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How you’d get this certificate

  1. Zavmo teaches you. You learn the units one-to-one with an AI tutor, on your own work.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

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01What it is

This certificate is for individuals working in transportation operations and maintenance, specifically stevedoring. It covers essential knowledge and understanding of routine servicing, cargo handling, and environmental best practise.

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.

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.

02The units

What each unit actually teaches you to do

Emergency first aid in response to maritime accidents or medical emergencies Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain knowledge and skills to respond effectively to maritime accidents or medical emergencies. The unit covers common accident types, emergency response actions, elementary first aid techniques, casualty movement, and adapting responses to varying circumstances.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the range of accidents or medical emergencies that may occur in a maritime environment.
  • Know the immediate actions to take when faced with an accident or medical emergency situation.
  • Understand how to apply basic first aid techniques to casualties.
  • Adapt first aid responses based on the specific circumstances of the accident or emergency.
  • Safely move casualties from the scene of an accident or medical emergency.
Maritime safety and security Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers important aspects of maritime safety and security protocols within port operations.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand protocols for ensuring safety and security in maritime operations.
Understand how to give customers a positive impression of yourself and your organisation Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll understand how to meet customer requirements within a port environment, including identifying needs and responding effectively. The unit covers relevant legislation, professional frameworks, and organisational guidelines for delivering positive customer interactions.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand how to meet customer requirements in a port environment
  • Understand the legislative and professional framework for working with customers in the port industry
  • Understand the organisational guidelines and procedures for working with customers
  • Treat customers in a professional and courteous manner
Understand how to undertake routine servicing, maintenance and repair of port plant and equipment Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides learners with an understanding of routine servicing, maintenance, and repair requirements for port plant, equipment, and vehicles. You'll learn about maintenance schedules, inspections, record keeping, and co-ordination responsibilities.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the routine maintenance requirements of port plant, equipment and vehicles, including servicing schedules and inspection procedures
  • Understand the maintenance requirements of port plant, equipment and vehicles, including the identification of potential faults and defects
  • Understand the safe and responsible co-ordination of maintenance and repair activities, including risk assessments and permit-to-work systems
  • Understand the safe and responsible co-ordination of maintenance and repair activities, including communication protocols and emergency procedures
  • Understand record keeping requirements relating to routine maintenance, including the completion of maintenance logs and service reports
  • Understand record keeping requirements relating to routine maintenance, including the storage and retrieval of maintenance records
  • Understand the roles and levels of responsibility associated with individuals involved in the planning and undertaking of maintenance activities within a port environment
Understand how to work safely in a port Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
A unit focused on safety practices necessary to work in a port environment.

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate knowledge of health and safety practices in a port.
Understanding cargo and cargo storage Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers different types of cargo handled in ports, their characteristics, and specific handling requirements. You'll understand procedures for checking, marking, storing cargo, and maintaining records related to cargo movement.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the different types of cargo handled in ports, including general cargo, bulk cargo, and hazardous materials
  • Understand the characteristics and handling requirements of different types of cargo
  • Understand the procedures for checking cargo upon arrival and departure, including verifying documentation and inspecting for damage
  • Understand the methods for marking cargo to ensure proper identification and handling, including the use of labels and tags
  • Understand the principles of safe and efficient cargo storage, including stacking procedures and environmental considerations
  • Understand the different types of cargo storage facilities used in ports, including warehouses, open storage areas, and refrigerated containers
  • Understand record keeping requirements relating to the movement of cargo, including the completion of cargo manifests and inventory reports
Understanding cargo handling operations associated with Ro/Ro vessels Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit introduces learners to cargo handling operations on Ro/Ro vessels, focusing on equipment such as ramps, lifts, and securing systems. You'll understand associated health and safety issues and how to support cargo handling and vehicle movement operations safely.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the different types of cargo handling equipment used in Ro/Ro ferries, including ramps, lifts, and securing systems.
  • Understand the health and safety issues relating to working on Ro/Ro vessels, including the risks associated with vehicle movement and cargo handling.
  • Understand how to support cargo handling operations on Ro/Ro vessels, including communication, documentation, and load planning.
  • Understand the procedures for the safe and efficient movement of vehicles associated with Ro/Ro vessels, including loading, unloading, and securing.
Understanding cargo lifting and handling equipment Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit encompasses the knowledge required to operate and maintain cargo lifting equipment safely.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand different types of lifting equipment used in ports.
Understanding how to develop productive working relationships with colleagues in own and third party organisations Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit focuses on the interpersonal skills needed to foster effective relationships in a work environment.

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate skills for effective teamwork and communication.
Understanding how to handle dry bulk cargo Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain knowledge of plant and equipment used for handling dry bulk cargo, including their purpose and operating principles. The unit also covers health and safety hazards, regulatory requirements, and procedures for trimming, cleaning, and automated handling of dry bulk cargo.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the different types of plant and equipment used for handling dry bulk cargo.
  • Understand the health and safety issues associated with trimming and cleaning out dry bulk cargo holds or storage areas.
  • Understand the regulatory and organisational requirements for trimming and cleaning out dry bulk cargo.
  • Understand the procedures for handling dry bulk cargo using automated equipment, including conveyors and loading systems.
Understanding how to maintain environmental good practice within ports Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit aims to impart knowledge on environmental considerations and sustainable practices within the port industry.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand key environmental practices relevant to port operations.
Understanding how to manage your workplace performance Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to manage their workplace performance by understanding the relationship between personal resource management and role requirements. You'll learn to set work objectives, prioritise tasks, evaluate resources, and develop plans to improve performance.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the relationship between effective management of personal resources and overall performance in your work role.
  • Understand how to accurately identify the key requirements of a specific work role.
  • Set clear and achievable work objectives that align with the requirements of the role.
  • Evaluate your personal resources (skills, knowledge, experience) against the role requirements and agreed work objectives.
  • Understand how to develop your personal resources to effectively meet work role requirements and improve overall performance.
Understanding how to support vessel operations Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides knowledge of the procedures and practices related to supporting vessel operations in ports.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the operations and procedures relevant to supporting vessels.
Understanding incidents, emergencies and fire prevention in Ports or on board Port vessels Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
Knowledge surrounding incident response and emergency protocols related to port operations is covered in this unit.

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate understanding of incident and emergency response procedures.
Understanding manual handling techniques in the transfer and securing of cargo Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides knowledge on safe manual handling techniques essential for cargo transfer and securing.

What you'll be able to do

  • Describe safe manual handling techniques.
Understanding slinging and signalling Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
A unit dedicated to the skills and knowledge required for safely slinging and signaling during lifting operations.

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate understanding of slinging procedures and signals.
Understanding the loading, unloading and movement of cargo transport units _containers_ Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain knowledge of cargo transport units (containers) used in port operations, including types, construction, dimensions, and load capacities. The unit also covers relevant safety regulations and procedures for handling and moving containers.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the different types of cargo transport units (containers) used in port operations, including their construction, dimensions and load capacities
  • Understand the different types of cargo transport units (containers) used in port operations, including the relevant safety regulations and handling procedures
  • Understand how to move cargo transport units safely and efficiently within a port environment, using appropriate equipment and techniques
  • Understand how to move cargo transport units safely and efficiently within a port environment, adhering to traffic management plans and speed limits
  • Understand the procedures for loading cargo transport units onto vessels, including securing methods and weight distribution considerations
  • Understand the procedures for unloading cargo transport units from vessels, including the use of cranes and other lifting equipment
  • Understand the operation of shore-based tractor units used for moving cargo transport units within a port environment, including pre-use checks and safe driving practices
Understanding the transfer of bulk liquids Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll understand the equipment and procedures involved in transferring bulk liquids safely and efficiently. The unit covers pumps, valves, pipelines, safety devices, storage tanks, and the properties and hazards of different bulk liquid cargoes.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the different types of equipment used for the safe and efficient transfer of bulk liquids.
  • Understand the various types of cargo that are typically transferred during bulk liquid operations.
  • Understand the correct procedures for operating equipment involved in the transfer of bulk liquids.
Understanding the use of information technology to support port operations Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to understand the role of information technology in supporting port operations, particularly cargo handling efficiency. It covers safety and security considerations, relevant IT terminology, and the operation of radio equipment within port settings.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the contribution that information technology can make to cargo handling operations and efficiency
  • Understand safety and security considerations in the use of information technology within port operations
  • Understand terms used in connection with the use of information technology in ports, including relevant software and hardware
  • Understand how to operate radio equipment used in port operations, following correct procedures
  • Understand procedures for the use of information technology in port operations, including data entry and retrieval
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03The standards

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.

  • Build effective working relations with colleagues

    Standard

  • Care for casualties on location

    Standard

  • Contribute to port management

    Standard

  • Manage port vessel traffic

    Standard

  • Manage the port marine environmental status

    Standard

  • Move loads using lifting and handling equipment

    Standard

  • Respond to emergency situations in ports

    Standard

  • Service and maintain loading bay equipment Legacy

    Standard

  • Support Vessel Operations

    Standard

  • Support safe navigation within port areas

    Standard

  • Undertake Cargo Handling Operations

    Standard
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04The credits

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

Emergency first aid in response to maritime accidents or medical emergenciesMaritime safety and securityUnderstand how to give customers a positive impression of yourself and your organisationUnderstand how to undertake routine servicing, maintenance and repair of port plant and equipmentUnderstand how to work safely in a portUnderstanding cargo and cargo storageUnderstanding cargo handling operations associated with Ro/Ro vesselsUnderstanding cargo lifting and handling equipment

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 Navigator The Navigator · your what-if tutor Illustration
The Navigator Your plan for “Understand how to undertake routine servicing, maintenance and repair of port plant and equipment” assumes the same two people are free in March. What have you seen that makes you slightly uneasy about that?
You One of them has been pulled onto the migration twice already. Probably fine.
The Navigator That is the thread worth pulling. Let us build the version where it happens a third time and find the move that works either way.
The same lesson on the real thing: the conversation in the middle, the thinking ladder on the left, and the criteria each answer is evidencing on the right.
  • Bring your own plan Create

    For “Understand how to undertake routine servicing, maintenance and repair of port plant and equipment” you bring the plan you are actually working on, not a case study. Zavmo pulls on the assumptions in it until the weak one shows.

  • Lead it Apply

    “Understanding how to manage your workplace performance” is practised on the team you actually have. You talk through the call you are about to make, and Zavmo makes you say it the way you would say it to them.

What you leave holding

The standards this credential builds, in the shape the product keeps them

Nothing here is marked learned. There is no learner on a public page, so the map shows what the qualification covers rather than what anybody has done.

See Your Progress Grow Illustration
EAL Level 2 Certificate in Stevedoring Essentials
  • Build effective working relations with colleagues
  • Care for casualties on location
  • Contribute to port management
  • Manage port vessel traffic
  • Manage the port marine environmental status
  • Move loads using lifting and handling equipment
  • Respond to emergency situations in ports
  • Service and maintain loading bay equipment Legacy
This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

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 Emergency first aid in response to maritime accidents or medical emergencies, one of this qualification's own units.

Emergency first aid in response to maritime accidents or medical emergencies Level 2

Applied to your own work

Learners will gain knowledge and skills to respond effectively to maritime accidents or medical emergencies. The unit covers common accident types, emergency response actions, elementary first aid techniques, casualty movement, and adapting responses to varying circumstances.

How the thinking builds
  1. 1 Remember
  2. 2 Understand
  3. 3 Apply
  4. 4 Analyse
  5. 5 Evaluate
  6. 6 Create
An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.

It is £70 a month, billed monthly. Your free first module is Future Fluency, and you can cancel any time. Teaching towards this qualification begins when you subscribe.

Your Plan Illustration

Built for EAL Level 2 Certificate in Stevedoring Essentials

19 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited.

  1. Emergency first aid in response to maritime accidents or medical emergencies
  2. Maritime safety and security
  3. Understand how to give customers a positive impression of yourself and your organisation
  4. Understand how to undertake routine servicing, maintenance and repair of port plant and equipment
  5. Understand how to work safely in a port
  6. Understanding cargo and cargo storage

and 13 more in the full unit list below.

These are the real units of this credential, in its own order. Nothing here is marked done, because this plan has not been started by anyone yet. Yours would fill in as you go.

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