ETC Awards Limited · RQF Level 2
ETCAL Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Engineering Technical Support
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 2
- Total credits51
- Guided learning215 hours
- Units in this qualification23
Awarded by ETC Awards Limited · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
These are the units ETC Awards 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.
Assisting in Carrying Out Condition Monitoring of Engineering Plant and EquipmentReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Assist in carrying out condition monitoring of engineering plant and equipment
- 1b. Assist in carrying out condition monitoring of engineering plant and equipment (continued)
- 2a. Know how to assist in carrying out condition monitoring of engineering plant and equipment
- 2b. Know how to assist in carrying out condition monitoring of engineering plant and equipment (continued)
Assisting in Determining Engineering Requirements for the Supply of Products or ServicesReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Assist in determining engineering requirements for the supply of products or services
- 1b. Assist in determining engineering requirements for the supply of products or services (continued)
- 2a. Know how to assist in determining engineering requirements for the supply of products or services
- 2b. Know how to assist in determining engineering requirements for the supply of products or services (continued)
Assisting in Implementing Engineering ActivitiesReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Assist in implementing engineering activities
- 1b. Assist in implementing engineering activities (continued)
- 2a. Know how to assist in implementing engineering activities
- 2b. Know how to assist in implementing engineering activities (continued)
Assisting in Obtaining Resources for Engineering ActivitiesReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Assist in obtaining resources for engineering activities
- 1b. Assist in obtaining resources for engineering activities (continued)
- 2a. Know how to assist in obtaining resources for engineering activities
- 2b. Know how to assist in obtaining resources for engineering activities (continued)
Assisting in Producing Technical Information for Engineering ActivitiesReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Assist in producing technical information for engineering activities
- 1b. Assist in producing technical information for engineering activities (continued)
- 2a. Know how to assist in producing technical information for engineering activities
- 2b. Know how to assist in producing technical information for engineering activities (continued)
Assisting in Producing or Modifying Operating Programs for Computer Controlled MachinesReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Assist in producing or modifying operating programs for computer controlled machines
- 1b. Assist in producing or modifying operating programs for computer controlled machines (continued)
- 2a. Know how to assist in producing or modifying operating programs for computer controlled machines
- 2b. Know how to assist in producing or modifying operating programs for computer controlled machines (continued)
Assisting in Providing Technical Sales and Marketing Support for Engineering ActivitiesReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Assist in providing technical sales and marketing support for engineering activities.
- Continue to assist in providing technical sales and marketing support for engineering activities, building on previous experience.
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to assist in providing technical sales and marketing support for engineering activities.
- Demonstrate further knowledge of how to assist in providing technical sales and marketing support for engineering activities.
Assisting in the Monitoring of Engineering ActivitiesReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Assist in the monitoring of engineering activities
- 1b. Assist in the monitoring of engineering activities (continued)
- 2a. Know how to assist in the monitoring of engineering activities
- 2b. Know how to assist in the monitoring of engineering activities (continued)
Assisting in the Planning of Engineering ActivitiesReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Assist in the planning of engineering activities
- 1b. Assist in the planning of engineering activities (continued)
- 2a. Know how to assist in the planning of engineering activities
- 2b. Know how to assist in the planning of engineering activities (continued)
Assisting in the Scheduling of Engineering ActivitiesReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Assist in the scheduling of engineering activities
- 1b. Assist in the scheduling of engineering activities (continued)
- 2a. Know how to assist in the scheduling of engineering activities
- 2b. Know how to assist in the scheduling of engineering activities (continued)
Checking Components using Co-ordinate Measuring Machines _CMM_Real unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Check components using co-ordinate measuring machines (CMM)
- 1b. Check components using co-ordinate measuring machines (CMM) (continued)
- 2a. Know how to check components using co-ordinate measuring machines (CMM)
- 2b. Know how to check components using co-ordinate measuring machines (CMM) (continued)
Checking Engineering Products using Magnetic Particle Testing MethodsReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Check engineering products using magnetic particle testing methods
- 1b. Check engineering products using magnetic particle testing methods (continued)
- 2a. Know how to check engineering products using magnetic particle testing methods
- 2b. Know how to check engineering products using magnetic particle testing methods (continued)
Checking Engineering Products using Penetrant Flaw Detection MethodsReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Check engineering products using penetrant flaw detection methods
- 1b. Check engineering products using penetrant flaw detection methods (continued)
- 2a. Know how to check engineering products using penetrant flaw detection methods
- 2b. Know how to check engineering products using penetrant flaw detection methods (continued)
Checking Fabricated Components and StructuresReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Check fabricated components and structures
- 1b. Check fabricated components and structures (continued)
- 2a. Know how to check fabricated components and structures
- 2b. Know how to check fabricated components and structures (continued)
Checking Mechanical Components and AssembliesReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Check mechanical components and assemblies
- 1b. Check mechanical components and assemblies (continued)
- 2a. Know how to check mechanical components and assemblies
- 2b. Know how to check mechanical components and assemblies (continued)
Checking and Testing Electrical ProductsReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Check and test electrical products
- 1b. Check and test electrical products (continued)
- 2a. Know how to check and test electrical products
- 2b. Know how to check and test electrical products (continued)
Checking and Testing Electronic ProductsReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Check and test electronic products
- 1b. Check and test electronic products (continued)
- 2a. Know how to check and test electronic products
- 2b. Know how to check and test electronic products (continued)
Developing and Maintaining Effective Customer RelationshipsReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Develop and maintain effective customer relationships
- 1b. Develop and maintain effective customer relationships (continued)
- 2a. Know how to develop and maintain effective customer relationships
- 2b. Know how to develop and maintain effective customer relationships (continued)
Issuing and Controlling Materials for Engineering ActivitiesReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Issue and control materials for engineering activities
- 1b. Issue and control materials for engineering activities (continued)
- 2a. Know how to issue and control materials for engineering activities
- 2b. Know how to issue and control materials for engineering activities (continued)
Producing/Modifying Electrical or Electronic Engineering Drawings using a CAD SystemReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Produce/modify electrical or electronic engineering drawings using a CAD system
- 1b. Produce/modify electrical or electronic engineering drawings using a CAD system (continued)
- 2a. Know how to produce/modify electrical or electronic engineering drawings using a CAD system
- 2b. Know how to produce/modify electrical or electronic engineering drawings using a CAD system (continued)
Producing/Modifying Engineering CAD Models _Drawings_ using a CAD SystemReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Produce/modify engineering CAD models (drawings) using a CAD system
- 1b. Produce/modify engineering CAD models (drawings) using a CAD system (continued)
- 2a. Know how to produce/modify engineering CAD models (drawings) using a CAD system
- 2b. Know how to produce/modify engineering CAD models (drawings) using a CAD system (continued)
Producing/Modifying Engineering Services or Fluid Power Drawings using a CAD SystemReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Produce/modify engineering services or fluid power drawings using a CAD system
- 1b. Produce/modify engineering services or fluid power drawings using a CAD system (contined)
- 2a. Know how to produce/modify engineering services or fluid power drawings using a CAD system
- 2b. Know how to produce/modify engineering services or fluid power drawings using a CAD system (continued)
Producing/Modifying Mechanical or Fabrication Engineering Drawings using a CAD SystemReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Produce/modify mechanical or fabrication engineering drawings using a CAD system
- 1b. Produce/modify mechanical or fabrication engineering drawings using a CAD system (continued)
- 2a. Know how to produce/modify mechanical or fabrication engineering drawings using a CAD system
- 2b. Know how to produce/modify mechanical or fabrication engineering drawings using a CAD system (continued)
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.
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
Who’d teach you this
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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.
- Assisting in Implementing Engineering Activities
- Assisting in carrying out condition monitoring of engineering plant and equipment
- Assisting in determining engineering requirements for the supply of products or services
- Assisting in obtaining resources for engineering activities
- Assisting in producing or modifying operating programs for computer controlled machines
- Assisting in producing technical information for engineering activities
- Assisting in providing technical sales and marketing support for engineering activities
- Assisting in the monitoring of engineering activities
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 own work
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for ETCAL Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Engineering Technical Support
23 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by ETC Awards Limited.
- Assisting in Carrying Out Condition Monitoring of Engineering Plant and Equipment
- Assisting in Determining Engineering Requirements for the Supply of Products or Services
- Assisting in Implementing Engineering Activities
- Assisting in Obtaining Resources for Engineering Activities
- Assisting in Producing Technical Information for Engineering Activities
- Assisting in Producing or Modifying Operating Programs for Computer Controlled Machines
and 17 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.
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.