) IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY November, 2020 1 Foreword The National Diploma (ND) in Mechanical Engineering Technology curriculum is designed to be used by training institutions to produce manpower for academia and industries nationwide. The acute shortage of professionally trained manpower in these industries in Nigeria as well as the need to produce professional practitioners with good ethics and career prospects, through the acquisition of desirable knowledge and skills, necessitated the production of this national curriculum. It is my belief that this curriculum and course specifications which is the minimum required to produce technicians with sound knowledge and skills in Mechanical Engineering Technology, if properly implemented with the required resources (qualified teaching staff in adequate number and mix, adequate equipment/consumables, physical training facilities and teaching aids). Also, with qualified candidates admitted into the programme, will lead to the production of competent and skilled technicians required in the sector. I wish to express my deep appreciation to those that made the development of this curriculum possible. The invaluable contributions of all the members of the committee and resource persons during the idea generation, pre-critique and national critique workshops are appreciated. I hope that the curriculum would be properly implemented, so as to produce the required Work Force of our dream. TPL Ekpenyong E. Ekpenyong, fnitp Ag. Executive Secretary, NBTE, Kaduna 2 Table of Content Foreword ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 2 Table of Content ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 GENERAL INFORMATION ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Curriculum Table .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 FIRST SEMESTER COURSES ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Technical Drawing ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 17 Engineering Mechanics I (Statics) ................................................................................................................................................................................ 23 Basic Workshop Technology and Practice ................................................................................................................................................................... 27 Introduction to Computing .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 34 SECOND SEMESTER COURSES ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 43 Engineering Graphics ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 45 Thermodynamics I ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 51 Machine Tools Technology and Practice ..................................................................................................................................................................... 56 Engineering Mechanics II (Dynamics) .......................................................................................................................................................................... 63 Automotive Technology and Practice I ........................................................................................................................................................................ 69 Welding Technology and Practice ................................................................................................................................................................................ 77 THIRD SEMESTER COURSES ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 81 Engineering Drawing I .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 83 Engineering Measurement .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 91 Thermodynamics II ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 97 Fluid Mechanics ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 102 Foundry and Forging Operations ............................................................................................................................................................................... 107 3 Introduction to CAD/CAM .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 116 Technical Report Writing ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 122 FOURTH SEMESTER COURSES .................................................................................................................................................................................... 125 Supervisory Management .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 127 Strength of Materials ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 130 Engineering Drawing II ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 135 Properties of Materials .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 139 Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning ........................................................................................................................................................................... 147 Plant Services and Maintenance ................................................................................................................................................................................ 153 Automotive Technology and Practice II ..................................................................................................................................................................... 160 LIST OF WORKSHOPS, LABORATORIES AND STUDIOS ............................................................................................................................................... 165 REQUIRED MINIMUM LIST OF EQUIPMENT IN THE WORKSHOPS AND LABORATORIES ........................................................................................... 166 IDEA GENERATION WORKSHOP TEAM LIST ............................................................................................................................................................... 179 PRE-CRITIQUE WORKSHOP TEAM LIST ...................................................................................................................................................................... 180 NATIONAL CRITIQUE WORKSHOP TEAM LIST ............................................................................................................................................................ 182 4 GENERAL INFORMATION 1.0 CERTIFICATION AND TITLE OF THE PROGRAMME: The certificate to be awarded and the