Cambridge OCR · RQF Level 2
Cambridge OCR Level 2 Cambridge Technical Diploma in Science
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 2
- Total credits60
- Guided learning360 hours
- Units in this qualification15
Awarded by Cambridge OCR · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
This Level 2 Cambridge Technical Diploma in Science enables learners to develop skills within the science sector. It allows learners to gain a qualification at their own pace. Units cover areas such as the science of the Earth, data processing, and practical techniques.
These are the units Cambridge OCR 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.
Careers in scienceReal unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Know the range of employment opportunities within the science sector
- Know some of the job roles within a science organisation
- Apply for a position within the science sector
Chemical designReal unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Know the main components of washing powders and understand how they work to clean effectively
- Know how the components of car fuel are produced and understand why each component is important for engine performance
- Know the properties and uses of different polymers in various applications
- Understand the factors which influence chemical design in the development of new products
Chemistry of productionReal unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Describe why a specific chemical process and its location are chosen for production
- Describe the factors that govern the rate and yield of a chemical process
- Know how waste treatment methods can be used to minimise the environmental impact of a chemical process
- Know how the chemical industry maintains a good safety record in the manufacture and transport of chemicals
Communicating scienceReal unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Know how science can be communicated using different types of communications
- Know how science can be communicated specific to different audiences
- Understand how different viewpoints are presented in science
Environmental analysisReal unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Know how science is used in the effective disposal of household waste materials
- Know some of the methods used for analysing water quality to ensure it is safe
Food productionReal unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the different practices used in commercial farming
- Understand the key factors that affect crop production
- Know how food gets from the field to the supermarket
- Understand the role of innovative science in addressing food production
Human behaviourReal unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the origins of human behaviour and the evolutionary approach to explaining patterns of behaviour
- Understand the biological approach to explaining patterns of human behaviour
- Understand the ‘nature versus nurture’ debate in relation to human behaviour
- Analyse patterns of human behaviour in interpersonal relationships using biological and evolutionary theories
Physics in sportReal unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Explain the application of levers in various sporting activities.
- Describe how forces affect the movement of objects in different sports.
- Explain how to vary the effect of friction on moving objects in sport.
- Explain how physics principles can be applied to predict and improve techniques in sport.
Practical techniques in scienceReal unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Know how organisations use science to identify hazards
- Know how individuals use science to identify hazards
- Know how organisations use science to minimise risk
- Know how individuals use science to minimise risk
- Use practical techniques in scientific work in the laboratory
- Use practical techniques in scientific work in the field
- Maintain the quality of the sample using practical techniques
- Avoid contamination of the laboratory and/or the environment using practical techniques
Processing and presenting data in scienceReal unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Collect repeatable experimental data accurately and safely.
- Present experimental data in a clear and organised manner, using tables, charts, and graphs.
- Process experimental data using appropriate mathematical techniques.
- Use scale correctly when presenting data.
- Use appropriate units when presenting data.
- Apply equations correctly when processing data.
- Construct and interpret graphs accurately.
RadiologyReal unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Describe how X-rays are used by Diagnostic Radiographers in medical imaging.
- Explain how a Radiographer uses ultrasound technology to observe internal structures of the human body.
- Recognise that radioactive materials are utilised by Therapeutic Radiographers for both diagnostic and treatment purposes.
Research and development in scienceReal unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how scientific concepts are developed into useful applications
- Plan a design process for a scientific application
- Use a design process to design or improve an application of science
Science of healthReal unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how different lifestyle choices can affect an individual's health and well-being
- Know how the human body resists infection from pathogens and how modern science can assist in this process
- Know how sexual health impacts on the health and well-being of the individual and society as a whole
- Understand the impact of genetic disorders on an individual's health and well-being
Science of telecommunicationsReal unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Describe how current telecommunication systems are used to communicate information effectively.
- Explain the properties of different types of waves.
- Explain how electromagnetic waves are used in communication technologies.
- Identify some of the common problems encountered when transmitting messages via telecommunications.
Science of the EarthReal unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Describe the structure of the Earth, including the crust, mantle, and core.
- Explain the development of ideas and theories about the processes that change the Earth’s surface, such as plate tectonics and erosion.
- Explain how the Earth’s atmosphere has evolved over time.
- Describe how the Earth's atmosphere supports life.
- Explain the importance of the hydrosphere for supporting human life, including the availability of fresh water.
- Describe how we extract and use resources in the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere.
- Analyse the long-term effects of resource extraction and use on the Earth, including pollution and climate change.
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.
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Your passport
Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 2 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
The Evidence Evaluator
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Helps you show what you can actually do, gathering the evidence that proves it as you learn.
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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.
- Demonstrate scientific or technical methods, techniques and skills to others in the workplace
- Determine a research and development topic worthy of investigation
- Evaluate and report on the application of research and development findings within practice
- Obtain approval for selected research and development activities
- Translate research and development findings into practice
Where this can lead
Associate R&D Scientist/Engineer
Your journey in R&D starts here, and it's full of possibilities. We're looking for someone who's ready to learn, contribute, and grow with us. If you're excited by the prospect of hands-on science and making a real impact, even at this early stage, then we'd love to hear from you.
See the whole journey →Showing 6 roles, drawn from 180 job records mapped to this qualification.
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
Learners will explore the range of employment opportunities and job roles within the science sector. The unit includes understanding required skills, qualifications, career pathways, and how to apply for positions within scientific organisations.
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for Cambridge OCR Level 2 Cambridge Technical Diploma in Science
15 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Cambridge OCR.
- Careers in science
- Chemical design
- Chemistry of production
- Communicating science
- Environmental analysis
- Food production
and 9 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
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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