Pearson Education Ltd · RQF Level 2
Pearson BTEC Level 2 Certificate in Engineering (Specialist: 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 credits15
- Guided learning79 hours
- Units in this qualification9
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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 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
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.
- Draft NOS
- Evaluate the forensic investigation of scenes
- Undertake forensic examinations at scenes of incidents
Where this can lead
Junior Laboratory Technician
Your journey starts here, building a solid foundation. Where you go from here is really up to you and how much you want to learn and grow. We're here to support that ambition, whatever path you choose.
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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 Certificate in Engineering (Specialist: Applied Science) (QCF)
9 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson Education Ltd.
- Applications of Chemical Substances
- Applications of Physical Science
- Chemistry and Our Earth
- Energy and Our Universe
- Investigating a Crime Scene
- Monitoring the Environment
and 3 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.