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  3. The centre assesses, and Pearson Education Ltd awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from Pearson Education Ltd.

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01What it is

BTEC Nationals are level 3 vocational qualifications that provide specialist, work-related learning in a range of sectors.

These are the units Pearson Education Ltd registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work, and work done here is recognised as prior learning under the agreements we hold.

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02The units

What each unit actually teaches you to do

Additive Manufacturing Processes Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
You'll study the principles and technologies of additive manufacturing. The unit covers preparing 3D models, operating additive manufacturing equipment, and maintaining machinery, enabling learners to understand and apply additive manufacturing processes.

What you'll be able to do

  • Describe the principles of additive manufacturing processes
  • Identify different types of additive manufacturing technologies
  • Prepare 3D models for additive manufacturing
  • Operate and maintain additive manufacturing equipment
Calculus to Solve Engineering Problems Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
This unit covers fundamental calculus concepts including limits, continuity, differentiation, and integration. You'll apply calculus techniques to solve engineering problems, model and analyse systems, and interpret results to optimise engineering designs.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the fundamental concepts of calculus
  • Apply calculus techniques to solve engineering problems
  • Differentiate and integrate mathematical functions relevant to engineering
  • Use calculus to model and analyse engineering systems
  • Interpret and evaluate the results of calculus-based calculations
  • Apply calculus to optimise engineering designs and processes
Computer Aided Design in Engineering Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
This unit covers the principles and application of Computer Aided Design (CAD) in engineering. You'll use CAD software to create and interpret 2D and 3D drawings, design components and assemblies, and manage CAD files effectively within an organisation.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles of Computer Aided Design (CAD) in engineering
  • Use CAD software to create 2D and 3D engineering drawings
  • Apply CAD techniques to design engineering components and assemblies
  • Interpret and analyse engineering drawings produced using CAD software
  • Manage and store CAD files effectively within an organisation
Computer Programming Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
This unit introduces fundamental computer programming concepts and techniques. You'll design, develop, test, and debug computer programs using appropriate languages, and document their work in accordance with industry standards.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the fundamental concepts of computer programming
  • Design and develop computer programs using appropriate programming languages
  • Test and debug computer programs effectively
  • Document computer programs according to industry standards
Delivery of Engineering Processes Safely as a Team Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
This unit focuses on safety in engineering processes, emphasising legal and ethical responsibilities, hazard identification, and safe working practices. You'll develop teamwork and communication skills essential for delivering engineering tasks safely within a team.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the importance of safety in engineering processes
  • Identify potential hazards and risks associated with engineering activities
  • Apply safe working practices and procedures in an engineering environment
  • Demonstrate effective teamwork and communication skills in engineering projects
  • Contribute to the safe delivery of engineering processes as part of a team
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of team working in ensuring safety
Electronic Devices and Circuits Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
This unit covers the characteristics and behaviour of electronic components and circuits. You'll develop practical skills in constructing, testing, analysing, and troubleshooting electronic circuits, alongside understanding circuit design principles.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the characteristics of different electronic components
  • Construct and test basic electronic circuits
  • Analyse the behaviour of electronic circuits
  • Understand the principles of circuit design
  • Troubleshoot electronic circuits
Engineering Maintenance and Condition Monitoring Techniques Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
This unit covers the principles of engineering maintenance and various maintenance strategies, including preventive, corrective, and predictive methods. You'll apply condition monitoring techniques to assess equipment health, analyse data to predict failures, and implement maintenance procedures to ensure reliability and reduce downtime.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles of engineering maintenance
  • Identify different types of maintenance strategies
  • Apply condition monitoring techniques to assess the health of engineering equipment
  • Analyse condition monitoring data to predict potential failures
  • Implement maintenance procedures to ensure the reliable operation of engineering systems
Engineering Principles Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
You'll gain foundational knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and thermal engineering principles. The unit enables application of these principles to solve practical problems, understand material properties, and interpret engineering drawings and specifications.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand fundamental mechanical principles
  • Understand fundamental electrical principles
  • Understand fundamental thermal principles
  • Apply engineering principles to solve practical problems
  • Understand the properties of engineering materials
  • Interpret engineering drawings and diagrams
Engineering Product Design and Manufacture Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
You'll explore the engineering product design process from concept to prototype, including user needs analysis, manufacturing process evaluation, and creation of detailed engineering drawings. The unit develops skills to manufacture prototypes and analyse product performance.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles of engineering product design
  • Apply the product design process from concept to prototype
  • Evaluate different manufacturing processes for engineering products
  • Create detailed engineering drawings and specifications
  • Manufacture a prototype of an engineering product
  • Analyse and evaluate the performance of the manufactured product against design specifications
Fabrication Manufacturing Processes Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
This unit provides knowledge of various fabrication manufacturing processes, including cutting, forming, joining, and finishing. You'll apply these processes and evaluate their advantages, disadvantages, and suitability for different manufacturing applications.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand different fabrication manufacturing processes
  • Understand the principles of different fabrication manufacturing processes
  • Apply fabrication manufacturing processes
  • Evaluate the application of fabrication manufacturing processes
Manufacturing Secondary Machining Processes Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
You'll study secondary machining processes such as drilling, tapping, and reaming. The unit focuses on equipment setup, operation to specified tolerances, and quality control procedures within secondary machining operations.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles of secondary machining processes
  • Set up and operate secondary machining equipment
  • Perform secondary machining operations to specified tolerances
  • Understand quality control procedures in secondary machining
Mechanical Behaviour of Metallic Materials Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
This unit provides an understanding of the mechanical behaviour of metallic materials, including deformation, strength, and fatigue. You'll analyse influencing factors and evaluate material suitability under various loading and environmental conditions.

What you'll be able to do

  • Describe the different types of mechanical behaviour exhibited by metallic materials
  • Explain the factors that influence the mechanical behaviour of metallic materials
  • Analyse the properties of metallic materials under different loading conditions
  • Evaluate the suitability of different metallic materials for specific engineering applications
Mechanical Measurement and Inspection Technology Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
You'll explore the principles and techniques of mechanical measurement and inspection technology. The unit develops practical skills to perform measurements and inspections, analyse results, and identify defects to ensure component quality.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles of mechanical measurement
  • Understand the principles of mechanical inspection technology
  • Perform mechanical measurements
  • Perform mechanical inspections
  • Analyse the results of mechanical measurements and inspections
Pneumatic and Hydraulic Systems Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
You'll study the principles and components of pneumatic and hydraulic systems, analysing their operation and performance. The unit includes safe working practices, maintenance procedures, and application of knowledge to system analysis and troubleshooting.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the fundamental principles of pneumatic systems
  • Understand the fundamental principles of hydraulic systems
  • Analyse the components used in pneumatic systems
  • Analyse the components used in hydraulic systems
  • Apply safe working practices when working with pneumatic and hydraulic systems
  • Evaluate the performance of pneumatic systems
  • Evaluate the performance of hydraulic systems
  • Maintain pneumatic systems
  • Maintain hydraulic systems
Work Experience in the Engineering Sector Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
You'll understand the requirements and benefits of work experience in the engineering sector. The unit develops skills to plan and prepare for placements, demonstrate professional behaviour, reflect on experiences, and understand health and safety regulations in the workplace.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the requirements for work experience in the engineering sector
  • Plan and prepare for a work experience placement
  • Demonstrate professional behaviour in the workplace
  • Reflect on and evaluate work experience
  • Understand health and safety regulations in an engineering environment
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.

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04Where it leads

The jobs these credits are mapped to

A qualification is never a dead end here. Each of these is a job record this qualification is a mapped route into.

Where this can lead

Product Development Engineer

This work can lead towards a deep technical specialism, such as staff or principal engineer roles, or towards leading a team as a product development engineer manager.

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05The credits

The credits, and who awards them

Level 3 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by Pearson Education Ltd 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

Additive Manufacturing ProcessesCalculus to Solve Engineering ProblemsComputer Aided Design in EngineeringComputer ProgrammingDelivery of Engineering Processes Safely as a TeamElectronic Devices and CircuitsEngineering Maintenance and Condition Monitoring TechniquesEngineering Principles

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 Analyst The Analyst · your map-it-properly tutor Illustration
The Analyst In “Engineering Maintenance and Condition Monitoring Techniques” you have moved the target from 48 hours to 24. Where does that time come from?
You The team prioritises better, I suppose.
The Analyst Or it comes out of the follow-ups, and reopened cases climb in about six weeks. Let us map it and find out which, before it is a surprise.
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.
  • Map a live decision Analyse

    “Engineering Maintenance and Condition Monitoring Techniques” 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.

  • Lead it Apply

    “Delivery of Engineering Processes Safely as a Team” is practised on the team you actually have. You talk through the call you are about to make, and Zavmo makes you say it the way you would say it to them.

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 Additive Manufacturing Processes, one of this qualification's own units.

Additive Manufacturing Processes Level 3

Applied to your work in any of these jobs

Learners will study the principles and technologies of additive manufacturing. The unit covers preparing 3D models, operating additive manufacturing equipment, and maintaining machinery, enabling learners to understand and apply additive manufacturing processes.

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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Your Plan Illustration

Built for Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate in Engineering

15 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson Education Ltd.

  1. Additive Manufacturing Processes
  2. Calculus to Solve Engineering Problems
  3. Computer Aided Design in Engineering
  4. Computer Programming
  5. Delivery of Engineering Processes Safely as a Team
  6. Electronic Devices and Circuits

and 9 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.

Learned on your own work, taught one-to-one.

Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your free first module is Future Fluency, so you can see how the teaching works before you pay for anything.

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