Engineers - Units Of Measurement

In this course you will learn about different units of measurement within engineering, by the end of this session you will understand what SI units are. You'll be able to recognise and use key SI multipliers, as well as this you will be able to convert between units of measurement using different multipliers.

Introduction

Units of measurement are how we know how much of a material we have. Materials can be described in many ways, including their length, height, weight, density or volume. Areas of study may have other measures too, such as current, voltage, resistance or force.

In your work as an engineer, you may come across many ways of measuring the same thing. Some of these will be different scales of a similar unit, such as millimetres, metres and kilometres. Others may be measuring the same type of thing, such as length, but using completely different measurements, such as miles and kilometres.

It is important that you are able to recognise a number of key units of measurement, and that you know how to convert between similar types of units so that you can interpret and use information correctly.

You will learn 

1. Understand what SI units are
2. Identify common units for a range of measurements
3. Recognise and use key SI multipliers
4. Convert between units of measurement using different multipliers
5. Calculate density