MP Awards · RQF Level 2
MPQC Level 2 Certificate for Non-Operational Staff in the Extractive and Minerals Processing Industries (QCF)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 2
- Total credits17
- Units in this qualification6
Awarded by MP Awards · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
These are the units MP Awards 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.
Health, Safety and Welfare for Non-Operational Staff in the Extractive and Minerals Processing IndustriesReal unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Know the basic requirements of health and safety legislation relevant to their employment.
- Know the general Health and Safety policies and Procedures covering employees at work.
- Know the welfare facilities that an employer must provide.
- Know the principle hazards and risks involved in an office environment.
- Handle article safely.
- Know the risks associated with haz
- 10) Know the Fire safety Emergency procedures.
- 11) Know the Health and Safety responsibilities for management.
- 12) Know the action to be taken in the event of an accident or dangerous occurrence.
Introduction to Asphalt for Distribution PersonnelReal unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Know the bitumen PEN grades
- Know the Constituent parts of asphalt
- Know the layers of asphalt in a pavement
- Know the different asphalt surface courses
- Know the site requirements for asphalt
- Know the use of special products in asphalt
- Describe Non Conforming product
- Know the principles of materials distribution .(logistics)
Introduction to Asphalt for Sales PersonnelReal unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the different bitumen PEN grades and their applications in asphalt production.
- Understand the constituent parts of asphalt, including bitumen, aggregates, and additives.
- Understand the different layers of asphalt in a pavement structure and their respective functions.
- Understand the characteristics and applications of different asphalt surface courses.
- Understand the site requirements for asphalt laying, including preparation and environmental considerations.
- Understand the use of special products and additives in asphalt to enhance its performance.
- Understand how to interpret a written enquiry for asphalt products and provide appropriate solutions.
Introduction to Concrete for Distribution PersonnelReal unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the Cement types in concrete
- Understand the Constituent parts of concrete
- Understand the chemical behaviour in fresh concrete
- Understand the designation of concrete mixes
- Understanding the site requirements for concrete
- Understand the use of special products in concrete
- Understand Non Conforming product
- Understand logistics
Introduction to Concrete for Sales PersonnelReal unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the different cement types used in concrete production, including their properties and applications.
- Understand the constituent parts of concrete, including cement, aggregates, water, and admixtures, and their roles in the mix.
- Understand the chemical behaviour in fresh concrete, including hydration, setting, and hardening processes.
- Understand the designation of concrete mixes, including the use of codes and standards to specify concrete properties.
- Understand the site requirements for concrete delivery, placement, and curing, including environmental considerations.
- Understand the use of special products in concrete, such as fibres, pigments, and additives, and their effects on concrete performance.
Principles of Aggregates, Asphalt and Concrete for Non-Operational Staff in the Extractive and Minerals Processing IndustriesReal unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Know the constituent parts of concrete
- Know the basic uses for concrete
- Know the safety aspects of handling fresh concrete
- Know the constituent parts of asphalt
- Know the common uses for asphalt
- Know the safety aspects of handling asphalt
- Know the basic types of aggregates
- Know the basic uses for aggregates in construction.
- Know the different methods of extracting aggregates.
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
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Where this can lead
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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 MPQC Level 2 Certificate for Non-Operational Staff in the Extractive and Minerals Processing Industries (QCF)
6 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by MP Awards.
- Health, Safety and Welfare for Non-Operational Staff in the Extractive and Minerals Processing Industries
- Introduction to Asphalt for Distribution Personnel
- Introduction to Asphalt for Sales Personnel
- Introduction to Concrete for Distribution Personnel
- Introduction to Concrete for Sales Personnel
- Principles of Aggregates, Asphalt and Concrete for Non-Operational Staff in the Extractive and Minerals Processing Industries
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.