Pearson EDI · RQF Level 2
Pearson EDI Level 2 Certificate for Proficiency in Food Manufacturing Excellence (QCF)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 2
- Total credits27
- Guided learning79 hours
- Units in this qualification66
Awarded by Pearson EDI · 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 EDI 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.
Contribute to compliance for achieving excellence in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Comply with regulations in own work area
- Make recommendations for improving compliance
- Obtain and provide feedback on compliance
Contribute to continuous improvement for achieving excellence in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Identify improvements in the workplace
- Share and communicate own ideas for improvement
- Agree, test and evaluate plan for improvements
Contribute to environmental safety in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to workplace environmental safety
Contribute to problem diagnosis in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to identifying problems
- Contribute to problem diagnosis
- Contribute to reporting problems
Contribute to problem resolution in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to identifying the causes of problems
- Contribute to implementing solutions to problems
- Contribute to reporting on action to be taken to resolve problems
Contribute to sustainable practice in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to sustainability in a food environment
Contribute to the application of improvement techniques for achieving excellence in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Identify opportunities for the application of improvement techniques
- Apply improvement techniques
- Obtain and provide feedback on application of improvement techniques
Contribute to the development of Standard Operating Procedures _SOP_ in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Identify opportunities for SOP development
- Make recommendations for SOP development
- Obtain and provide feedback on SOP development
Contribute to the development of product specifications in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to identifying criteria for product specifications
- Contribute to the development of draft criteria
- Contribute to confirming a final specification
Contribute to the maintenance of plant and equipment in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for the maintenance of plant and equipment
- Carry out maintenance of plant and equipment
Contribute to the measurement and collection of data for achieving excellence in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to planning for the measurement and recording of improvements
- Contribute to measurement and recording of improvements
- Contribute to collection and reporting of improvement data
Maintain product quality in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Conduct quality checks
- Communicate results of quality checks
Maintain workplace food safety standards in operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Keep the workspace clean
- Maintain food safety
Maintain workplace health and safety in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Work within organisational safety limits
- Follow organisational emergency procedures
- Use personal protective equipment
Organise and improve work activities for achieving excellence in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Organise your own work activities
- Work effectively
- Communicate with others
Principles of Design of Experiments _DOE_ in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose, importance and completion of DOE
- Understand the techniques, data and terms used in the DOE
- Understand the use of graphical displays and the design of arrays
Principles of Evolutionary Operations _EVOP_ in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the benefits and use of EVOP
- Understand the application of EVOP
- Understand the utilisation of EVOP
Principles of Failure Modes and Effects Analysis _FMEA_ in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the features and benefits the FMEA system
- Understand FMEA terminology and use
Principles of Measurement System Analysis _MSA_ in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand a processing operation considered for analysis
- Understand the selection and use of measurement systems
- Understand the technical application of measurement system analysis
Principles of Quality Function Deployment _QFD_ in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the advantages of QFD and the quality lever model
- Understand how to plan QFD and how it relates to improvement techniques
- Understand the phases of QFD, customer’s requirements and matrices
Principles of Single Minute Exchange of Dies _SMED_ in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the SMED approach, objective and its contribution to Total Productive Maintenance
- Understand a changeover operation and techniques considered for SMED analysis
- Understand how to analyse and improve changeovers using SMED
- Understand the potential benefits and added value of SMED
Principles of Six Sigma methodology in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the use and benefits of six sigma process methodology
- Understand six sigma methodology
- Understand roles and responsibilities in six sigma methodology
Principles of Six Sigma metrics in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the use and benefits of six sigma metrics
- Understand the utilisation of six sigma metrics
- Understand data in six sigma metrics
Principles of Six Sigma process mapping in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the use and benefits six sigma process mapping
- Understand variables in six sigma process mapping
- Understand role and responsibilities and value added activity in six sigma process mapping
Principles of Statistical Process Control procedures _SPC_ in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose and use of statistical process control
- Understand performance and variation in statistical process control
- Understand the use of data and control charts in statistical process control
- Understand the normal statistical curve, statistical terms and process capability
Principles of Taguchi Linear graphs in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand a processing operation considered for analysis
- Understand Taguchi Linear terminology, graphs and sample sizes
- Understand the application of Taguchi Linear graphs
Principles of Value Stream Mapping _VSM_ in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the processing activity and requirements for VSM
- Understand VSM evaluation, targets and communication
- Understand the techniques and procedures supporting VSM
Principles of a characteristic selection matrix in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the requirements for a characteristic selection matrix
- Understand the application of a characteristic selection matrix
- Understand the utilisation of a characteristic selection matrix
Principles of a set-up reduction programme in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the implementation and resources for a set-up reduction programme
- Understand the requirements and evaluation of a set-up reduction programme
- Understand the communication and utilisation of a set-up reduction programme
Principles of analysing and selecting areas for achieving excellence in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand selection information and the analysis of graphical data
- Understand the key features of the analysis
Principles of basic statistical analysis in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand a processing operation and basic statistical techniques
- Understand statistical terminology, curves and diagrams
- Understand statistical calculation
Principles of capability studies in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the requirements and need for capability studies
- Understand the application of capability studies
- Understand the utilisation of capability studies
Principles of central limit theorem and confidence intervals in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the function of central limit theorem and confidence intervals
- Understand the application of central limit theorem and confidence intervals
- Understand the utilisation of central limit theorem and confidence intervals
Principles of continuous improvement techniques _Kaizen_ in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the features, importance of Kaizen activity
- Understand the criteria and requirements for Kaizen and problem solving
- Understand how to interact with Kaizen activity
Principles of flexible production and manpower systems in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the definition and benefits of the flexible production and manpower systems
- Understand terminology and application of system components
- Understand how to maximise effectiveness of systems and asset care
- Understand system techniques and workplace layout
Principles of flow process analysis in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand a processing operation considered for flow process analysis
- Understand flow process analysis mapping and value added features of process operations
- Understand how to analyse and set action plans for improvement opportunities
Principles of hypothesis testing in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the function and benefits of hypothesis testing
- Understand samples and tests in hypothesis testing
- Understand terminology in hypothesis testing
Principles of improvement in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand improvement, its role and the opportunities for improvement
- Understand how waste control can impact on improvement
- Understand the impact of visual controls, the Deming Cycle and procedures
Principles of lead time analysis in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand a processing operation and information considered for analysis
- Understand the creation of lead time profiles and the link with problem solving
Principles of mistake/error proofing _Poka Yoke_ in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the benefits and requirements for mistake/error proofing activity
- Understand the application of mistake/error proofing activity
- Understand the utilisation of mistake/error proofing activity
Principles of multi-variance charts in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the requirements and benefits of multi-variance charting
- Understand the application of multi-variance charting
- Understand the utilisation of multi-variance charting
Principles of response surface methodology in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the use and working of response surface methodology
- Understand data and statistical validity in response surface methodology
- Understand response surface methodology terms and cost benefits
Principles of sustainability in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of sustainability
- Understand factors affecting sustainability targets
- Understand factors affecting support for sustainability targets
- Understand the factors influencing the achievement of sustainability
Principles of visual management systems in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the processing activity and requirements for visual management systems
- Understand the creation of the visual factory, and the business performance measures for visual management systems
- Understand measurement techniques and the importance of monitoring arrangements for visual management systems
Principles of workplace organisation techniques in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the workplace arrangements and factors which influence improvement
- Understand the workplace procedures and processes
- Understand the impact of visual controls and authority in the workplace
Reduce and manage conflict in achieving excellence in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Take pre-emptive action to avoid conflict
- Deal with conflict
- Obtain support and complete conflict records
Understand how to contribute to compliance for achieving excellence in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know about regulations
- Know about organisational procedures for ensuring compliance in own work area
- Know about workplace hazards
Understand how to contribute to continuous improvement for achieving excellence in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the importance of continuous improvement in food operations
- Know about the resources and measures to support a continuous improvement activity in food operations
- Support and communicate continuous improvement activity in food operations
Understand how to contribute to environmental safety in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Comply with requirements
- Recognise environmental damage
- Work in a way that reduces environmental damage
Understand how to contribute to problem diagnosis in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to identifying problems in your area of work
- Contribute to analysing and reporting problems within your work area
Understand how to contribute to problem resolution in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to problems in your area of work and how to communicate to colleagues
- Contribute to identifying resolutions to problems
Understand how to contribute to sustainable practice in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know what the requirements are for sustainable practice in a food environment
- Contribute to sustainable practice within the organisation
Understand how to contribute to the application of improvement techniques for achieving excellence in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the objectives and benefits of improvement techniques in food operations
- Use information and communication for improvement techniques in food operations
- Make recommendations and feedback improvement issues in food operations
Understand how to contribute to the development of Standard Operating Procedures _SOP_ in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the purpose and objectives of SOP
- Know about the process of developing SOPs and how to communicate
Understand how to contribute to the development of product specifications in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to identify and develop criteria
- Understand the consultation process
- Understand how to develop the specification
Understand how to contribute to the maintenance of plant and equipment in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know about preparing for maintenance
- Carry out maintenance
- Deal with maintenance issues and problems
- Complete maintenance procedures
Understand how to contribute to the measurement and collection of data for achieving excellence in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the organisational vision and objectives for improvement in food operations
- Use data for improvement in food operations
- Communicate and record data for improvement in food operations
Understand how to maintain product quality in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Carry out quality checks
- Record and store information accurately
- Know about the importance of communicating results
Understand how to maintain workplace food safety standards in operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know the importance of safe food handling practices
- Deal with pests and infestations
- Know the importance of minimising the risks of contamination and food poisoning
Understand how to maintain workplace health and safety in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know the main safety risks and hazards in the working environment
- Know the health and safety precautions and procedures in the workplace
- Know the health and safety features of equipment and materials
Understand how to organise and improve work activities for achieving excellence in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know about organising own work activities in food operations
- Use organisational techniques in food operations
- Check the progress and identify opportunities for improvement in food operations
Understand how to reduce and manage conflict in achieving excellence in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Communicate effectively
- Know about company systems for dealing with conflict
- Know about different ways of managing conflict
Understand how to undertake proactive plant maintenance in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the purpose and objectives of proactive maintenance
- Know about the important role information and data play in proactive maintenance
- Identify and communicate improvements
Understand how to work effectively with others in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Work effectively in a team.
- Give and receive information to and from team colleagues.
- Work with team colleagues to improve the way work is done
Undertake proactive plant maintenance in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Identify opportunities for proactive maintenance
- Undertake proactive maintenance
- Implement improvements to practice by proactive maintenance
Work effectively with others in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Work effectively in a team
- Give and receive information to and from team colleagues
- Work with team colleagues to improve the way work is done
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.
Meet all twelve tutorsWhere this connects
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.
- Apply Quality Function Deployment (QFD) to support improvement in food and drink operations
- Apply Response Surface Methodology (RSM) to Support Improvement in Food and Drink Operations
- Apply Six Sigma methodology in food and drink operations
- Apply Six Sigma process mapping and metrics in food and drink operations
- Apply a single minute exchange of dies (SMED) system in food and drink operations
- Apply basic statistical analysis to support improvement in food and drink operations
- Apply flexible production and manpower systems to support improvement in food and drink operations
- Apply statistical process control (SPC) procedures to support improvement in food and drink operations
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 own work
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for Pearson EDI Level 2 Certificate for Proficiency in Food Manufacturing Excellence (QCF)
66 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson EDI.
- Contribute to compliance for achieving excellence in food operations
- Contribute to continuous improvement for achieving excellence in food operations
- Contribute to environmental safety in food operations
- Contribute to problem diagnosis in food manufacture
- Contribute to problem resolution in food manufacture
- Contribute to sustainable practice in food operations
and 60 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.