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We Keep It Running.We Keep It Running.Start from the basics and build reliable workshop habits, broad ICE repair skills and deeper diagnostic practice — including a supervised workplace block — before moving into conversion.
Online weeks are about 15 planned hours; physical weeks are 30 supervised hours. Each six-month block has 24 teaching weeks and two weeks for holidays, make-up and reassessment. The dated calendar is issued before enrolment.
| When | What you learn | Evidence you produce | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Months 1–12 | Online foundations, then tools, servicing, engine construction, fuel/ignition, cooling, driveline, brakes, chassis electrical, HVAC and diagnosis | Year-one review of core workshop competence | 1,320 |
| Months 13–18 | Detailed ICE repair, advanced electrical and engine-management diagnosis, transmission and chassis cases, fleet exposure and a 120-hour workplace block | Month-18 ICE assessment of readiness for conversion | 720 |
| Months 19–24 | Common conversion programme: planning, integration, commissioning, evidence and capstone | Final review of the conversion project, practical stations and complete portfolio | 660 |
You move from watching demonstrations to guided practice, observed individual tasks and repeated performance on different cases. Independence increases only when your evidence supports it.
The route runs 96 active teaching weeks within a 104-week calendar, with time set aside for holidays, make-up activity and reassessment.
Successful learners receive the DMECH completion certificate for their route and an assessed skills transcript. Any external qualification will be identified separately in the course offer, including its awarding body, eligibility, assessment and fees.
A DMECH award, not a government qualification. Course completion does not approve a converted vehicle for road use or authorise unrestricted high-voltage work. How assessment works
Every route covers these subjects at the depth your starting point needs. Their hours are already inside the 2,700-hour total — nothing is charged separately.
Register your interest — it’s free. Our screening confirms the right starting point before any offer or payment.