Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited · RQF Level 2
EAL Level 2 Certificate In Engineering Technologies
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- LevelRQF Level 2
- Total credits25
- Guided learning230 hours
- Units in this qualification49
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The EAL Level 2 Certificate in Engineering Technologies provides learners with knowledge and understanding of a broad range of engineering competencies, enabling them to work effectively in the engineering industry.
These are the units Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited 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.
Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing)Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain knowledge of additive manufacturing (3D printing) technology, including its principles, applications, and classifications. The unit covers various 3D printing methods, benefits, limitations, safety considerations, and industry uses.
What you'll be able to do
- Know the principles and applications of 3D printing technology
- Describe the types of 3D printing technology available and classifications of additive manufacturing processes
- Describe the benefits of 3D printing
- Identify industries using 3D printing technology
- Identify different types of materials used in 3D printing
- Describe the limitations of 3D printing
- Describe the safety considerations concerning the use of 3D printing technology
- State how object data can be manipulated within 3D printer software
- Describe how manipulating layer resolution, wall thickness, in-fill and print speed affects quality versus time and when this would be applicable
- Describe how larger objects can be produced by splitting objects into separate sections and files
- Know the preventive maintenance operations to be performed to maintain the 3D printer in a useable condition
- Describe the safety considerations concerning the maintenance of 3D printing technology
- Identify typical maintenance operations to be performed to maintain a 3D printer in a usable condition
- State the importance of carrying out preventative maintenance operations
- Prepare 3D printing technology
- Identify the print capacity and print resolution for the 3D printing technology used
- Create 3D data and produce a suitable file type for 3D printing
- Import a suitable file into 3D printing software
- Use 3D printer software to edit relevant parameters and settings for the 3D object being printed
- Create a build file following appropriate procedures
- Check the 3D printer is loaded with appropriate material and is ready to print
- Use 3D printing technology
- Calculate the cost of printing the printed object
- Check for error messages and readiness to print
- Start the 3D printing process
- Monitor the status of the 3D printer at appropriate intervals during the build
- Complete using 3D printing technology
- Identify specific safety precautions taken when using a 3D printing
- Remove the object safely from the printer
- Remove support material and clean the printed object safely
- Clean and reinstate the 3D printer ready for the next print session
- Check that the object meets pre-build expectations
- Describe finishing techniques and processes that can be applied to improve the final object
Applied Mathematics in EngineeringReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll develop the ability to apply mathematical principles and graphical methods to solve engineering problems. This includes arithmetic operations, algebraic manipulation, ratio and proportion, and solving problems involving geometric figures, solids, and right-angled triangles.
What you'll be able to do
- Apply mathematical principles to solve a range of engineering problems.
- Use graphical representations, such as charts and diagrams, to illustrate and solve engineering problems.
- Solve engineering problems involving geometric figures and solid shapes.
- Apply trigonometric principles to solve problems involving right-angled triangles.
Basic Electrical Circuit Inspection, Testing and Fault DiagnosisReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to safely inspect, test, and diagnose faults in basic electrical circuits. You'll understand electrical isolation procedures and how to inspect and test lighting and socket outlet circuits, including fault diagnosis and correction.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand safe electrical isolation procedures
- Understand how to inspect a lighting circuit
- Understand how to test a lighting circuit
- Understand how to inspect a socket outlet circuit
- Understand how to test a socket outlet circuit
- Understand how to carry out fault diagnosis
- Understand how to carry out fault correction
Building Services Pipework Fixing, Bending and Jointing MethodsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers materials, fixing methods, bending principles, jointing techniques, and testing procedures for building services pipework. You'll understand how to achieve secure, stable, and leak-proof pipework installations.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the different materials used for building services pipework, and understand appropriate fixing methods for each material, ensuring secure and stable installations.
- Understand the principles of bending methods for building services pipework, including the tools and techniques used to create accurate bends without damaging the pipe.
- Understand the various jointing methods used for building services pipework, including soldering, welding, and mechanical fittings, ensuring leak-proof connections.
- Understand the different testing methods used in building services pipework, including pressure testing and leak detection, to verify the integrity of the system.
Building Services Pipework SystemsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll study building services pipework systems, including hot and cold water supply, central heating principles, above-ground discharge systems, and energy and environmental considerations. The unit provides foundational knowledge of building services pipework design and function.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of hot and cold water supply systems in buildings
- Understand the fundamental principles of central heating systems
- Understand the design and function of above-ground discharge systems for waste water
- Understand the importance of energy awareness and environmental issues related to building services pipework systems
Building services engineering pipework fabrication processes and techniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain knowledge and skills in building services engineering pipework fabrication for domestic systems. The unit covers hand and power tools, pipework types and jointing principles, installation techniques, and site preparation.
What you'll be able to do
- Know the types of hand and power tools used for domestic pipework systems, including their safe and effective use.
- Know the types of domestic pipework and their jointing principles, including materials, sizes, and connection methods.
- Install pipework and components in domestic settings, following industry best practices and safety regulations.
- Know the general site preparation techniques for carrying out work on domestic pipework systems, including clearing the area and protecting surfaces.
- Use clips and brackets to support pipework and components in domestic installations, ensuring stability and preventing strain.
- Apply fixings and brackets to domestic pipework and components, using appropriate tools and techniques.
- Know the inspection and soundness testing requirements of domestic pipework, including pressure testing and leak detection.
- Inspect and soundness test domestic pipework, identifying and rectifying any faults or leaks.
Building services engineering systems and their layout requirementsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides learners with knowledge of building services engineering water systems, including cold, hot, and central heating systems. You'll understand system types, layout requirements, pipe sizing and placement, temperature control, and safety features.
What you'll be able to do
- Know the different types of cold water systems used in building services, and understand their layout requirements, including pipe sizing and placement.
- Know the different types of hot water systems used in building services, and understand their layout requirements, including temperature control and safety features.
- Know the different types of central heating systems used in building services, and understand their layout requirements, including heat distribution and energy efficiency.
- Know the different types of sanitary pipework systems used in building services, and understand their system layout requirements, including drainage and ventilation.
- Know the applications of various energy sources used in the building services industry, including renewable and non-renewable energy options.
Business Improvement TechniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll develop an understanding of business improvement techniques such as continuous improvement, workplace organisation, visual management, and problem-solving methods. The unit focuses on applying these techniques to enhance business processes and efficiency.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the meaning of continuous improvement within a business context
- Understand the principles of workplace organisation and its benefits
- Understand the principles and application of visual management techniques in the workplace
- Understand various problem-solving techniques used in business improvement
Computer Numerical Control Milling TechniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain an understanding of CNC milling operations, including identification and function of tooling and equipment. The unit covers safe use of work holding devices, types of cutting tools, and basic CNC programming and operational procedures.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to identify the tooling used within milling operations
- Understand the function of the tooling used within milling operations
- Understand how to identify the equipment used within milling operations
- Understand the function of the equipment used within milling operations
- Understand how to safely use work holding equipment
- Understand how to correctly use work holding equipment
- Understand the types of milling cutting tools
- Understand the applications of milling cutting tools
- Understand basic CNC milling operations
- Understand basic CNC milling programming
- Understand the requirements of quality standards associated with milling operations
Computer Numerical Control Turning TechniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides knowledge of CNC turning operations, including equipment and work holding devices, cutting tool types and applications, basic programming, and quality standards. You'll understand safe and effective CNC turning practices and operational procedures.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the different types of equipment used in CNC turning operations and the procedures for their safe and effective use
- Understand the different types of work holding equipment used in CNC turning and the correct procedures for their application
- Understand the various types of cutting tools used in CNC turning operations and their specific applications
- Understand the basic principles of CNC turning operations and programming techniques
- Understand the quality and standards requirements associated with CNC turning operations and how to meet them
Electrical Installation Methods, Wiring and Circuit ProtectionReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers electrical installation methods for lighting and socket outlet circuits, wiring principles, and circuit protection selection and rating. You'll understand wiring configurations, components, and safety considerations in electrical installations.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand electrical installation methods in lighting circuits, including wiring configurations and component selection.
- Understand the principles of circuit wiring, including cable types, termination methods, and earthing requirements.
- Understand the selection and rating of circuit protection devices, such as fuses and circuit breakers, to prevent overloads and short circuits.
- Understand electrical installation methods in socket outlet circuits, including wiring configurations and safety requirements.
Electrical and Electronic PrinciplesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain foundational knowledge of electrical and electronic principles, covering direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) technologies, as well as electromagnetic and electrostatic theories. The unit includes concepts such as voltage, current, resistance, Ohm's Law, and circuit characteristics.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles associated with direct current (DC) technologies, including voltage, current, and resistance.
- Understand the fundamental principles associated with alternating current (AC) technologies, including frequency, impedance, and power factor.
- Understand the fundamental principles associated with electromagnetic theory, including magnetic fields and induction.
- Understand the fundamental principles associated with electrostatic theory, including electric fields and capacitance.
Electrical and Electronic Systems and DevicesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll study the characteristics and applications of resistors, capacitors, semi-conductors, diodes, and transistors within electrical and electronic systems. The unit also covers different types of signal sources and their roles in circuits.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the characteristics and applications of resistors and capacitors in electrical and electronic circuits.
- Understand the properties and applications of semi-conductor devices in electronic systems.
- Understand the different types of signal sources used in electronic circuits.
- Understand the characteristics, operation, and applications of transistors in electronic circuits.
Electrical and Electronic Testing MethodsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers electrical and electronic testing methods, focusing on the use and principles of analogue and digital metres, oscilloscopes, and signal sources. You'll understand how to apply these tools effectively in testing and measurement scenarios.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the use and applications of analogue and digital meters
- Understand oscilloscopes and their use for waveform measurement
- Understand signal sources
- Understand the basic principles associated with electrostatic theory
Engineering Design TechniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll learn to create product design specifications and proposals that meet client requirements. The unit covers interpreting client briefs, identifying design factors, and considering environmental, economic, and social influences on product design.
What you'll be able to do
- Develop a product design specification
- Outline the factors that influence the design of a product
- Interpret a client brief
- Identify the requirements of a client brief
- Produce a product design specification that meets the requirements of the client brief
- Prepare a product design proposal
- Prepare a product design proposal that meets the requirements of the product design specification
- Outline how the product design proposal meets the requirements of the product design specification
- Produce a final product design solution
- Produce a final product design solution that meets the requirements of the product design specification
- Outline how the final product design solution meets the requirements of the product design specification
- Communicate the final product design solution to relevant persons
- Evaluate the final product design solution
- Evaluate the final product design solution against the client’s needs and expectations
Engineering Environmental AwarenessReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain an understanding of the environmental and regulatory context of engineering organisations, including health and safety legislation, employer and employee responsibilities, and the impact of internal and external environmental factors on operations.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the requirements of an engineering organisation in meeting health and safety legislation and regulations
- Understand the roles and responsibilities of both employers and employees in the continuous development of skills and working relationships
- Understand the internal and external environments associated with the operations of an engineering organisation
Engineering Maintenance PlanningReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides an understanding of maintenance requirements, planning principles, maintenance methods, and condition monitoring in engineering contexts. You'll develop knowledge to organise and implement effective maintenance programmes.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the different types of maintenance requirements in an engineering context, including preventative and corrective maintenance
- Understand the principles of maintenance planning, including scheduling, resource allocation, and documentation
- Understand a range of maintenance methods, including their advantages, disadvantages, and appropriate applications
- Understand the purpose and application of condition monitoring techniques in maintenance planning
Engineering Maintenance Safety PracticesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll understand safety requirements and environmental considerations in engineering maintenance operations. The unit covers safe working practices, risk assessments, method statements, and preparation for maintenance activities.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the safety requirements of maintenance operations, including personal protective equipment (PPE) and safe working practices.
- Understand job and workplace planning for maintenance activities, including risk assessments and method statements.
- Understand how to prepare for maintenance operations, including isolating equipment and obtaining necessary permits.
- Understand the environmental considerations when undertaking maintenance operations, including waste disposal and pollution prevention.
Engineering Maintenance TechniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides learners with an understanding of engineering maintenance techniques. It covers fault diagnosis methods, measuring systems and instruments, safe use of hand and power tools, joining and bonding processes, and dismantling and reassembly techniques.
What you'll be able to do
- Describe maintenance fault diagnosis techniques
- Describe basic measuring systems
- Describe basic measuring instruments
- Use hand tools safely
- Use power tools safely
- Describe the joining processes used in maintenance operations
- Describe the bonding processes used in maintenance operations
- Explain basic dismantling techniques used in general engineering systems
- Explain basic reassembly techniques used in general engineering systems
Engineering Manufacturing TechniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to prepare for and safely carry out manufacturing processes. It covers preparation procedures, work area setup, equipment checks, material verification, and adherence to safety requirements throughout the manufacturing operation.
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to manufacture a product
- Follow the relevant preparation procedures and safety requirements
- Carry out work area preparations according to procedure specification and take account of any specific safety requirements
- Check the equipment used for the manufacturing operation/s is in a safe and usable condition
- Check the materials are available and meet the specification for type, quantity and quality
- Manufacture a product
- Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety, environmental and other relevant regulations and guidelines
- Follow the relevant manufacturing procedures and safety requirements
- Obtain and follow the correct product instructions and any relevant manufacturing procedure and quality specifications
- Use the correct tools, equipment and/or machinery for the manufacturing operations being performed
- Manufacture a product according to a given specification and quality requirements
- Monitor and control the manufacture of a product
- Monitor and control the manufacture of a product and identify any faults, variations or problems that occur
- Make permitted adjustments to solve production faults, variations or problems
- Report any problems that they cannot solve, or are outside their permitted authority, to the appropriate person
- Minimise any waste during the manufacture of a product
- Work to achieve production targets
- Complete the manufacture of a product
- Inspect the manufactured product against the given specification
- Carry out appropriate tests of the manufactured product
- Complete any necessary documentation accurately and legibly
Engineering Materials ProcessesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain a comprehensive understanding of engineering materials and processes, including physical and mechanical properties, corrosion principles, effects of working and heat treatment, material composition, uses, and processing methods.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the physical properties of materials
- Understand the mechanical properties of materials
- Understand the principles of corrosion
- Understand material properties
- Understand the effect of working on materials
- Understand the effect of heat treatment on materials
- Understand the composition of materials
- Understand the properties of materials
- Understand material uses
- Understand material processing methods
- Understand primary forming processes
- Understand secondary forming processes
Engineering Mathematics and Science PrinciplesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers the selection of engineering materials, material properties, heat treatment processes, and the application of fundamental numeracy and science principles in engineering problem-solving. You'll understand factors influencing material choice and treatment.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the factors influencing the selection of appropriate engineering materials for specific applications
- Understand the properties of different engineering materials and the effects of heat treatment processes on these properties
- Understand and apply fundamental numeracy skills to solve engineering-related problems
- Understand and apply fundamental scientific principles to solve engineering-related problems
Engineering TechniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain foundational knowledge of engineering techniques, including communication methods, IT and ICT applications, basic tools and techniques, and measurement and marking out procedures used in engineering.
What you'll be able to do
- Identify forms of communication used within engineering
- Explain the engineering applications of IT
- Explain the engineering applications of ICT
- Identify basic tools used in engineering
- Describe basic techniques used in engineering
- Describe measurement techniques
- Describe marking out techniques
Engineering environment awarenessReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers the awareness of the engineering environment including health and safety legislation.
What you'll be able to do
- Understanding the requirements of an engineering organisation in meeting health and safety legislation and regulations.
Engineering mathematics and science principlesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides knowledge on mathematics and science principles applicable in engineering.
What you'll be able to do
- Applying mathematics and science principles to engineering problems.
Engineering techniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit focuses on various engineering techniques needed in the industry.
What you'll be able to do
- Applying appropriate engineering techniques in practical scenarios.
Fabrication and Welding PrinciplesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers fabrication and welding principles, including the use of hand and machine tools. You'll understand fabrication drawings, weld symbols, mechanical joining techniques, and thermal joining equipment and methods.
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the types of fabrication hand tools
- Identify the application of fabrication hand tools
- Identify the types of fabrication machine tools
- Identify the application of fabrication machine tools
- Interpret fabrication drawings
- Apply basic geometry in fabrication
- Interpret weld symbols
- Describe mechanical joining techniques
- Identify thermal joining equipment
- Describe thermal joining techniques
Fitting and Assembly TechniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers the tools, methods, and safety procedures involved in fitting and assembly operations. You'll understand the use and maintenance of hand tools, power tools, and work holding equipment, as well as relevant standards and requirements.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the range of tools and methods employed in fitting and assembly operations, including hand tools, power tools, and assembly techniques.
- Understand the safe use of work holding equipment, including vices, clamps, and jigs, to ensure secure and stable workpieces.
- Understand the principles of the tools used in fitting and assembly operations, including their function, operation, and maintenance.
- Understand the relevant standards and requirements applied to fitting and assembly operations, including tolerances, quality control, and safety regulations.
Grinding TechniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll develop an understanding of grinding techniques, including the identification and function of grinding equipment and tooling. The unit covers safe use of work holding equipment, abrasive wheel applications, and adherence to quality standards.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to identify the tooling and equipment used in grinding operations and explain their functions.
- Understand how to safely and correctly use work holding equipment during grinding operations.
- Understand the different types of abrasive wheels and their specific applications in grinding.
- Understand the quality standards and requirements associated with grinding operations.
Installation and Servicing of Air-conditioning EquipmentReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides learners with an understanding of the single-stage refrigeration cycle, including the functions of key components and controls. You'll also study the installation procedures for domestic, commercial, and industrial air conditioning equipment and relevant building services.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of the single-stage refrigeration cycle, including the roles of the key components.
- Understand the function and operation of controls and safety equipment used in air-conditioning systems.
- Understand the procedures involved in the installation of domestic, commercial, and industrial air-conditioning equipment.
- Understand how air-conditioning systems integrate with other building services, such as ventilation and heating.
Installation and Servicing of Refrigeration EquipmentReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides learners with an understanding of refrigeration equipment installation and servicing, focusing on the single-stage refrigeration cycle, controls, safety equipment, and air conditioning system installation across various settings.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the single stage refrigeration cycle, including the function of each component and the flow of refrigerant.
- Understand the controls and safety equipment used in refrigeration systems, including thermostats, pressure switches, and safety valves.
- Understand the installation of domestic, commercial, and industrial air conditioning equipment, including pipework, wiring, and commissioning procedures.
- Understand building services related to refrigeration equipment, including electrical supply, water supply, and drainage.
Installation of Security SystemsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll study the wiring, transmission paths, and installation procedures for security systems. The unit covers electronic component installation, wiring systems, connection, and testing to ensure functional and compliant security system installations.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand security systems circuit wiring and transmission paths, including the different types of wiring and transmission methods used in security systems.
- Understand the installation procedures for electronic components within security systems, adhering to industry best practices.
- Understand the installation of wiring systems for security systems, ensuring correct routing and termination.
- Understand the connection methods for security systems, ensuring secure and reliable connections.
- Understand the testing procedures for security systems, verifying functionality and compliance with relevant standards.
Leading a team in EngineeringReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit equips learners with knowledge of the roles, responsibilities, and skills required to lead a team in an engineering context. You'll explore leadership duties, task allocation, workload management, and strategies for achieving team objectives.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the roles and responsibilities of a team leader
- Describe the roles of a team leader
- Outline the responsibilities of a team leader
- Understand the knowledge and skills required to be an effective team leader
- Describe the knowledge required to be an effective team leader
- Outline the skills required to be an effective team leader
- Understand how to effectively manage team workloads
- Outline how to allocate workloads for individual team members
- Outline the benefits of allocating work according to the strengths of individual team members
- Describe how to establish and maintain effective working relationships within a team
- Lead a team
- Lead a team within a specific project
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships
- Contribute to problem solving
- Describe different techniques of problem solving
- Identify a problem which is affecting a specific project
- Select an appropriate problem solving technique to resolve a problem affecting a specific project
- Contribute to a problem solving activity
- Demonstrate a structured approach to problem solving
Manual Welding TechniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers the principles and techniques of manual welding methods including MMA, TIG, MIG/MAG, and resistance spot welding. You'll understand equipment use and procedures to produce welded joints using these manual welding techniques.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles and techniques of using manual metal arc welding (MMA) for producing welded joints.
- Understand the principles and techniques of using tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding for producing welded joints.
- Understand the principles and techniques of using metal active/inert gas (MIG/MAG) welding for producing welded joints.
- Understand the principles and techniques of using resistance spot welding for producing welded joints.
- Produce welded joints using appropriate manual welding techniques.
Manual Milling TechniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides learners with comprehensive knowledge of manual milling techniques, including equipment, procedures, work holding, and cutting tools. You'll learn to safely and effectively perform various milling operations while meeting quality standards.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the equipment used in milling operations, including its function and safe operation.
- Understand the procedures involved in milling operations, including setting up the machine and performing different milling techniques.
- Understand how to use work holding equipment correctly to securely position and support workpieces during milling.
- Understand the different types of cutting tools used in milling, including their specific applications and cutting parameters.
- Understand the quality and standards requirements associated with milling operations, including dimensional accuracy and surface finish.
Manual Turning TechniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain knowledge of manual turning operations, including equipment identification, work holding techniques, cutting tool applications, and quality standards. The unit emphasises safe and correct use of equipment and adherence to operational procedures.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the equipment and procedures used in manual turning operations, including lathe components and their functions
- Understand how to correctly and safely use work holding equipment, such as chucks and collets, to secure workpieces
- Understand the different types and applications of cutting tools used in turning operations, including tool geometry and materials
- Understand the quality and standards requirements associated with turning operations, including tolerances and surface finish
Marketing an engineering productReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll learn to plan marketing strategies for engineering products, including identifying target customers and sponsors. The unit covers information sources, marketing methods, and components necessary for an effective marketing plan.
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute ideas for marketing an engineering product.
- Identify the nature and location of target customers and sponsors for an engineering product.
- Identify sources of information about the nature and location of target customers and sponsors.
- Identify appropriate methods to reach target customers and sponsors.
- Identify the resources required to effectively market an engineering product.
- Identify the key components of a comprehensive marketing plan.
- Outline the nature and location of target customers and sponsors within a marketing plan.
- Outline sources of information about the nature and location of target customers and sponsors within a marketing plan.
- Produce a suitable marketing plan tailored for specific target customers and sponsors.
- Conduct market research to inform the creation of marketing materials for an engineering product.
- Design effective marketing materials for an engineering product.
- Produce promotional materials to support the marketing of an engineering product.
- Ensure marketing messages are distributed according to the established marketing plan.
- Market an engineering product effectively to specific target customers and sponsors.
Motor Vehicle Maintenance PlanningReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll understand motor vehicle maintenance requirements, planning, and methods, including condition monitoring. The unit emphasises the importance of regular maintenance and factors to consider when developing maintenance plans.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand motor vehicle maintenance requirements
- Understand motor vehicle maintenance planning
- Understand motor vehicle maintenance methods
- Understand motor vehicle condition monitoring
Motor Vehicle Maintenance Safety PracticesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll understand health and safety legislation, PPE use, hazardous substance handling, and vehicle immobilisation and lifting procedures relevant to motor vehicle maintenance. The unit also covers environmental responsibilities and workplace planning.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the health and safety requirements and regulations applicable to motor vehicle maintenance operations
- Understand the importance of job and workplace planning in motor vehicle maintenance and how to effectively plan tasks
- Understand the correct immobilisation and lifting procedures when preparing motor vehicles for maintenance, and the procedures for safely returning the vehicle to use
- Understand the environmental considerations and best practices when undertaking motor vehicle maintenance operations and tasks
Motor Vehicle Maintenance TechniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll develop foundational skills in motor vehicle maintenance techniques. The unit covers identification of fixtures and fittings, joining processes, dismantling and reassembly methods, and basic fault diagnosis techniques.
What you'll be able to do
- Identify fixtures and fittings used in motor vehicle maintenance
- Describe the basic joining processes used in motor vehicle maintenance
- Explain basic dismantling techniques used in general motor vehicle systems
- Explain basic reassembly techniques used in general motor vehicle systems
- Describe basic problem and fault diagnosis techniques
- Identify hand tools used in motor vehicle maintenance operations
- Identify power tools used in motor vehicle maintenance operations
- Explain the suitability of hand tools in motor vehicle maintenance operations
- Explain the suitability of power tools in motor vehicle maintenance operations
- Describe the use of basic measuring systems in motor vehicle maintenance
- Describe the use of basic measuring instruments in motor vehicle maintenance
Non Fusion Thermal Joining MethodsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit explores non-fusion thermal joining methods such as soft soldering, hard soldering, brazing, and the use of adhesives and sealants. You'll understand the principles, materials properties, and procedures involved in each joining technique.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of joining components using soft soldering techniques.
- Understand the procedures for joining components using hard soldering and brazing methods.
- Understand the processes involved in joining components using adhesives and sealants.
Personal Computer PC Maintenance MethodReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll learn to safely maintain personal computers. The unit covers safe handling and working practices, hardware and equipment identification, installation, configuration, testing of components, and management of computer systems.
What you'll be able to do
- Describe safe handling practices when working with computers
- Describe safe working practices when working with computers
- Identify the necessary hardware to build a PC
- Identify the necessary devices/equipment to build a PC
- Describe the installation of hardware components of a computer system
- Describe the configuration of hardware components of a computer system
- Describe the testing of hardware components of a computer system
- Compare expected results with actual results when testing computer hardware
- Describe how to manage the performance of a computer system
- Describe how to improve the performance of a computer system
Plan and carry out a project in EngineeringReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to plan and execute engineering projects effectively by understanding the importance of project planning, contingency plans, and setting SMART objectives. You'll also explore the benefits of teamwork and collabouration in achieving project goals.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of planning a project.
- Explain the importance of developing a project plan.
- Explain the importance of a contingency plan.
- Explain the importance of setting SMART objectives.
- Outline the benefits of working with others to achieve a joint goal.
- Create a project plan.
- Outline the scope of the project.
- Determine the aim/s of the project.
- Define SMART objectives for the project.
- Determine the resources required to complete the project.
- Define the roles and responsibilities of those involved in the project.
- Define the actions assigned to those involved in the project.
- Define the project deadlines and dates for review of progress.
- Assess potential risks of the project.
- Create a contingency plan to address identified risks.
- Monitor the progress of the project against a project plan.
- Monitor the progress of the project against a project plan, making adjustments as necessary.
- Review a project.
- Review a project against a project plan.
- Present project outcomes in an appropriate format.
Producing Components from Metal PlateReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers the types and applications of non-thermal cutting equipment, methods for forming metal plate, and techniques for assembling metal plate fabrications. You'll gain knowledge of equipment such as guillotines and plasma cutters, forming methods, welding techniques, and associated safety precautions.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the different types of non-thermal cutting equipment used in metal plate fabrication.
- Understand the applications of different types of non-thermal cutting equipment in metal plate fabrication.
- Understand the various methods used for forming metal plate into different shapes.
- Understand the techniques used when assembling metal plate fabrications, including alignment and fastening methods.
- Understand the welding techniques commonly used for assembling metal plate fabrications.
Producing Components from Sheet MetalReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides knowledge on cutting, forming, stiffening, and joining sheet metal components. You'll understand the safe use of cutting tools, mechanical assembly methods, and thermal joining techniques applicable to sheet metal work.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the safe and effective use of cutting tools for cutting sheet metal to the required size and shape
- Understand the various methods used for forming and stiffening sheet metal components, including bending, folding, and rolling
- Understand the mechanical assembly methods used with sheet metal, such as riveting, bolting, and clinching
- Understand the thermal joining methods used with sheet metal, such as welding, brazing, and soldering
Security Installation DesignReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides knowledge of site planning, health and safety considerations, installation procedures, and commissioning for security system installations. You'll understand the importance of site surveys and handover processes within security system projects.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand site planning when installing a security system
- Understand the Health and safety issues when installing a security system
- Understand installation procedures when installing a security system
- Understand commissioning procedures
- Understand handover procedures
Sheet Metalwork TechnologyReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers the principles of sheet metalwork technology, including work organisation, pattern development, cutting, forming, assembly, and finishing processes. You'll gain knowledge of safe working practices and the importance of maintaining an organised workspace in sheet metal environments.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of work organisation within a sheet metalwork environment
- Understand the principles of work management within a sheet metalwork environment
- Understand the principles of pattern development for sheet metalwork projects
- Understand different cutting techniques used in sheet metalwork
- Understand different forming techniques used in sheet metalwork
- Understand various assembly processes used in sheet metalwork
- Understand different finishing techniques applied to sheet metalwork
Thermal Cutting TechniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll study the principles and chemical reactions involved in oxy-fuel gas cutting. The unit covers equipment setup, operation, shutdown procedures, and factors affecting cutting efficiency, ensuring safe and effective use of oxy-fuel gas cutting techniques.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles of oxy-fuel gas cutting, including the chemical reactions and heat transfer involved in the process.
- Understand the different types of equipment and consumables used in oxy-fuel gas cutting, including torches, regulators, hoses, and fuel gases.
- Understand the procedures for setting up, using, and shutting down equipment for oxy-fuel gas cutting, ensuring safe and efficient operation.
- Understand the various applications of oxy-fuel gas cutting in different industries and materials, including cutting, gouging, and welding preparation.
Understanding Computer Aided Drawing - CADReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll understand health and safety risks associated with CAD environments and how to configure CAD systems to meet drawing requirements. The unit emphasises compliance with national and international drawing standards for producing 2D engineering drawings.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the potential risks to health and safety resulting from the use of computer equipment in a CAD environment
- Understand how to configure the CAD system software and hardware to suit specific drawing requirements and project needs
- Understand the requirement to comply with relevant national and international drawing standards, including conventions and symbols
- Understand how to effectively use CAD software for the production of 2D industry standard engineering drawings, including creating and editing geometry
- Understand how to use layers, copy, modify and manipulate drawn entities within CAD software to maintain drawing efficiency and accuracy
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.
And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.
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.
Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing)Applied Mathematics in EngineeringBasic Electrical Circuit Inspection, Testing and Fault DiagnosisBuilding Services Pipework Fixing, Bending and Jointing MethodsBuilding Services Pipework SystemsBuilding services engineering pipework fabrication processes and techniquesBuilding services engineering systems and their layout requirementsBusiness Improvement Techniques
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
Who’d teach you this
The Evidence Evaluator
Assessor
Helps you show what you can actually do, gathering the evidence that proves it as you learn.
Meet all twelve tutorsWhere this connects
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.
EAL Level 2 Certificate In Engineering Technologies
- Commission, demonstrate and handover the Physical Security solution
- Determine requirements for environmental technologies in building services engineering
- Install Security Devices and Door Hardware
- Install a Physical Security Solution
- Install cabling for electronic security systems
- Install refrigeration systems
- Installing refrigeration equipment
- Lead Cloud Engineering
Where this can lead
Senior Maintenance Planner
Your journey here isn't just a job; it's a chance to build a truly impactful career in Operations. We're here to support your growth, whether you aspire to lead teams, become a deep technical expert, or even move into broader operational leadership. The opportunities are genuinely vast.
See the whole journey →Opens the roleSenior Maintenance PlannerOne of the jobs this qualification is a route intoSee the role →Opens the roleEngineering ManagerOne of the jobs this qualification is a route into · 1 near-identical record folded inSee the role →Opens the roleLead Engineering ManagerOne of the jobs this qualification is a route intoSee the role →Opens the roleLead Industrial EngineerOne of the jobs this qualification is a route intoSee the role →Opens the roleEngineering Team LeadOne of the jobs this qualification is a route intoSee the role →Opens the roleHead of DevelopmentOne of the jobs this qualification is a route intoSee the role →Future FluencyAll ten future skillsSee how every unit is contextualised by the tenExplore →
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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.
Commission, demonstrate and handover the Physical Security solutionDetermine requirements for environmental technologies in building services engineeringInstall Security Devices and Door HardwareInstall a Physical Security SolutionInstall cabling for electronic security systemsInstall refrigeration systemsInstalling refrigeration equipmentLead Cloud EngineeringLead network infrastructure servicesPlan the installation of Physical Security solutionsProducing sheet metal components and assemblies
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.
One-to-one, on your real workNo lectures, no past-papers. Every unit is practised on the actual tasks your job throws at you, a tutor beside you, not a video in front of you.
Taught to the top, not the testMost courses stop at remembering. Your companion keeps climbing: analysing, judging, creating. That’s the part a machine can’t do for you.
Credits you keep, a map that continuesEvery unit is regulated and yours for good. The day you finish, Zavmo already knows the next role your new credits open.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
Which job do you mean?
Learners will acquire knowledge of additive manufacturing (3D printing) technology, including its principles, applications, and classifications. The unit covers various 3D printing methods, benefits, limitations, safety considerations, and industry uses.
How the thinking builds
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for EAL Level 2 Certificate In Engineering Technologies
47 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited.
- Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing)
- Applied Mathematics in Engineering
- Basic Electrical Circuit Inspection, Testing and Fault Diagnosis
- Building Services Pipework Fixing, Bending and Jointing Methods
- Building Services Pipework Systems
- Building services engineering pipework fabrication processes and techniques
and 41 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
Why this matters: AI can already remember and understand for you. What it can’t do is
take your real problem and judge the right call. So the only learning worth paying
for is the learning that takes you to the top. That’s exactly what a tutor doing it with
you, on your real work, is for.
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.
Build my plan, freeNo card. See how this qualification maps onto your role and meet the tutors who’d teach it, free. The learning begins when you subscribe. It’s £70 a month, billed monthly. Cancel any time and billing stops.