Pearson Education Ltd · RQF Level 3
Pearson BTEC Level 3 Diploma in 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 credits120
- Guided learning720 hours
- Units in this qualification55
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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.
Advanced Mechanical Principles and ApplicationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Determine the effects of uniaxial and complex loading on engineering components
- Determine the stress due to bending in beams and torsion in power transmission shafts
- Determine relative and resultant velocity in engineering systems
- Determine the characteristics of simple harmonic motion in engineering systems.
Aircraft Maintenance PracticesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the health and safety precautions directly associated with aircraft handling and first line maintenance
- Understand the practice and procedures necessary for aircraft ground handling, weighing and balancing and in the event of abnormal occurrences
- Carry out selected aircraft maintenance activities in accordance with laid down procedures and safety precautions
- Understand the procedures and requirements for the planning, documentation, stores systems and quality processes associated with aircraft maintenance
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
Applications of Mechanical Systems in EngineeringReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the purposes and uses of lubricants and lubrication systems
- Know about the uses and applications of a range of engineering components
- Know about the uses and operation of mechanical power transmission systems
- Know about the uses and operation of plant equipment and systems
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
Construction and Applications of Digital SystemsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand energy efficient use of modern digital electronics technology
- Understand the transmission of analogue data in a digital system
- Understand the selection and use of interface devices and logic devices for digital circuits
- Build and test digital systems
Electrical InstallationReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret lighting and power circuits diagrams
- Understand the methods used to protect circuits
- Install and test lighting and power circuits
- Know the non-statutory and statutory regulations relating to the provision of an electrical installation.
Electrical TechnologyReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the methods used to produce electrical energy
- Know the properties and applications of conductors, insulators and magnetic materials
- Know the physical arrangements of supply, transmission and distribution equipment
- Know how electrical energy is used to support applications of electrical technology
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.
Electronic Fault-findingReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Read and interpret a circuit diagram for an electronic system
- Plan and implement a fault-finding strategy
- Diagnose fault conditions using test equipment and record the results
Electronic Measurement and TestingReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the function, features and characteristics of electronic measurement and test equipment
- Select and use electronic measurement and test equipment to make meaningful measurements on an electronic circuit
- Know the principles of calibration and configuration of electronic test equipment
- Select and use virtual test instruments and software to make measurements and analyse measurement data
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 Maintenance Procedures and TechniquesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the types of maintenance associated with engineering plant, equipment and systems
- Know about maintenance frequency, the cost of maintenance and its effects on production
- Produce a maintenance plan a specific engineering system
- Understand how data gathered from monitoring the performance and condition of engineering plant, equipment and systems can be used
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
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
Features and Applications of Electrical MachinesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the electrical hazards and the legislation, regulation and standards related with working with electrical apparatus
- Understand alternating current machines
- Understand direct current machines
- Know how electrical machine control circuits and systems operate
Function and Characteristics of Railway Signalling SystemsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the role of rail signalling within the railway system
- Understand the principles of safety and high integrity systems as applied to a railway signalling system
- Know the functions and characteristics of lineside signalling elements
- Know the major sources and categories of controlled documentation, signalling information, notation and terminology
Further Electrical PrinciplesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Apply direct current (DC) circuit analysis methods and consider the types, construction and characteristics of a DC motor and generator
- Understand the transient behaviour of resistor-capacitor (RC) and resistor-inductor (RL) DC circuits
- Understand the behaviour of single-phase alternating current (AC) circuits
- Understand three-phase alternating current (AC) theory
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
Further Mechanical Principles and ApplicationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Determine the forces acting in pin-jointed framed structures and simply supported beams
- Determine the stress in structural members and joints
- Determine the characteristics of rotating systems
- Determine the operating characteristics of simple lifting machines
Industrial Plant and Process ControlReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand basic process control concepts
- Know about common modes of control and their effect on control system performance
- Apply tuning methods to three-term controllers to improve control system performance
- Understand hierarchical and advanced process control systems
Industrial Process ControllersReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about control system types and their applications
- Know about the operating principles and tuning of three-term controllers
- Know about the types and operation of programmable logic controllers
- Write and fault-find programmable logic controller programs.
Industrial Robot TechnologyReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the operating, design and control principles of modern industrial robots and typical robot work cells
- Understand the operating principles of industrial robot sensors and end effectors
- Produce a working program for an industrial robot or robot work cell
- Know the hazards, health, safety and maintenance requirements associated with industrial robots and robot work cells
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
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
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.
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
Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis of Engineering SystemsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the health and safety requirements relevant to monitoring and fault diagnosis of engineering systems
- Know about system monitoring and reliability
- Use monitoring and test equipment
- Carry out fault diagnosis on engineering systems.
Principles and Applications of Analogue ElectronicsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of gain and loss and the function of amplifiers in analogue circuits
- Understand the operation of analogue electronic circuit systems and their components
- Use computer-based techniques to design and test analogue electronic circuits for specified functions
- Build and test an analogue electronic circuit
Principles and Applications of Engineering Measurement SystemsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the applications of common measurement systems
- Understand the operation of measurement system components
- Use testing, recording and display equipment for a measurement application
- Test and calibrate a measuring system
Principles and Applications of ThermodynamicsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Apply thermodynamic principles to the expansion and compression of gases
- Quantify energy transfer in thermodynamic systems
- Determine combustion process requirements and the calorific value of fuels
- Quantify energy transfer in steam plant
Principles and Operation of Three-phase SystemsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Use electrical relationships and determine current, voltage and power quantities for three-phase circuits
- Know about the operation of three-phase supply systems
- Calculate parametres and carry out measurements in three-phase balanced and unbalanced loads
- Know how three-phase power is protected and monitored and the safety requirements for working on high voltage equipment
Process Safety Management in EngineeringReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key features of process safety management and culture
- Monitor and test process and physical hazards associated with working in the process industry
- Understand how to reduce the risks associated with hazards within the process industry
- Review the roles, responsibilities and competencies required for an incident free workplace
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.
Railway Infrastructure Construction and MaintenanceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the preparatory activities required for the construction of railway track infrastructure
- Know the scope of earthwork activities that may be undertaken in association with railway track infrastructure
- Understand the forms of construction and material specifications used in railway track infrastructure
- Understand track maintenance processes used to identify and correct defects in railways.
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)
The Principles of PhotonicsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Apply the laws of reflection and refraction to different situations using appropriate terminology
- Use different types of lenses for specified applications
- Understand the behaviour of light in terms of polarisation, diffraction and interference
- Understand light in terms of the photon
Theory of FlightReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the nature, physical parametres and use of the International Standard Atmosphere (ISA) and subsonic airflow over aerofoil sections
- Understand the generation and interaction of aircraft lift and drag forces
- Understand aircraft stability and control
- Understand, the nature of subsonic, transonic and supersonic airflow
Three-Phase Motors and DrivesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know how squirrel-cage and wound rotor three-phase induction motors operate
- Know how three-phase synchronous and synchronous-induction motors operate
- Know about the function and operation of motor starters and control gear
- Know about a range of industrial applications for installing, commissioning and maintaining three-phase motors
Vehicle Electrical Charging and Starting SystemsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Specify a battery for a given motor vehicle application
- Understand a vehicle’s starting system
- Understand a vehicle’s electrical charging system
- Diagnose and rectify engine electrical system faults on a vehicle’s charging and starting systems
Vehicle Engine Management SystemsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the operating principles and characteristics of an engine management system
- Understand the operating principles of engine management system sensors and actuators
- Understand the interrelationships and interaction of engine management systems and components
- Carry out tests on an engine management system to locate a system fault.
Vehicle Engine Principles, Operation, Service and RepairReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of operation of an internal combustion engine
- Understand the principles of operation of fuel supply systems
- Understand the principles of operation of engine cooling and lubrication systems
- Carry out engine service and repair procedures
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
The Evidence Evaluator
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Helps you show what you can actually do, gathering the evidence that proves it as you learn.
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Where this can lead
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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 3 Diploma in Engineering (QCF)
55 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson Education Ltd.
- Advanced Mechanical Principles and Applications
- Aircraft Maintenance Practices
- Applications of Computer Numerical Control in Engineering
- Applications of Mechanical Systems in Engineering
- Business Operations in Engineering
- Computer Aided Drafting in Engineering
and 49 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.
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.