Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited · RQF Level 3
EAL Level 3 NVQ Extended Diploma in Materials Processing and Finishing (QCF)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 3
- Total credits122
- Guided learning120 hours
- Units in this qualification76
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
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, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Assembling Cores using Jigs and FixturesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Assemble Cores using Jigs and Fixtures
- Assemble Cores using Jigs and Fixtures
Assembling Cores to Form Complete MouldsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Assemble Cores to Form Complete Moulds
- Assemble Cores to Form Complete Moulds
Assembling and testing electronic circuitsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Assemble and test electronic circuits
- 1b. Assemble and test electronic circuits (continued)
- 2a. Know how to assemble and test electronic circuits
- 2b. Know how to assemble and test electronic circuits (continued)
Assembling and testing fluid power systemsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Assemble and test fluid power systems
- 1b. Assemble and test fluid power systems (continued)
- 2a. Know how to assemble and test fluid power systems
- 2b. Know how to assemble and test fluid power systems (continued)
Assembling pattern, model and engineering woodwork componentsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Assemble pattern, model and engineering woodwork components
- 1b. Assemble pattern, model and engineering woodwork components (continued)
- 2a. Know how to assemble pattern, model and engineering woodwork components
- 2b. Know how to assemble pattern, model and engineering woodwork components (continued)
Assembling, wiring and testing electrical panels/components mounted in enclosuresReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Assemble, wire and test electrical panels/components mounted in enclosures
- 1b. Assemble, wire and test electrical panels/components mounted in enclosures (continued)
- 2a. Know how to assemble, wire and test electrical panels/components mounted in enclosures
- 2b. Know how to assemble, wire and test electrical panels/components mounted in enclosures (continued)
Carrying out aircraft detail fitting activitiesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Carry out aircraft detail fitting activities
- 1b. Carry out aircraft detail fitting activities (continued)
- 2a. Know how to carry out aircraft detail fitting activities
- 2b. Know how to carry out aircraft detail fitting activities (continued)
Carrying out hand forging of engineering materialsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Carry out hand forging of engineering materials
- Carry out hand forging of engineering materials (continued)
- Carry out hand forging of engineering materials
- Carry out hand forging of engineering materials (continued)
Carrying out heat treatment of engineering materialsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Carry out heat treatment of engineering materials
- 1b. Carry out heat treatment of engineering materials (continued)
- 2a. Know how to carry out heat treatment of engineering materials
- 2b. Know how to carry out heat treatment of engineering materials (continued)
Carrying out maintenance activities on motorsport vehicle electrical equipmentReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Carry out maintenance activities on motorsport vehicle electrical equipment
- Carry out maintenance activities on motorsport vehicle electrical equipment (continued)
- Carry out maintenance activities on motorsport vehicle electrical equipment
- Carry out maintenance activities on motorsport vehicle electrical equipment (continued)
Closing and Securing Sand Moulds for CastingReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Close and Secure Sand Moulds for Casting
- Close and Secure Sand Moulds for Casting
Conducting business improvement activitiesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Conduct business improvement activities
- 1b. Conduct business improvement activities (continued)
- 2a. Know how to conduct business improvement activities
- 2b. Know how to conduct business improvement activities (continued)
Cutting and shaping materials using thermal cutting equipmentReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Cut and shape materials using thermal cutting equipment
- Cut and shape materials using thermal cutting equipment (continued)
- Cut and shape materials using thermal cutting equipment
- Cut and shape materials using thermal cutting equipment (continued)
Diagnosing and rectifying faults on motorsport vehicle systems _during competition_Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Diagnose and rectify faults on motorsport vehicle systems (during competition)
- 1b. Diagnose and rectify faults on motorsport vehicle systems (during competition) (continued)
- 2a. Know how to diagnose and rectify faults on motorsport vehicle systems (during competition)
- 2b. Know how to diagnose and rectify faults on motorsport vehicle systems (during competition) (continued)
Fettling, finishing and checking cast componentsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Fettle, finish and check cast components
- 1b. Fettle, finish and check cast components (continued)
- 2a. Know how to fettle, finish and check cast components
- 2b. Know how to fettle, finish and check cast components (continued)
Finishing surfaces by applying coatings or coveringsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Finish surfaces by applying coatings or coverings
- 1b. Finish surfaces by applying coatings or coverings (continued)
- 2a. Know how to finish surfaces by applying coatings or coverings
- 2b. Know how to finish surfaces by applying coatings or coverings (continued)
Finishing surfaces by applying treatmentsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Finish surfaces by applying treatments
- 1b. Finish surfaces by applying treatments (continued)
- 2a. Know how to finish surfaces by applying treatments
- 2b. Know how to finish surfaces by applying treatments (continued)
Forming Runner, Riser and Feeder Systems in Sand MouldsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Form Runner, Riser and Feeder Systems in Sand Moulds
- Form Runner, Riser and Feeder Systems in Sand Moulds
Forming and assembling electrical cable enclosure and support systemsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Form and assemble electrical cable enclosure and support systems
- 1b. Form and assemble electrical cable enclosure and support systems (continued)
- 2a. Know how to form and assemble electrical cable enclosure and support systems
- 2b. Know how to form and assemble electrical cable enclosure and support systems (continued)
Forming and assembling pipework systemsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Form and assemble pipework systems
- 1b. Form and assemble pipework systems (continued)
- 2a. Know how to form and assemble pipework systems
- 2b. Know how to form and assemble pipework systems (continued)
General electrical and electronic engineering applicationsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Carry out general electrical and electronic engineering applications
- 1b. Carry out general electrical and electronic engineering applications (continued)
- 2a. Know how to carry out general electrical and electronic engineering applications
- 2b. Know how to carry out general electrical and electronic engineering applications (continued)
General fabrication and welding applicationsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Carry out general fabrication and welding applications
- 1b. Carry out general fabrication and welding applications (continued)
- 2a. Know how to carry out general fabrication and welding applications
- 2b. Know how to carry out general fabrication and welding applications (continued)
General machining, fitting and assembly applicationsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Carry out general machining, fitting and assembly applications
- 1b. Carry out general machining, fitting and assembly applications (continued)
- 2a. Know how to carry out general machining, fitting and assembly applications
- 2b. Know how to carry out general machining, fitting and assembly applications (continued)
General maintenance engineering applicationsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Carry out general maintenance engineering applications
- 1b. Carry out general maintenance engineering applications (continued)
- 2a. Know how to carry out general maintenance engineering applications
- 2b. Know how to carry out general maintenance engineering applications (continued)
Handing Over Plastic Injection Moulding Machines to Production OperatorsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Hand Over Plastic Injection Moulding Machines to Production Operators
- Hand Over Plastic Injection Moulding Machines to Production Operators
Inspecting a motorsport vehicle during a competitionReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Inspect a motorsport vehicle during a competition
- Inspect a motorsport vehicle during a competition (continued)
- Inspect a motorsport vehicle during a competition
- Inspect a motorsport vehicle during a competition(continued)
Installing aircraft mechanical fastenersReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Install aircraft mechanical fasteners
- 1b. Install aircraft mechanical fasteners (continued)
- 2a. Know how to install aircraft mechanical fasteners
- 2b. Know how to install aircraft mechanical fasteners (continued)
Locating, Assembling and Setting Cores in Sand MouldsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Locate, Assemble and Set Cores in Sand Moulds
- Locate, Assemble and Set Cores in Sand Moulds
Maintaining and testing process instrumentation and control devicesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Maintain and test process instrumentation and control devices
- Maintain and test process instrumentation and control devices (continued)
- Maintain and test process instrumentation and control devices
- Maintain and test process instrumentation and control devices (continued)
Maintaining electrical equipment/systemsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Maintain electrical equipment/systems
- 1b. Maintain electrical equipment/systems (continued)
- 2a. Know how to maintain electrical equipment/systems
- 2b. Know how to maintain electrical equipment/systems (continued)
Maintaining electronic equipment/systemsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Maintain electronic equipment/systems
- 1b. Maintain electronic equipment/systems (continued)
- 2a. Know how to maintain electronic equipment/systems
- 2b. Know how to maintain electronic equipment/systems (continued)
Maintaining fluid power equipmentReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Maintain fluid power equipment
- 1b. Maintain fluid power equipment (continued)
- 2a. Know how to maintain fluid power equipment
- 2b. Know how to maintain fluid power equipment (continued)
Maintaining mechanical devices and equipmentReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Maintain mechanical devices and equipment
- Maintain mechanical devices and equipment (continued)
- Maintain mechanical devices and equipment
- Maintain mechanical devices and equipment (continued)
Preparing and proving CNC fabrication machine tool programsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Prepare and prove CNC fabrication machine tool programs
- 1b. Prepare and prove CNC fabrication machine tool programs (continued)
- 2a. Know how to prepare and prove CNC fabrication machine tool programs
- 2b. Know how to prepare and prove CNC fabrication machine tool programs (continued)
Preparing and proving CNC machine tool programsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare and prove CNC machine tool programs
- Prepare and prove CNC machine tool programs (continued)
- Prepare and prove CNC machine tool programs
- Prepare and prove CNC machine tool programs (continued)
Preparing and using CNC fabrication machineryReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Prepare and use CNC fabrication machinery
- 1b. Prepare and use CNC fabrication machinery (continued)
- 2a. Know how to prepare and use CNC fabrication machinery
- 2b. Know how to prepare and use CNC fabrication machinery (continued)
Preparing and using CNC machining centresReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare and use CNC machining centres
- Prepare and use CNC machining centres (continued)
- Prepare and use CNC machining centres
- Prepare and use CNC machining centres (continued)
Preparing and using CNC milling machinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare and use CNC milling machines
- Prepare and use CNC milling machines (continued)
- Prepare and use CNC milling machines
- Prepare and use CNC milling machines (continued)
Preparing and using CNC turning machinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare and use CNC turning machines
- Prepare and use CNC turning machines (continued)
- Prepare and use CNC turning machines
- Prepare and use CNC turning machines (continued)
Preparing and using grinding machinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Prepare and use grinding machines
- 1b. Prepare and use grinding machines (continued)
- 2a. Know how to prepare and use grinding machines
- 2b. Know how to prepare and use grinding machines (continued)
Preparing and using industrial robotsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare and use industrial robots
- Prepare and use industrial robots (continued)
- Prepare and use industrial robots
- Prepare and use industrial robots (continued)
Preparing and using lathes for turning operationsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare and use lathes for turning operations
- Prepare and use lathes for turning operations (continued)
- Prepare and use lathes for turning operations
- Prepare and use lathes for turning operations (continued)
Preparing and using manual MIG, MAG and other continuous wire welding equipmentReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Prepare and use manual MIG, MAG and other continuous wire welding equipment
- 1b. Prepare and use manual MIG, MAG and other continuous wire welding equipment (continued)
- 2a. Know how to prepare and use manual MIG, MAG and other continuous wire welding equipment
- 2b. Know how to prepare and use manual MIG, MAG and other continuous wire welding equipment (continued)
Preparing and using manual TIG or plasma-arc welding equipmentReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare and use manual TIG or plasma-arc welding equipment
- Prepare and use manual TIG or plasma-arc welding equipment (continued)
- Prepare and use manual TIG or plasma-arc welding equipment
- Prepare and use manual TIG or plasma-arc welding equipment (continued)
Preparing and using manual flame brazing and bronze welding equipmentReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Prepare and use manual flame brazing and bronze welding equipment
- 1b. Prepare and use manual flame brazing and bronze welding equipment (continued)
- 2a. Know how to prepare and use manual flame brazing and bronze welding equipment
- 2b. Know how to prepare and use manual flame brazing and bronze welding equipment (continued)
Preparing and using manual gas welding equipmentReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Prepare and use manual gas welding equipment
- 1b. Prepare and use manual gas welding equipment (continued)
- 2a. Know how to prepare and use manual gas welding equipment
- 2b. Know how to prepare and use manual gas welding equipment (continued)
Preparing and using manual metal arc welding equipmentReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare and use manual metal arc welding equipment
- Prepare and use manual metal arc welding equipment(continued)
- Prepare and use manual metal arc welding equipment
- Prepare and use manual metal arc welding equipment (continued)
Preparing and using milling machinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Prepare and use milling machines
- 1b. Prepare and use milling machines (continued)
- 2a. Know how to prepare and use milling machines
- 2b. Know how to prepare and use milling machines (continued)
Producing CAD models _drawings_ using a CAD systemReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Produce CAD models (drawings) using a CAD system
- 1b. Produce CAD models (drawings) using a CAD system (continued)
- 2a. Know how to produce CAD models (drawings) using a CAD system
- 2b. Know how to produce CAD models (drawings) using a CAD system (continued)
Producing Components using Plastic Injection Moulding MachinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Produce Components using Plastic Injection Moulding Machines
- Produce Components using Plastic Injection Moulding Machines
Producing Sand Cores ManuallyReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Produce Sand Cores Manually
- Produce Sand Cores Manually
Producing Sand Moulds Manually using Loose PatternsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Produce Sand Moulds Manually using Loose Patterns
- Produce Sand Moulds Manually using Loose Patterns
Producing Sand Moulds using Plated PatternsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Produce Sand Moulds using Plated Patterns
- Produce Sand Moulds using Plated Patterns
Producing aircraft detail assembliesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Produce aircraft detail assemblies
- 1b. Produce aircraft detail assemblies (continued)
- 2a. Know how to produce aircraft detail assemblies
- 2b. Know how to produce aircraft detail assemblies (continued)
Producing and preparing molten materials for castingReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Produce and prepare molten materials for casting
- 1b. Produce and prepare molten materials for casting (continued)
- 2a. Know how to produce and prepare molten materials for casting
- 2b. Know how to produce and prepare molten materials for casting (continued)
Producing and preparing sand moulds and cores for castingReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Produce and prepare sand moulds and cores for casting
- 1b. Produce and prepare sand moulds and cores for casting (continued)
- 2a. Know how to produce and prepare sand moulds and cores for casting
- 2b. Know how to produce and prepare sand moulds and cores for casting (continued)
Producing cast components by manual meansReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Produce cast components by manual means
- Produce cast components by manual means (continued)
- Produce cast components by manual means
- Produce cast components by manual means (continued)
Producing components by rapid prototyping techniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Produce components by rapid prototyping techniques
- 1b. Produce components by rapid prototyping techniques (continued)
- 2a. Know how to produce components by rapid prototyping techniques
- 2b. Know how to produce components by rapid prototyping techniques (continued)
Producing components using hand fitting techniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Produce components using hand fitting techniques
- 1b. Produce components using hand fitting techniques (continued)
- 2a. Know how to produce components using hand fitting techniques
- 2b. Know how to produce components using hand fitting techniques (continued)
Producing composite assembliesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Produce composite assemblies
- 1b. Produce composite assemblies (continued)
- 2a. Know how to produce composite assemblies
- 2b. Know how to produce composite assemblies (continued)
Producing composite mouldings using pre-preg laminating techniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Produce composite mouldings using pre-preg laminating techniques
- 1b. Produce composite mouldings using pre-preg laminating techniques (continued)
- 2a. Know how to produce composite mouldings using pre-preg laminating techniques
- 2b. Know how to produce composite mouldings using pre-preg laminating techniques (continued)
Producing composite mouldings using resin infusion techniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Produce composite mouldings using resin infusion techniques
- 1b. Produce composite mouldings using resin infusion techniques (continued)
- 2a. Know how to produce composite mouldings using resin infusion techniques
- 2b. Know how to produce composite mouldings using resin infusion techniques (continued)
Producing composite mouldings using wet lay-up techniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Produce composite mouldings using wet lay-up techniques
- 1b. Produce composite mouldings using wet lay-up techniques (continued)
- 2a. Know how to produce composite mouldings using wet lay-up techniques
- 2b. Know how to produce composite mouldings using wet lay-up techniques (continued)
Producing electrical or electronic engineering drawings using a CAD systemReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Produce electrical or electronic engineering drawings using a CAD system
- 1b. Produce electrical or electronic engineering drawings using a CAD system (continued)
- 2a. Know how to produce electrical or electronic engineering drawings using a CAD system
- 2b. Know how to produce electrical or electronic engineering drawings using a CAD system (continued)
Producing engineering project plansReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Produce engineering project plans
- Produce engineering project plans (continued)
- Produce engineering project plans
- Produce engineering project plans (continued)
Producing mechanical assembliesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Produce mechanical assemblies
- Produce mechanical assemblies (continued)
- Produce mechanical assemblies
- Produce mechanical assemblies (continued)
Producing mechanical engineering drawings using a CAD systemReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Produce mechanical engineering drawings using a CAD system
- 1b. Produce mechanical engineering drawings using a CAD system (continued)
- 2a. Know how to produce mechanical engineering drawings using a CAD system
- 2b. Know how to produce mechanical engineering drawings using a CAD system (continued)
Producing platework components and assembliesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Produce platework components and assemblies
- 1b. Produce platework components and assemblies (continued)
- 2a. Know how to produce platework components and assemblies
- 2b. Know how to produce platework components and assemblies (continued)
Producing sheet metal components and assembliesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Produce sheet metal components and assemblies
- Produce sheet metal components and assemblies (continued)
- Produce sheet metal components and assemblies
- Produce sheet metal components and assemblies (continued)
Setting Plastic Injection Moulding Machines for ProductionReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Set Plastic Injection Moulding Machines for Production
- Set Plastic Injection Moulding Machines for Production
Stripping and rebuilding motorsport engines _pre-competition_Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Strip and rebuild motorsport engines (pre-competition)
- Strip and rebuild motorsport engines (pre-competition) (continued)
- Strip and rebuild motorsport engines (pre-competition)
- Strip and rebuild motorsport engines (pre-competition) (continued)
Stripping and rebuilding motorsport vehicles _pre-competition_Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Strip and rebuild motorsport vehicles (pre-competition)
- 1b. Strip and rebuild motorsport vehicles (pre-competition) (continued)
- 2a. Know how to strip and rebuild motorsport vehicles (pre-competition)
- 2b. Know how to strip and rebuild motorsport vehicles (pre-competition) (continued)
Using computer software packages to assist with engineering activitiesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Use computer software packages to assist with engineering activities
- 1b. Use computer software packages to assist with engineering activities (continued)
- 2a. Know how to use computer software packages to assist with engineering activities
- 2b. Know how to use computer software packages to assist with engineering activities (continued)
Using wood for pattern, modelmaking and other engineering applicationsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Use wood for pattern, modelmaking and other engineering applications
- 1b. Use wood for pattern, modelmaking and other engineering applications (continued)
- 2a. Know how to use wood for pattern, modelmaking and other engineering applications
- 2b. Know how to use wood for pattern, modelmaking and other engineering applications (continued)
Wiring and testing electrical equipment and circuitsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Wire and test electrical equipment and circuits
- 1b. Wire and test electrical equipment and circuits (continued)
- 2a. Know how to wire and test electrical equipment and circuits
- 2b. Know how to wire and test electrical equipment and circuits (continued)
Wiring and testing programmable controller based systemsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Wire and test programmable controller based systems
- 1b. Wire and test programmable controller based systems (continued)
- 2a. Know how to wire and test programmable controller based systems
- 2b. Know how to wire and test programmable controller based systems (continued)
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.
Assembling Cores using Jigs and FixturesAssembling Cores to Form Complete MouldsAssembling and testing electronic circuitsAssembling and testing fluid power systemsAssembling pattern, model and engineering woodwork componentsAssembling, wiring and testing electrical panels/components mounted in enclosuresCarrying out aircraft detail fitting activitiesCarrying out hand forging of engineering materials
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.
Meet all twelve tutorsWhere this connects
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.
EAL Level 3 NVQ Extended Diploma in Materials Processing and Finishing (QCF)
- Assembling cores to form complete moulds
- Assembling cores using jigs and fixtures
- Carry out basic electrical tests and repairs on motorsport vehicles
- Carrying out hand forging of engineering materials Legacy
- Closing and securing sand moulds for casting
- Forming runner, riser and feeder systems in sand moulds
- Handing over plastic injection moulding machines to production operators
- Locating, assembling and setting cores in sand moulds
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.
Assembling cores to form complete mouldsAssembling cores using jigs and fixturesCarry out basic electrical tests and repairs on motorsport vehiclesCarrying out hand forging of engineering materials LegacyClosing and securing sand moulds for castingForming runner, riser and feeder systems in sand mouldsHanding over plastic injection moulding machines to production operatorsLocating, assembling and setting cores in sand mouldsProducing Composite AssembliesProducing Engineering Project Plans LegacyProducing components using plastic injection moulding machinesProducing mechanical assembliesProducing sand cores manuallyProducing sand cores manuallyProducing sand moulds manuallyProducing sand moulds manually using loose patternsProducing sand moulds using plated patternsProducing sheet metal components and assemblies+6 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
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for EAL Level 3 NVQ Extended Diploma in Materials Processing and Finishing (QCF)
76 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited.
- Assembling Cores using Jigs and Fixtures
- Assembling Cores to Form Complete Moulds
- Assembling and testing electronic circuits
- Assembling and testing fluid power systems
- Assembling pattern, model and engineering woodwork components
- Assembling, wiring and testing electrical panels/components mounted in enclosures
and 70 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.