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  2. You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer ETC Awards Limited has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
  3. The centre assesses, and ETC Awards Limited awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from ETC Awards Limited.

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01What it is

The qualification is for individuals undertaking laboratory and associated technical activities. It allows learners to develop skills in preparing resources, carrying out tests, and maintaining equipment. It is relevant to the manufacturing technologies sector.

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. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work, and work done here is recognised as prior learning under the agreements we hold.

Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with ETC Awards Limited. It does the teaching and the mapping. ETC Awards Limited sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.

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02The units

What each unit actually teaches you to do

Carry out routine maintenance, cleaning and checking of scientific or technical equipment Real unit · ETC Awards Limited
This unit provides learners with the skills to perform routine maintenance, cleaning, and checking of scientific or technical equipment. You'll carry out scheduled cleaning and maintenance, inspect equipment for damage, report faults, and understand the purpose of these tasks.

What you'll be able to do

  • Carry out routine maintenance, cleaning and checking of scientific or technical equipment.
  • Carry out routine maintenance, cleaning and checking of scientific or technical equipment.
Carry out sampling operations for scientific or technical tests Real unit · ETC Awards Limited
It teaches you to carry out sampling operations for scientific or technical tests. You'll collect samples following specified plans, use appropriate equipment and techniques, label samples accurately, transport them correctly, and understand the purpose of sampling.

What you'll be able to do

  • Carry out sampling operations for scientific or technical tests.
  • Carry out sampling operations for scientific or technical tests.
Carry out simple scientific or technical tests using automated equipment Real unit · ETC Awards Limited
You'll be able to carry out simple scientific or technical tests using automated equipment. The unit covers setting up equipment, inputting sample data accurately, monitoring tests and responding to errors, and recording results while understanding the principles of operation.

What you'll be able to do

  • Carry out simple scientific or technical tests using automated equipment.
  • Carry out simple scientific or technical tests using automated equipment.
Carry out simple scientific or technical tests using manual equipment Real unit · ETC Awards Limited
It teaches you to carry out simple scientific or technical tests using manual equipment. You'll prepare equipment, follow procedures, record results accurately, and identify deviations, while understanding the purpose and methods of such tests.

What you'll be able to do

  • Carry out simple scientific or technical tests using manual equipment.
  • Carry out simple scientific or technical tests using manual equipment.
Clean and tidy the workplace after scientific or technical learning activities Real unit · ETC Awards Limited
You'll gain the ability to clean and tidy the workplace after scientific or technical learning activities. The unit covers correct cleaning procedures, safe waste disposal, restoring equipment to storage, and recognising potential hazards associated with post-activity cleaning.

What you'll be able to do

  • Clean and tidy the workplace after scientific or technical learning activities.
  • Clean and tidy the workplace after scientific or technical learning activities.
Demonstrate scientific or technical methods, techniques and skills to others in the workplace Real unit · ETC Awards Limited
You'll gain the skills to demonstrate scientific or technical methods, techniques, and skills to others in the workplace. The unit covers preparation of demonstration areas, clear communication of instructions, appropriate demonstration methods, and responding accurately to questions.

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate scientific or technical methods, techniques and skills effectively to others in the workplace.
  • Demonstrate scientific or technical methods, techniques and skills consistently to others in the workplace.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of how to demonstrate scientific or technical methods, techniques and skills effectively to others in the workplace.
  • Explain the importance of demonstrating scientific or technical methods, techniques and skills effectively to others in the workplace.
Follow health and safety procedures for scientific or technical activities Real unit · ETC Awards Limited
You'll understand and apply health and safety procedures relevant to scientific or technical activities. This includes identifying procedures, safely handling materials, using personal protective equipment correctly, and reporting hazards or incidents in line with organisational protocols.

What you'll be able to do

  • Follow health and safety procedures for scientific or technical activities.
  • Follow health and safety procedures for scientific or technical activities.
Following aseptic procedures in the laboratory environment Real unit · ETC Awards Limited
It teaches you to follow aseptic procedures within a labouratory environment. You'll prepare the environment, apply sterilisation techniques, handle materials aseptically, maintain sterility throughout procedures, and safely dispose of contaminated materials.

What you'll be able to do

  • Follow aseptic procedures correctly in the laboratory environment.
  • Follow aseptic procedures consistently in the laboratory environment.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of how to follow aseptic procedures correctly in the laboratory environment.
  • Explain the importance of following aseptic procedures correctly in the laboratory environment.
Maintain effective and efficient working relationships for scientific or technical activities Real unit · ETC Awards Limited
You'll learn to maintain effective and efficient working relationships in scientific or technical environments. The unit covers effective communication, contributing to a positive working environment, conflict resolution, and sharing information and knowledge with colleagues.

What you'll be able to do

  • Maintain effective and efficient working relationships for scientific or technical activities.
  • Maintain effective and efficient working relationships for scientific or technical activities.
Maintain stocks of resources, equipment and consumables for scientific or technical use Real unit · ETC Awards Limited
This unit equips learners with skills to maintain stocks of resources, equipment, and consumables for scientific or technical use. You'll monitor stock levels, replenish supplies according to procedures, store items safely, and dispose of expired or damaged materials appropriately.

What you'll be able to do

  • Maintain stocks of resources, equipment and consumables for scientific or technical use.
  • Maintain stocks of resources, equipment and consumables for scientific or technical use (continued).
  • Maintain stocks of resources, equipment and consumables for scientific or technical use.
  • Maintain stocks of resources, equipment and consumables for scientific or technical use (continued).
Prepare compounds and solutions for scientific or technical use Real unit · ETC Awards Limited
This unit equips learners with the skills to prepare compounds and solutions for scientific or technical use. You'll learn to prepare specified concentrations using appropriate equipment and techniques, label accurately, and follow standard operating procedures consistently.

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare compounds and solutions accurately for scientific or technical use.
  • Prepare compounds and solutions consistently for scientific or technical use.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of how to prepare compounds and solutions accurately for scientific or technical use.
  • Explain the importance of preparing compounds and solutions accurately for scientific or technical use.
Prepare new scientific or technical methods, resources and equipment for learning activities Real unit · ETC Awards Limited
This unit covers the research, evaluation, and preparation of new scientific or technical methods, resources, and equipment for learning activities. You'll develop skills in assessing suitability, ensuring safety and cost-effectiveness, and documenting the preparation process accurately.

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare new scientific or technical methods, resources and equipment for learning activities.
  • Prepare new scientific or technical methods, resources and equipment for learning activities.
Prepare resources and equipment for scientific or technical learning activities Real unit · ETC Awards Limited
You'll develop the ability to prepare resources and equipment for scientific or technical learning activities. The unit covers selecting appropriate items, checking safety and functionality, setting up according to instructions, and ensuring a safe and organised work area.

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare resources and equipment for scientific or technical learning activities.
  • Prepare resources and equipment for scientific or technical learning activities.
Prepare scientific or technical samples for testing activities Real unit · ETC Awards Limited
You'll learn to prepare scientific or technical samples for testing activities. This includes collecting samples according to protocols, preparing and labelling samples correctly, storing them to maintain integrity, and understanding the importance of proper sample preparation.

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare scientific or technical samples for testing activities.
  • Prepare scientific or technical samples for testing activities.
Provide scientific or technical support for learning activities Real unit · ETC Awards Limited
You'll develop the ability to provide scientific or technical support for learning activities. This includes identifying learning needs, supplying appropriate resources, explaining concepts clearly, answering questions accurately, and offering consistent support throughout activities.

What you'll be able to do

  • Provide scientific or technical support effectively for learning activities.
  • Provide scientific or technical support consistently for learning activities.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of how to provide scientific or technical support effectively for learning activities.
  • Explain the importance of providing scientific or technical support effectively for learning activities.
Use information recordings systems for scientific or technical activities Real unit · ETC Awards Limited
This unit develops learners' ability to select and use information recording systems for scientific or technical activities. You'll gain skills in accurate data input, effective storage and retrieval, timely record maintenance, and adherence to organisational requirements.

What you'll be able to do

  • Use information recording systems effectively when undertaking scientific or technical activities.
  • Use information recording systems consistently and accurately when undertaking scientific or technical activities.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of how to use information recording systems effectively when undertaking scientific or technical activities.
  • Explain the importance of using information recording systems effectively when undertaking scientific or technical activities.
03The standards

The national standards these units are built against

What the job actually needs, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.

  • 02_Maintain effective and efficient biomanufacturing working relationships

    Standard

  • 03_Follow aseptic procedures in a biomanufacturing environment

    Standard

  • 06_Measure, weigh and prepare compounds and solutions for biomanufacturing use

    Standard

  • 12_Maintaining cell lines for laboratory activities using cryogenic storage

    Standard

  • 15_Assisting with the Preparation of Solutions for Laboratory Use

    Standard

  • Assess and communicate scientific or technical information to authorised personnel

    Standard

  • Assist with the Routine Maintenance, Cleaning, Disinfecting and Calibration of Biomanufacturing Equipment

    Standard

  • Assisting with the maintenance of stocks of reagents and consumables for laboratory use

    Standard

  • Assisting with the routine maintenance, cleaning, disinfecting and calibration of laboratory equipment

    Standard

  • Assure quality processes and procedures for scientific or technical activities

    Standard

  • Carry out complex scientific or technical sampling operations

    Standard

  • Carry out routine maintenance, cleaning and checking of scientific or technical equipment

    Standard

  • Carry out sampling operations in life sciences and related industries

    Standard

  • Carry out testing using manual or automated equipment in life sciences and related industries

    Standard

  • Carrying out routine maintenance, cleaning and checking of NDT (Non Destructive Testing) technical equipment

    Standard

  • Clean and tidy the workplace after scientific or technical learning activities

    Standard

  • Conduct scientific or technical sampling and testing operations

    Standard

  • Demonstrate techniques and skills in life sciences and related industries

    Standard

Showing 18 of 44 standards these units map to.

04The credits

The credits, and who awards them

Level 2 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by ETC Awards Limited rather than by Zavmo. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you have covered and what is next.

What you would be collecting

Carry out routine maintenance, cleaning and checking of scientific or technical equipmentCarry out sampling operations for scientific or technical testsCarry out simple scientific or technical tests using automated equipmentCarry out simple scientific or technical tests using manual equipmentClean and tidy the workplace after scientific or technical learning activitiesDemonstrate scientific or technical methods, techniques and skills to others in the workplaceFollow health and safety procedures for scientific or technical activitiesFollowing aseptic procedures in the laboratory environment

Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.

How you’d practise it

You don’t watch this. You do it.

You are not assessed on remembering this. You are assessed on applying it, analysing it, evaluating it and producing something. So that is what the practice is: projects, role play and your own live cases, with a tutor in the room.

The Practical Builder The Practical Builder · your make-it-real tutor Illustration
The Practical Builder Paste in the draft you have for “Follow health and safety procedures for scientific or technical activities”. Not a tidied one, the one you would actually send.
You It is mostly there. The recommendations section is thin.
The Practical Builder Thin is fine, vague is not. Take recommendation two and tell me who does what by when, then we will see if it survives.
The same lesson on the real thing: the conversation in the middle, the thinking ladder on the left, and the criteria each answer is evidencing on the right.
  • Draft the real one Create

    You do “Follow health and safety procedures for scientific or technical activities” on a real document of your own. Zavmo works on the draft you have to send anyway, so the coursework and the job are the same piece of work.

  • Map a live decision Analyse

    “Use information recordings systems for scientific or technical activities” runs on a decision you are facing now. Zavmo maps it with you and shows what the second-order effect looks like before you find out the slow way.

What you leave holding

The standards this credential builds, in the shape the product keeps them

Nothing here is marked learned. There is no learner on a public page, so the map shows what the qualification covers rather than what anybody has done.

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ETCAL Level 2 NVQ Certificate in Laboratory and Associated Technical Activities
  • 02_Maintain effective and efficient biomanufacturing working relationships
  • 03_Follow aseptic procedures in a biomanufacturing environment
  • 06_Measure, weigh and prepare compounds and solutions for biomanufacturing use
  • 12_Maintaining cell lines for laboratory activities using cryogenic storage
  • 15_Assisting with the Preparation of Solutions for Laboratory Use
  • Assess and communicate scientific or technical information to authorised personnel
  • Assist with the Routine Maintenance, Cleaning, Disinfecting and Calibration of Biomanufacturing Equipment
  • Assisting with the maintenance of stocks of reagents and consumables for laboratory use
This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

How you would learn this

One to one, on the work you already do

A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.

A lesson from Carry out routine maintenance, cleaning and checking of scientific or technical equipment, one of this qualification's own units.

Carry out routine maintenance, cleaning and checking of scientific or technical equipment Level 2

Applied to your own work

This unit provides learners with the skills to perform routine maintenance, cleaning, and checking of scientific or technical equipment. Learners will carry out scheduled cleaning and maintenance, inspect equipment for damage, report faults, and understand the purpose of these tasks.

How the thinking builds
  1. 1 Remember
  2. 2 Understand
  3. 3 Apply
  4. 4 Analyse
  5. 5 Evaluate
  6. 6 Create
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Built for ETCAL Level 2 NVQ Certificate in Laboratory and Associated Technical Activities

16 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by ETC Awards Limited.

  1. Carry out routine maintenance, cleaning and checking of scientific or technical equipment
  2. Carry out sampling operations for scientific or technical tests
  3. Carry out simple scientific or technical tests using automated equipment
  4. Carry out simple scientific or technical tests using manual equipment
  5. Clean and tidy the workplace after scientific or technical learning activities
  6. Demonstrate scientific or technical methods, techniques and skills to others in the workplace

and 10 more in the full unit list below.

These are the real units of this credential, in its own order. Nothing here is marked done, because this plan has not been started by anyone yet. Yours would fill in as you go.

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