Pearson Education Ltd · RQF Level 5
Pearson BTEC Level 5 HND Diploma in Applied Chemistry
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 5
- Total credits245
- Guided learning980 hours
- Units in this qualification27
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.
Analysis of Scientific Data and InformationReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Present information and data to scientific standards
- Process data using numerical analysis
- Process data using statistics
- Understand the limitations in concluding results
Analytical ChemistryReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how the analytical process is used systematically to prepare for analyses
- Undertake analytical separations
- Undertake quantitative analyses
- Apply spectroscopic techniques of analysis
Atomic and Nuclear Physics for Spectroscopic ApplicationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the behaviour of matter in an atomic scale
- Understand spectroscopic methods that use electromagnetic waves
- Understand matter analysis methods that use charged particles
- Understand spectroscopic methods that use the nucleus of an atom
Biochemistry of Macromolecules and Metabolic PathwaysReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the chemical principles that apply to the structures of biological building block molecules
- Understand the structures of biological macromolecules and the relationships to biological functions
- Understand the features of and links between the major metabolic pathways
- Use biochemical practical skills and cognate techniques
Chemical Laboratory TechniquesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Use a range of techniques in the synthesis of substances
- Use spectroscopic techniques
- Use chromatographic techniques
- Use titrimetric techniques
Employability SkillsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Determine own responsibilities and performance
- Develop interpersonal and transferable skills
- Understand the dynamics of working with others
- Develop strategies for problem solving
Environmental Chemical AnalysisReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand chemical principles in an environmental context
- Understand how chemical analysis is used in environmental monitoring
- Carry out quantitative environmental analysis
- Understand the applications of environmental modelling
Environmental Management and ConservationReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the major strategies for conservation of resources
- Understand the causes, effects and the control of pollution
- Understand global environmental issues
- Understand how environmental legislation may be put into practice
Environmental Monitoring and AnalysisReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how biogeochemical cycles result in the transfer of substances between components of ecosystems
- Understand the sources and effects of environmental pollutants
- Apply sampling methods appropriate to an analyte
- Determine the concentration of analytes in samples
Industrial ChemistryReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand factors affecting the location of a chemical plant
- Understand factors affecting the selection of a chemical process
- Understand the physico-chemical aspects of an industrial process
- Understand the chemistry of the industrial process
Inorganic ChemistryReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the structure of atoms
- Understand the structure of matter
- Understand the chemistry of elements and compounds
- Review the industrial applications of elements and compounds
Inorganic Chemistry of Crystal Structures and Transition Metal ComplexesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the structure of crystalline materials.
- Understand first row d block metal chemistry
- Understand models of bonding in transition metal coordination complexes
- Report on homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis
Laboratory ManagementReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the typical duties of labouratory managers in different types of labouratory
- Understand aspects of labouratory organisation
- Understand how labouratories comply with health and safety legislation
- Understand features of managing a quality system
Managing the Work of Individuals and TeamsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Establish the objectives of individuals
- Evaluate the performance of individuals
- Establish the roles and responsibilities of teams
- Review the performance of teams
Materials Science and TechnologyReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the structure-property relationships for materials
- Understand the factors that control the properties of materials
- Characterise a material from the outcomes of analytical tests
- Understand the selection process for choosing a material in a given application
Medicinal ChemistryReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the role of enzymes and receptors as drug targets.
- Understand the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic behaviour of drugs
- Understand the stages of drug discovery and design
- Understand the role of biologically active molecules in biochemical systems
NanotechnologyReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know how structure controls properties at the nanoscale dimension
- Understand key concepts in engineering, physics, chemistry, and biology used to solve nanotechnology problems
- Evaluate current nanotechnology fabrication methods
- Know current and potential future commercial nanotechnology applications
Nuclear ChemistryReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the behaviour of the nucleus
- Understand the use of isotopes in chemistry and medicine
- Understand the chemistry of the nuclear power industry
- Report on the impact of radioactivity on society and environment
Organic ChemistryReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the structure and bonding of organic compounds
- Understand organic reaction mechanisms
- Understand the reactions of hydrocarbons
- Understand the reactions of mono-functional group compounds
Organic Chemistry of Aromatic and Carbonyl CompoundsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the structure of aromatic compounds
- Understand the synthetic use of substitution reactions of aromatic compounds
- Understand the synthetic use of carbonyl compounds
- Understand structures and reactions of optically active molecules
Physical ChemistryReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the application of the first, second and third laws of thermodynamics to predict the feasibility of reactions
- Understand the use of rate equations to determine the order of a reaction
- Understand ionic conductance
- Understand the application of principles of oxidation and reduction to electrochemical systems
Physical Chemistry of Spectroscopy, Surfaces and Chemical and Phase EquilibriaReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Apply the concept of chemical equilibrium
- Understand physical equilibria in one and two component systems
- Understand the origins and applications of molecular spectroscopy
- Understand properties of surface chemistry
Polymer ChemistryReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand polymerisation mechanisms and techniques
- Understand the basic properties of polymers from their structural features
- Understand the service performance and environmental behaviour of polymers
Project for Applied ScienceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan a project
- Implement the project plan
- Evaluate the project outcomes
- Communicate the project investigation and its results
Quality Assurance and Quality ControlReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how the quality of an analytical result may be expressed
- Understand features of quality control and quality assurance
- Understand quality management systems
- Understand the accreditation process
Statistics for Experimental DesignReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the role of statistics in experimental design
- Understand how statistical decisions are made using hypothesis testing
- Make statistical decisions using significance testing
- Analyse the relationship between variables
Work-based InvestigationReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan a work-based topic
- Keep a detailed logbook
- Undertake an extended work-based practical investigation
- Communicate the investigation and its results
The honest bit
You’ve started things before
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Your passport
Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 5 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.
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Where these credits take you
A qualification is never a dead end here. See the jobs its credits open, the national occupational standards its units map to, and the future skills they quietly build.
- 04_Improving product and process quality in laboratories
- 07_Designing and conducting toxicity studies, and evaluating results
- Analyse and evaluate the results of formulation analytical tests
- Assuring Quality Methods and Procedures for Laboratories
- Prepare life science data for computational analysis
- Providing Leadership for a Laboratory Team
- Write technical content for inclusion in nuclear safety cases
Where this can lead
Environmental Technician
Your journey starts here, collecting vital data. With dedication and a thirst for learning, you can build a truly impactful career in environmental compliance and protection. We're here to help you every step of the way.
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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 5 HND Diploma in Applied Chemistry
27 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson Education Ltd.
- Analysis of Scientific Data and Information
- Analytical Chemistry
- Atomic and Nuclear Physics for Spectroscopic Applications
- Biochemistry of Macromolecules and Metabolic Pathways
- Chemical Laboratory Techniques
- Employability Skills
and 21 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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