Pearson Education Ltd · RQF Level 6
Pearson BTEC Level 6 Subsidiary Diploma in Engineering (QCF)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 6
- Total credits60
- Units in this qualification34
Awarded by Pearson Education Ltd · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
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.
Advanced Manufacturing ProcessesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand now non-contact machining processes are applied in advanced manufacturing
- Understand methods used to fabricate polymer matrix components
- Understand how micro and nano scale manufacturing technology is used to produce microelectromechanical systems and devices
- Understand how non-coventional forming processes are applied to produce sheet metal and tubular components
- Understand surface enhancement processes in advanced manufacturing and their applications
Advanced MaterialsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the selection, manufacturing and testing processes for light metal alloys
- Understand the selection, manufacturing and testing processes for composite materials
- Understand the life cycle assessment process that informs the selection of sustainable materials
- Understand major developments in materials and associated technologies
Aircraft AerodynamicsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand aerodynamic principles
- Determine aerofoil characteristics
- Determine aircraft finite wing characteristics
- Understand compressible airflow behaviour and its influence on wing design
Aircraft Conceptual DesignReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the aircraft design process
- Select suitable overall aircraft and major component design configurations
- Determine basic, lift, drag, mass and performance estimates
- Carry out parametric analysis and optimisation procedures
- Analyse aircraft conceptual designs
Aircraft Gas Turbine Thermo-fluid Dynamics, Design and PerformanceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand gas flow dynamics
- Analyse aircraft gas turbine engine cycles
- Analyse the performance of aircraft gas turbine engine components
- Determine off-design operational performance of aircraft gas turbine engines
Aircraft Hydraulic Systems Design and PerformanceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Design hydraulic fluid power circuits to meet specified service requirements
- Understand the design requirements for the safe operation and performance of aircraft hydraulic systems
- Analyse the design and performance of aircraft hydraulic power supply systems and their components
- Assess the design and performance of aircraft landing gear and power flying control actuation systems
Aircraft Reliability EngineeringReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Analyse aircraft reliability engineering programmes
- Statistically analyse life failure data
- Determine aircraft systems reliability prediction estimates
- Assess relationships between aircraft structural design and reliability
Aircraft Structural AnalysisReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Determine airframe operational loads and their impact on aircraft airworthiness
- Understand aircraft structural fatigue, damage prediction and design against failure
- Analyse thin walled structures
- Analyse aircraft wing and fuselage stuctures
Applying Lean Principles to Business OperationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the suitability of the management of business operations in an organisation
- Understand the role of quality management in an organisation
- Use lean methods to improve the management of business operations in an organisation
- Plan a quality improvement in an organisation
- Evaluate the impact of quality improvement on an organisation
Avionic Systems EngineeringReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Analyse the avionic systems used in modern aircraft
- Understand the principles, operation and application of aircraft and ground radar systems
- Demonstrate aircraft data bus and integrated avionic systems
- Demonstrate systems for flight monitoring, automatic flight control (AFCS) and flight management (FMS)
Change ManagementReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the background to change management in organisations
- Understand issues relating to change in organisations
- Present proposals for change in an organisation
- Prepare to manage the change process
Contemporary Issues in BusinessReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the social, cultural and moral issues that affect organisations in the current business environment
- Understand the ethical issues that affect organisations in the current business environment
- Evaluate current ethical issues in a business
- Assess how changes in the environment are impacting on business skills requirements
Control Engineering DesignReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Use Laplace transforms in the analysis of control systems
- Use frequency response data to characterise control systems
- Understand the processes of design and tuning of controllers
- Analyse digital control systems
- Synthesise digital control algorithms
Data Communication and Sensor NetworksReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand key data communication concepts
- Understand the operation of data communication network components
- Understand the special requirements of wireless sensor networks
- Design packet switched networks for specific applications
Digital Communications in EngineeringReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamentals of digital signals
- Understand the mathematical concepts of random processes and the effect of noise in transmitted digital signals
- Develop modulated data signals and evaluate the spectra of modulated signals
- Use computer simulation packages for developing and analysing matched filters
Digital Signal ProcessingReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the conversion of engineering signals from one form to another
- Understand standard digital signal processing techniques
- Develop models of digital signal processing used in industry
- Understand the use of computer simulation to design engineering applications of digital signal processing
Embedded Systems in EngineeringReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand real-time operating systems in embedded systems
- Understand processing elements in embedded systems
- Understand how embedded systems communicate with real world signals
- Select and adapt computer architecture for embedded systems
- Understand the application of intelligent control strategies in embedded systems
Entrepreneurship in BusinessReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the scope for entrepreneurship in established organisations in today's economy
- Understand how to develop successful entrepreneurial business ideas
- Plan a strategy for a viable entrepreneurial business idea
- Plan the future growth of a viable entrepreneurial business idea
Financial Principles and Techniques for Non-specialistsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of financial accounting and financial reporting
- Apply the principles of financial accounting and financial reporting
- Apply principles of management accounting to a given business
Finite Element AnalysisReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand finite element analysis
- Carry out finite element analysis of a component using software
- Evaluate the results of finite element analysis
- Use finite element analysis to optimise a simple design
Flight DynamicsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand aircraft dynamics
- Analyse equations of aircraft motion
- Analyse flight dynamic motion
- Determine design parametres for automatic flight control and stability augmentation systems
Innovation and Creativity in BusinessReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of innovation to business
- Understand how creativity can be fostered
- Understand how innovation can be fostered in an organisation
- Influence others to effect innovative change in an organisation
- Plan to overcome barriers to implementation of creative and innovative ideas in an organisation
Management and LeadershipReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the relationship between management and leadership
- Understand the features that underpin effective leadership
- Apply theories of management and leadership in organisational contexts
- Advise on the management and leadership skills required for selected roles in an organisation
Mechanical Engineering DesignReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Develop outline designs for mechanical engineering products
- Develop and integrate detailed designs of elements for mechanical engineering products
- Produce a design report
MicroelectronicsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the manufacturing processes for integrated circuits
- Understand the purposes and limitations of electronic computer aided design software
- Analyse integrated circuits
- Evaluate developments in integrated circuit devices packages and manufacture
Modelling and Simulation for EngineersReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how standard ordinary differential equations and partial differential equations are used in engineering
- Use numerical techniques in the solution of ordinary differential equations and partial differential equations
- Use MATLAB to model dynamic engineering systems
- Use MATLAB for graphic analysis of dynamic engineering systems
- Use MATLAB/Simulink to simulate dynamic engineering systems
Power Electronics and DrivesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand semiconductor devices in power electronic systems
- Understand the operation of electronic power converter circuits
- Understand application and implementation issues of power electronic systems
- Specify electronic drive systems
Project Management for EngineeringReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand project management processes
- Understand personnel issues in project management
- Understand project execution
- Undertake project management activities
Quality Management in EngineeringReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand statistical principles and tools used in engineering quality management
- Understand quality and quality management systems in engineering
- Apply and manage process capability and statistical quality control techniques in engineering
Rapid Prototyping TechnologiesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the evolution of rapid prototyping in the product development process
- Understand the mechanisms and classification of rapid prototyping technologies
- Understand the operational implications of rapid prototyping technologies
- Evaluate applications of rapid prototyping technologies
Robotic Systems in EngineeringReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the capabilities and limitations of robot technologies
- Understand the theoretical frameworks for robot control
- Develop and evaluate robotic solutions to engineering applications
Strategic ManagementReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how strategic choices are made in organisations
- Understand the importance of culture within strategic positioning in organisations
- Understand the risks involved in an organisation deciding to internationalise
- Assess the strategic position of an organisation
- Understand the importance of change in strategic management
Supply Chain ManagementReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key supply decisions that have to be made in businesses
- Understand how businesses develop supply strategy
- Understand the role of performance management in developing supply strategy
- Apply strategic issues in supply chain management
- Assess the impact of technology on supply chain management
Sustainability in EngineeringReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the contexts and principles of sustainable development
- Understand the impact of globalisation on diversity
- Understand the impact of technological developments on diversity
- Understand the social concepts affecting the promotion of sustainable development
- Understand policies and legislation relating to engineering sustainability
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.
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Your passport
Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 6 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.
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
Who’d teach you this
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Where these credits take you
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Where this can lead
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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.
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.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for Pearson BTEC Level 6 Subsidiary Diploma in Engineering (QCF)
34 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson Education Ltd.
- Advanced Manufacturing Processes
- Advanced Materials
- Aircraft Aerodynamics
- Aircraft Conceptual Design
- Aircraft Gas Turbine Thermo-fluid Dynamics, Design and Performance
- Aircraft Hydraulic Systems Design and Performance
and 28 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.
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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
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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.
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