Engineering
With modern, spacious and equipped engineering workshops and access to the latest equipment, students and trainees at Barony have a superb facility for practical training. By studying with us as a full-time student or block release trainee, you can gain the practical skills that employers value most highly. We have been providing specialist training for the Engineering industry for over 40 years, with current programmes encompassing the needs of Agricultural Engineering and Forestry Engineering. The College has close working relationships with a range of machinery manufacturers which provides trainees with access to high technology equipment.
The prospects for trainees completing our Modern Apprenticeship in Service Engineering are outstanding. The industry places a premium on the more advanced engineering skills which help you to develop once you have mastered the basics. These include the repair and servicing of engines, transmissions and hydraulic systems and will provide an overview of the sophisticated electronic systems used on modern machinery. You will be exposed to modern agricultural and forestry machines and have the option to specialise in either sector.
Further Information
If you would like more information regarding our Engineering courses, please contact:
Drew Easton, Section Head
Tel: 01387 860251 Email:
STUDENT CASE STUDY
Mark Thomas from Sanquhar left school and started work with Buccleuch Estates, then went to work as a fencing contractor. He had always had an interest in tractors and farm machinery, and was becoming discontented with his fencing career, so decided on a change.
That’s when he came to Barony College on the full-time Land-Based Engineering course. As part of Mark’s work experience on the course, he worked with John McNae (Claas Dealer) at Tarbolton. They were very impressed with Mark’s attitude and application, so much so that they offered him a job when he completed the course. Mark felt that the knowledge he learnt at the College stood him in good stead for working in the industry.
