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. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work.
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
Analysis of Scientific Data and Information Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Present information and data to scientific standards
- Process data using numerical analysis
- Process data using statistics
- Understand the limitations in concluding results
Biochemistry of Macromolecules and Metabolic Pathways Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the chemical principles that apply to the structures of biological building block molecules
- Understand the structures of biological macromolecules and the relationships to biological functions
- Understand the features of and links between the major metabolic pathways
- Use biochemical practical skills and cognate techniques
Biodiversity, Conservation and Threats Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the mechanisms that result in biodiversity
- Understand the value of biodiversity as a resource
- Understand the factors that threaten global biodiversity
- Investigate the efficacy of practical measures to conserve biodiversity
Bioinformatics Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the aims, methods, data sources and applications of bioinformatics
- Understand the processes of computational biology
- Understand key features involved in building biological databases
- Carry out data analysis within the field of bioinformatics
Cell Biology Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the structural features of eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells
- Understand cellular diversity
- Understand the growth and development of cells
- Grow cells in culture
Chemistry for Applied Biologists Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how chemical bonding affects chemical and physical properties of molecules
- Relate feasibility of reactions to thermodynamic quantities
- Understand the features of equilibrium processes
- Understand the chemical behaviour of the main classes of organic compounds
Ecological Principles and their Application Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- LO1 - Understand the importance of ecological study
- LO2 - Understand basic ecological theory
- LO3Be able to conduct ecological research
Employability Skills Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Determine own responsibilities and performance
- Develop interpersonal and transferable skills
- Understand the dynamics of working with others
- Develop strategies for problem solving
Environmental Management and Conservation Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the major strategies for conservation of resources
- Understand the causes, effects and the control of pollution
- Understand global environmental issues
- Understand how environmental legislation may be put into practice
Environmental Monitoring and Analysis Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how biogeochemical cycles result in the transfer of substances between components of ecosystems
- Understand the sources and effects of environmental pollutants
- Apply sampling methods appropriate to an analyte
- Determine the concentration of analytes in samples
Food Molecules, Additives and their Roles Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- LO1 - Understand the relationship between the structure of food carbohydrates and their functions in foodstuffs
- LO2 - Understand the structures and functions of food proteins and enzymes
- LO3 - Understand the structures and functions of food lipids
- LO4 - Understand the nature and functions of additives in food
Human Health and Nutrition Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the sources, functions and uses of macro and micro-nutrients in the diet
- Understand the fate of nutrients after consumption
- Understand the nutritional requirements of individuals in relation to food choice, lifestyle, life cycle and health
- Understand the role of nutrition in health and diet-related diseases
Industrial Microbiology Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate microbial growth
- Understand the commercial and industrial applications of micro-organisms
- Understand the methods available for the control of microbial contamination
- Detect microbial contaminants and undertake quality control procedures
- Understand current legislation relating to industrial microbiology
Infectious Diseases Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand host-microbial relationships
- Understand microbial features that contribute to infection at different body sites
- Understand the virulence factors for major microbial diseases
- Use diagnostic techniques to identify pathogens
Laboratory Management Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- LO1 - Understand the typical duties of labouratory managers in different types of labouratory
- LO2 - Understand aspects of labouratory organisation
- LO3 - Understand how labouratories comply with health and safety legislation
- LO4 - Understand features of managing a quality system
Laboratory Techniques for Applied Biology Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- LO1 - Be able to use and calibrate a light microscope to differentiate between cell types
- LO2 - Be able to use titrimetric and spectroscopic quantitative techniques
- LO3 - Be able to use chromatographic techniques for qualitative and quantitative analyses
- LO4 - Be able to use aseptic technique in microbiological procedures
Medicinal Chemistry Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the role of enzymes and receptors as drug targets.
- Understand the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic behaviour of drugs
- Understand the stages of drug discovery and design
- Understand the role of biologically active molecules in biochemical systems
Molecular Biology and Genetics Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the processes of information transfer from DNA to protein
- Understand factors involved in the regulation of gene expression
- Carry out experimental techniques involved in manipulating DNA, RNA and protein
- Determine patterns of inheritance
- Understand how changes in gene frequencies result in changes in populations
Nanotechnology Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know how structure controls properties at the nanoscale dimension
- Understand key concepts in engineering, physics, chemistry, and biology used to solve nanotechnology problems
- Evaluate current nanotechnology fabrication methods
- Know current and potential future commercial nanotechnology applications
Neurophysiology and Homeostatic Control of the Human Body Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the processes of nervous communication between distinct tissues and organs
- Understand the components of the nervous system and homeostatic control
- Understand the coordinated activity of organ systems in the maintenance of a constant internal environment.
Pharmacological Principles of Drug Actions Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- LO1 - Be able to analyse and calculate clinical data
- LO2 - Understand factors that affect pharmacokinetic processes
- LO3 - Understand the transmission of nerve impulses, diseases that affect transmission and their modification by drugs
- LO4 - Understand the function of the immune system and how drugs may affect it
Physiological Principles for Health and Social Care Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the structure and functioning of the human body
- Understand the relationship between body functioning and relevant detailed anatomy and physiology
- Understand how routine data collected in health and social care informs the planning of care for individuals
- Relate routine variations in body structure and functioning to care received by individuals
Physiology of Cellular Systems in Animals Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the relationship between the structure of specialised cells and their functioning within tissues
- Understand how different tissues communicate with each other
- Understand how different systems assimilate nutrients and remove waste products.
Plant Physiology and Environmental Adaptation Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand plant anatomy in relation to physiological processes
- Understand plant adaptation to extreme habitat type
- Investigate the use of plants in the environmental restoration of industrial and waste land
- Understand the use of plant types in local re-vegetation and habitat maintenance sites
Project for Applied Science Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan a project
- Implement the project plan
- Evaluate the project outcomes
- Communicate the project investigation and its results
Quality Assurance and Quality Control Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how the quality of an analytical result may be expressed
- Understand features of quality control and quality assurance
- Understand quality management systems
- Understand the accreditation process
Research Project Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to formulate a research specification
- Implement the research project within agreed procedures and to specification
- Evaluate the research outcomes
- Present the research outcomes
Statistics for Experimental Design Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- LO1 - Understand the role of statistics in experimental design
- LO2 - Understand how statistical decisions are made using hypothesis testing
- LO3 - Be able to make statistical decisions using significance testing
- LO4 - Be able to analyse the relationship between variables
The Immune Response System Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- LO1 - Understand the innate immune response
- LO2 - Understand the acquired immune response
- LO3 - Understand the methods used to manipulate the immune response
- LO4 - Understand the mechanisms and consequences of an abnormal immune response
- LO5 - Be able to carry out a range of immunological techniques used to study the immune system
Work-based Investigation Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan a work-based topic
- Keep a detailed logbook
- Undertake an extended work-based practical investigation
- Communicate the investigation and its results
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_Improving product and process quality in laboratories
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Carry out computational analysis of life science
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Develop algorithms and pipelines for the analysis of life science data
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Obtain Life Science Data from Private and Public Repositories
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Prepare life science data for computational analysis
- Standard
Store, archive and curate data from life science
The jobs these credits are mapped to
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Where this can lead
Laboratory Technician
This work can lead to a lead technician or research associate role, a lab manager role, or, with further study, a research scientist role.
See the whole journeyThe credits, and who awards them
Level 4 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by Pearson Education Ltd 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
Analysis of Scientific Data and InformationBiochemistry of Macromolecules and Metabolic PathwaysBiodiversity, Conservation and ThreatsBioinformaticsCell BiologyChemistry for Applied BiologistsEcological Principles and their ApplicationEmployability Skills
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.
- 04_Improving product and process quality in laboratories
- Carry out computational analysis of life science
- Develop algorithms and pipelines for the analysis of life science data
- Obtain Life Science Data from Private and Public Repositories
- Prepare life science data for computational analysis
- Store, archive and curate data from life science
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