ETC Awards Limited · RQF Level 3
ETCAL Level 3 Diploma in Laboratory and Associated Technical Activities
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 3
- Total credits48
- Guided learning300 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
This qualification is designed for individuals involved in laboratory and associated technical activities. Learners will develop skills in carrying out investigations, communicating information, and providing training. 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, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Access and communicate scientific or technical information to authorised personnelReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Access scientific or technical information from appropriate sources.
- Communicate scientific or technical information clearly and accurately to authorised personnel.
- Understand the procedures for accessing scientific or technical information.
- Understand the importance of communicating scientific or technical information accurately.
Assess their own scientific or technical knowledge and skills for workplace activitiesReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Assess their own scientific or technical knowledge and skills for workplace activities, identifying strengths and areas for development
- Assess their own scientific or technical knowledge and skills for workplace activities, demonstrating an understanding of relevant assessment methods and criteria
Carry out complex scientific or technical testing operationsReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Carry out complex scientific or technical testing operations effectively
- Demonstrate the ability to carry out complex scientific or technical testing operations consistently
- Understand the procedures for carrying out complex scientific or technical testing operations
- Understand the principles behind carrying out complex scientific or technical testing operations
Carry out scientific or technical investigationsReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Carry out scientific or technical investigations in accordance with established procedures.
- Demonstrate the ability to carry out scientific or technical investigations effectively.
- Understand the methods used to carry out scientific or technical investigations.
- Understand the principles of scientific or technical investigation.
Carry out scientific or technical testing operationsReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Carry out scientific or technical testing operations, following established protocols and quality control measures
- Carry out scientific or technical testing operations, demonstrating an understanding of the principles and techniques involved
Carry out small scale processingReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Carry out small scale processing tasks effectively
- Demonstrate the ability to carry out small scale processing tasks consistently
- Understand the procedures for carrying out small scale processing
- Understand the principles behind small scale processing techniques
Carrying out complex scientific or technical sampling operationsReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Carry out complex scientific or technical sampling operations, ensuring accuracy and representativeness of samples
- Carry out complex scientific or technical sampling operations, demonstrating an understanding of sampling methodologies and potential sources of error
Demonstrate scientific or technical methods, techniques and skills to others in the workplaceReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
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.
Diagnose faults, repair and maintain scientific or technical equipment for workplace activitiesReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Diagnose faults in scientific equipment for workplace activities
- Diagnose faults in technical equipment for workplace activities
- Repair scientific equipment for workplace activities
- Repair technical equipment for workplace activities
- Maintain scientific equipment for workplace activities
- Maintain technical equipment for workplace activities
- Describe the processes involved in diagnosing faults, repairing and maintaining scientific or technical equipment for workplace activities
- Explain the importance of diagnosing faults, repairing and maintaining scientific or technical equipment for workplace activities effectively
Evaluate and provide scientific or technical assistance for learning activitiesReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate learning activities related to scientific or technical subjects.
- Provide scientific or technical assistance to support learning activities.
- Understand how to evaluate the effectiveness of scientific or technical learning activities.
- Understand how to provide appropriate assistance to learners engaged in scientific or technical activities.
Following aseptic procedures in the laboratory environmentReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
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.
Improve the quality and reliability of scientific or technical activities in the workplaceReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Implement improvements to the quality and reliability of scientific or technical activities in the workplace
- Demonstrate the ability to improve the quality and reliability of scientific or technical activities
- Understand the methods for improving the quality and reliability of scientific or technical activities in the workplace
- Understand the principles of quality assurance and reliability in scientific or technical activities
Maintain and control stocks of all resources, equipment and consumables for scientific or technical activitiesReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Maintain stocks of all resources for scientific or technical activities
- Maintain stocks of all equipment for scientific or technical activities
- Maintain stocks of all consumables for scientific or technical activities
- Control stocks of all resources for scientific or technical activities
- Control stocks of all equipment for scientific or technical activities
- Control stocks of all consumables for scientific or technical activities
- Describe the processes involved in maintaining and controlling stocks of all resources, equipment and consumables for scientific or technical activities
- Explain the importance of maintaining and controlling stocks of all resources, equipment and consumables for scientific or technical activities effectively
Maintain effective and efficient working relationships for scientific or technical activitiesReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
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 health and safety in a scientific or technical workplaceReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Maintain health and safety in a scientific or technical workplace, adhering to relevant procedures and regulations
- Maintain health and safety in a scientific or technical workplace, demonstrating an understanding of relevant legislation and best practices
Make presentations for scientific or technical activities in the workplaceReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Deliver presentations for scientific or technical activities in the workplace
- Demonstrate effective presentation skills for scientific or technical activities
- Understand the methods for creating presentations for scientific or technical activities in the workplace
- Understand the principles of effective communication in scientific or technical presentations
Measuring, weighing and preparing compounds and solutions for laboratory useReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Accurately measure, weigh and prepare compounds and solutions for laboratory use
- Demonstrate competence in measuring, weighing and preparing compounds and solutions
- Understand the correct procedures for measuring, weighing and preparing compounds and solutions for laboratory use
- Understand the importance of accuracy and safety when measuring, weighing and preparing compounds and solutions
Plan scientific or technical sampling and testing activitiesReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Plan scientific or technical sampling activities
- Plan scientific or technical testing activities
- Describe the processes involved in planning scientific or technical sampling and testing activities
- Explain the importance of planning scientific or technical sampling and testing activities effectively
Provide scientific or technical leadership for a workplace teamReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Provide scientific or technical leadership for a workplace team, ensuring effective team performance.
- Demonstrate leadership skills in a scientific or technical environment.
- Understand the principles of effective leadership within a scientific or technical team.
- Understand the importance of leadership in achieving team goals in a scientific or technical setting.
Provide technical advice and guidance for scientific or technical activitiesReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Provide technical advice and guidance for scientific or technical activities, communicating effectively and accurately
- Provide technical advice and guidance for scientific or technical activities, demonstrating an understanding of relevant scientific or technical principles and practices
Provide technical support for computer application software and equipment for learning activitiesReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Provide technical support for computer application software for learning activities
- Provide technical support for computer equipment for learning activities
- Describe the processes involved in providing technical support for computer application software and equipment for learning activities
- Explain the importance of providing technical support for computer application software and equipment for learning activities effectively
Provide training for scientific or technical activities in the workplaceReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Provide training for scientific or technical activities in the workplace, adhering to relevant guidelines.
- Demonstrate competence in providing training for scientific or technical activities.
- Understand the principles of effective training delivery in a scientific or technical context.
- Understand the importance of workplace training for scientific or technical activities.
Test and evaluate new scientific or technical methods and equipment for learning activitiesReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Test new scientific methods for learning activities
- Test new technical methods for learning activities
- Evaluate new scientific equipment for learning activities
- Evaluate new technical equipment for learning activities
- Describe the processes involved in testing and evaluating new scientific or technical methods and equipment for learning activities
- Explain the importance of testing and evaluating new scientific or technical methods and equipment for learning activities effectively
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 3 credits are regulated. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you’ve earned and what’s next.
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
Who’d teach you this
The Evidence Evaluator
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.
- 01_Maintain health and safety in a biomanufacturing environment
- 02_Maintain effective and efficient biomanufacturing working relationships
- 03_Follow aseptic procedures in a biomanufacturing environment
- 04_Communicating laboratory information to authorised personnel under supervision
- 04_Improving product and process quality in laboratories
- 06_Measure, weigh and prepare compounds and solutions for biomanufacturing use
- 10_Monitor the measuring, weighing and preparation of compounds and solutions for biomanufacturing use
- Assess and communicate scientific or technical information to authorised personnel
Where this can lead
Test Engineer
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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.
How you’ll actually learn this
One-to-one, on your own real work
A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
Learners will learn to access and communicate scientific or technical information to authorised personnel. The unit includes identifying credible sources, using effective search strategies, evaluating information reliability, and presenting information clearly while maintaining confidentiality.
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for ETCAL Level 3 Diploma in Laboratory and Associated Technical Activities
23 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by ETC Awards Limited.
- Access and communicate scientific or technical information to authorised personnel
- Assess their own scientific or technical knowledge and skills for workplace activities
- Carry out complex scientific or technical testing operations
- Carry out scientific or technical investigations
- Carry out scientific or technical testing operations
- Carry out small scale processing
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.