Pearson Education Ltd · RQF Level 3
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 NVQ Extended Diploma in Engineering Leadership (QCF)
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- LevelRQF Level 3
- Total credits128
- Guided learning120 hours
- Units in this qualification82
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These are the units Pearson Education Ltd 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.
Analysing the risks arising from engineering activitiesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Analyse the risks arising from engineering activities
- Analyse the risks arising from engineering activities
Assembling and testing electronic circuitsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Carry out hand forging of engineering materials
- 1b. Carry out hand forging of engineering materials (continued)
- 2a. Know how to carry out hand forging of engineering materials
- 2b. Know how to carry out hand forging of engineering materials (continued)
Carrying out heat treatment of engineering materialsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Carry out maintenance activities on motorsport vehicle electrical equipment
- 1b. Carry out maintenance activities on motorsport vehicle electrical equipment (continued)
- 2a. Know how to carry out maintenance activities on motorsport vehicle electrical equipment
- 2b. Know how to carry out maintenance activities on motorsport vehicle electrical equipment (continued)
Complying with statutory regulations and organisational safety requirementsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Comply with statutory regulations and organisational safety requirements
- Comply with statutory regulations and organisational safety requirements
Conducting business improvement activitiesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
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)
Controlling the scheduling of resources for engineering activitiesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Control the scheduling of resources for engineering activities
- Control the scheduling of resources for engineering activities
Create Engineering Drawings using Computer-Aided TechniquesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Create Engineering Drawings using Computer-Aided Techniques
- Create Engineering Drawings using Computer-Aided Techniques (continued)
- Create engineering drawings simple computer-aided techniques
- Create engineering drawings simple computer-aided techniques (continued)
Cutting and shaping materials using thermal cutting equipmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Cut and shape materials using thermal cutting equipment
- 1b. Cut and shape materials using thermal cutting equipment (continued)
- 2a. Know how to cut and shape materials using thermal cutting equipment
- 2b. Know how to cut and shape materials using thermal cutting equipment (continued)
Diagnosing and rectifying faults on motorsport vehicle systems _during competition_Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
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 and assembling electrical cable enclosure and support systemsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
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)
Implementing Engineering ActivitiesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Implement engineering activities
- 1b. Implement engineering activities (continued)
- 2a. Know how to implement engineering activities
- 2b. Know how to implement engineering activities (continued)
Implementing Quality Control Systems and Procedures in an Engineering EnvironmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Implement quality control systems and procedures in an engineering environment
- 1b. Implement quality control systems and procedures in an engineering environment (continued)
- 2a. Know how to implement quality control systems and procedures in an engineering environment
- 2b. Know how to implement quality control systems and procedures in an engineering environment (continued)
Inspecting a motorsport vehicle during a competitionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Inspect a motorsport vehicle during a competition
- 1b. Inspect a motorsport vehicle during a competition (continued)
- 2a. Know how to inspect a motorsport vehicle during a competition
- 2b. Know how to inspect a motorsport vehicle during a competition(continued)
Installing aircraft mechanical fastenersReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
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)
Maintaining and testing process instrumentation and control devicesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Maintain and test process instrumentation and control devices
- 1b. Maintain and test process instrumentation and control devices (continued)
- 2a. Know how to maintain and test process instrumentation and control devices
- 2b. Know how to maintain and test process instrumentation and control devices (continued)
Maintaining electrical equipment/systemsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Maintain mechanical devices and equipment
- 1b. Maintain mechanical devices and equipment (continued)
- 2a. Know how to maintain mechanical devices and equipment
- 2b. Know how to maintain mechanical devices and equipment (continued)
Make effective decisionsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify circumstances that require a decision to be made.
- Collect information to inform decision-making.
- Analyse information to inform decision-making.
- Make a decision.
Manage conflict in a teamReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Support team members’ understanding of their role and position within a team.
- Take measures to minimise conflict within a team.
- Understand how to encourage team members to resolve their own conflicts.
- Understand legal and organisational requirements concerning conflict.
Manage customer service in own area of responsibilityReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Establish and communicate measurable customer service standards for own area of responsibility.
- Support staff in meeting customer service standards.
- Monitor and evaluate customer service performance, systems and processes.
Manage knowledge in own area of responsibilityReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand existing knowledge management in own area of responsibility.
- Develop knowledge
- Share knowledge.
- Monitor and evaluate knowledge management in own area of responsibility.
Manage or support equality of opportunity, diversity and inclusion in own area of responsibilityReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand own responsibilities under equality legislation, relevant codes of practice and own organisational policies.
- Communicate an organisation’s written equality, diversity and inclusion policy and procedures in own area of responsibility.
- Monitor equality, diversity and inclusion within own area of responsibility.
Monitoring Engineering ActivitiesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Monitor engineering activities
- 1b. Monitor engineering activities (continued)
- 2a. Know how to monitor engineering activities
- 2b. Know how to monitor engineering activities (continued)
Obtaining Resources for Engineering ActivitiesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Obtain resources for engineering activities
- 1b. Obtain resources for engineering activities (continued)
- 2a. Know how to obtain resources for engineering activities
- 2b. Know how to obtain resources for engineering activities (continued)
Preparing and proving CNC fabrication machine tool programsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Prepare and prove CNC machine tool programs
- 1b. Prepare and prove CNC machine tool programs (continued)
- 2a. Know how to prepare and prove CNC machine tool programs
- 2b. Know how to prepare and prove CNC machine tool programs (continued)
Preparing and using CNC fabrication machineryReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Prepare and use CNC machining centres
- 1b. Prepare and use CNC machining centres (continued)
- 2a. Know how to prepare and use CNC machining centres
- 2b. Know how to prepare and use CNC machining centres (continued)
Preparing and using CNC milling machinesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Prepare and use CNC milling machines
- 1b. Prepare and use CNC milling machines (continued)
- 2a. Know how to prepare and use CNC milling machines
- 2b. Know how to prepare and use CNC milling machines (continued)
Preparing and using CNC turning machinesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Prepare and use CNC turning machines
- 1b. Prepare and use CNC turning machines (continued)
- 2a. Know how to prepare and use CNC turning machines
- 2b. Know how to prepare and use CNC turning machines (continued)
Preparing and using grinding machinesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Prepare and use industrial robots
- 1b. Prepare and use industrial robots (continued)
- 2a. Know how to prepare and use industrial robots
- 2b. Know how to prepare and use industrial robots (continued)
Preparing and using lathes for turning operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Prepare and use lathes for turning operations
- 1b. Prepare and use lathes for turning operations (continued)
- 2a. Know how to prepare and use lathes for turning operations
- 2b. Know how to prepare and use lathes for turning operations (continued)
Preparing and using manual MIG, MAG and other continuous wire welding equipmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Prepare and use manual TIG or plasma-arc welding equipment
- 1b. Prepare and use manual TIG or plasma-arc welding equipment (continued)
- 2a. Know how to prepare and use manual TIG or plasma-arc welding equipment
- 2b. Know how to prepare and use manual TIG or plasma-arc welding equipment (continued)
Preparing and using manual flame brazing and bronze welding equipmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Prepare and use manual metal arc welding equipment
- 1b. Prepare and use manual metal arc welding equipment(continued)
- 2a. Know how to prepare and use manual metal arc welding equipment
- 2b. Know how to prepare and use manual metal arc welding equipment (continued)
Preparing and using milling machinesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
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)
Procure suppliesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify requirements for supplies.
- Evaluate suppliers that meet identified requirements.
- Select suppliers and obtain supplies.
- Monitor supplier performance.
Producing CAD models _drawings_ using a CAD systemReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
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 aircraft detail assembliesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Produce cast components by manual means
- 1b. Produce cast components by manual means (continued)
- 2a. Know how to produce cast components by manual means
- 2b. Know how to produce cast components by manual means (continued)
Producing components by rapid prototyping techniquesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Produce engineering project plans
- 1b. Produce engineering project plans (continued)
- 2a. Know how to produce engineering project plans
- 2b. Know how to produce engineering project plans (continued)
Producing mechanical assembliesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Produce mechanical assemblies
- 1b. Produce mechanical assemblies (continued)
- 2a. Know how to produce mechanical assemblies
- 2b. Know how to produce mechanical assemblies (continued)
Producing mechanical engineering drawings using a CAD systemReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Produce sheet metal components and assemblies
- 1b. Produce sheet metal components and assemblies (continued)
- 2a. Know how to produce sheet metal components and assemblies
- 2b. Know how to produce sheet metal components and assemblies (continued)
Resolving Engineering ProblemsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Resolve engineering problems
- 1b. Resolve engineering problems (continued)
- 2a. Know how to resolve engineering problems
- 2b. Know how to resolve engineering problems (continued)
Set objectives and provide support for team membersReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Communicate a team’s purpose and objectives to the team members.
- Develop a plan with team members showing how team objectives will be met.
- Support team members identifying opportunities and providing support.
- Monitor and evaluate progress and recognise individual and team achievement.
Stripping and rebuilding motorsport engines _pre-competition_Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Strip and rebuild motorsport engines (pre-competition)
- 1b. Strip and rebuild motorsport engines (pre-competition) (continued)
- 2a. Know how to strip and rebuild motorsport engines (pre-competition)
- 2b. Know how to strip and rebuild motorsport engines (pre-competition) (continued)
Stripping and rebuilding motorsport vehicles _pre-competition_Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
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)
Support team members in identifying, developing and implementing new ideasReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Develop team ideas and develop the creativity of team members.
- Assess the viability of team members’ ideas.
- Support team members to implement ideas.
- Implement team ideas.
Using computer software packages to assist with engineering activitiesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
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 · Pearson Education Ltd
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.
Analysing the risks arising from engineering activitiesAssembling 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 materialsCarrying out heat treatment of engineering materials
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
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Pearson Edexcel Level 3 NVQ Extended Diploma in Engineering Leadership (QCF)
- 04_Controlling the scheduling of resources for engineering activities
- 05_Obtaining resources for engineering activities
- 09_Ensure the effective solution of engineering problems
- Analyse the risks arising from engineering activities
- Analysing the risks arising from engineering activities
- Control the scheduling of resources for engineering activities
- Implement Quality Control Systems and Procedures in an Engineering Environment
- Implementing quality control systems and procedures in an engineering environment
Where this can lead
Knowledge Management Engineer
Your journey here isn't just about a job; it's about building a career in a field that's becoming increasingly critical for technical organisations. We're excited to see where you take it.
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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.
04_Controlling the scheduling of resources for engineering activities05_Obtaining resources for engineering activities09_Ensure the effective solution of engineering problemsAnalyse the risks arising from engineering activitiesAnalysing the risks arising from engineering activitiesControl the scheduling of resources for engineering activitiesImplement Quality Control Systems and Procedures in an Engineering EnvironmentImplementing quality control systems and procedures in an engineering environmentObtain Resources for Engineering ActivitiesProcure external services or suppliers in the creative industriesProvide procurement specification
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 work in any of these jobs
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How the thinking builds
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for Pearson Edexcel Level 3 NVQ Extended Diploma in Engineering Leadership (QCF)
82 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson Education Ltd.
- Analysing the risks arising from engineering activities
- 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
- Carrying out aircraft detail fitting activities
and 76 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.