Pearson Education Ltd · RQF Level 3
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Installation and Commissioning (QCF)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 3
- Total credits149
- Guided learning205.5 hours
- Units in this qualification45
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.
Carrying Out Fault Diagnosis on Escalator InstallationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Carry Out Fault Diagnosis on Escalator Installations
- 1b. Carry Out Fault Diagnosis on Escalator Installations(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Carry Out Fault Diagnosis on Escalator Installations
- 2b. Know how to Carry Out Fault Diagnosis on Escalator Installations(continued)
Carrying Out Fault Diagnosis on Lift InstallationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Carry Out Fault Diagnosis on Lift Installations
- 1b. Carry Out Fault Diagnosis on Lift Installations(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Carry Out Fault Diagnosis on Lift Installations
- 2b. Know how to Carry Out Fault Diagnosis on Lift Installations(continued)
Checking and Setting Lift InstallationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Check and Set Lift Installations
- 1b. Check and Set Lift Installations(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Check and Set Lift Installations
- 2b. Know how to Check and Set Lift Installations(continued)
Commissioning Air Conditioning and Ventilation Equipment and SystemsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Commission Air Conditioning and Ventilation Equipment and Systems
- 1b. Commission Air Conditioning and Ventilation Equipment and Systems(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Commission Air Conditioning and Ventilation Equipment and Systems
- 2b. Know how to Commission Air Conditioning and Ventilation Equipment and Systems(continued)
Commissioning Compressed Air Equipment and SystemsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Commission Compressed Air Equipment and Systems
- 1b. Commission Compressed Air Equipment and Systems(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Commission Compressed Air Equipment and Systems
- 2b. Know how to Commission Compressed Air Equipment and Systems(continued)
Commissioning Electrical/Electronic Equipment and SystemsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Commission Electrical/Electronic Equipment and Systems
- 1b. Commission Electrical/Electronic Equipment and Systems(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Commission Electrical/Electronic Equipment and Systems
- 2b. Know how to Commission Electrical/Electronic Equipment and Systems(continued)
Commissioning Emergency Electrical Power Generation Equipment and SystemsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Commission Emergency Electrical Power Generation Equipment and Systems
- 1b. Commission Emergency Electrical Power Generation Equipment and Systems(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Commission Emergency Electrical Power Generation Equipment and Systems
- 2b. Know how to Commission Emergency Electrical Power Generation Equipment and Systems(continued)
Commissioning Engineered SystemsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Commission Engineered Systems
- 1b. Commission Engineered Systems(continued)
- 1c. Commission Engineered Systems(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Commission Engineered Systems
- 2b. Know how to Commission Engineered Systems(continued)
Commissioning Environmental Pollution Control Equipment and SystemsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Commission Environmental Pollution Control Equipment and Systems
- 1b. Commission Environmental Pollution Control Equipment and Systems(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Commission Environmental Pollution Control Equipment and Systems
- 2b. Know how to Commission Environmental Pollution Control Equipment and Systems(continued)
Commissioning Escalator InstallationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Commission Escalator Installations
- 1b. Commission Escalator Installations(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Commission Escalator Installations
- 2b. Know how to Commission Escalator Installations(continued)
Commissioning Fluid Power Equipment and SystemsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Commission Fluid Power Equipment and Systems
- 1b. Commission Fluid Power Equipment and Systems(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Commission Fluid Power Equipment and Systems
- 2b. Know how to Commission Fluid Power Equipment and Systems(continued)
Commissioning Fresh Water Distribution Equipment and SystemsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Commission Fresh Water Distribution Equipment and Systems
- 1b. Commission Fresh Water Distribution Equipment and Systems(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Commission Fresh Water Distribution Equipment and Systems
- 2b. Know how to Commission Fresh Water Distribution Equipment and Systems(continued)
Commissioning Heating and Ventilation Equipment and SystemsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Commission Heating and Ventilation Equipment and Systems
- 1b. Commission Heating and Ventilation Equipment and Systems(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Commission Heating and Ventilation Equipment and Systems
- 2b. Know how to Commission Heating and Ventilation Equipment and Systems(continued)
Commissioning Instrumentation and Control Equipment and SystemsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Commission Instrumentation and Control Equipment and Systems
- 1b. Commission Instrumentation and Control Equipment and Systems(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Commission Instrumentation and Control Equipment and Systems
- 2b. Know how to Commission Instrumentation and Control Equipment and Systems(continued)
Commissioning Mechanical Equipment and SystemsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Commission Mechanical Equipment and Systems
- 1b. Commission Mechanical Equipment and Systems(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Commission Mechanical Equipment and Systems
- 2b. Know how to Commission Mechanical Equipment and Systems(continued)
Commissioning Process Controller Equipment and SystemsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Commission Process Controller Equipment and Systems
- 1b. Commission Process Controller Equipment and Systems(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Commission Process Controller Equipment and Systems
- 2b. Know how to Commission Process Controller Equipment and Systems(continued)
Commissioning Refrigeration Equipment and SystemsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Commission Refrigeration Equipment and Systems
- 1b. Commission Refrigeration Equipment and Systems(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Commission Refrigeration Equipment and Systems
- 2b. Know how to Commission Refrigeration Equipment and Systems(continued)
Commissioning Waste/Foul Water Distribution Equipment and SystemsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Commission Waste/Foul Water Distribution Equipment and Systems
- 1b. Commission Waste/Foul Water Distribution Equipment and Systems(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Commission Waste/Foul Water Distribution Equipment and Systems
- 2b. Know how to Commission Waste/Foul Water Distribution Equipment and Systems(continued)
Commissioning Workplace Environmental Control Equipment and SystemsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Commission Workplace Environmental Control Equipment and Systems
- 1b. Commission Workplace Environmental Control Equipment and Systems(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Commission Workplace Environmental Control Equipment and Systems
- 2b. Know how to Commission Workplace Environmental Control Equipment and Systems(continued)
Complying with statutory regulations and organisational safety requirementsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Comply with statutory regulations and organisational safety requirements
- Comply with statutory regulations and organisational safety requirements
Handing Over and Confirming Completion of Installation or Commissioning ActivitiesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Hand Over and Confirm Completion of Installation or Commissioning Activities
- 1b. Hand Over and Confirm Completion of Installation or Commissioning Activities(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Hand Over and Confirm Completion of Installation or Commissioning Activities
- 2b. Know how to Hand Over and Confirm Completion of Installation or Commissioning Activities(continued)
Installing Air Conditioning and Ventilation EquipmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Install Air Conditioning and Ventilation Equipment
- 1b. Install Air Conditioning and Ventilation Equipment(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Install Air Conditioning and Ventilation Equipment
- 2b. Know how to Install Air Conditioning and Ventilation Equipment (continued)
Installing Compressed Air EquipmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Install Compressed Air Equipment
- 1b. Install Compressed Air Equipment(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Install Compressed Air Equipment
- 2b. Know how to Install Compressed Air Equipment(continued)
Installing Electrical/Electronic EquipmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Install Electrical/Electronic Equipment
- 1b. Install Electrical/Electronic Equipment(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Install Electrical/Electronic Equipment
- 2b. Know how to Install Electrical/Electronic Equipment(continued)
Installing Emergency Electrical Power Generation EquipmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Install Emergency Electrical Power Generation Equipment
- 1b. Install Emergency Electrical Power Generation Equipment(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Install Emergency Electrical Power Generation Equipment
- 2b. Know how to Install Emergency Electrical Power Generation Equipment(continued)
Installing Environmental Pollution Control EquipmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Install Environmental Pollution Control Equipment
- 1b. Install Environmental Pollution Control Equipment(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Install Environmental Pollution Control Equipment
- 2b. Know how to Install Environmental Pollution Control Equipment(continued)
Installing Equipment to Produce an Engineered SystemReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Install Equipment to Produce an Engineered System
- 1b. Install Equipment to Produce an Engineered System(continued)
- 1c. Install Equipment to Produce an Engineered System(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Install Equipment to Produce an Engineered System
- 2b. Know how to Install Equipment to Produce an Engineered System(continued)
Installing Escalator EquipmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Install Escalator Equipment
- 1b. Install Escalator Equipment(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Install Escalator Equipment
- 2b. Know how to Install Escalator Equipment(continued)
Installing Fluid Power EquipmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Install Fluid Power Equipment
- 1b. Install Fluid Power Equipment(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Install Fluid Power Equipment
- 2b. Know how to Install Fluid Power Equipment(continued)
Installing Fresh Water Distribution EquipmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Install Fresh Water Distribution Equipment
- 1b. Install Fresh Water Distribution Equipment(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Install Fresh Water Distribution Equipment
- 2b. Know how to Install Fresh Water Distribution Equipment(continued)
Installing Heating and Ventilation EquipmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Install Heating and Ventilation Equipment
- 1b. Install Heating and Ventilation Equipment(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Install Heating and Ventilation Equipment
- 2b. Know how to Install Heating and Ventilation Equipment(continued)
Installing Hydraulic Lift EquipmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Install Hydraulic Lift Equipment
- 1b. Install Hydraulic Lift Equipment(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Install Hydraulic Lift Equipment
- 2b. Know how to Install Hydraulic Lift Equipment(continued)
Installing Instrumentation and Control EquipmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Install Instrumentation and Control Equipment
- 1b. Install Instrumentation and Control Equipment(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Install Instrumentation and Control Equipment
- 2b. Know how to Install Instrumentation and Control Equipment(continued)
Installing Lift Doors, Frames and Ancillary ComponentsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Install Lift Doors, Frames and Ancillary Components
- 1b. Install Lift Doors, Frames and Ancillary Components(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Install Lift Doors, Frames and Ancillary Components
- 2b. Know how to Install Lift Doors, Frames and Ancillary Components(continued)
Installing Lift Ropes and ChainsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Install Lift Ropes and Chains
- 1b. Install Lift Ropes and Chains(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Install Lift Ropes and Chains
- 2b. Know how to Install Lift Ropes and Chains(continued)
Installing Lift Well and Ancillary EquipmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Install Lift Well and Ancillary Equipment
- 1b. Install Lift Well and Ancillary Equipment(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Install Lift Well and Ancillary Equipment
- 2b. Know how to Install Lift Well and Ancillary Equipment(continued)
Installing Mechanical EquipmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Install Mechanical Equipment
- 1b. Install Mechanical Equipment(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Install Mechanical Equipment
- 2b. Know how to Install Mechanical Equipment(continued)
Installing Process Controller EquipmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Install Process Controller Equipment
- 1b. Install Process Controller Equipment(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Install Process Controller Equipment
- 2b. Know how to Install Process Controller Equipment(continued)
Installing Refrigeration EquipmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Install Refrigeration Equipment
- 1b. Install Refrigeration Equipment(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Install Refrigeration Equipment
- 2b. Know how to Install Refrigeration Equipment(continued)
Installing Traction Lift EquipmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Install Traction Lift Equipment
- 1b. Install Traction Lift Equipment(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Install Traction Lift Equipment
- 2b. Know how to Install Traction Lift Equipment(continued)
Installing Waste/Foul Water Distribution EquipmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Install Waste/Foul Water Distribution Equipment
- 1b. Install Waste/Foul Water Distribution Equipment(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Install Waste/Foul Water Distribution Equipment
- 2b. Know how to Install Waste/Foul Water Distribution Equipment(continued)
Installing Workplace Environmental Control EquipmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Install Workplace Environmental Control Equipment
- 1b. Install Workplace Environmental Control Equipment(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Install Workplace Environmental Control Equipment
- 2b. Know how to Install Workplace Environmental Control Equipment(continued)
Measuring and Setting Out Lift InstallationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Measure and Setting Out Lift Installations
- 1b. Measure and Setting Out Lift Installations(continued)
- 2a. Know how to Measure and Setting Out Lift Installations
- 2b. Know how to Measure and Setting Out Lift Installations(continued)
Using and interpreting engineering data and documentationReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Use and interpret engineering data and documentation
- Use and interpret engineering data and documentation
Working efficiently and effectively in engineeringReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Work efficiently and effectively in engineering
- Work efficiently and effectively in engineering
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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.
- Assisting in the installation of compressed air equipment
- Assisting in the installation of emergency electrical power generation equipment
- Carrying out fault diagnosis on escalator installations
- Carrying out fault diagnosis on lift installations
- Checking and setting lift installations
- Commission Refrigeration Systems
- Commission air conditioning and heat pump systems
- Commission building services engineering installations
Where this can lead
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Your journey here isn't just a job; it's a career. We're committed to helping you grow, whether that's becoming a deeper technical expert, leading a team, or eventually shaping the strategic direction of our compliance efforts. Let's build something great, and compliant, together.
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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 Edexcel Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Installation and Commissioning (QCF)
45 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson Education Ltd.
- Carrying Out Fault Diagnosis on Escalator Installations
- Carrying Out Fault Diagnosis on Lift Installations
- Checking and Setting Lift Installations
- Commissioning Air Conditioning and Ventilation Equipment and Systems
- Commissioning Compressed Air Equipment and Systems
- Commissioning Electrical/Electronic Equipment and Systems
and 39 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.
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