Pearson Education Ltd · RQF Level 2
Pearson BTEC Level 2 Extended Certificate in Applied Science (QCF)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 2
- Total credits30
- Guided learning79 hours
- Units in this qualification22
Awarded by Pearson Education Ltd · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
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 Chemical SubstancesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate chemical substances with different types of bonding
- Investigate exothermic and endothermic reactions
- Investigate organic compounds that are used in society today
- Know about specialised materials and their applications
Applications of Physical ScienceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate motion
- Investigate forces
- Investigate light and sound waves
- Investigate electricity
Biology and Our EnvironmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate the functioning and classification of organisms
- Investigate the impact of human activity on the environment
- Know the factors which can affect and control human health
Biotechnology Procedures and ApplicationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know how the biotechnology industry has developed
- Know how biotechnology is used in our every day lives
- Perform simple biotechnology procedures
- Know how biotechnology may help treat or cure disease
Chemical Analysis and DetectionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the reagents and techniques used to analyse a variety of chemical compounds
- Classify compounds according to their pH
- Show how chromatography is used to analyse materials
- Detect different chemicals in unknown compounds
Chemistry and Our EarthReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate different types of chemical substances related to their physical properties
- Investigate the properties of elements relating to their atomic structure
- Investigate the factors involved in the rate of chemical reactions
- Know the factors that are affecting the Earth and its environment
Designing and Making Useful Devices in ScienceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Construct a device to record an image, with available resources
- Construct a microbalancing device, with available resources
- Construct a device for seeing around corners, with available resources
- Construct devices that generate electricity, with various resources
Electronics in ActionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the components used in electronic systems
- Conduct experiments on electronic circuits safely
- Safely construct an electronic system to help solve an everyday need
- Assess the constructed electronic system safely
Energy and Our UniverseReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate energy transformations
- Know properties and applications of waves and radiation
- Know how electrical energy that is produced from different sources can be transferred to electric circuits in the home and industry
- Know the components of the solar system and the way the universe is changing
Exploring Our UniverseReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know how ideas about the universe have developed
- Understand the processes involved in astronomical theories
- Know the methods used for space exploration
- Investigate astronomical objects
Growing Plants for FoodReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate the structure and function of the main components of plants
- Know where the major food plants of the world are grown
- Know the economic relationship between food production and population size
- Investigate the role of plant breeding and technology
- Know the effects of a range of fertilisers on food production
Health Applications of Life SciencesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate factors which contribute to healthy living
- Know how preventative measures can be used to support healthy living
- Investigate how some treatments are used when illness occurs
Investigating Human BehaviourReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the central and peripheral nervous systems
- Know psychological theories which are used to explain how people are affected by external and internal factors
- Know methodologies which are used in psychological research
- Design a psychological research study
Investigating a Crime SceneReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate a scene-of-crime
- Use appropriate scientific techniques to analyse evidence which has been collected from the scene-of-crime
- Understand the relationship of forensic science to the law, including the criminal justice system
Monitoring the EnvironmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the structure and operation of ecosystems
- Know how human activities influence ecosystems
- Employ techniques involved in the monitoring of ecosystems
- Know how environmental protection is regulated
Practical Scientific ProjectReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan a practical scientific project
- Use appropriate practical skills
- Analyse and present results
Science and the World of WorkReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Conduct research into how a science–based organisation operates
- Investigate how scientific products or services are developed by a science-based organisation
- Know the health and safety legislation which relates to work within a science labouratory
- Know the key features of a working science labouratory
Science in MedicineReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate the range of scientific procedures used in diagnosing illness
- Investigate the scientific principles of treating illnesses and health conditions
- Know the factors affecting treatments
Science in the WorldReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand some of the factors that can influence scientific progress
- Understand how science can be represented in the media
- Know how some scientific discoveries have been used in society
- Know some of the consequences associated with scientific discoveries/advances
The Living BodyReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the role of enzymes as catalysts
- Investigate individual body systems, relating their structure and functions to their role in maintaining health
- Know how the nervous and endocrine systems work to coordinate the body systems
- Know the structure and functions of the human reproductive system
Using Mathematical Tools in ScienceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Use mathematical tools in science
- Collect and record scientific data
- Display and interpret scientific data
Working in a Science-Based OrganisationReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the basic duties and responsibilities of a junior science technician/assistant practitioner
- Know the personal, communication and ICT skills needed to work in a science-based organisation
- Demonstrate how to safely follow working practices and procedures within a labouratory
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.
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Your passport
Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 2 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
The Evidence Evaluator
Assessor
Helps you show what you can actually do, gathering the evidence that proves it as you learn.
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Where these credits take you
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Where this can lead
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Your career here is what you make it. We're committed to providing the opportunities and support, but your curiosity, drive, and willingness to learn will ultimately shape your path. We want to see you grow, and we're excited to see where your journey in R&D takes you.
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Skills it covers
What the job actually needs. These are the standards the units are built against, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
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 2 Extended Certificate in Applied Science (QCF)
22 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson Education Ltd.
- Applications of Chemical Substances
- Applications of Physical Science
- Biology and Our Environment
- Biotechnology Procedures and Applications
- Chemical Analysis and Detection
- Chemistry and Our Earth
and 16 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
Where most courses leave you Where Zavmo takes you
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.
Build my plan, freeNo card. See how this qualification maps onto your role and meet the tutors who’d teach it, free. The learning begins when you subscribe. It’s £70 a month, billed monthly. Cancel any time and billing stops.