How you’d get this certificate
- Zavmo teaches you. You learn the units one-to-one with an AI tutor, on your own work.
- You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
- The centre assesses, and Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited.
This qualification provides an introduction to building services engineering. It develops learners' understanding of environmental protection measures and safe working practices. The diploma also covers fundamental plumbing operations and the application of scientific principles.
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. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work, and work done here is recognised as prior learning under the agreements we hold.
Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited. It does the teaching and the mapping. Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
Understand and carry out safe working practices in building services engineering Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the health and safety legislation that applies to the building services industry.
- Recognise hazardous situations while working in the building services industry.
- Respond to hazardous situations while working in the building services industry.
- Know the safe personal protection measures while working in the building services industry.
- Apply manual handling techniques in accordance with health and safety guidelines.
- Respond to accidents that occur while working in the building services industry.
- Know the procedures for electrical safety when working in the building services industry.
- Apply basic electrical safety measures in the building services industry.
- Know the methods of working safely with heat producing equipment in the building services industry.
- Safely work with gas heating equipment in the building services industry, following established safety protocols.
- Know the methods of safely using access equipment in the building services industry.
- Safely use access equipment in the building services industry, adhering to manufacturer's instructions and safety regulations.
- Know the methods of working safely in excavations and confined spaces in the building services industry.
Understand and demonstrate fundamental electrical installation Operations Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Follow health and safety procedures to carry out basic electrical practical applications.
- Know the types of hand tools used to carry out basic electrical tasks safely.
- Use hand-tools to carry out basic electrical tasks safely.
- Know the types of basic electrical materials and components.
- Select materials and components for basic electrical practical applications.
- Carry out basic electrical practical applications.
- Carry out basic electrical practical applications.
Understand and demonstrate fundamental heating & ventilating operations Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Follow health and safety methods to carry out basic heating and ventilating practical applications.
- Know the types of hand tools used to carry out basic heating and ventilating tasks safely.
- Use hand-tools to carry out basic heating and ventilating tasks safely.
- Know the types of basic heating and ventilating materials and components.
- Select materials and components for basic heating and ventilating practical applications.
- Carry out basic heating and ventilating practical applications.
- Carry out basic heating and ventilating practical applications.
Understand and demonstrate fundamental plumbing operations Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Follow health and safety procedures when carrying out basic plumbing practical applications.
- Know the types of hand tools used to safely carry out basic plumbing tasks.
- Use hand-tools to safely carry out basic plumbing tasks.
- Know the types of basic plumbing materials and components used in plumbing systems.
- Select appropriate materials and components for basic plumbing practical applications.
- Carry out basic plumbing practical applications according to industry standards.
- Carry out basic plumbing practical applications to a satisfactory standard.
Understand and demonstrate fundamental refrigeration & air conditioning operations Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Follow health and safety procedures to carry out basic refrigeration and air conditioning practical applications.
- Know the types of hand tools used to carry out basic refrigeration and air conditioning tasks safely.
- Use hand-tools to carry out basic refrigeration and air conditioning tasks safely.
- Know the types of basic refrigeration and air conditioning materials and components.
- Select materials and components for basic refrigeration and air conditioning practical applications.
- Carry out basic refrigeration and air conditioning practical applications.
- Carry out basic refrigeration and air conditioning practical applications.
Understand how to apply environmental protection measures within BSE Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the energy conservation legislation that applies to the building services industry
- Know the applications of energy sources used in the building services industry
- Know the importance of energy conservation when commissioning building services systems
- Know the methods of reducing waste and conserving energy while working in the building services industry
- Safely dispose of materials used in the building services industry
- Know the methods of conserving and reducing wastage of water within the building services industry
Understand how to apply scientific principles within MES Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the standard units of measurement used in the mechanical services industry, including their symbols and applications.
- Know the properties of materials used in the mechanical services industry, including their strengths, weaknesses, and suitability for different applications.
- Know the relationship between energy, heat and power in the mechanical services industry, including the principles of thermodynamics.
- Know the principles of force and pressure and their application in the mechanical services industry, including calculations and practical examples.
- Know simple mechanical principles and their application in the mechanical services industry, such as levers, pulleys, and gears.
- Know the principles of electricity as they relate to the mechanical services industry, including voltage, current, resistance, and circuits.
Understand the roles, responsibilities and procedures within building services engineering Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know about a range of building services engineering systems and their functions.
- Know the roles and responsibilities of individuals working within the building services engineering sector.
- Know the career opportunities available within the building services engineering sector.
- Identify and use different documents relevant to building services engineering work activities.
- Apply documentary procedures for building services engineering work activities.
- Know the different types of businesses and companies involved with the building services industry.
The national standards these units are built against
What the job actually needs, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
- Standard
Apply health and safety and environmental legislation in the building services engineering sector
- Standard
Determine requirements for environmental technologies in building services engineering
The credits, and who awards them
Level 2 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited rather than by Zavmo. 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 have covered and what is next.
What you would be collecting
Understand and carry out safe working practices in building services engineeringUnderstand and demonstrate fundamental electrical installation OperationsUnderstand and demonstrate fundamental heating & ventilating operationsUnderstand and demonstrate fundamental plumbing operationsUnderstand and demonstrate fundamental refrigeration & air conditioning operationsUnderstand how to apply environmental protection measures within BSEUnderstand how to apply scientific principles within MESUnderstand the roles, responsibilities and procedures within building services engineering
Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.
How you’d practise it
You don’t watch this. You do it.
You are not assessed on remembering this. You are assessed on applying it, analysing it, evaluating it and producing something. So that is what the practice is: projects, role play and your own live cases, with a tutor in the room.
The Practical Builder · your make-it-real tutor Illustration - Draft the real one Create
You do “Understand the roles, responsibilities and procedures within building services engineering” on a real document of your own. Zavmo works on the draft you have to send anyway, so the coursework and the job are the same piece of work.
How you would learn this
One to one, on the work you already do
A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.
A lesson from Understand and carry out safe working practices in building services engineering, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your own work
Learners will gain knowledge of health and safety legislation relevant to building services engineering. The unit covers recognising and responding to hazardous situations, applying personal protection measures, and practising safe manual handling within the industry.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for EAL Level 2 Diploma in Access to Building Services Engineering
8 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited.
- Understand and carry out safe working practices in building services engineering
- Understand and demonstrate fundamental electrical installation Operations
- Understand and demonstrate fundamental heating & ventilating operations
- Understand and demonstrate fundamental plumbing operations
- Understand and demonstrate fundamental refrigeration & air conditioning operations
- Understand how to apply environmental protection measures within BSE
and 2 more in the full unit list below.
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