Pearson EDI · RQF Level 3
Pearson EDI Level 3 Diploma in Principles of Food Industry Skills (QCF)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 3
- Total credits37
- Guided learning120 hours
- Units in this qualification92
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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.
Bidding for WorkReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare a bid about products or services.
- Understand the purposes of proposals and quotations.
- Ensure security around tendering for work.
Build business relationshipsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to establish and improve business relationships to support your business
- Understand how to build and improve your customer relationships
- Understand how to build and maintain your business and customer relationships based on respect and trust
Carry Out Plans for a BusinessReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Implement business plans.
- Monitor business plans.
- Evaluate and revise business plans.
Carry out Banking for a BusinessReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know the types of banking facilities available for a business.
- Open and operate a bank account for a business.
- Monitor the operation of a business bank account.
Choose supplies and suppliers for your businessReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to prepare and monitor a schedule of the supplies needed for your business
- Understand how achieve best value when buying supplies for your business
- Understand how to manage and control business supplies to maximise the profitability of your business
Create a vision for your businessReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the relationship between the vision and values of your business
- Understand the challenges and opportunities in a business environment
- Understand how to take calculated risks to improve your business
Demonstrate bake and post-bake craft skills in almond and sugar-based flour confectioneryReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Bake and cool almond and sugar-based products
- Prepare and finish almond and sugar-based products
- Wrap and label almond and sugar-based products
- Pack almond and sugar-based products for despatch
- Understand how to bake and post-bake almond and sugar-based products
Demonstrate bake and post-bake craft skills in cake and sponge flour confectioneryReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Bake and cool cake and sponge products
- Prepare and finish cake and sponge products
- Wrap and label cake and sponge products
- Pack cake and sponge products for despatch
- Understand how to bake and post-bake cake and sponge products
Demonstrate bake and post-bake craft skills in pastry based flour confectioneryReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Bake and cool pastry based products
- Prepare and finish pastry based products
- Wrap and label pastry based products
- Pack pastry based products for despatch
- Understand how to bake and post-bake pastry based products
Demonstrate cake decoration craft skills in making fondantReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Plan and prepare equipment and materials for making fondant
- Make fondant
- Store fondant
- Understand how to make fondant
Demonstrate cake decoration craft skills in techniques with royal icingReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Plan and prepare equipment and materials for decorating with royal icing
- Produce and apply decorative royal icing set pieces using craft decorative and specialist techniques
- Understand how to use royal icing techniques
Demonstrate cake decoration craft skills in techniques with sugar pasteReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Plan and prepare equipment and materials for decoration with sugar paste
- Produce and apply sugar craft decorative techniques
- Colour, shade and paint sugar paste to complete decorative techniques
- Understand how to use craft sugar paste techniques
Demonstrate cake decoration design skills in techniques with royal icingReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Research designs and ideas in royal icing cake decoration
- Produce technical drawings and specifications for royal icing cake decoration
- Finalise colour, shade and paint requirements for royal icing cake decoration
- Understand how to design royal icing cakes
Demonstrate cake decoration design skills in techniques with sugar pasteReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Research designs and ideas in sugar paste cake decoration
- Produce technical drawings and specifications for sugar paste cake decoration
- Finalise colour, shade and paint requirements for sugar paste cake decoration
- Understand how to design sugar paste cakes
Demonstrate pre-bake craft skills in almond and sugar-based flour confectioneryReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Select, weigh and measure ingredients for almond and sugar-based products
- Prepare and mix almond and sugar-based products
- Deposit and process almond and sugar-based products
- Understand how to pre-bake process almond and sugar-based products
Demonstrate pre-bake craft skills in cake and sponge flour confectioneryReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Select, weigh and measure ingredients for cake and sponge
- Prepare and mix cake and sponge batters
- Deposit, sheet and pipe cake and sponge mixtures
- Understand how to pre-bake process cake and sponge
Demonstrate pre-bake craft skills in pastry based flour confectioneryReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Select, weigh and measure ingredients for pastry based products
- Prepare and mix pastry based doughs
- Roll, cut out, portion and fill pastry based doughs
- Understand how to pre-bake process pastry based doughs
Demonstrate pre-bake skills in craft breadmakingReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Select, weigh and measure ingredients for craft bread products
- Prepare and mix dough for craft bread products
- Portion, shape and mould craft bread products
- Tray up and slip craft bread products
- Understand how to pre-bake process craft bread products
Demonstrate pre-bake skills in craft enriched doughs and morning goodsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Select, weigh and measure ingredients for craft enriched doughs and morning goods
- Prepare and mix dough for craft enriched doughs and morning goods
- Portion, shape, mould and process craft enriched doughs and morning goods
- Tray up craft enriched doughs and morning goods
- Understand how to pre-bake process craft enriched doughs and morning goods
Demonstrate skills in proving and baking craft fermented dough productsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prove craft fermented dough products
- Bake craft fermented dough products
- Cool craft fermented dough products
- Understand how to prove and bake craft fermented dough products
Improving the Quality of Products or ServicesReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate customer expectations in relation to the quality of products and services
- Establish quality improvement targets to give the business a competitive edge
- Monitor and improve quality.
Invest Capital in a BusinessReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to decide to invest capital in a business.
- Understand the risks involved in making an investment in a business.
- Understand how a capital investment can affect a business.
Keeping Up to Date with Current Legislation in a BusinessReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Comply with current legal requirements for the business.
- Understand the importance of setting terms and conditions that meet legal requirements.
Making Business PresentationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Make a business presentation.
- Secure agreements on the business presentation.
Manage Own Time and EfficiencyReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate own work effectiveness and efficiency.
- Set targets to improve own time management skills.
- Monitor time management skills and work effectiveness.
Managing Succession for the Family BusinessReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Discuss and decide options for succession in a family business.
- Make plans for succession in the business.
Plan how to let customers know about products or servicesReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Review the market for the business’s products or services.
- Produce a plan for marketing the business’s products or services.
- Make plans for regular monitoring and reviewing of marketing performance.
Plan to sell your product or serviceReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to assess the market for selling your product or service
- Understand the importance of setting sales targets for your business
Prepare a plan for your businessReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to prepare a plan for your business
- Understand how to integrate the elements of your business plan
Principles of Mechanical Dough Development _MDD_ using spiral mixingReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the background and rationale for MDD process development
- Understand the role of MDD ingredients
- Understand the performance features of the MDD process
- Understand the advantages and the MDD process
Principles of a balanced dietReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the food components of a balanced diet
- Understand the common sources of food components
- Understand the importance of dietary regimes
Principles of appearance and texture in food technologyReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the role of appearance and texture in food and drink products
- Understand the importance of quality in the appearance and texture of food and drink products
Principles of aseptic packaging in food technologyReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the definition and hermetic sealing of aseptic packaging
- Understand the UHT milk processing as an example of aseptic packaging technology
- Understand the factors influencing support for transport efficiency
Principles of bar coding in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the form and data capture of bar codes
- Understand the infrastructure required to implement and maintain bar coding
- Understand the organisation and control of bar coding
Principles of bulk size reduction of produce and food materialsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the rationale and purpose of bulk size reduction
- Understand the purpose and characteristics of crushing and grinding processes in bulk size reduction
- Understand the purpose and characteristics of cutting, dicing and shredding processes in bulk size reduction
- Understand the purpose and methodology of pulping in bulk size reduction
Principles of carbohydrate biochemistry in food scienceReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the types of carbohydrates
- Understand the structure of carbohydrates
- Understand the functions of carbohydrates
Principles of carbohydrate functionality in food scienceReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of carbohydrates
- Understand the functionality of carbohydrates
- Understand the technical application of carbohydrates
Principles of cleaning raw food materialsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the rationale for cleaning and separation technology
- Understand the processes for cleaning raw food materials without using water
- Understand the processes for cleaning raw food materials using water
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 dairy products in bakeryReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the chemical composition of milk
- Understand pasteurisation and sterilisation of milk
- Understand how milk products are produced
- Understand the structure and properties of dairy based emulsifiers
Principles of dough fermentation and process controlReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the features and role of yeast in fermentation
- Understand the enzyme action of dough in the fermentation process
- Understand the function of yeast in dough development
- Understand the factors affecting the rate of fermentation in dough
Principles of effective communication in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of communicating effectively in food operations
- Understand how to communicate to different audiences in food operations
- Understand types of confidential information in food operations
Principles of egg and egg products in bakeryReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the chemical composition of egg
- Understand the processing of egg products for bakery
- Understand the functional properties of egg products
Principles of engineering maintenance in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the commissioning of food plant and equipment
- Understand the importance of engineering maintenance in food operations
- Understand the engineering maintenance needs of plant and equipment
- Understand the completion of maintenance and the handover of food plant and equipment for operations
Principles of fats and oils in bakeryReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the chemical structure of fats and oils
- Understand the properties of fats and oils used in bakery processing
- Understand the composition of fats and oils in bakery raw material
- Understand how fats and oils deteriorate and how this can be prevented
- Understand the function of emulsifiers and stabilisers in bakery processing
Principles of flavours in food technologyReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of taste flavours
- Understand the principles of odour flavours
- Understand the chemical structure and characteristics of flavours
Principles of flour in bakeryReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the composition of wheat flour
- Understand the quality control tests for wheat flour components
- Understand the quality control parametres of wheat flour
- Understand the functionality of wheat flour additives
Principles of food data analysis in food and drinkReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose of data analysis
- Understand the types of data analysis
- Understand how to record and present food data
Principles of food labelling in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose and regulation of labelling
- Understand how labelling contributes to nutritional awareness and product quality
- Understand the business use of food labelling
Principles of food policy and regulationReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to describe food policy and regulation
- Understand how to develop food policy and procedures
- Monitor food policies
Principles of food scienceReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand food science principles
- Understand food testing and analysis techniques
- Understand how to interpret food testing and analysis of results
Principles of freezing methods in food technologyReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how the freezing process preserves and stores foods
- Understand the technical aspects of freezing on foods
- Understand freezing methods in food technology
- Understand the cold chain distribution of frozen foods
Principles of functional food additives in food technologyReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose, value and approval of food additives
- Understand the functional characteristics of anticaking agents, antioxidants and buffers
- Understand the functional characteristics of enzymes, firming/crisping agents, humectants and sequestrants
- Understand the functional characteristics of preservatives
- Understand the functional characteristics of the nutritive group of food additives
Principles of gelatine biochemistry in food scienceReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the uses of gelatine in food science
- Understand the structure of gelatine
- Understand the functions of gel and sol
- Understand the technical application of gelatine
Principles of homogenisation in food technologyReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of homogenisation in food processing
- Understand how emulsifiers work in food processing
- Understand how pressure homogenisers are used in food processing
- Understand how colloidal mills are used in food processing
Principles of human biology and food conversionReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the role of the human alimentary system
- Understand the principles of human biology
- Understand the principles of food conversion
- Understand the role of food energy within the body
Principles of human food nutritionReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the nutritional requirements of the human body
- Understand the importance of nutrition in society
- Understand the role of the UK Food Standards Agency
Principles of lipid biochemistry in food scienceReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the group and properties of lipids
- Understand the structure and properties of fatty acids
- Understand hydrogenation
Principles of lipid functionality in food scienceReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the absorption and saturation of lipids
- Understand the characteristics of lipid functionality
- Understand the technical application of lipids
Principles of microbiology in food technologyReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the classification and assessment of micro-organisms in food and drink processing
- Understand food poisoning viruses and relevant food processing control measures
- Understand food poisoning bacteria and relevant food processing control measures
- Understand the micro-organisms which cause food spoilage and relevant food processing control measures
- Understand the characteristics of useful food processing micro-organisms
Principles of mineral biochemistry in food scienceReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the sources of minerals
- Understand the structures of minerals
- Understand the technical application of minerals
Principles of mineral functionality in food scienceReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose of minerals
- Understand the characteristics of mineral functionality
Principles of mixing flour confectionery and process controlReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the aeration of batter mixtures
- Understand the aeration of foam mixtures
- Understand how scone doughs are developed
- Understand how pastry doughs are developed
Principles of monitoring and assessing risks in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand health and safety legislation and workplace policies and procedures for food operations
- Understand risks and hazards in food operations
- Understand how to conduct risk assessments in the workplace
Principles of oven baking bakery productsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose and function of steam in baking
- Understand the application and advantages of types of baking ovens
- Understand how heat energy changes products during baking
- Understand the importance of product handling after baking
Principles of packaging in bakeryReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the manufacture of sustainable bakery packaging
- Understand the manufacture and functionality of plastic bakery packaging
- Understand the technical product needs for different types of packaging
- Understand the importance of packaging in product promotion
Principles of paper and board packaging in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the sources and business uses of paper and board packaging
- Understand paper processing and its suitability as a packaging material
- Understand board processing and its suitability as a packaging material
- Understand the promotional role and disposal arrangements for paper and board packaging
Principles of pigments in food technologyReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the role of pigments in food
- Understand the structure, characteristics and sources of isoprenoid derived pigments
- Understand the structure, characteristics and sources of tetrapyrrole derived pigments
- Understand the structure, characteristics and sources of benzopyran derived pigments
- Understand food colour additives
Principles of plastic and cellulose films in food and drinkReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the sources and business use of plastic and cellulose films
- Understand cellulose processing and its suitability as a packaging film
- Understand polythene based processing and suitability as packaging film
- Understand polycarbonate based processing and suitability as packaging material
- Understand the promotional role and disposal arrangements for plastic and cellulose based packaging
Principles of preparing and handling bakery finishing materialsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the composition and properties of fat-based finishing media
- Understand the composition and properties of sugar-based finishing media
- Understand how nuts and fruits are prepared for finishing
- Understand how to diagnose common faults in finishing media
Principles of product development in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to obtain and use market research in product development
- Understand how to develop test samples
- Understand how to manage production trials
- Understand how to evaluate the outcome of production trials
- Understand how to develop product specifications
Principles of protein biochemistry in food scienceReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand amino acids
- Understand the importance of essential amino acids
- Understand factors affecting protein
Principles of protein functionality in food scienceReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose of protein
- Understand the characteristics of protein functionality
- Understand the technical application of protein
Principles of quality in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of controlling product quality in food operations
- Understand how to monitor quality
- Understand how to conduct quality audits
Principles of quality sampling and testing in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the requirements of sampling for quality control
- Understand how to prepare for sampling
- Understand the procedures for sampling for quality control
- Understand how to feedback test outcomes
Principles of raw food materials in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand sources and functional role of raw materials used in food operations
- Understand supply and production of raw food materials
- Understand the use of additives in raw food materials
Principles of resource and financial control in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand resources in food operations
- Understand monitoring and control procedures for the use of resources in food operations
- Understand financial cost control procedures in food operations
Principles of retarding and proving dough and process controlReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the advantages and technical function of retarding dough
- Understand the technical function of recovering dough
- Understand the technical function of proving dough
- Understand the causes of common faults in retarded dough
Principles of rheological characteristics in food technologyReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of rheology for food and drink products
- Understand the characteristics of rheology
- Understand how to measure rheological characteristics
Principles of salt and dough conditioners/improvers in bakeryReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the chemical functionality of salt in bakery processing
- Understand the functionality of oxidants and reducing agents as conditioners/improvers
- Understand the functionality of soya flour as a conditioner/improver
- Understand the functionality of fat as a conditioner/improver
- Understand the functionality of emulsifiers as dough conditioners/improvers
- Understand the functionality of yeast nutrients and fermentation aids as dough conditioners/improvers
Principles of sorting and grading produce and food materialsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the definitions and rationale for sorting and grading food materials
- Understand equipment and methods used for sorting food materials
- Understand the quality factors used in grading food materials
Principles of sugars and starches in bakeryReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the chemical structure of sugars and starches
- Understand the properties of sugars and starches in bakery processing
- Understand the enzymic breakdown of sugars and starches in bakery processing
- Understand the structure and function of vegetable gums in bakery processing
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 the Bulk Fermentation Process _BFP_Real unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of the BFP as a bread-making method
- Understand the role of BFP ingredients
- Understand the performance features of the BFP
- Understand the advantages and variations of the BFP
Principles of the Chorleywood Bread Process _CBP_Real unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the background and rationale for CBP development
- Understand the role of CBP ingredients
- Understand the performance features of the CBP
- Understand the advantages and classification of the CBP
Principles of using Information Communication Technology _ICT_ and Management Information Systems _MIS_ in food technologyReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand ICT and MIS systems used within food and drink businesses
- Understand how ICT and MIS systems are used within food and drink businesses
Principles of vitamin biochemistry in food scienceReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the vitamins and their classification
- Understand the structure of vitamins
- Understand the technical application of vitamins
Principles of water functionality in food scienceReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of water functionality
- Understand the characteristics of water
- Understand how vapour, surface tension and pH effect functionality
- Understand the physical properties of water
Principles of weights and measures in food technologyReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the legal and regulatory requirements for weighing and measuring food and drink products
- Understand the processes of weighing and measuring food and drink products
- Understand how to quality assure the weighing and measuring of food and drink products
Principles of yeast biology for food and drinkReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the cellular structure and functionality of the yeast cell
- Understand how yeast cells reproduce
- Understand the process and function of yeast fermentation
- Understand how yeast is manufactured and the functionality of yeast types
The Principles of Food Safety Supervision for ManufacturingReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how food business operators can ensure compliance with food safety legislation.
- Understand the application and monitoring of good hygiene practice
- Understand how to implement food safety management procedures
- Understand the role of supervision in food safety management procedures
The Principles of HACCP for Food ManufacturingReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of HACCP based food safety management procedures
- Understand the preliminary processes for HACCP based procedures
- Understand how to develop HACCP based food safety management procedures
- Understand how to implement HACCP based food safety management procedures
- Understand how to evaluate HACCP based procedures
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 3 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.
Bidding for WorkBuild business relationshipsCarry Out Plans for a BusinessCarry out Banking for a BusinessChoose supplies and suppliers for your businessCreate a vision for your businessDemonstrate bake and post-bake craft skills in almond and sugar-based flour confectioneryDemonstrate bake and post-bake craft skills in cake and sponge flour confectionery
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
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Where these credits take you
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Pearson EDI Level 3 Diploma in Principles of Food Industry Skills (QCF)
- Benchmark a food and drink product against competition
- Develop an organisational policy in a food and drink business
- Evaluate market intelligence to inform food and drink product development
- Manage succession for your business
- Manage succession in a food and drink business
- Plan and manage a product development trial in a food and drink business
- Principles of Appearance and Texture in Food Technology
- Principles of Aseptic Packaging in Food Technology
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.
Benchmark a food and drink product against competitionDevelop an organisational policy in a food and drink businessEvaluate market intelligence to inform food and drink product developmentManage succession for your businessManage succession in a food and drink businessPlan and manage a product development trial in a food and drink businessPrinciples of Appearance and Texture in Food TechnologyPrinciples of Aseptic Packaging in Food TechnologyPrinciples of Bar Coding in Food and DrinkPrinciples of Carbohydrate Biochemistry in Food SciencePrinciples of Carbohydrate Functionality in Food SciencePrinciples of Colloid Chemistry in Food TechnologyPrinciples of Dairy SciencePrinciples of Fermentation in Food TechnologyPrinciples of Flavours in Food TechnologyPrinciples of Freezing Methods in Food TechnologyPrinciples of Gelatine Biochemistry in Food SciencePrinciples of Homogenisation in Food Technology+24 more
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.
One-to-one, on your real workNo lectures, no past-papers. Every unit is practised on the actual tasks your job throws at you, a tutor beside you, not a video in front of you.
Taught to the top, not the testMost courses stop at remembering. Your companion keeps climbing: analysing, judging, creating. That’s the part a machine can’t do for you.
Credits you keep, a map that continuesEvery unit is regulated and yours for good. The day you finish, Zavmo already knows the next role your new credits open.
Applied to your own work
How the thinking builds
- Remember
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- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for Pearson EDI Level 3 Diploma in Principles of Food Industry Skills (QCF)
92 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson EDI.
- Bidding for Work
- Build business relationships
- Carry Out Plans for a Business
- Carry out Banking for a Business
- Choose supplies and suppliers for your business
- Create a vision for your business
and 86 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
Why this matters: AI can already remember and understand for you. What it can’t do is
take your real problem and judge the right call. So the only learning worth paying
for is the learning that takes you to the top. That’s exactly what a tutor doing it with
you, on your real work, is for.
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.