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- You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
- The centre assesses, and Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited.
The EAL Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Business Improvement Techniques is an occupational qualification for the engineering sector. It covers contributing to problem solving, effective teamwork, set-up reduction, error proofing, and visual management. Successful candidates will demonstrate competence in applying these techniques in a business environment.
These are the units Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work, and work done here is recognised as prior learning under the agreements we hold.
Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited. It does the teaching and the mapping. Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
Carrying out autonomous maintenance Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Carry out autonomous maintenance tasks on equipment and machinery
- Understand how to carry out autonomous maintenance, including the procedures and safety precautions involved
Carrying out flow process analysis Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Carry out flow process analysis in a specific work context
- Understand how to carry out flow process analysis, including the tools and techniques involved
Carrying out mistake/error proofing _Poka Yoke_ Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Carry out mistake/error proofing (Poka Yoke) techniques in a defined work area, following established procedures
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to carry out mistake/error proofing (Poka Yoke), understanding the principles and application of these techniques to prevent errors
Carrying out set-up reduction techniques Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Carry out set-up reduction techniques according to given procedures and safety guidelines
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to carry out set-up reduction techniques, understanding the principles and benefits of efficient set-up processes
Complying with statutory regulations and organisational safety requirements Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Comply with statutory regulations and organisational safety requirements.
- Describe how to comply with statutory regulations and organisational safety requirements.
Complying with statutory regulations and organisational safety requirements Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand and apply statutory regulations.
Contributing to carrying out lead time analysis Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to carrying out lead time analysis under supervision.
- Describe the methods used when contributing to lead time analysis.
- Explain the importance of accurate data when contributing to lead time analysis.
Contributing to effective team working Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to effective team working within a specified team and task
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to contribute effectively to team working, understanding roles, responsibilities and communication methods
Contributing to effective team working Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate effective communication within a team.
Contributing to the analysis and selection of parts for improvement Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to the analysis and selection of parts suitable for improvement initiatives
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to contribute effectively to the analysis and selection of parts for improvement
Contributing to the application of Six Sigma methodology to a project Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to the application of Six Sigma methodology within a project environment
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to contribute effectively to the application of Six Sigma methodology within a project
Contributing to the application of Six Sigma process mapping Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to the application of Six Sigma process mapping within a defined project.
- Describe the tools and techniques used in Six Sigma process mapping.
- Explain the benefits of contributing effectively to Six Sigma process mapping activities.
Contributing to the application of basic statistical analysis Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to the application of basic statistical analysis to workplace data
- Understand how to contribute to the application of basic statistical analysis, including the methods and interpretation of results
Contributing to the application of continuous improvement techniques (Kaizen) Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of Kaizen.
Contributing to the application of continuous improvement techniques _Kaizen_ Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to the application of continuous improvement techniques (Kaizen) within a team
- Understand how to contribute to the application of continuous improvement techniques (Kaizen), including the principles and methods used
Contributing to the application of failure modes and effects analysis _FMEA_ Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to the application of failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) within a specified context.
- Describe the processes involved in contributing to the application of failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA).
- Explain the importance of contributing effectively to the application of failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA).
Contributing to the application of measurement systems analysis _MSA_ Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to the application of measurement systems analysis (MSA) processes
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to contribute effectively to the application of measurement systems analysis (MSA)
Contributing to the application of problem solving techniques Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to the application of problem solving techniques in a defined context
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to contribute effectively to the application of problem solving techniques, recognising different approaches and their suitability
Contributing to the application of statistical process control _SPC_ procedures Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to the application of statistical process control (SPC) procedures
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to contribute effectively to the application of statistical process control (SPC) procedures
Contributing to the application of workplace organisation techniques Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to the application of workplace organisation techniques within a designated area
- Understand how to contribute to the application of workplace organisation techniques, including the principles and benefits of a well-organised workspace
Contributing to the application of workplace organisation techniques Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Apply workplace organisation techniques effectively.
Contributing to the creation of standard operating procedures _SOP_ Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to the creation of standard operating procedures (SOPs) within the organisation
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to contribute effectively to the creation of standard operating procedures (SOPs)
Contributing to the development of visual management systems Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to the development of visual management systems under supervision, following established guidelines
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to contribute to the development of visual management systems, understanding the purpose and benefits of visual management in the workplace
Contributing to the development of visual management systems Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the function of visual management systems.
The jobs these credits are mapped to
A qualification is never a dead end here. Each of these is a job record this qualification is a mapped route into.
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Showing 5 roles, drawn from 6 job records mapped to this qualification. Near-identical records are folded together, and each row says how many it stands for.
Where this can lead
Compliance Training Specialist
This work can lead to managing compliance training programmes, or into director-level roles setting training strategy across an organisation.
See the whole journeyThe credits, and who awards them
Level 2 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited rather than by Zavmo. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you have covered and what is next.
What you would be collecting
Carrying out autonomous maintenanceCarrying out flow process analysisCarrying out mistake/error proofing _Poka Yoke_Carrying out set-up reduction techniquesComplying with statutory regulations and organisational safety requirementsComplying with statutory regulations and organisational safety requirementsContributing to carrying out lead time analysisContributing to effective team working
Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.
How you’d practise it
You don’t watch this. You do it.
You are not assessed on remembering this. You are assessed on applying it, analysing it, evaluating it and producing something. So that is what the practice is: projects, role play and your own live cases, with a tutor in the room.
The Navigator · your what-if tutor Illustration - Bring your own plan Create
For “Contributing to the application of Six Sigma methodology to a project” you bring the plan you are actually working on, not a case study. Zavmo pulls on the assumptions in it until the weak one shows.
- Draft the real one Create
You do “Contributing to the application of statistical process control _SPC_ procedures” on a real document of your own. Zavmo works on the draft you have to send anyway, so the coursework and the job are the same piece of work.
- Map a live decision Analyse
“Carrying out flow process analysis” runs on a decision you are facing now. Zavmo maps it with you and shows what the second-order effect looks like before you find out the slow way.
- Lead it Apply
“Contributing to carrying out lead time analysis” is practised on the team you actually have. You talk through the call you are about to make, and Zavmo makes you say it the way you would say it to them.
How you would learn this
One to one, on the work you already do
A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.
A lesson from Carrying out autonomous maintenance, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
This unit develops learners' skills to perform autonomous maintenance tasks on equipment and machinery following standard operating procedures. Learners will record maintenance activities, identify faults, and understand the purpose and benefits of autonomous maintenance.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for EAL Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Business Improvement Techniques
20 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited.
- Carrying out autonomous maintenance
- Carrying out flow process analysis
- Carrying out mistake/error proofing _Poka Yoke_
- Carrying out set-up reduction techniques
- Complying with statutory regulations and organisational safety requirements
- Contributing to carrying out lead time analysis
and 14 more in the full unit list below.
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