Digital Facility Layout Planning
Professional Certificate in Digital Facility Layout Planning (DigitalPlan) will offer a learning path that will equip engineering and manufacturing employees, especially from SMEs, as well as engineering students and professionals to understand in depth the theory and practice related to facility layout design and planning, using digital manufacturing solutions.
| Award Name | Professional Certificate |
|---|---|
| NFQ Classification | |
| Awarding Body | National University of Ireland |
| NFQ Level |
| Award Name | NFQ Classification | Awarding Body | NFQ Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional Certificate | National University of Ireland |
Duration
9 months Full Time online
Careers / Further progression
The short-term advantage of this Professional Certificate will be educating the current and future manufacturing workforce to design/redesign manufacturing facilities. Utilising such a digital decision support system will result in constantly reducing product development lead times, engineering and manufacturing costs, while improving production performance, product quality and eventual customer satisfaction.
In the long term, participating in this Professional Certificate will increase the digital capabilities of the manufacturing workforce, in line with Industry 4.0 strategies, making learners a quite attractive candidate for manufacturing job market.
Further information
ProfCert Digital Facility Layout Planning (T396) Full Time
EU fee per credit - € 126
nonEU fee per credit - € 210
***Fees are subject to change
How to apply?
The following entry routes are available:
Prof Cert in Digital Facility Layout Planning FT (T396)
Duration 9 Months
Attend Full Time
Deadline Rolling*
* Courses will remain open until such time as all places have been filled, therefore early application is advised
ProfCert Digital Facility Layout Planning
Graduate Taught (level 9 nfq, credits 10)
Please note we have both a September and January start date for this professional certificate - you can apply accordingly under the 'apply now' tab below.
Professional Certificate in Digital Facility Layout Planning (DigitalPlan) will offer a learning path that will equip engineering and manufacturing employees, especially from SMEs, as well as engineering students and professionals to understand in depth the theory and practice related to facility layout design and planning, using digital manufacturing solutions.
The digitalisation of manufacturing activities goes hand in hand with improved management practices and corporate performance but a vast majority of the engineering and manufacturing workforce lacks the necessary digital skills. This Professional Certificate is an opportunity for academic / technological institutions and companies to upskill students and staff towards expanding their digital manufacturing capabilities.
This is a fully online flexible professional certificate where learners will receive the content fully online via skillsmove.eu learning platform (managed by European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)). Upon completing the designated learning paths on skillsmove.eu platform, the learners will apply the acquired knowledge on a case study which will help them sharpen their skills further.
The flexible nature of this professional certificate makes it a perfect fit for applicants with rather tight or inflexible workload, especially industrial practitioners.
ProfCert Digital Facility Layout Planning
Graduate Taught (level 9 nfq, credits 10)
Please note we have both a September and January start date for this professional certificate - you can apply accordingly under the 'apply now' tab below.
Professional Certificate in Digital Facility Layout Planning (DigitalPlan) will offer a learning path that will equip engineering and manufacturing employees, especially from SMEs, as well as engineering students and professionals to understand in depth the theory and practice related to facility layout design and planning, using digital manufacturing solutions.
The digitalisation of manufacturing activities goes hand in hand with improved management practices and corporate performance but a vast majority of the engineering and manufacturing workforce lacks the necessary digital skills. This Professional Certificate is an opportunity for academic / technological institutions and companies to upskill students and staff towards expanding their digital manufacturing capabilities.
This is a fully online flexible professional certificate where learners will receive the content fully online via skillsmove.eu learning platform (managed by European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)). Upon completing the designated learning paths on skillsmove.eu platform, the learners will apply the acquired knowledge on a case study which will help them sharpen their skills further.
The flexible nature of this professional certificate makes it a perfect fit for applicants with rather tight or inflexible workload, especially industrial practitioners.
Curricular information is subject to change
Who should apply?
Full Time option suitable for:
Domestic(EEA) applicants: Yes
International (Non EEA) applicants currently residing outside of the EEA Region. Yes
Stage 1 Core
Digital Facility Layout Planning and OptimisationMEEN41370
Practical Case ApplicationMEEN41460
Upon completion of this Professional Certificate, the learners will be able to:
(1) Upskill their digital hands-on capabilities.
(2) Design layouts within facilities, i.e, design and configure manufacturing processes within a facility for optimum performance
(3) Develop digital techniques to get new manufacturing cells up and running
(4) Plan and design realistic productive layouts using the collaborative decision support system.
CONTACT NAME:
Katie O'Neill
CONTACT NUMBER:+353 (0)1 716 1781