Pearson Education Ltd · RQF Level 3
Pearson BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Manufacturing Engineering (QCF)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 3
- Total credits180
- Guided learning1,080 hours
- Units in this qualification37
Awarded by Pearson Education Ltd · on the Ofqual register
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
These are the units Pearson Education Ltd 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, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Applications of Computer Numerical Control in EngineeringReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of computer numerical control (CNC) and machine structures
- Interpret a component specification and produce an operational plan for its manufacture
- Produce a part program and manufacture a component
- Use a CAD/CAM software package to generate a part program and manufacture a component
Applied Electrical and Mechanical Science for EngineeringReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Define and apply concepts and principles relating to electrical science
- Define and apply concepts and principles relating to mechanical science
Business Operations in EngineeringReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know how an engineering company operates
- Understand how external factors and the economic environment can affect the operation of an engineering company
- Know how legislation, regulation and other constraints impact on the operation of engineering businesses
- Apply costing techniques to determine the cost effectiveness of an engineering activity
Computer Aided Drafting in EngineeringReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the advantages of using CAD in comparison with other methods
- Know about the software and hardware required to produce CAD drawings
- Produce and interpret CAD drawings
- Use CAD software to produce 3D drawings and views
Computer Aided ManufacturingReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the benefits of CAM and the significance of simultaneous engineering
- Understand how the CAD/CAM interface operates and modelling is used to simulate the manufacturing process
- Understand the use of industrial robots and flexible manufacturing systems in engineering
- Design a simple component and generate a programme for a CNC machine using a CAD/CAM software package
Electro, Pneumatic and Hydraulic Systems and DevicesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the legislation, regulations and safety precautions that apply when working with fluid power systems
- Know the construction and operation of fluid power devices and how they are represented as symbols in circuit diagrams
- Apply fluid power principles in the design of circuits
- Carry out maintenance, inspection, testing and fault-finding on fluid power systems.
Electronic Circuit Design and ManufactureReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the design processes and production methods used in the manufacture of a printed circuit board
- Understand the use of software and thermal analysis techniques in the design, simulation and manufacture of an electronic circuit
- Understand the use and application of surface mount technology in the manufacture of an electronic circuit
- Design, manufacture, assemble and test a prototype printed circuit board for a given electronic circuit.
Engineering Drawing for TechniciansReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Sketch engineering components
- Interpret engineering drawings that comply with drawing standards
- Produce engineering drawings
- Produce engineering drawings using a computer aided drafting (CAD) system
Engineering Primary Forming ProcessesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know how moulding techniques involving metals, ceramics and polymers are used
- Know how deformation processes involving metals and polymers are used
- Know how shaping and assembly processes involving composites are used
- Understand how health and safety issues relate to primary forming processes
Engineering ProjectReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Specify a project, agree procedures and choose a solution
- Plan and monitor a project
- Implement the project plan within agreed procedures
- Present the project outcome
Engineering Secondary and Finishing TechniquesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how a range of secondary machining techniques are used
- Know how a range of non-traditional techniques are used
- Know how heat treatment processes and assembly techniques are used
- Know how finishing techniques are used
Extraction and Refining of MetalsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the use of ore preparation processes for the ores of common metals
- Understand the physical chemistry of extraction and refining of metals
- Understand the techniques used in the extraction of metals
- Know the processes used in the refining of metal
Fabrication Processes and TechnologyReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about health and safety legislation, regulations and safe working practices in the fabrication industry
- Know the processes used to mark out and prepare materials to produce fabricated structures
- Know how materials are formed and assembled to produce fabricated structures
- Interpret the specification of a fabricated structure and plan and carry out its manufacture
Further Mathematics for Engineering TechniciansReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Use advanced graphical techniques
- Apply algebraic techniques
- Manipulate trigonometric expressions and apply trigonometric techniques
- Apply calculus
Industrial alloysReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the metallurgical factors that affect the selection, use and classification of common ferrous metals and alloys
- Understand the metallurgical factors that affect the use and selection of common non-ferrous metals and alloys
- Understand how equilibrium and non-equilibrium thermal transformations affect microstructure and mechanical properties of ferrous and non-ferrous metals and alloys
Liquid Metal Casting ProcessesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the principles of casting processes and the selection of suitable processes for given applications
- Know the main furnace types and melt procedures used in the preparation and treatment of common casting alloys
- Know about defects in castings and their possible causes
- Know the health, safety and environmental issues that relate to casting processes
Manufacturing PlanningReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the techniques and policies used to improve product manufacturing efficiency
- Know about general aspects of planning and control
- Use a product specification to produce a production plan
- Produce a production schedule
Manufacturing of Advanced Composite MaterialsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the different types of matrices and re-inforcements commonly used in composite manufacture
- Understand the differences, advantages and disadvantages of key manufacturing processes
- Understand the effects of design decisions on component manufacturability
- Understand bonding materials, finishing processes, inspection and repair techniques
Mathematics for Engineering TechniciansReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Use algebraic methods
- Use trigonometric methods and standard formula to determine areas
- Use statistical methods to display data
- Use elementary calculus techniques
Mathematics for Engineering TechniciansReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Use arithmetic, algebraic and graphical methods to solve engineering problems
- Use mensuration and trigonometry to solve engineering problems
Mechanical Measurement and Inspection TechniquesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand principles and applications of mechanical measurement
- Use measurement equipment and techniques
- Use comparators and design a gauging system for inspection
- Apply sampling and statistical process control (SPC) during inspection
Mechanical Principles and ApplicationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Determine the effects of loading in static engineering systems
- Determine work, power and energy transfer in dynamic engineering systems
- Determine the parametres of fluid systems
- Determine the effects of energy transfer in thermodynamic systems.
Mechanical and Thermal Treatment of MetalsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand working processes for product manufacture
- Know about powder metallurgy techniques for component manufacture
- Understand the applications of heat-treatment furnaces and ancillary equipment
- Understand process controls and typical defects in wrought and heat-treated products.
Metallurgical TechniquesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Use mechanical testing methods to measure the properties of an industrial alloy
- Prepare samples for macro and micro-examination and carry out a metallographic examination
- Know the principles and procedures used in the chemical analysis of metallic materials
- Know about non-destructive testing techniques that can be used to reveal defects in metallic component
Production System DesignReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the principles of lean manufacturing
- Create a flexible production system
- Apply the single minute exchange of die (SMED) method to a production system
- Implement a total productive maintenance system
Properties and Applications of Engineering MaterialsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the structure and classification of engineering materials
- Know material properties and the effects of processing on the structure and behaviour of engineering materials
- Use information sources to select materials for engineering uses
- Test engineering materials.
Quality and Business ImprovementReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Apply the principles and processes of value management
- Apply the principles and techniques of potential failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA)
- Apply basic statistical techniques and statistical process control procedures
- Carry out a process capability study
Rubber Products and Specialist ElastomersReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the classification, properties and applications of specialist rubbers
- Investigate latex technology and the preparation of latex mixes and products
- Understand the preparation, properties and application of rubber solutions
- Investigate the design, manufacture and material selection for a range of rubber products
Rubber TechnologyReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the classification, properties and applications of rubbers
- Know the effects of additives used in rubber mix design
- Investigate the use of additives in the mix design in the processing, costs and property modification of rubbers
- Understand the construction and use of processing equipment for the manufacture of rubber products
Selecting and Using Programmable ControllersReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the selection, hardware and software requirements of a programmable controller
- Use programming techniques to produce a program for a modern programmable controller
- Understand complex programmable controller applications
- Understand data communications media and networks used with modern programmable controllers
Setting and Proving Secondary Processing MachinesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know how traditional and specialist secondary processing machines function
- Understand how work holding devices, tools and machine parametres are set up to produce a range of components
- Safely set up a secondary processing machine to accurately make a component
- Produce trial components relevant to the use of a secondary processing machine before handing over to an operator
Six Sigma QualityReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand Six Sigma methodologies
- Apply the DMAIC model to a project
- Carry out a Six Sigma detailed process mapping activity
- Know about quality function deployment (QFD)
Structure and Properties of MetalsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the crystal and grain structure of metals
- Construct and read the thermal equilibrium diagram of a binary alloy
- Know the meaning of terms used to describe the properties of a metal
- Know how hot and cold working affects the structure and properties of metals.
Teamwork in a Continuous Improvement EnvironmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the principles of teamwork
- Know about team and leadership activities
- Select a work area/part family and a process/part for improvement
- Apply continuous improvement techniques
Using Secondary Machining Techniques to Produce ComponentsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how health and safety issues relate to secondary machining processes
- Set up a turning machine to safely produce a given component
- Operate a turning machine to produce components
- Set up a milling machine to safely produce a given component
- Operate a milling machine to produce components
- Set up a grinding machine to safely produce a given component
- Operate a grinding machine to produce components
Welding PrinciplesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the physical features of welding processes
- Know the effects of welding and select post-weld heat treatments
- Understand the weldability of metals
- Use and interpret quality standards and weld testing techniques
Welding TechnologyReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about health and safety legislation, regulations and safe working practices in the welding industry
- Prepare for welding operations
- Produce welded joints to a quality standard
- Understand how quality inspection processes are applied to welded joints in components
The honest bit
You’ve started things before
Most courses were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.
There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.
And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.
Your passport
Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 3 credits are regulated. 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’ve earned and what’s next.
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
Who’d teach you this
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Where these credits take you
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Where this can lead
Lead Quality Engineer / Six Sigma Black Belt
Your journey here as a Lead Quality Engineer isn't just a job; it's a launchpad for a significant career in operational excellence. Whether you choose to lead teams, become the ultimate technical guru, or transition into broader operational leadership, the skills and experience you gain will be invaluable. We're investing in you for the long haul, and we expect you to invest in us by bringing your best, most tenacious problem-solving self every single day.
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How you’ll actually learn this
One-to-one, on your own real work
A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for Pearson BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Manufacturing Engineering (QCF)
36 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson Education Ltd.
- Applications of Computer Numerical Control in Engineering
- Applied Electrical and Mechanical Science for Engineering
- Business Operations in Engineering
- Computer Aided Drafting in Engineering
- Computer Aided Manufacturing
- Electro, Pneumatic and Hydraulic Systems and Devices
and 30 more in the full unit list below.
One to one, not one to many
No two people run this the same way
A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.
- Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
- What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
- The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
- How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
- Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.
See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.
Why it sticks
Most courses stop at remembering
There’s a well-known ladder of how deeply you learn something, called Bloom’s Taxonomy. Most courses get you up the first two rungs: you remember some facts, you pass a test, you forget it. Real skill lives at the top. Judging, deciding, creating. And this isn’t a generic ladder: every rung has a named Zavmo tutor who walks you up it.
- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
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The value
Why the companion is worth £70 a month
You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.
That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.
Earned on your own work, taught to the top.
Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.
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