Pearson Education Ltd · RQF Level 3
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Automotive Clay Modelling (QCF)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 3
- Total credits115
- Guided learning205.5 hours
- Units in this qualification26
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.
Articulate, present and debate ideas in a creative environmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to prepare for debating ideas in a creative environment
- Explore and use a range of techniques to engage and involve others in the process of communication and exchange
- Reflect on and appraise the views of others
Business Solutions through Creative ThinkingReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how creative thinking techniques can find opportunities and solutions for business.
- Know how the workplace context influences creative thinking and problem solving.
- Apply creative thinking and problem solving skills in the business environment.
Clay Armature Construction in Automotive DesignReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand armature drawings
- Construct clay armatures
- Understand armature drawings
- Understand automotive styling clay
- Understand clay CNC machining
Collaborate in a creative processReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Collabourate effectively in a creative process
- Sustain creative partnerships by demonstrating trustworthy and ethical behaviour
- Observe legal and ethical considerations
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
Create 3D models using a computer aided design systemReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare the 3D computer aided design environment
- Create and modify 3D models
- Produce output from the 3D model
- Observe safe working practices and procedures
Developing Surfaces in Automotive Clay ModellingReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to develop surfaces in clay modelling
- Develop a personal timing plan
- Construct clay surfaces
- Develop a CNC machined design
- Refine clay surfaces using hand tools
- Finish the model
- Capture clay surfaces using clay 3D scanner
- Understand how clay modelling is used to communicate ideas and meaning
Interpret a design brief and follow the design processReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Confirm the nature and scope of the design brief with stakeholders
- Generate a range of ideas to respond to the design brief and agree the design concept
- Producemodels/prototypes/artwork and finalise production specification
- Produce, or monitor production of product/service and obtain client approval
Manage Own Time and Work EffectivenessReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate own work effectiveness
- Set targets to improve own time management skills
- Monitor time management skills and own work effectiveness
Preparing and proving CNC machine tool programsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare and prove CNC machine tool programs
- Prepare and prove CNC machine tool programs
Preparing for Fabrication Work in Experimental Vehicle EngineeringReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know safety procedures in a fabrication environment
- Understand vehicle engineering drawings
- Know fabrication engineering tools
Producing Fabricated Structural Components for Experimental Vehicle EngineeringReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to cut and shape fabrication materials
- Prepare fabrication materials
- Produce fabricated components
Producing components using hand fitting techniquesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Produce components using hand fitting techniques
- Produce components using hand fitting techniques
Producing mechanical engineering drawings using a CAD systemReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Produce mechanical engineering drawings using a CAD system
- Produce mechanical engineering drawings using a CAD system
Rapid Prototyping in Automotive DesignReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand principles of rapid prototyping
- Create rapid prototypes
- Understand how to utilise rapid prototypes
Research a design conceptReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Establish client needs and design requirements
- Carry out research to inform design solutions
- Develop design options based on research and other information
- Select and present preferred design solution
- Understand copyright, moral rights and intellectual property issues
Research and evaluate the nature of design in a specific industry contextReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the role of design and designers in the industry
- Understand the impact of current and emerging technologies on design in the industry
- Understand how design trends affect the industry
- Understand ethical issues and regulations that impact on the design industry
Sketch Modelling in Automotive DesignReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of sketch modelling
- Create 3D clay model
- Capture sketch model using 3D scanner
The history and social impact of creativity and its influence on designReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the impact of creativity at different points in history including contemporary perspectives
- Understand the potential links between the history of creativity and current individuals and communities
- Know where to find information on the history and social impact of creativity
- Understand the ways in which different factors impact on creativity and how it is demonstrated in various cultural contexts
Understand market researchReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the types of market research and how information can be gathered
- Analyse market information to inform business decisions
- Understand legal requirements for market research activities
Understand the concept and techniques used in brandingReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the definition of brand and the role of brands for business performance
- Understand different tools and techniques used in branding
- Understand the impact of social responsibility, sustainability and innovation in branding
Understanding costs and budgets in an organisationReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand budgets within an organisation
- Understand costs within an organisation
Using and interpreting engineering data and documentationReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Use and interpret engineering data and documentation
- Use and interpret engineering data and documentation
Verify new product designs using a physical modelReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Verify new product designs using a physical model
- Verify new product designs using a physical model
Working efficiently and effectively in engineeringReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Work efficiently and effectively in engineering
- Work efficiently and effectively in engineering
Write a design briefReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Define the requirements for a design project
- Prepare a written design brief
The honest bit
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Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
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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.
- Carry out preliminary stakeholder behaviour research to inform industrial design strategy
- Discover and prioritise detailed interaction experience targets
- Execute simulations using a range of appropriate techniques
- Fabricating structural components for experimental vehicle engineering
- Follow a Design Process in the Kitchen, Bedroom and Bathroom Industry
- Identify technological and operational capabilities available to the industrial design project
- Interpret and follow a design brief for craft
- Refine design solutions based on on-going simulation feedback
Where this can lead
Director of Rapid Prototyping
This Director role is a pivotal point in a distinguished career. It's where you transition from managing a significant operation to truly shaping the strategic future of our R&D and product innovation. The path ahead is challenging, but the impact you can make is immense.
See the whole journey →Showing 6 roles, drawn from 11 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
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for Pearson Edexcel Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Automotive Clay Modelling (QCF)
26 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson Education Ltd.
- Articulate, present and debate ideas in a creative environment
- Business Solutions through Creative Thinking
- Clay Armature Construction in Automotive Design
- Collaborate in a creative process
- Complying with statutory regulations and organisational safety requirements
- Create 3D models using a computer aided design system
and 20 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
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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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