01What it is
These are the units MP Awards 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 MP Awards. It does the teaching and the mapping. MP Awards 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
Access and communicate scientific or technical information to authorised personnel Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Access and communicate scientific or technical information to authorised personnel
- 1b. Access and communicate scientific or technical information to authorised personnel (continued)
- 2a. Know how to access and communicate scientific or technical information to authorised personnel
- 2b. Know how to access and communicate scientific or technical information to authorised personnel (continued)
Assess their own scientific or technical knowledge and skills for workplace activities Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Assess their own scientific or technical knowledge and skills for workplace activities
- 1b. Assess their own scientific or technical knowledge and skills for workplace activities (continued)
- 2a. Know how to assess their own scientific or technical knowledge and skills for workplace activities
- 2b. Know how to assess their own scientific or technical knowledge and skills for workplace activities (continued)
Carry out complex scientific or technical testing operations Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Carry out complex scientific or technical testing operations
- 1b. Carry out complex scientific or technical testing operations (continued)
- 2a. Know how to carry out complex scientific or technical testing operations
- 2b. Know how to carry out complex scientific or technical testing operations (continued)
Carry out scientific or technical investigations Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Carry out scientific or technical investigations,
- 1b. Carry out scientific or technical investigations (continued),
- 2a. Know how to carry out scientific or technical investigations,
- 2b. Know how to carry out scientific or technical investigations (continued)
Carry out scientific or technical testing operations Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Carry out scientific or technical testing operations
- 1b. Carry out scientific or technical testing operations (continued)
- 2a. Know how to carry out scientific or technical testing operations
- 2b. Know how to carry out scientific or technical testing operations (continued)
Carry out small scale processing Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Carry out small scale processing
- 1b. Carry out small scale processing (continued)
- 2a. Know how to carry out small scale processing
- 2b. Know how to carry out small scale processing (continued)
Carrying out complex scientific or technical sampling operations Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Carrying out complex scientific or technical sampling operations
- 1b. Carrying out complex scientific or technical sampling operations (continued)
- 2a. Know how to carrying out complex scientific or technical sampling operations
- 2b. Know how to carrying out complex scientific or technical sampling operations (continued)
Demonstrate scientific or technical methods, techniques and skills to others in the workplace Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Demonstrate scientific or technical methods, techniques and skills to others in the workplace
- 1b. Demonstrate scientific or technical methods, techniques and skills to others in the workplace (continued)
- 2a. Know how to demonstrate scientific or technical methods, techniques and skills to others in the workplace
- 2b. Know how to demonstrate scientific or technical methods, techniques and skills to others in the workplace (continued)
Diagnose faults, repair and maintain scientific or technical equipment for workplace activities Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Diagnose faults, repair and maintain scientific or technical equipment for workplace activities,
- 1b. Diagnose faults, repair and maintain scientific or technical equipment for workplace activities (continued),
- 2a. Know how to diagnose faults, repair and maintain scientific or technical equipment for workplace activities,
- 2b. Know how to diagnose faults, repair and maintain scientific or technical equipment for workplace activities (continued)
Evaluate and provide scientific or technical assistance for learning activities Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Evaluate and provide scientific or technical assistance for learning activities
- 1b. Evaluate and provide scientific or technical assistance for learning activities (continued)
- 2a. Know how to evaluate and provide scientific or technical assistance for learning activities
- 2b. Know how to evaluate and provide scientific or technical assistance for learning activities (continued)
Following aseptic procedures in the laboratory environment Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Follow aseptic procedures in the labouratory environment
- 1b. Follow aseptic procedures in the labouratory environment (continued)
- 2a. Know how to follow aseptic procedures in the labouratory environment
- 2b. Know how to follow aseptic procedures in the labouratory environment (continued)
Improve the quality and reliability of scientific or technical activities in the workplace Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Improve the quality and reliability of scientific or technical activities in the workplace
- 1b. Improve the quality and reliability of scientific or technical activities in the workplace (continued)
- 2a. Know how to improve the quality and reliability of scientific or technical activities in the workplace
- 2b. Know how to improve the quality and reliability of scientific or technical activities in the workplace (continued)
Maintain and control stocks of all resources, equipment and consumables for scientific or technical activities Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Maintain and control stocks of all resources, equipment and consumables for scientific or technical activities
- 1b. Maintain and control stocks of all resources, equipment and consumables for scientific or technical activities (continued)
- 2a. Know how to maintain and control stocks of all resources, equipment and consumables for scientific or technical activities
- 2b. Know how to maintain and control stocks of all resources, equipment and consumables for scientific or technical activities (continued)
Maintain effective and efficient working relationships for scientific or technical activities Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Maintain effective and efficient working relationships for scientific or technical activities
- 1b. Maintain effective and efficient working relationships for scientific or technical activities (continued)
- 2a. Know how to maintain effective and efficient working relationships for scientific or technical activities
- 2b. Know how to maintain effective and efficient working relationships for scientific or technical activities (continued)
Maintain health and safety in a scientific or technical workplace Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Maintain health and safety in a scientific or technical workplace
- 1b. Maintain health and safety in a scientific or technical workplace (continued)
- 2a. Know how to maintain health and safety in a scientific or technical workplace
- 2b. Know how to maintain health and safety in a scientific or technical workplace (continued)
Make presentations for scientific or technical activities in the workplace Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Make presentations for scientific or technical activities in the workplace
- 1b. Make presentations for scientific or technical activities in the workplace (continued)
- 2a. Know how to make presentations for scientific or technical activities in the workplace
- 2b. Know how to make presentations for scientific or technical activities in the workplace (continued)
Measuring, weighing and preparing compounds and solutions for laboratory use Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Measure, weigh and prepare compounds and solutions for labouratory use
- 1b. Measure, weigh and prepare compounds and solutions for labouratory use (continued)
- 2a. Know how to measure, weigh and prepare compounds and solutions for labouratory use
- 2b. Know how to measure, weigh and prepare compounds and solutions for labouratory use (continued)
Plan scientific or technical sampling and testing activities Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Plan scientific or technical sampling and testing activities
- 1b. Plan scientific or technical sampling and testing activities (continued)
- 2a. Know how to plan scientific or technical sampling and testing activities
- 2b. Know how to plan scientific or technical sampling and testing activities (continued)
Provide scientific or technical leadership for a workplace team Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Provide scientific or technical leadership for a workplace team
- 1b. Provide scientific or technical leadership for a workplace team (continued)
- 2a. Know how to provide scientific or technical leadership for a workplace team
- 2b. Know how to provide scientific or technical leadership for a workplace team (continued)
Provide technical advice and guidance for scientific or technical activities Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Provide technical advice and guidance for scientific or technical activities
- 1b. Provide technical advice and guidance for scientific or technical activities (continued)
- 2a. Know how to provide technical advice and guidance for scientific or technical activities
- 2b. Know how to provide technical advice and guidance for scientific or technical activities (continued)
Provide technical support for computer application software and equipment for learning activities Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Provide technical support for computer application software and equipment for learning activities,
- 1b. Provide technical support for computer application software and equipment for learning activities (continued),
- 2a. Know how to provide technical support for computer application software and equipment for learning activities,
- 2b. Know how to provide technical support for computer application software and equipment for learning activities (continued)
Provide training for scientific or technical activities in the workplace Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Provide training for scientific or technical activities in the workplace
- 1b. Provide training for scientific or technical activities in the workplace (continued)
- 2a. Know how to provide training for scientific or technical activities in the workplace
- 2b. Know how to provide training for scientific or technical activities in the workplace (continued)
Test and evaluate new scientific or technical methods and equipment for learning activities Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Test and evaluate new scientific or technical methods and equipment for learning activities
- 1b. Test and evaluate new scientific or technical methods and equipment for learning activities (continued)
- 2a. Know how to test and evaluate new scientific or technical methods and equipment for learning activities
- 2b. Know how to test and evaluate new scientific or technical methods and equipment for learning activities (continued)
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.
- Standard
04_Communicating laboratory information to authorised personnel under supervision
- Standard
Assess and communicate scientific or technical information to authorised personnel
- Standard
Assess your own scientific or technical knowledge and skills for workplace activities
- Standard
Assisting with the maintenance of stocks of reagents and consumables for laboratory use
- Standard
Assure quality methods and procedures in a science or technology environment
- Standard
Assure quality processes and procedures for scientific or technical activities
- Standard
Carry out complex scientific or technical sampling operations
- Standard
Carry out complex scientific or technical testing operations
- Standard
Carry out scientific or technical investigations
- Standard
Carry out scientific or technical testing operations
- Standard
Carry out small scale processing
- Standard
Carry out small scale processing in life sciences and related industries
- Standard
Develop and maintain a healthy and safe work environment for scientific or technical activities
- Standard
Develop and provide training for scientific or technical activities in the workplace
- Standard
Diagnose faults, repair and maintain scientific or technical equipment for workplace activities
- Standard
Draft NOS
- Standard
Evaluate and provide scientific or technical assistance for learning activities
- Standard
Follow aseptic procedures in the laboratory environment
Showing 18 of 44 standards these units map to.
04Where it leads
The jobs these credits are mapped to
A qualification is never a dead end here. Each of these is a job record this qualification is a mapped route into.
- 1 record
- 1 record
Where this can lead
Research IT Support Analyst
This work can lead to senior research systems engineering, research infrastructure design, or managing a research computing team.
See the whole journey05The credits
The credits, and who awards them
Level 3 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by MP Awards 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
Access and communicate scientific or technical information to authorised personnelAssess their own scientific or technical knowledge and skills for workplace activitiesCarry out complex scientific or technical testing operationsCarry out scientific or technical investigationsCarry out scientific or technical testing operationsCarry out small scale processingCarrying out complex scientific or technical sampling operationsDemonstrate scientific or technical methods, techniques and skills to others in the workplace
Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.
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.
MPQC Level 3 NVQ Diploma In Laboratory and Associated Technical Activities (QCF)
- 04_Communicating laboratory information to authorised personnel under supervision
- Assess and communicate scientific or technical information to authorised personnel
- Assess your own scientific or technical knowledge and skills for workplace activities
- Assisting with the maintenance of stocks of reagents and consumables for laboratory use
- Assure quality methods and procedures in a science or technology environment
- Assure quality processes and procedures for scientific or technical activities
- Carry out complex scientific or technical sampling operations
- Carry out complex scientific or technical testing operations
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