Defence Awarding Organisation · RQF Level 5
DAO Level 5 Diploma in Applied Aviation Studies (Air Electronics Management)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 5
- Total credits48
- Guided learning394 hours
- Units in this qualification25
Awarded by Defence Awarding Organisation · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
These are the units Defence Awarding Organisation 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.
Aircraft SystemsReal unit · Defence Awarding Organisation
What you'll be able to do
- Describe the basic Fixed Wing (FW) principles of flight.
- Describe the function of structural components common to generic aircraft.
- Describe the components and operation of a basic aircraft engine system.
- Identify types of gas turbine fuels.
- Describe the components and operation of a basic aircraft fuel system.
- Describe the components and operation of a basic aircraft hydraulic system.
- Describe the components and operation of basic aircraft air conditioning & pressurisation system.
- Describe the components and operation of a basic aircraft oxygen system.
- Describe the components and operation of a basic
Alternative Data SourcesReal unit · Defence Awarding Organisation
What you'll be able to do
- Use Alternative Data Sources.
Antenna Design and Beam ShapingReal unit · Defence Awarding Organisation
What you'll be able to do
- Determine Antenna Design and Beam Shaping.
Apply EW practices whilst airborne.Real unit · Defence Awarding Organisation
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to Planning a Mission
Communications Systems KnowledgeReal unit · Defence Awarding Organisation
What you'll be able to do
- Define Communications Systems Knowledge.
Core Aviation SkillsReal unit · Defence Awarding Organisation
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate Situational Awareness.
- Prioritise events.
- Demonstrate Mental Flexibility.
- Communicate decisions.
- Manage Systems.
- Manage Resources.
Data LinksReal unit · Defence Awarding Organisation
What you'll be able to do
- Explain & Use Data Links
Demonstrate Aircraft on/off task proceduresReal unit · Defence Awarding Organisation
What you'll be able to do
- Establish Aircraft on/off Task.
EMCON and COMSEC KnowledgeReal unit · Defence Awarding Organisation
What you'll be able to do
- Apply and Use EMCON and COMSEC Knowledge.
Electro-Optic and Infra-Red camerasReal unit · Defence Awarding Organisation
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the use of Electro-Optic and Infra-Red systems.
Electronic Warfare FundamentalsReal unit · Defence Awarding Organisation
What you'll be able to do
- Apply Electronic Warfare Fundamentals.
- Apply Transmitters and Receivers Knowledge.
- Carry out Wave Form Analysis.
Electronic Warfare Platform & Weapons DatabasesReal unit · Defence Awarding Organisation
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate EW / Platform & Weapons Databases.
Electronic Warfare Receiver TechnologyReal unit · Defence Awarding Organisation
What you'll be able to do
- Apply Electronic Warfare Receiver Technology.
Flight monitoringReal unit · Defence Awarding Organisation
What you'll be able to do
- State the aim of a work-cycle in an airborne environment.
- Conduct a suitable work cycle to maintain safety of the Aircraft.
- Demonstrate appropriate actions during an aircraft emergency.
Functional AnalysisReal unit · Defence Awarding Organisation
What you'll be able to do
- Define Functional Analysis (FA) Theory.
- Apply Functional Analysis.
ISTAR Concept KnowledgeReal unit · Defence Awarding Organisation
What you'll be able to do
- Apply ISTAR Concept Knowledge.
Low Probability of Intercept Radar (LPI) PrinciplesReal unit · Defence Awarding Organisation
What you'll be able to do
- Define LPI Radar Principles.
MWS / LWR / RWR / DAS TechnologyReal unit · Defence Awarding Organisation
What you'll be able to do
- Explain MWS / LWR / RWR / DAS Technology.
Post flight tasksReal unit · Defence Awarding Organisation
What you'll be able to do
- Conduct Post-Flight Tasks
Practise in-flight EW proceduresReal unit · Defence Awarding Organisation
What you'll be able to do
- Review sortie profile and all relevant flight planning information that supports intended flying event including NOTAMS.
Practise unscheduled eventsReal unit · Defence Awarding Organisation
What you'll be able to do
- React to Unscheduled events.
Radar Operating TheoryReal unit · Defence Awarding Organisation
What you'll be able to do
- Apply Radar Operating Theory.
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)Real unit · Defence Awarding Organisation
What you'll be able to do
- Explain Synthetic aperture radar (SAR).
Waveform Generation TechniquesReal unit · Defence Awarding Organisation
What you'll be able to do
- Define Waveform Generation Techniques .
Weapons Control SystemsReal unit · Defence Awarding Organisation
What you'll be able to do
- Explain Weapons Control Systems.
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.
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Your passport
Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 5 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
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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.
- Airline Management and Legislation
- Conduct Pre-flight Planning
- Conduct post flight procedures
- Follow aviation procedures and practices and complete documentation
- Manage Abnormal Situations
- Manage and monitor automated systems
- Monitor and improve flight control operations
- Prepare and implement a flight plan
Where this can lead
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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
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for DAO Level 5 Diploma in Applied Aviation Studies (Air Electronics Management)
25 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Defence Awarding Organisation.
- Aircraft Systems
- Alternative Data Sources
- Antenna Design and Beam Shaping
- Apply EW practices whilst airborne.
- Communications Systems Knowledge
- Core Aviation Skills
and 19 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.
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