Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited · RQF Level 2
EAL Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 2
- Total credits54
- Guided learning215 hours
- Units in this qualification49
Awarded by Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
The EAL Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering is an occupational qualification. It allows learners to demonstrate competence in mechanical manufacturing engineering, including operating machinery and producing assemblies.
These are the units Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited 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.
Applying Surface Finishes to Composite MouldingsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Apply surface finishes to composite mouldings to the required standards
- Demonstrate the correct procedures for applying surface finishes to composite mouldings
- Understand the principles of applying surface finishes to composite mouldings
Assembling Electrical or Electronic Components to Mechanical EquipmentReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Assemble electrical or electronic components to mechanical equipment following engineering drawings and specifications
- Know the correct methods for assembling electrical or electronic components to mechanical equipment, including wiring and connection techniques
Assembling Fluid Power Components to Mechanical EquipmentReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Assemble fluid power components to mechanical equipment
- Assemble fluid power components to mechanical equipment
Assembling Pipework Components to Mechanical EquipmentReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Assemble pipework components to mechanical equipment
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to assemble pipework components to mechanical equipment
Bonding Composite MouldingsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Bond composite mouldings in accordance with workplace procedures
- Know the procedures for bonding composite mouldings, including health and safety requirements
Carrying Out Inspection Activities on Optical ComponentsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Carry out inspection activities on optical components.
- Describe how to carry out inspection activities on optical components.
Carrying Out Repairs to Composite MouldingsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Carry out repairs to composite mouldings
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to carry out repairs to composite mouldings
Complying with Statutory Regulations and Organisational Safety RequirementsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Comply with statutory regulations and safety requirements.
Identifying Defects in Composite MouldingsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Identify defects in composite mouldings.
- Describe how to identify defects in composite mouldings.
Operating Broaching MachinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate broaching machines
- Operate broaching machines
Operating CNC Aspheric Optical and Diamond Turning MachinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate CNC aspheric optical and diamond turning machines
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to operate CNC aspheric optical and diamond turning machines
Operating CNC Electro-Discharge MachinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate CNC electro-discharge machines
- Operate CNC electro-discharge machines
Operating CNC Gear Cutting MachinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate CNC gear cutting machines
- Operate CNC gear cutting machines
Operating CNC Grinding MachinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate CNC grinding machines
- Operate CNC grinding machines
Operating CNC Laser Profiling MachinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate CNC laser profiling machines
- Operate CNC laser profiling machines
Operating CNC Machining CentresReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate CNC machining centres effectively
- Demonstrate the correct procedures for operating CNC machining centres
- Understand the principles of operating CNC machining centres
Operating CNC Milling MachinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate CNC milling machines effectively and safely
- Demonstrate the ability to operate CNC milling machines in a variety of contexts
- Understand the procedures for operating CNC milling machines
- Know the safety precautions required when operating CNC milling machines
Operating CNC Optical Grinding and Polishing MachinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate CNC optical grinding and polishing machines according to specified parameters
- Understand the procedures for operating CNC optical grinding and polishing machines, including programming and quality control
Operating CNC Punching MachinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate CNC punching machines
- Operate CNC punching machines
Operating CNC Turning MachinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate CNC turning machines
- Operate CNC turning machines
Operating Capstan or Turret LathesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate capstan or turret lathes
- Operate capstan or turret lathes
Operating Centre LathesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate centre lathes
- Operate centre lathes
Operating Electro-Discharge MachinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate electro-discharge machines
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to operate electro-discharge machines
Operating Gear Cutting MachinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate gear cutting machines effectively
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to operate gear cutting machines
Operating Gear Grinding MachinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate gear grinding machines effectively
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to operate gear grinding machines
Operating Grinding MachinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate grinding machines.
- Describe how to operate grinding machines.
Operating Honing and Lapping MachinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate honing and lapping machines
- Operate honing and lapping machines
Operating Infra-Red/Special Material Lens Process MachinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate infra-red/special material lens process machines
- Operate infra-red/special material lens process machines
Operating Milling MachinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate milling machines effectively and safely
- Demonstrate the ability to operate milling machines in a variety of contexts
- Understand the procedures for operating milling machines
- Know the safety precautions required when operating milling machines
Operating Multi-Spindle Automatic Turning MachinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate multi-spindle automatic turning machines.
- Describe how to operate multi-spindle automatic turning machines.
Operating Optical Cylinder and Dome Process MachinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate optical cylinder and dome process machines
- Operate optical cylinder and dome process machines
Operating Optical Glass Lens Process MachinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate optical glass lens process machines according to manufacturing guidelines
- Understand the procedures for operating optical glass lens process machines, including machine setup and process monitoring
Operating Optical Plastic Process MachinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate optical plastic process machines effectively and safely
- Demonstrate the ability to operate optical plastic process machines in a variety of contexts
- Understand the procedures for operating optical plastic process machines
- Know the safety precautions required when operating optical plastic process machines
Operating Optical Prism and Flat Process MachinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate optical prism and flat process machines
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to operate optical prism and flat process machines
Operating Power PressesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate power presses safely and effectively
- Demonstrate the correct procedures for operating power presses
- Understand the principles of operating power presses and associated safety requirements
Operating Shaping, Planing or Slotting MachinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate shaping, planing or slotting machines effectively and safely
- Demonstrate the ability to operate shaping, planing or slotting machines in a variety of contexts
- Understand the procedures for operating shaping, planing or slotting machines
- Know the safety precautions required when operating shaping, planing or slotting machines
Operating Single Spindle Automatic Turning MachinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate single spindle automatic turning machines
- Operate single spindle automatic turning machines
Operating Single and Multi-Spindle Drilling MachinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate single and multi-spindle drilling machines
- Operate single and multi-spindle drilling machines
Operating Special-Purpose MachinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate special-purpose machines according to established procedures
- Understand the procedures for operating special-purpose machines, including safety protocols and machine maintenance
Operating Vacuum Coating Optical Process MachinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate vacuum coating optical process machines
- Operate vacuum coating optical process machines
Producing Components by Acrylic MouldingReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Produce components by acrylic moulding
- Produce components by acrylic moulding
Producing Composite AssembliesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Produce composite assemblies
- Produce composite assemblies
Producing Composite Mouldings using Pre-Preg Laminating TechniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Produce composite mouldings using pre-preg laminating techniques
- Produce composite mouldings using pre-preg laminating techniques
Producing Composite Mouldings using Wet Lay-up TechniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Produce composite mouldings using wet lay-up techniques to the required standards
- Demonstrate the procedures for producing composite mouldings using wet lay-up techniques
- Understand the processes involved in producing composite mouldings using wet lay-up techniques
Producing Mechanical Sub-Assemblies/AssembliesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Produce mechanical sub-assemblies and assemblies to the required standards
- Demonstrate the procedures for producing mechanical sub-assemblies and assemblies
- Understand the processes involved in producing mechanical sub-assemblies and assemblies
Trimming Composite Mouldings using Hand ToolsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Trim composite mouldings using hand tools
- Trim composite mouldings using hand tools
Using and Interpreting Engineering Data and DocumentsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Use engineering data and documents effectively.
Vacuum Forming Composite MaterialsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Vacuum form composite materials.
- Describe how to vacuum form composite materials.
Working Efficiently and Effectively in EngineeringReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate efficient work practices in engineering.
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
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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.
- Applying surface finishes to composite mouldings
- Assemble Electrical Equipment and Systems in Engineering Construction
- Assembling Pipework Components to Mechanical Equipment
- Assembling electrical or electronic components to mechanical equipment
- Assembling fluid power components to mechanical equipment
- Assembling fluid power equipment
- Bond UV Glass
- Bonding Composite Mouldings
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
This unit enables learners to apply surface finishes to composite mouldings by preparing surfaces, applying finishes according to specifications, inspecting for defects, and achieving the required appearance.
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for EAL Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering
49 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited.
- Applying Surface Finishes to Composite Mouldings
- Assembling Electrical or Electronic Components to Mechanical Equipment
- Assembling Fluid Power Components to Mechanical Equipment
- Assembling Pipework Components to Mechanical Equipment
- Bonding Composite Mouldings
- Carrying Out Inspection Activities on Optical Components
and 43 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.