Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited · RQF Level 3

EAL Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering - Product Design and Development Technician (Development Competence)

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  • LevelRQF Level 3
  • Total credits162
  • Guided learning1,500 hours
  • Units in this qualification129

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The EAL Level 3 Diploma is an occupational qualification for those working as Product Design and Development Technicians within the advanced manufacturing and engineering sector. Competence in producing mechanical engineering drawings and inspecting fabricated components are developed.

These are the units Excellence, Achievement & Learning 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.

Analysing and Selecting Parts for ImprovementReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain skills to analyse and select parts for improvement within a workplace context. The unit covers principles and procedures for part analysis, application to enhance efficiency and quality, and safe working practices.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles and procedures of analysing and selecting parts for improvement.
  • Understand the application of analysing and selecting parts for improvement.
  • Apply safe working practices.
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including logical approach, problem solving orientation, quality focus, personal responsibility and resilience, clear communicator, team player, applies lean manufacturing principles, adaptability, self-motivation, willingness to learn and commitment.
Analysing and interpret the results of mechanical testsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll learn to analyse and interpret mechanical test results safely and accurately. The unit covers data availability, sample quality, adherence to health and safety regulations, and effective communication and occupational behaviours during testing activities.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Ensure that they have the necessary test data on which to conduct the analysis.
  • Ensure that they have all the necessary information and data required for the sample analysis and interpretation.
  • Ensure that the sample quality meets specified requirements.
  • Interpret the samples properties from one of the following materials: ferrous, non-ferrous, alloys, other specific material.
  • Interpret the test samples and identify granular structure, location of any defect/flaws, and sample measurements, as appropriate.
  • Compare their findings with the acceptance criteria, and record all relevant data in the testing report.
  • Follow the correct procedure to deal with products which fall into three of the following categories: samples which meet the specification, samples with identified defects/flaws, samples requiring further investigation, samples requiring other inspection methods.
  • Resolve promptly any inconsistencies in the data.
  • Analyse the data using approved methods and procedures.
  • Check that the data analysis is accurate and thorough and takes account of the test conditions.
  • Compare the analysis against the product or asset specification and identify any faults or variations from specification.
  • Record the results of the analysis in the appropriate format.
  • Complete the analysing activities, including marking up defective/flawed samples, recording all required details, and handing over the inspection details to the appropriate people.
  • Outline the specific safety precautions to be taken when carrying out testing activities on material samples from engineering products, or structures.
  • Describe the hazards associated with carrying out the activities, and how risks can be minimised.
  • Describe the type of personal protective equipment (PPE) to be used, and how to obtain it.
  • Explain the importance of applying the appropriate occupational behaviours in the workplace and the implications for both the learner and the business if these are not adhered to.
  • Explain how to obtain the necessary job instructions/techniques, testing specifications, and how to interpret their information.
  • Explain the reasons why it is sometimes necessary to test product materials using testing methods.
  • Explain why products may need to be tested by a range of different testing methods.
  • Describe the principles of mechanical testing methods.
  • Outline the components of the testing equipment.
  • Describe the different types of testing methods and what material characteristics they are measuring.
  • Explain the factors which will affect the selection of suitable testing methods.
  • Explain how the properties of the products to be tested affect the selection of testing methods.
Applying Basic Statistical AnalysisReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to apply basic statistical analysis within a Six Sigma project by consulting with relevant personnel and gathering accurate, reliable data. You'll understand key statistical principles and methods appropriate to project requirements.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply basic statistical analysis by consulting with appropriate people.
  • Gather relevant data for statistical analysis on a Six Sigma project.
  • Understand the principles and application of basic statistical analysis.
  • Apply basic statistical analysis to meet the required criteria.
  • Apply safe working practices throughout the statistical analysis activities.
  • Apply logical approach in the workplace.
  • Apply problem solving orientation in the workplace.
  • Apply quality focus in the workplace.
  • Demonstrate personal responsibility and resilience in the workplace.
  • Communicate clearly in the workplace.
  • Work effectively as a team player in the workplace.
  • Apply lean manufacturing principles in the workplace.
  • Demonstrate adaptability in the workplace.
  • Demonstrate self-motivation in the workplace.
  • Demonstrate willingness to learn in the workplace.
  • Demonstrate commitment in the workplace.
Applying Continuous Improvement Techniques (Kaizen)Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll understand and apply Kaizen continuous improvement principles within their work activities. The unit covers safe working practices, problem-solving, and occupational behaviours to support ongoing quality and efficiency enhancements.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the Kaizen principles and their application.
  • Apply safe working practices.
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including logical approach, problem solving orientation, quality focus, personal responsibility and resilience, clear communicator, team player, applies lean manufacturing principles, adaptability, self-motivation, willingness to learn and commitment.
Applying Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides learners with knowledge and skills to apply Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), including identifying potential failure modes, analysing effects, evaluating risks, and implementing mitigation actions. Safe working practices and occupational behaviours are integral to the learning.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA).
  • Understand the principles and application of FMEA, in adequate depth to provide a sound basis for carrying out the activities to the required criteria.
  • Apply safe working practices.
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including logical approach, problem solving orientation, quality focus, personal responsibility and resilience, clear communicator, team player, applies lean manufacturing principles, adaptability, self-motivation, willingness to learn and commitment.
Applying Flow Process AnalysisReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to apply flow process analysis techniques to identify improvement opportunities in workplace tasks. You'll understand principles and procedures, demonstrate application to meet criteria, and maintain safe working practices.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles and procedures of flow process analysis.
  • Understand the application of flow process analysis.
  • Apply flow process analysis to meet the required criteria.
  • Apply safe working practices throughout the flow process analysis activities.
  • Apply logical approach in the workplace.
  • Apply problem solving orientation in the workplace.
  • Apply quality focus in the workplace.
  • Demonstrate personal responsibility and resilience in the workplace.
  • Communicate clearly in the workplace.
  • Work effectively as a team player in the workplace.
  • Apply lean manufacturing principles in the workplace.
  • Demonstrate adaptability in the workplace.
  • Demonstrate self-motivation in the workplace.
  • Demonstrate willingness to learn in the workplace.
  • Demonstrate commitment in the workplace.
Applying Hypothesis TestingReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to apply hypothesis testing techniques to various scenarios, including selecting appropriate tests, conducting analyses, and interpreting results. You'll also develop logical problem-solving skills and workplace behaviours aligned with company objectives.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply hypothesis testing.
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including logical approach, problem solving orientation, quality focus, personal responsibility and resilience, clear communicator, team player, applies lean manufacturing principles, adaptability, self-motivation, willingness to learn and commitment.
Applying Lead Time AnalysisReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit introduces learners to the principles and procedures of lead time analysis, enabling them to identify relevant training resources and key skills required. You'll develop the ability to apply lead time analysis techniques effectively to improve operational efficiency.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify the training and development required to apply lead time analysis.
  • Understand the principles of lead time analysis.
  • Understand the procedures of lead time analysis.
  • Understand the application of lead time analysis.
  • Apply lead time analysis techniques.
  • Apply safe working practices throughout the process.
  • Demonstrate a logical approach to tasks in the workplace.
  • Demonstrate a problem-solving orientation in the workplace.
  • Maintain a quality focus in all work activities.
  • Take personal responsibility for completing tasks.
  • Demonstrate resilience when facing challenges.
  • Communicate clearly and effectively with others.
  • Work effectively as part of a team.
  • Apply lean manufacturing principles in the workplace.
  • Demonstrate adaptability to changing situations.
  • Show self-motivation in completing tasks.
  • Demonstrate a willingness to learn new skills and knowledge.
  • Show commitment to meeting job profile and overall company objectives.
Applying Mistake/Error Proofing (Poka Yoke)Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll apply mistake/error proofing (Poka Yoke) techniques by identifying training needs and understanding its principles. The unit develops logical thinking, problem-solving abilities, and occupational behaviours such as maintaining quality and effective communication within workplace contexts.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify the training and development required in order that the learner can apply mistake/error proofing (Poka Yoke), which is a method of making an activity `foolproof'
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including logical approach
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including problem solving orientation
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including quality focus
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including personal responsibility and resilience
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including clear communicator
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including team player
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including applies lean manufacturing principles
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including adaptability
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including self-motivation
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including willingness to learn and commitment
Applying Policy Deployment (Hoshin Kanri, Quality Operating Systems, Business Plan Deployment)Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll understand and apply policy deployment techniques, including Hoshin Kanri, Quality Operating Systems, and Business Plan Deployment. The unit covers principles, procedures, benefits, and workplace application while adhering to relevant organisational requirements.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles and procedures of policy deployment (Hoshin Kanri, Quality Operating Systems, Business Plan Deployment).
  • Understand the application of policy deployment (Hoshin Kanri, Quality Operating Systems, Business Plan Deployment).
  • Apply policy deployment (Hoshin Kanri, Quality Operating Systems, Business Plan Deployment) to meet the required criteria.
  • Apply safe working practices throughout the policy deployment activities.
  • Apply logical approach in the workplace.
  • Apply problem solving orientation in the workplace.
  • Apply quality focus in the workplace.
  • Demonstrate personal responsibility and resilience in the workplace.
  • Communicate clearly in the workplace.
  • Work effectively as a team player in the workplace.
  • Apply lean manufacturing principles in the workplace.
  • Demonstrate adaptability in the workplace.
  • Demonstrate self-motivation in the workplace.
  • Demonstrate willingness to learn in the workplace.
  • Demonstrate commitment in the workplace.
Applying Set-up Reduction TechniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain understanding of set-up reduction techniques to improve operational efficiency. The unit covers principles, benefits, and procedures of set-up reduction, encouraging a logical approach to tasks and maintenance of quality standards in the workplace.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify the training and development required to apply set-up reduction techniques.
  • Understand the principles of set-up reduction.
  • Understand the procedures of set-up reduction.
  • Understand the application of set-up reduction.
  • Apply set-up reduction techniques.
  • Apply safe working practices throughout the process.
  • Demonstrate a logical approach to tasks in the workplace.
  • Demonstrate a problem-solving orientation in the workplace.
  • Maintain a quality focus in all work activities.
  • Take personal responsibility for completing tasks.
  • Demonstrate resilience when facing challenges.
  • Communicate clearly and effectively with others.
  • Work effectively as part of a team.
  • Apply lean manufacturing principles in the workplace.
  • Demonstrate adaptability to changing situations.
  • Show self-motivation in completing tasks.
  • Demonstrate a willingness to learn new skills and knowledge.
  • Show commitment to meeting job profile and overall company objectives.
Applying Six Sigma Methodology to a ProjectReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides learners with knowledge of the Six Sigma methodology, including the DMAIC cycle and relevant tools. You'll apply structured problem-solving approaches to projects and demonstrate workplace behaviours such as quality focus and logical reasoning.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify the training and development required to apply a structured Six Sigma methodology to a project.
  • Understand the principles of Six Sigma methodology.
  • Understand the application of Six Sigma methodology.
  • Apply a structured Six Sigma methodology to a project.
  • Apply safe working practices throughout the project.
  • Demonstrate a logical approach to tasks in the workplace.
  • Demonstrate a problem-solving orientation in the workplace.
  • Maintain a quality focus in all work activities.
  • Take personal responsibility for completing tasks.
  • Demonstrate resilience when facing challenges.
  • Communicate clearly and effectively with others.
  • Work effectively as part of a team.
  • Apply lean manufacturing principles in the workplace.
  • Demonstrate adaptability to changing situations.
  • Show self-motivation in completing tasks.
  • Demonstrate a willingness to learn new skills and knowledge.
  • Show commitment to meeting job profile and overall company objectives.
Applying Six Sigma Metrics to a ProjectReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll be introduced to applying Six Sigma metrics to evaluate product and process performance. The unit covers data analysis, interpretation, and recommending improvements, alongside developing problem-solving skills and a focus on quality within the workplace.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify the training and development required to apply Six Sigma metrics to products and processes.
  • Apply Six Sigma metrics to products.
  • Apply Six Sigma metrics to processes.
  • Demonstrate a logical approach to tasks in the workplace.
  • Demonstrate a problem-solving orientation in the workplace.
  • Maintain a quality focus in all work activities.
  • Take personal responsibility for completing tasks.
  • Demonstrate resilience when facing challenges.
  • Communicate clearly and effectively with others.
  • Work effectively as part of a team.
  • Apply lean manufacturing principles in the workplace.
  • Demonstrate adaptability to changing situations.
  • Show self-motivation in completing tasks.
  • Demonstrate a willingness to learn new skills and knowledge.
  • Show commitment to meeting job profile and overall company objectives.
Applying Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain a comprehensive understanding of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) principles, including its eight pillars and benefits. The unit covers TPM implementation procedures, autonomous maintenance, and planned maintenance roles, enabling learners to apply TPM effectively to equipment and processes.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM).
  • Understand the procedures of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM).
  • Understand the application of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM).
  • Apply Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) principles to equipment and processes.
  • Identify potential causes of equipment problems to prevent them from occurring.
  • Apply safe working practices during Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) activities.
  • Apply occupational behaviours, including a logical approach, problem-solving orientation, quality focus, personal responsibility, resilience, clear communication, teamwork, application of lean manufacturing principles, adaptability, self-motivation, willingness to learn, and commitment, to meet job profile and company objectives.
Applying Value Management (Value Engineering and Value Analysis)Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers the principles and processes of value management, including value engineering and value analysis. You'll gain knowledge of how to apply these techniques to improve product design and understand the benefits of value management in various contexts.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles and processes of value management (value engineering and value analysis)
  • Understand the application of value management (value engineering and value analysis) in adequate depth to provide a sound basis for carrying out the activities to the required criteria
  • Apply safe working practices throughout value management activities
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including logical approach, problem solving orientation, quality focus, personal responsibility and resilience, clear communicator, team player, applies lean manufacturing principles, adaptability, self-motivation, willingness to learn and commitment
Applying Workplace Organisation TechniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides learners with knowledge and skills to apply a systemic approach to workplace organisation improvements. You'll understand workplace organisation principles, implement and monitor changes to enhance efficiency and safety, and demonstrate relevant occupational behaviours.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply a systemic approach to continuously making improvements to the workplace organisation
  • Understand the principles of workplace organisation and their application, in adequate depth to provide a sound basis for carrying out the activities to the required criteria
  • Apply safe working practices
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including logical approach, problem solving orientation, quality focus, personal responsibility and resilience, clear communicator, team player, applies lean manufacturing principles, adaptability, self-motivation, willingness to learn and commitment
Applying finishes to vehicle composite mouldingsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers the safe application of finishes to vehicle composite mouldings, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations. You'll interpret documentation, demonstrate occupational behaviours, and identify potential hazards during finishing activities.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives
  • Obtain and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, drawings, planning and quality control documentation, material data sheets, specifications)
  • Adhere to procedures or systems in place for risk assessment, COSHH, personal protective equipment and other relevant safety regulations and procedures to realise a safe system of work
  • Provide and maintain a safe working environment for the composite finishing activities
  • Obtain the correct tools and equipment for the activity, and check that they are in a safe, tested and usable condition
  • Follow safe practice/approved mould finishing techniques and procedures at all times
  • Return all tools and equipment to the correct location on completion of the mould finishing activities
  • Dispose of waste materials in accordance with approved procedures
  • Leave the work area in a safe and appropriate condition on completion of the activities
  • Ensure the material surfaces to be treated are suitably prepared for the finishing operations to be carried out
  • Check that the finishing equipment and treatment solutions are set up and maintained at satisfactory operating conditions and levels
  • Check that mouldings are correct and complete
  • Select the correct equipment for the activity
  • Check for any defects in the mouldings
  • Check that equipment is suitable for use
  • Check availability of ancillary materials required
  • Identify and protect the moulding in the work area
  • Carry out the treatment process in accordance with operating procedures and the component specification requirements
  • Apply finishes to composite mouldings using two of the following techniques: cloth application, brush, spray, laying films, roller
  • Prepare surfaces of composite mouldings, using two of the following methods: abrading, bead blasting, water cleaning, solvent cleaning, priming
  • Apply two types of finishes to composite mouldings from the following: surface sealers, top coats, UV coatings, speciality coatings, primers, adhesive films, heatproof coatings, flexible coatings
  • Apply finishes to composite mouldings, using three of the following: one-part finishes, multiple coatings, solvent based, water based, single coatings, two-part finishes, combination coats, adhesive based
  • Apply finishes to composite mouldings, using four of the following consumable materials: abrasives, masking films, thinners, stoppers, sealers, cutting compounds, masking tapes, polishes, solvents, fillers, primers, cleaning agents
  • Apply finishes to composite mouldings suitable for two of the following resin types: polyester, vinyl ester, epoxy, phenolic, bismaleimide, cyanate ester
  • Apply finishes to composite mouldings suitable for two of the following fibre types: polyethylene, glass, aramid, carbon
  • Ensure that the treated workpiece achieves the required characteristics and meets the finishing specification
  • Apply finishes to a range of mouldings which comply with one of the following quality and accuracy standards: company standards and procedures, customer standards and requirements, have an appropriate surface finish and are free from defects or surface blemishes
  • Complete the relevant paperwork, to include one from the following and pass it to the appropriate people: build records, job cards, log cards, other specific recording method
  • Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that cannot be solved
  • Dispose of waste and excess materials in line with agreed organisational procedures
Assembling Body Sub-Assemblies to Produce a VehicleReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit equips learners to assemble vehicle body sub-assemblies according to approved procedures. You'll apply logical approaches, problem-solving skills, and occupational behaviours to meet quality standards and company objectives.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify the training and development required in order that the learner can assemble various vehicle body sub-assemblies, in accordance with approved procedures
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including logical approach
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including problem solving orientation
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including quality focus
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including personal responsibility and resilience
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including clear communicator
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including team player
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including applies lean manufacturing principles
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including adaptability
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including self-motivation
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including willingness to learn and commitment
Assembling Braking Systems to VehiclesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain the skills to assemble braking systems to vehicles in line with approved procedures. The unit focuses on applying logical methods, problem-solving, and occupational behaviours to ensure quality and compliance with company objectives.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify the training and development required in order that the learner can assemble braking systems to vehicles, in accordance with approved procedures
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including logical approach
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including problem solving orientation
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including quality focus
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including personal responsibility and resilience
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including clear communicator
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including team player
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including applies lean manufacturing principles
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including adaptability
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including self-motivation
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including willingness to learn and commitment
Assembling Electrical Vehicle (EV) Power Plant UnitReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to assemble Electrical Vehicle (EV) power plant units following approved procedures. You'll practise assembling components, making connections, using appropriate tools, and ensuring quality and accuracy in the assembly process.

What you'll be able to do

  • Assemble Electrical Vehicle (EV) power plant unit, in accordance with approved procedures
  • Assemble a range of different power plant components
  • Assemble associated components, pipe and cable connections, by using a variety of assembly methods and techniques
  • Use a range of tools and specialist equipment associated with the assembly methods
  • Check that the assembly has been completed to the level of accuracy and quality required by the specification
  • Comply with organisational policy and procedures for the assembly activities undertaken
  • Report any problems with the process that they cannot resolve, or that are outside their permitted authority, to the relevant people
  • Take personal responsibility for their own actions and for the quality and accuracy of the work that they carry out
  • Demonstrate a good understanding of their work and will provide an informed approach to applying procedures appropriate to the assembly of Electrical Vehicle (EV) power plant unit
  • Understand the assembly methods and techniques used, and their application
  • Know about the tooling and ancillary equipment, power plant unit components and consumables, in adequate depth to provide a sound basis for carrying out the activities to the required specification
  • Understand the safety precautions required when carrying out the assembly activities
  • Demonstrate safe working practices throughout assembly activities
  • Understand the responsibility they owe to themselves and others in the workplace
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including logical approach, problem solving orientation, quality focus, personal responsibility and resilience, clear communicator, team player, applies lean manufacturing principles, adaptability, self-motivation, willingness to learn and commitment
Assembling Power Plant UnitsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to assemble power plant units in the correct sequence using appropriate tools and equipment. You'll ensure assemblies meet specifications and adhere to safety procedures while demonstrating occupational behaviours aligned with company objectives.

What you'll be able to do

  • Assemble power plant units, in accordance with approved procedures.
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including logical approach, problem solving orientation, quality focus, personal responsibility and resilience, clear communicator, team player, applies lean manufacturing principles, adaptability, self-motivation, willingness to learn and commitment.
Assembling Sub-Assembly Units to VehiclesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll develop the skills to prepare for and assemble sub-assembly units to vehicles, selecting correct components and following manufacturer instructions. The unit emphasises health and safety procedures, occupational behaviours, and quality checks for fit and function.

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare to assemble sub-assembly units to vehicles.
  • Identify and select the correct sub-assembly units for the vehicle.
  • Assemble sub-assembly units to vehicles using appropriate tools and techniques.
  • Check the assembled sub-assembly units for correct fit and function.
  • Report any defects or issues with the assembled sub-assembly units.
  • Apply appropriate occupational behaviours in the workplace.
Assembling Vehicle Body Sub-AssembliesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides learners with the skills to assemble vehicle body sub-assemblies following approved procedures and specifications. You'll use appropriate tools, ensure quality standards, and demonstrate occupational behaviours such as problem-solving and safety awareness.

What you'll be able to do

  • Assemble various vehicle body sub-assemblies, in accordance with approved procedures.
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including logical approach, problem solving orientation, quality focus, personal responsibility and resilience, clear communicator, team player, applies lean manufacturing principles, adaptability, self-motivation, willingness to learn and commitment.
Assembling and disassembling electrical and electronic equipment on experimental vehiclesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll identify various electrical and electronic equipment used in experimental vehicles and learn to assemble and disassemble these components safely. The unit includes preparation of vehicles, connection of equipment to electrical systems, and adherence to specifications.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify the different types of electrical and electronic equipment used in experimental vehicles.
  • Prepare experimental vehicles for the assembly of electrical and electronic equipment.
  • Assemble electrical and electronic equipment onto experimental vehicles according to specifications.
  • Connect electrical and electronic equipment to the vehicle's electrical system.
  • Test the functionality of assembled electrical and electronic equipment.
  • Diagnose and rectify faults in the assembled electrical and electronic equipment.
  • Disassemble electrical and electronic equipment from experimental vehicles.
  • Store disassembled electrical and electronic equipment safely and correctly.
  • Document the assembly and disassembly process of electrical and electronic equipment.
  • Adhere to health and safety regulations during the assembly and disassembly process.
Assembling and disassembling mechanical equipment on experimental vehiclesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll be able to assemble and disassemble mechanical equipment on experimental vehicles by preparing appropriately, using engineering drawings and specifications, and inspecting assembled equipment. The unit emphasises correct techniques and occupational behaviours to ensure functionality and safety.

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare to assemble mechanical equipment on experimental vehicles, ensuring all necessary tools and components are available.
  • Assemble mechanical equipment on experimental vehicles, following engineering drawings and specifications.
  • Inspect the assembled mechanical equipment to ensure correct functionality and alignment.
  • Prepare to disassemble mechanical equipment on experimental vehicles, identifying potential hazards and safety precautions.
  • Disassemble mechanical equipment on experimental vehicles, using appropriate tools and techniques to avoid damage.
  • Inspect disassembled components for wear, damage, or defects.
  • Document the assembly and disassembly processes, including any issues encountered and solutions implemented.
Assembling and fitting wiring looms to vehiclesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll learn to safely assemble and fit wiring looms to vehicles, following health and safety regulations and company procedures. The unit includes interpreting documentation, identifying hazards, and demonstrating occupational behaviours during assembly tasks.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives
  • Carry out all of the following during the assembly activities: obtain and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, assembly drawings, quality control documentation)
  • Carry out all of the following during the assembly activities: adhere to procedures or systems in place for risk assessment, COSHH, personal protective equipment and other relevant safety regulations and procedures to realise a safe system of work
  • Carry out all of the following during the assembly activities: check that all cables, extension leads or air supply hoses are in a safe, tested and serviceable condition
  • Carry out all of the following during the assembly activities: check that all tools and equipment to be used are within current calibration/certification dates
  • Carry out all of the following during the assembly activities: ensure that sub-assemblies and components used are free from damage, foreign objects, dirt or other contamination
  • Carry out all of the following during the assembly activities: use safe and approved assembly techniques and procedures at all times
  • Carry out all of the following during the assembly activities: return all tools and equipment to the correct location on completion of the assembly activities
  • Carry out all of the following during the assembly activities: leave the work area in a safe and appropriate condition on completion of the activities
  • Follow the relevant instructions, assembly drawings and any other specifications
  • Ensure that the specified components are available and that they are in a usable condition
  • Construct and assemble wiring looms and fit to the vehicle, to include all of the following: 2 door/sports vehicles
  • Construct and assemble wiring looms and fit to the vehicle, to include all of the following: 4/5 door vehicles
  • Construct and assemble wiring looms and fit to the vehicle, to include all of the following: special/custom-built vehicles
  • Select appropriate types and ratings of wire/cables to meet the loom specification, including all of the following: 3/4 strand
  • Select appropriate types and ratings of wire/cables to meet the loom specification, including all of the following: special insulated
  • Select appropriate types and ratings of wire/cables to meet the loom specification, including all of the following: multi-strand
  • Select appropriate types and ratings of wire/cables to meet the loom specification, including all of the following: screened
  • Select appropriate types and ratings of wire/cables to meet the loom specification, including all of the following: multiplex (as applicable)
  • Terminate wires/cables using five of the following components: multi-contact connectors
  • Terminate wires/cables using five of the following components: soldered connectors
  • Terminate wires/cables using five of the following components: plugs/sockets
  • Terminate wires/cables using five of the following components: cable protection
  • Terminate wires/cables using five of the following components: screened connectors
  • Terminate wires/cables using five of the following components: crimped connectors
  • Terminate wires/cables using five of the following components: terminal blocks
  • Terminate wires/cables using five of the following components: other specific terminations
  • Use the appropriate methods and techniques to assemble the wires and components in their correct positions
  • Secure the components using the specified connectors and securing devices
  • Use appropriate methods and techniques in the construction of the loom, to including four of the following: cable stripping/termination
  • Use appropriate methods and techniques in the construction of the loom, to including four of the following: soldering
  • Use appropriate methods and techniques in the construction of the loom, to including four of the following: crimping
  • Use appropriate methods and techniques in the construction of the loom, to including four of the following: cable grouping/routing
  • Use appropriate methods and techniques in the construction of the loom, to including four of the following: conduit assembly
  • Use appropriate methods and techniques in the construction of the loom, to including four of the following: screw fittings
  • Use appropriate methods and techniques in the construction of the loom, to including four of the following: other specific technique
  • Construct, assemble and test looms, using four of the following: jigs
  • Construct, assemble and test looms, using four of the following: fixtures
  • Construct, assemble and test looms, using four of the following: cutting device
  • Construct, assemble and test looms, using four of the following: wire/cable stripping device
  • Construct, assemble and test looms, using four of the following: measuring device
  • Construct, assemble and test looms, using four of the following: testing device/meter
  • Construct, assemble and test looms, using four of the following: soldering equipment
  • Construct, assemble and test looms, using four of the following: computer-aided fault diagnostic device
  • Make five of the following types of connections during the installation: clip/push fit
  • Make five of the following types of connections during the installation: multi-contact connectors
  • Make five of the following types of connections during the installation: plugs/sockets
  • Make five of the following types of connections during the installation: cable ties
  • Make five of the following types of connections during the installation: p-clip
  • Make five of the following types of connections during the installation: screw fasteners
  • Make five of the following types of connections during the installation: other specific connection
  • Check the completed assembly to ensure that all operations have been completed and the finished assembly meets the required specification
  • Produce assemblies which comply with all of the following quality and accuracy standards: cables are correctly routed and free from kinks
  • Produce assemblies which comply with all of the following quality and accuracy standards: pins in multi-connectors are secure
  • Produce assemblies which comply with all of the following quality and accuracy standards: loom is correctly terminated and securely mounted
  • Produce assemblies which comply with all of the following quality and accuracy standards: all components are installed correctly and to specifications
  • Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that cannot be solved
  • Describe the specific safety precautions to be taken whilst carrying out the construction, assembly and fitting of wiring looms to vehicles (including any specific legislation, regulations or codes of practice relating to the activities, equipment or materials)
  • Outline the health and safety requirements of the work area in which they are carrying out the construction, assembly and fitting of wiring looms, and the responsibility they place on them
  • Describe the hazards associated with assembling vehicle wiring looms and components, and how to minimise them and reduce any risks
  • Describe the personal protective equipment (PPE) to be worn during the construction, assembly and fitting activities, and where it can be obtained
Assembling components for experimental vehicle engineering by resistance spot weldingReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll develop the skills to safely assemble components for experimental vehicle engineering using resistance spot welding. The unit covers adherence to health and safety regulations, occupational behaviours, and interpretation of job instructions and documentation.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Obtain and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, drawings, weld procedure specifications, quality control documentation).
  • Adhere to procedures or systems in place for risk assessment, COSHH, personal protective equipment and other relevant safety regulations and procedures to realise a safe system of work.
  • Check that all tools and equipment to be used are within current calibration/certification dates.
  • Use safe and appropriate resistance welding methods and procedures at all times.
  • Return all tools and equipment to the correct location on completion of the resistance welding activities.
  • Leave the work area in a safe and appropriate condition on completion of the activities.
  • Produce welded joints that meet the requirements of the specification.
  • Follow the relevant joining procedure and work instructions.
  • Ensure that the resistance spot welding equipment is fit for purpose.
  • Check that the equipment range is suitable for the operations to be performed.
  • Check that portable equipment power leads are undamaged and securely connected.
  • Check that electrodes are of the correct type, size and profile.
  • Check that all mechanical and electrical systems on the equipment operate correctly.
  • Check that supplies of components are adequate and suitably prepared.
  • Check that appropriate safety screens are available.
  • Confirm that the machine is set up and operating correctly, ready for the joining operations to be carried out.
  • Set up, check, adjust and operate one of the following resistance spot welding machines: portable spot welding machines or fixed, simple spot welding machines.
  • Set up the equipment parameters, in accordance with instructions and the welding procedure specification, to include setting electrode tip diameter/profile, welding current, welding and squeeze times, and electrode pressure.
  • Monitor the process operation and make adjustments to parameters, in order to produce welded components covering two different components and two different material thicknesses.
  • Check that the parent material, components, consumables and joint preparation comply with specifications.
  • Carry out and monitor the machine operations in accordance with specifications and job instructions.
  • Achieve joints of the required quality and specified dimensional accuracy.
  • Produce welded components which meet all of the following requirements: achieve a weld quality as specified in the application standard, spot welds are correctly pitched out, and welded components meet the required dimensional accuracy within specified tolerance.
  • Ensure that the rate of output is as specified.
  • Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control.
  • Report problems that they cannot solve.
  • Shut down the equipment to a safe condition on conclusion of the joining activities.
  • Describe the specific safety precautions to be taken when operating resistance welding equipment (working with machinery, the use of appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE); the use of safety screens; operation of machine safety devices; closing down the machine on completion of the welding activities; statutory requirements, risk assessment procedures and relevant requirements of HASAWA, COSHH and Work Equipment Regulations; safe disposal of waste materials).
  • Describe the hazards associated with carrying out resistance welding activities and with the tools and equipment used (such as dangers from live internal electrical components, fumes, hot metal, expulsion of hot particles, moving parts of machines), and how to minimise them and reduce any risks.
  • Explain the importance of applying the appropriate occupational behaviours in the workplace and the implications for both.
Assembling composite vehicle componentsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to safely assemble composite vehicle components in compliance with health and safety regulations. You'll demonstrate occupational behaviours such as effective communication, teamwork, accuracy, and attention to detail while interpreting relevant documentation.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Obtain and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, drawings, planning and quality control documentation, material data sheets, specifications) during the composite assembly activities.
  • Adhere to procedures or systems in place for risk assessment, COSHH, personal protective equipment and other relevant safety regulations and procedures to realise a safe system of work.
  • Provide and maintain a safe working environment for the composite assembly activities.
  • Obtain the correct tools and equipment for the activity, and check that they are in a safe, tested and usable condition.
  • Follow safe practice/approved composite assembly techniques and procedures at all times.
  • Return all tools and equipment to the correct location on completion of the composite assembly activities.
  • Dispose of waste materials in accordance with approved procedures.
  • Leave the work area in a safe and appropriate condition on completion of the activities.
  • Follow the relevant instructions, assembly drawings and any other specifications.
  • Ensure that the specified components are available and that they are in a usable condition.
  • Check that mouldings are correct and complete when preparing for the assembly activity.
  • Select correct equipment for the activity when preparing for the assembly activity.
  • Check for any defects in the mouldings when preparing for the assembly activity.
  • Check that equipment is suitable for use when preparing for the assembly activity.
  • Check components are correct and complete when preparing for the assembly activity.
  • Check for any defects in the components when preparing for the assembly activity.
  • Check availability of ancillary materials required when preparing for the assembly activity.
  • Identify and protect the moulding and components in the work area when preparing for the assembly activity.
  • Use the appropriate methods and techniques to assemble the components in their correct positions.
  • Produce two of the following types of composite assembly: trial assemblies, one-off assemblies, batch assemblies, assembly line.
  • Produce assemblies that incorporate four of the following features: loose fit tolerances, non-permanent fixing, joggle joins, return joins, close fit tolerances, shape location, permanent fixing, overlap joins.
  • Secure the components using the specified connectors and securing devices.
  • Produce composite assemblies that require four of the following methods to be used: fettling, clamping, aligning, assembly sequences, pinning, trial fitting, assembly jigs.
  • Produce composite assemblies that use three of the following joining methods: thread inserts, mechanical fasteners, anchor nuts, rivets, quick-release fasteners, other specific method.
  • Ensure that composite components include three of the following: trim, body panels, structural, core materials, inserts, closing panels, tubes, aerodynamic, sections, housings.
  • Ensure that non-composite components include three of the following: brackets, fixtures, fittings, trim, tapes, memory foam, films.
  • Check the completed assembly to ensure that all operations have been completed and the finished assembly meets the required specification.
  • Produce assemblies which comply with all of the following quality and accuracy standards: meet company standards and procedures, dimensionally accurate within specification tolerances, all components are mechanically secure and free from damage or defects.
  • Complete the relevant paperwork, to include one from the following and pass it to the appropriate people: build records, job cards, log cards, other specific recording method.
  • Check that all the required operations have been completed to specification.
  • Describe the health and safety precautions to be taken, and procedures to be used, when working with composite materials, consumables, tools and equipment in the specific work area.
  • Describe the hazards associated with prod
Assembling electrical and electronic equipment to vehiclesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll learn to assemble electrical and electronic equipment to vehicles safely and accurately. The unit includes interpreting instructions, identifying hazards, applying health and safety practices, and demonstrating effective communication and occupational behaviours.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives
  • Obtain and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, assembly drawings, quality control documentation) during the assembly activities
  • Adhere to procedures or systems in place for risk assessment, COSHH, personal protective equipment and other relevant safety regulations and procedures to realise a safe system of work
  • Check that all cables, extension leads or air supply hoses are in a safe, tested and serviceable condition
  • Check that all tools and equipment to be used are within current calibration/certification dates
  • Ensure that sub-assemblies and components used are free from damage, foreign objects, dirt or other contamination
  • Use safe and approved techniques to assemble the electrical and electronic equipment to the vehicles
  • Return all tools and equipment to the correct location on completion of the assembly activities
  • Leave the work area in a safe and appropriate condition on completion of the activities
  • Follow the relevant instructions, assembly drawings and any other specifications
  • Ensure that the specified components are available and that they are in a usable condition
  • Assemble five of the following electrical and electronic devices to the vehicle, and terminate to the loom: audio equipment, entertainment equipment, navigational equipment, safety systems, control systems, power-up system, motors, other specific equipment
  • Terminate all electrical and electronic devices to the loom, as appropriate, including fuses/fuse box, fuel management system, lighting system, actuators, sensors, braking system sensors/actuators, circuit boards, battery, circuit protection, heating and ventilation system
  • Use the appropriate methods and techniques to assemble the components in their correct positions
  • Secure the components using the specified connectors and securing devices
  • Use a variety of assembly methods and techniques, to include three of the following: threaded fastening, drive/interference fits, soldering, clip/spring fastening, adhesive, cable termination, multi-connection, screened cable fitment, plugs and sockets
  • Assemble and connect components to vehicles, using three of the following: jig, fixture, cutting device, wire/cable stripping device, measuring device, test meter, continuity tester, soldering equipment, computer-aided fault diagnostic device
  • Check the completed assembly to ensure that all operations have been completed and the finished assembly meets the required specification
  • Produce assemblies which comply with all of the following quality and accuracy standards: loom cables are correctly connected to the device and free from kinks, pins in multi-connectors are correctly orientated and secure, all equipment is correctly terminated and securely mounted, all components are correctly installed and comply to specifications
  • Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that cannot be solved
  • Describe the specific safety precautions to be taken whilst carrying out the assembly and fitting of electrical components to vehicles (including any specific legislation, regulations or codes of practice relating to the activities, equipment or materials)
  • Outline the health and safety requirements of the work area in which they are carrying out the assembly and fitting of electrical components, and the responsibility these requirements place on them
  • Describe the hazards associated with assembling electrical and electronic equipment to a vehicle, and how to minimise them and reduce any risks
  • Describe the personal protective equipment and clothing (PPE) to be worn during the assembly and fitting of electrical components
  • Describe the precautions to
Assembling structures for experimental vehicle engineering using a manual/semi-automatic welding processReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit equips learners to assemble structures for experimental vehicle engineering using manual or semi-automatic welding processes. You'll follow health and safety regulations, use appropriate techniques, communicate effectively, and demonstrate occupational behaviours.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Obtain and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, drawings, weld procedure specifications, quality control documentation).
  • Adhere to procedures or systems in place for risk assessment, COSHH, personal protective equipment and other relevant safety regulations and procedures to realise a safe system of work.
  • Check that all cables, welding leads and gas hoses are in a safe, tested and serviceable condition.
  • Check that all tools and equipment to be used are within current calibration/certification dates.
  • Correctly prepare the faces of the materials to be welded.
  • Use safe and appropriate welding methods and procedures at all times.
  • Return all tools and equipment to the correct location on completion of the welding activities.
  • Leave the work area in a safe and appropriate condition on completion of the activities.
  • Produce welded joints that meet the requirements of the specification.
  • Follow the relevant joining procedure and job instructions.
  • Check that the joint preparation complies with the specification.
  • Check that joining and related equipment and consumables are as specified and fit for purpose.
  • Set up, check, adjust and use welding and related equipment for one of the following welding processes: manual metal arc (MMA), TIG, flux cored wire, MIG/MAG, plasma arc, oxy fuel gas welding.
  • Use consumables as specified in the welding procedure specification, covering either two types of electrode or two types of filler wire from different material groups, using shielding gases (where applicable).
  • Make the joints as specified using the appropriate thermal joining technique.
  • Produce fillet welded joints and/or partial butt welds in two of the following forms of material: plate, sections, pipe/tube, sheet, other specific form.
  • Weld joints according to approved welding procedures, in good access situations, in two of the following BS EN ISO 6947 positions: flat (PA), horizontal Vertical (PB), vertical Upwards (PF), horizontal (PC), vertical Downwards (PG), overhead (PE or PD).
  • Produce joints of the required quality and of specified dimensional accuracy.
  • Produce components which comply with a minimum weld quality equivalent to the level given in the relevant European/International Standard and meet the required dimensional accuracy within specified tolerance.
  • Shut down the equipment to a safe condition on completion of joining activities.
  • Deal promptly with excess and waste materials and temporary attachments, in line with approved and agreed procedures.
  • Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that cannot be solved.
  • Describe the safe working practices and procedures to be observed when working with the selected welding equipment.
  • Outline the statutory requirements, risk assessment procedures and relevant requirements of HASAWA, COSHH and Work Equipment Regulations; safe disposal of waste materials.
  • Describe the correct handling and storage of gas cylinders.
  • Describe the hazards associated with using the selected welding equipment.
Assembling the Front Suspension Sub-AssemblyReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll learn to assemble front suspension sub-assemblies accurately, applying correct torque settings and using appropriate tools. The unit also covers inspection of assemblies and promotes essential workplace behaviours including logical thinking and quality focus.

What you'll be able to do

  • Assemble the front suspension sub-assembly, in accordance with approved procedures.
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including logical approach, problem solving orientation, quality focus, personal responsibility and resilience, clear communicator, team player, applies lean manufacturing principles, adaptability, self-motivation, willingness to learn and commitment.
Assembling trim components to vehiclesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit develops learners' ability to safely assemble trim components to vehicles in compliance with health and safety regulations. You'll use appropriate documentation and demonstrate occupational behaviours including punctuality, positive attitude, and effective communication.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives
  • Obtain and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, trim assembly drawings, quality control documentation) during trim assembly activities
  • Adhere to procedures or systems in place for risk assessment, COSHH, personal protective equipment and other relevant safety regulations and procedures to realise a safe system of work during trim assembly activities
  • Check that all cables, extension leads or air supply hoses are in a tested and serviceable condition during trim assembly activities
  • Check that all tools and equipment to be used are within current calibration/certification dates during trim assembly activities
  • Ensure that sub-assemblies and trim components used are free from damage, foreign objects, dirt or other contamination before assembling them to the vehicle
  • Use safe and approved techniques to trim and assemble the components to the vehicles
  • Return all tools and equipment to the correct location on completion of the trim assembly activities
  • Leave the work area in a safe and appropriate condition on completion of the activities
  • Follow the relevant instructions, assembly drawings and any other specifications
  • Ensure that the specified components are available and that they are in a usable condition
  • Assemble hard trim (such as plastics, wood, metal) to the vehicle
  • Assemble soft trim (such as carpets, linings, foams) to the vehicle
  • Assemble associated fixing components to the vehicle
  • Use the appropriate methods and techniques to assemble the components in their correct positions
  • Use staples as an assembly method or technique
  • Use adhesives as an assembly method or technique
  • Use threaded fasteners as an assembly method or technique
  • Use push/clip fastening as an assembly method or technique
  • Use rivets as an assembly method or technique
  • Secure the components using the specified connectors and securing devices
  • Assemble trim components using static jigs
  • Assemble trim components using fixtures
  • Assemble trim components using alignment devices
  • Assemble trim components using portable jigs
  • Assemble trim components using bucks
  • Assemble trim components using mechanical fastening devices
  • Assemble trim components using templates
  • Assemble door pads to vehicles
  • Assemble sound deadeners/insulation to vehicles
  • Assemble carpets to vehicles
  • Assemble door furnishings (such as handles) to vehicles
  • Assemble roof linings and fittings to vehicles
  • Assemble dash assembly to vehicles
  • Assemble front seat assemblies to vehicles
  • Assemble seat belt assemblies to vehicles
  • Assemble floor console to vehicles
  • Assemble rear squab and cushion to vehicles
  • Assemble miscellaneous hard trim (such as finishers, décor strips) to vehicles
  • Check the completed assembly to ensure that all operations have been completed and the finished assembly meets the required specification
  • Produce assemblies where the assembly of trim components to the vehicle is complete
  • Produce assemblies which are free from damage, tool marks and cuts
  • Produce assemblies where surplus adhesive has been removed and components are clean
  • Produce assemblies where all quality control checks have been carried out and the required standards achieved
  • Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that cannot be solved
  • Describe the specific safety precautions to be taken whilst carrying out the assembly of trim components to the vehicle (including any specific legislation, regulations or codes of practice relating to the activities, equipment or materials)
  • Outline the health and safety requirements of the work area in which they are carrying out the assembly of trim components to the vehicle, and the responsibility they place on them
  • Describe the hazards associated with assembling trim components to the vehicle (such as using adhesives, working in confined spaces) and how to minimise them and reduce any risks
  • Describe the personal protective equipment and clothing (PPE) to be worn during the assembly of trim components to the vehicle
  • Explain the importance of applying the appropriate occupational behaviours in the workplace and the implications for both the learner and the business if they are not applied
Bonding vehicle composite componentsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll develop the ability to safely bond vehicle composite components following health and safety procedures. The unit includes the use of appropriate documentation, effective communication, teamwork, and a proactive approach to problem-solving during bonding activities.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Obtain and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, drawings, planning and quality control documentation, material/adhesive data sheets, specifications) during the bonding activities.
  • Adhere to procedures or systems in place for risk assessment, COSHH, personal protective equipment and other relevant safety regulations and procedures to realise a safe system of work.
  • Provide and maintain a safe working environment for the composite bonding activities.
  • Obtain the correct tools and equipment for the activity, and check that they are in a safe, tested and usable condition.
  • Follow safe practice/approved composite bonding techniques and procedures at all times.
  • Return all tools and equipment to the correct location on completion of the composite bonding activities.
  • Dispose of waste materials in accordance with approved procedures.
  • Follow the relevant bonding procedure specification and job instructions.
  • Check that the materials to be bonded and bonding agents comply with the specification.
  • Correctly prepare the parent materials and bonding agents in line with the bonding specification.
  • Check that mouldings are correct and complete when preparing for the bonding activity.
  • Check availability of ancillary materials required when preparing for the bonding activity.
  • Check for any defects in the mouldings when preparing for the bonding activity.
  • Select the correct equipment for the activity when preparing for the bonding activity.
  • Check that bonding materials are within life when preparing for the bonding activity.
  • Check that equipment is suitable for use when preparing for the bonding activity.
  • Identify and protect the moulding and bonding materials in the work area when preparing for the bonding activity.
  • Check that bonding materials are correct and complete when preparing for the bonding activity.
  • Carry out the bonding operations using the specified processes and techniques to position and bond the materials in their correct locations.
  • Ensure that any equipment used to maintain surface contact during the bonding activities is set up and used correctly.
  • Bond composite mouldings using techniques for two of the following: one-part pastes, two-part pastes, film adhesives, syntactic films.
  • Prepare bonding surfaces using four of the following methods: peel plies, abrading, water cleaning, dry fitting, priming, templates, bead blasting, solvent cleaning, acid etching, surface masks, laser ablation.
  • Use three of the following methods when bonding composite mouldings: dry fitting, mixing adhesives, laying film adhesives, bonding sequences, wetting-out by brush, oven curing, shimming materials, applicator gun, heated press.
  • Retain the bond during the curing process using two of the following: weighting down, pinning joins, clamping, press, vacuum bagging, bonding jigs.
  • Bond composite mouldings using techniques for two of the following: sandwich panels, butt joins, overlap joins, joggle joins, return joins.
  • Bond composite mouldings using techniques for two of the following: flat surfaces, shaped surfaces, internal surfaces, external surfaces.
  • Use techniques for bonding three of the following materials to the composite moulding: metals, ceramics, plastics, wood-based materials, other composites.
  • Bond composite mouldings using adhesives suitable for two of the following resin types: polyester, epoxy, phenolic, bismaleimide, cyanate ester, vinyl ester.
  • Bond composite mouldings using adhesives suitable for two of the following fibre types: polyethylene, glass, aramid, carbon, other specific types.
  • Achieve bonds of the required quality and within the specified dimensional accuracy.
  • Bond a range of mouldings which comply with all of the following quality and accuracy standards: meet company standards and procedures, dimensionally accurate within specification tolerances.
Building prototype engines for testReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll learn to build, test, analyse, and modify prototype engines according to specifications. The unit covers preparation, assembly, initial and further testing, result analysis, and adherence to safety procedures throughout the process.

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare to build prototype engines for testing
  • Build prototype engines according to specifications
  • Conduct initial tests on prototype engines
  • Analyse the results of initial tests
  • Modify prototype engines based on test results
  • Conduct further tests on modified prototype engines
  • Evaluate the performance of prototype engines against requirements
  • Document the building and testing process of prototype engines
  • Adhere to health and safety regulations throughout the building and testing process
Carrying Out Capability StudiesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain the ability to conduct capability studies by selecting suitable methods, analysing data, and interpreting results to identify areas for improvement. The unit also fosters essential occupational behaviours such as logical thinking and quality focus.

What you'll be able to do

  • Carry out capability studies.
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including logical approach, problem solving orientation, quality focus, personal responsibility and resilience, clear communicator, team player, applies lean manufacturing principles, adaptability, self-motivation, willingness to learn and commitment.
Carrying Out Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA)Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to conduct measurement systems analysis (MSA) to assess measurement system variability and capability. You'll identify and address measurement errors, analyse MSA data, document activities accurately, and demonstrate occupational behaviours appropriate to the workplace.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply measurement systems analysis (MSA)
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including logical approach, problem solving orientation, quality focus, personal responsibility and resilience, clear communicator, team player, applies lean manufacturing principles, adaptability, self-motivation, willingness to learn and commitment
Carrying Out Problem Solving ActivitiesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll develop problem-solving skills relevant to the workplace, including identifying common problems, gathering and evaluating information, and implementing solutions. The unit emphasises maintaining safe working practices and demonstrating effective occupational behaviours.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify problems in the workplace.
  • Gather information relevant to the problem.
  • Analyse the information to identify potential solutions.
  • Select and implement a solution to the problem.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of the solution.
  • Document the problem-solving process and outcomes.
  • Maintain safe working practices throughout the problem-solving activities.
  • Apply appropriate occupational behaviours in the workplace.
Carrying Out Six Sigma Process MappingReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides learners with knowledge of Six Sigma process mapping principles and benefits. You'll apply these concepts to improve processes, understand data collection importance, and demonstrate occupational behaviours including logical approaches and problem-solving skills.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles of Six Sigma process mapping.
  • Understand the application of Six Sigma process mapping.
  • Apply safe working practices during Six Sigma process mapping activities.
  • Apply occupational behaviours, including a logical approach, problem-solving orientation, quality focus, personal responsibility, resilience, clear communication, teamwork, application of lean manufacturing principles, adaptability, self-motivation, willingness to learn, and commitment, to meet job profile and company objectives.
  • Carry out Six Sigma process mapping activities to the required criteria.
Carrying Out Statistical Process Control (SPC) ProceduresReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll be able to carry out statistical process control (SPC) procedures to monitor and improve process variation. The unit covers interpreting SPC charts, identifying out-of-control conditions, taking corrective actions, and accurately documenting SPC activities while demonstrating required occupational behaviours.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply statistical process control (SPC) procedures
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including logical approach, problem solving orientation, quality focus, personal responsibility and resilience, clear communicator, team player, applies lean manufacturing principles, adaptability, self-motivation, willingness to learn and commitment
Carrying Out Value Stream Mapping (VSM)Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit equips learners with the knowledge and skills to carry out value stream mapping (VSM) activities. You'll understand VSM principles, benefits, and elements, and describe procedures for creating current and future state value stream maps to identify waste and improve process flow.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles of value stream mapping (VSM).
  • Understand the procedures of value stream mapping (VSM).
  • Understand the application of value stream mapping (VSM).
  • Carry out value stream mapping (VSM) activities to the required criteria.
  • Apply safe working practices during value stream mapping (VSM) activities.
  • Apply occupational behaviours, including a logical approach, problem-solving orientation, quality focus, personal responsibility, resilience, clear communication, teamwork, application of lean manufacturing principles, adaptability, self-motivation, willingness to learn, and commitment, to meet job profile and company objectives.
Carrying out Health and Safety Risk Assessments on Engineering ActivitiesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain knowledge and skills to conduct health and safety risk assessments for engineering activities in line with regulatory and organisational requirements. The unit includes identifying training needs, performing assessments, and documenting findings and control measures.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify the training and development required to carry out a health and safety risk assessment.
  • Carry out health and safety risk assessments in accordance with regulatory requirements.
  • Carry out health and safety risk assessments in accordance with approved organisational procedures.
  • Demonstrate awareness of health, safety and environmental requirements applicable to the engineering activities being assessed.
  • Demonstrate safe working practices throughout the risk assessment process.
  • Understand the responsibility they owe to themselves and others in the workplace.
  • Apply a logical approach to health and safety risk assessments.
  • Demonstrate a problem-solving orientation when conducting risk assessments.
  • Maintain a quality focus throughout the risk assessment process.
  • Take personal responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of risk assessments.
  • Demonstrate resilience when faced with challenges during risk assessments.
  • Communicate clearly and effectively with others regarding risk assessment findings.
  • Work effectively as part of a team during the risk assessment process.
  • Apply lean manufacturing principles where relevant to the risk assessment process.
  • Demonstrate adaptability to changing circumstances during risk assessments.
  • Show self-motivation in completing risk assessments thoroughly and effectively.
  • Demonstrate a willingness to learn and improve risk assessment skills.
  • Show commitment to maintaining a safe working environment through effective risk assessment.
Carrying out Project Management of Engineering ActivitiesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to manage engineering projects by defining scope, objectives, and deliverables. You'll develop detailed project plans, allocate resources, manage risks, monitor progress, and communicate effectively with stakeholders to ensure project success.

What you'll be able to do

  • Define the scope and objectives of engineering projects.
  • Develop project plans, including timelines, resource allocation, and budgets.
  • Identify and manage project risks and issues.
  • Monitor project progress and performance against established plans.
  • Communicate project status to stakeholders.
  • Manage project teams and ensure effective collaboration.
  • Control project costs and ensure adherence to budget.
  • Manage project resources effectively.
  • Apply approved procedures for project management of engineering activities.
  • Evaluate project outcomes and identify lessons learned.
Carrying out Standard Post-Processing of Additively Manufactured ComponentsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides learners with the skills to prepare for and carry out standard post-processing of additively manufactured components. You'll select appropriate techniques, inspect for defects, rectify issues, and document the post-processing activities safely.

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare to carry out standard post-processing of additively manufactured components
  • Select appropriate post-processing techniques for additively manufactured components
  • Carry out standard post-processing techniques on additively manufactured components
  • Inspect additively manufactured components after post-processing
  • Identify and rectify any defects in post-processed additively manufactured components
  • Document the post-processing activities carried out on additively manufactured components
  • Adhere to health and safety regulations throughout the post-processing activities
Carrying out condition monitoring of plant and equipmentReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to carry out condition monitoring of plant and equipment safely and effectively. You'll apply health and safety regulations, plan and communicate monitoring activities, identify hazards, and demonstrate appropriate occupational behaviours.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations and guidelines.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Plan and communicate the condition monitoring activities so as to minimise disruption to normal working as much as possible.
  • Adhere to procedures or systems in place for risk assessment, COSHH, personal protective equipment and other relevant safety regulations and procedures to realise a safe system of work.
  • Ensure that the correct condition monitoring equipment is being used for the condition monitoring activity.
  • Check the calibration of the monitoring equipment before use.
  • Where applicable, set up the monitoring equipment in accordance with the appropriate procedures.
  • Check that the monitoring equipment is functioning correctly.
  • Carry out the monitoring activities, using appropriate techniques and procedures.
  • Apply safe working practices and procedures at all times.
  • Correctly set up and check-calibrate the equipment required for the monitoring being carried out.
  • Carry out the monitoring activities with the minimum disruption to normal activities.
  • Use appropriate monitoring techniques to set up equipment protection systems, or predictive maintenance system monitoring techniques, on two of the following types of equipment: engines (such as piston or turbine); rotating or reciprocating machinery (such as pumps, compressors); mechanical equipment (such as cyclic and rotational devices, gearboxes, drives and linkages); production machinery (such as machine tools, presses, transfer mechanisms); process equipment (such as furnaces, chemical baths); rotating electrical machinery (such as generators, motors); stationary electrical equipment (such as transformers, switchgear); stationary plant and equipment (such as air receivers, accumulators, tanks, piping); emergency standby or alarm/warning systems and equipment; fluid power equipment (such as pipework, cylinders and actuators and pumps); process controller (such as program controller, input/output interfacing, wiring/cabling, monitoring sensors); electrical components (such as power supplies, switchgear and distribution panels, control systems); environmental systems (such as air conditioning, fume extraction).
  • Use two of the following condition monitoring methods: off-line/portable monitoring; protection monitoring; sampled monitoring; human sensory monitoring (sight, sound, touch, smell); continuous monitoring.
  • Use four of the following monitoring techniques: vibration analysis; pressure analysis; temperature analysis; voltage/current analysis; flow analysis; radio telemetry analysis; particle analysis; thickness analysis; crack detection analysis; oil analysis; leak detection analysis; corrosion detection; humidity analysis; environmental pollutant analysis; photo/optical equipment; other specific monitoring equipment.
  • Record and review the outcomes and take appropriate actions.
  • Describe the specific health and safety precautions to be applied during the monitoring procedure, and their effects on others.
  • Describe the health and safety requirements of the area in which the monitoring activity is to take place, and the responsibility these requirements place on them.
  • Describe the hazards associated with carrying out monitoring activities on plant and equipment (such as electrical supplies, moving machinery, process controller interface, using damaged or badly maintained tools and equipment, not following laid-down procedures), and how to minimise these and reduce any risks.
  • Describe the importance of applying the appropriate occupational behaviours in the workplace and the implications for both the apprentice and the business if these are not adhered to.
Carrying out fault diagnosis on engineering plant and equipmentReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit equips learners to carry out fault diagnosis on engineering plant and equipment by identifying common faults and using diagnostic tools. You'll analyse fault data to determine root causes, implement repair solutions, and demonstrate a systematic approach and occupational behaviours.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles of fault diagnosis on engineering plant and equipment.
  • Identify common faults in engineering plant and equipment.
  • Use diagnostic tools and techniques to identify faults.
  • Analyse fault data and determine the root cause of faults.
  • Develop and implement repair plans for engineering plant and equipment.
  • Test and verify repairs to ensure that faults have been resolved.
  • Understand the importance of safety procedures when carrying out fault diagnosis and repair.
  • Document fault diagnosis and repair activities.
Carrying out fault diagnosis on experimental vehiclesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to diagnose faults on experimental vehicles safely and effectively. You'll use appropriate documentation, comply with health and safety regulations, communicate effectively, and apply problem-solving techniques during diagnostic activities.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Obtain and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, assembly drawings, vehicle documentation, quality control documentation) during the fault diagnostic activities.
  • Adhere to procedures or systems in place for risk assessment, COSHH, personal protective equipment and other relevant safety regulations and procedures to realise a safe system of work during the fault diagnostic activities.
  • Provide and maintain safe access and working arrangements for undertaking the vehicle diagnostics during the fault diagnostic activities.
  • Obtain the correct tools and equipment for the activity and check they are in a safe, tested and usable condition during the fault diagnostic activities.
  • Follow safe practice/approved diagnostic techniques and procedures at all times during the fault diagnostic activities.
  • Collect vehicle fault diagnostic evidence from running and static vehicle systems during the fault diagnostic activities.
  • Disconnect or isolate components or parts of the system, when appropriate, to confirm the diagnosis during the fault diagnostic activities.
  • Identify the fault and determine appropriate corrective action during the fault diagnostic activities.
  • Return all tools and equipment to the correct location on completion of the diagnostic activities.
  • Leave the work area in a safe condition on completion of the activities.
  • Review and use all relevant information on the symptoms and problems associated with the products or assets.
  • Carry out fault diagnosis, on four of the following, to sub-assembly/component level: vehicle mechanical equipment, vehicle electrical/electronic systems, vehicle braking systems, vehicle process controllers, prototype engine/power unit, prototype engine test controller, gearbox and transmission, suspension system, steering system, cooling and heating system, exhaust emission control system, fuel system, Vehicle charging system.
  • Investigate and establish the most likely causes of the faults.
  • Collect evidence about the fault from four of the following sources: development personnel or customer who reported the fault, sensory (such as sight, sound, smell, touch), monitoring equipment or gauges, vehicle/manufacturer's records/history, recording devices, condition of the end product.
  • Select, use and apply diagnostic techniques, tools and aids to locate faults.
  • Complete the fault diagnosis within the agreed time and inform the appropriate people when this cannot be achieved.
  • Use a range of fault diagnostic techniques, to include two of the following: half-split technique, emergent problem sequence, unit substitution, function/performance testing, six point, computer-aided diagnostics, input/output, injection and sampling, unit substitution.
  • Use a variety of diagnostic aids and equipment, to include four of the following: manufacturer's/vehicle manual, logic diagrams, algorithms, flow charts, probability charts/reports, fault analysis charts (such as fault trees), equipment self-diagnostics, troubleshooting guides, circuit diagrams/specifications, prototype engine test schedule.
  • Use three of the following types of test equipment to help in the fault diagnosis: mechanical measuring equipment (such as measuring instruments, dial test indicators, torque instruments), electrical/electronic measuring instruments (such as multimeters, logic probes), fluid power test equipment (such as test rigs, flow meters, pressure gauges), computer programmed self-assessment system, prototype engine test controller, Gas analyser.
  • Find faults that have resulted in two of the following conditions: intermittent failure, partial failure or reduced performance/out-of-specification product, complete breakdown, incomplete or incorrect test results.
  • Determine the implications of the fault for other work and for safety considerations.
  • Use the evidence gained to draw valid conclusions about the nature and probable cause of the fault.
  • Record details of the fault.
Carrying out mechanical testingReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to carry out mechanical testing safely and effectively. You'll comply with health and safety regulations, demonstrate occupational behaviours, use appropriate tools and equipment, follow correct procedures, and communicate effectively during testing activities.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Follow the appropriate procedures/techniques for use of tools and equipment to carry out the required tests.
  • Obtain the required testing equipment, and ensure that it is in a safe and usable condition.
  • Use appropriate personal protective equipment.
  • Comply with job instructions, testing inspection specifications, relevant COSHH sheets and risk assessment documentation.
  • Follow the defined testing procedures/techniques, and apply safe working practices and procedures at all times.
  • Leave the work area in a safe and tidy condition on completion of the activities.
  • Set up and carry out the tests using the correct procedures/techniques and within agreed timescales.
  • Obtain the correct type of test piece, as required by the testing instructions/techniques.
  • Obtain the correct type of calibration blocks / pieces, as required by the testing instructions/techniques.
  • Obtain the correct type of result conversion documents (as appropriate), as required by the testing instructions/techniques.
  • Carry out testing activities, using manual equipment.
  • Carry out testing activities, using semi-automatic equipment.
  • Carry out testing activities, using fully automatic equipment.
  • Check material samples for defects.
  • Prepare the material samples for testing by surface preparation (as appropriate).
  • Prepare the material samples for testing by correct identification.
  • Prepare the material samples for testing by ensuring correct dimensions (as appropriate).
  • Carry out tensile testing.
  • Carry out compression testing.
  • Carry out impact testing.
  • Carry out hardness testing.
  • Carry out bending testing.
  • Carry out other specific mechanical test.
  • Record the results of the tests in the appropriate format.
  • Record the sample identification.
  • Record the sample material form.
  • Record the date and time.
  • Record the test criteria (such as specification, standard).
  • Record the test indications and interpretation (including sample defects).
  • Record the conclusions and recommendations.
  • Record personal data.
  • Review the results and carry out further tests if necessary.
  • Mark up tested samples with all relevant information.
  • Dispose of / store sample remains.
  • Record all the required details of the test in the appropriate format.
  • Hand over the test report details to the appropriate people.
  • Turn off equipment as required and leave in a safe and tidy condition.
  • Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that cannot be solved.
  • Outline the specific safety precautions to be taken when carrying out testing activities on material samples from engineering products, or structures.
  • Describe the hazards associated with carrying out the activities (such as electrical contact, fast moving mechanical parts, stored pressures/forces, extreme temperatures), and how they can be minimised.
  • Describe the type of personal protective equipment (PPE) to be used, and how to obtain it.
  • Explain the importance of applying the appropriate occupational behaviours in the workplace and the implications for both the learner and the business if these are not adhered to.
  • Explain how to obtain the necessary job instructions/techniques, testing specifications, and how to interpret their information.
  • Explain the importance of testing product materials using mechanical testing methods.
  • Explain why products may need to be tested by a range of different mechanical testing methods (such as tensile, compression, hardness, impact and bending).
  • Describe the basic principles of mechanical testing.
  • Outline the basic components of the testing equipment (such as display panel, safety devices, power sources, recording mechanisms).
  • Describe the different types of mechanical testing methods (such as tensile, compression, hardness, impact and bending) and what material characteristics they are measuring.
  • Explain the factors which will affect the selection of suitable testing methods.
Carrying out visual inspection of welded fabricationsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll learn to carry out visual inspections of welded fabrications safely and effectively. The unit includes interpreting technical documentation, using inspection tools, identifying defects, and complying with health and safety and company procedures.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Observe all the required safety procedures for the work area/activity during the inspection process.
  • Obtain and use the correct issue of drawings, job instructions and welding procedure specifications.
  • Obtain and check the condition and calibration dates of tools, measuring instruments and equipment used.
  • Follow specified or appropriate inspection procedures.
  • Identify and record out-of-specification features, in the appropriate format.
  • Mark and identify areas where non-compliance with specification or defect indications are found.
  • Leave the work area in a safe and tidy condition on completion of the activities.
  • Follow the correct specification for the product or equipment being inspected.
  • Use the correct equipment to carry out the inspection.
  • Ensure that they have the required inspection equipment and that it is in good working order.
  • Use a weld measuring gauge, as appropriate to the operation/features being checked.
  • Use a CCTV viewing system, as appropriate to the operation/features being checked.
  • Use a rule, tape or other linear measuring device, as appropriate to the operation/features being checked.
  • Use a magnifying glass, as appropriate to the operation/features being checked.
  • Use an adjustable square/protractor, as appropriate to the operation/features being checked.
  • Use a mirror, as appropriate to the operation/features being checked.
  • Use a depth gauge, as appropriate to the operation/features being checked.
  • Use portable lighting, as appropriate to the operation/features being checked.
  • Use a bore scope, as appropriate to the operation/features being checked.
  • Use a means of marking defective areas, as appropriate to the operation/features being checked.
  • Carry out specified prefabrication or sub-assembly inspection checks, to include dimensional accuracy.
  • Carry out specified prefabrication or sub-assembly inspection checks, to include straightness.
  • Carry out specified prefabrication or sub-assembly inspection checks, to include security of joints.
  • Carry out specified prefabrication or sub-assembly inspection checks, to include squareness.
  • Carry out specified prefabrication or sub-assembly inspection checks, to include position/location.
  • Carry out the inspection of fabricated frames or pipe sections.
  • Carry out the inspection of transformers or structures.
  • Carry out the inspection of cylindrical components or segmented bends.
  • Carry out the inspection of square/rectangular tanks or conical components.
  • Carry out the inspection of modular components or curved/profiled structures.
  • Carry out the inspection of tubular structures or other specific welded fabrications.
  • Identify and confirm the inspection checks to be made and acceptance criteria to be used.
  • Carry out all required inspections as specified.
  • Identify any defects or variations from the specification.
  • Carry out specified inspection during fabrication, to check the condition of the weld root zone and inter-runs.
  • Carry out specified inspection during fabrication, to check inter-run cleaning of weld faces and surfaces.
  • Carry out specified inspection during fabrication, to check distortion and shrinkage.
  • Carry out the specified final inspection checks, to include overall dimensional tolerances.
  • Carry out the specified final inspection checks, to include visual appearance of welds/weld profile.
  • Carry out the specified final inspection checks, to include extent of distortion, shrinkage or misalignment.
  • Carry out the specified final inspection checks, to include evidence of damage (requiring restoration).
  • Carry out the specified final inspection checks, to include defect indications manifested on weld or parent metal surface.
  • Carry out the specified final inspection checks, to include extent of excess metal, undercut, penetration or lack of penetration.
  • Carry out the inspection checks to approved construction drawings or client specifications/detail drawings.
  • Carry out the inspection checks to applicable national and international standards or welding procedure specification.
  • Record the results of the inspection in the appropriate format.
  • Complete the inspection documentation, to include a weld inspection report or job card.
  • Complete the inspection documentation, to include customer specific documentation or a concession report, and pass to the appropriate people.
  • Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that cannot be solved.
  • Outline the specific safety precautions to be taken when inspecting welded fabrications.
  • Describe the personal protective clothing and equipment (PPE) that should be worn.
  • Describe the importance of applying the appropriate occupational behaviours in the workplace and the implications for both the learner and the business.
Checking and calibrating electrical and electronic test equipmentReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll learn to check and calibrate electrical and electronic test equipment safely. The unit covers preparation for calibration activities, adherence to health and safety regulations, understanding calibration procedures, and maintaining equipment accuracy in line with company objectives.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives
  • Prepare for calibration activities by ensuring the work area is safe and tidy
  • Prepare for calibration activities by ensuring environmental conditions are suitable for calibration checks
  • Prepare for calibration activities by obtaining and using the correct quality control documentation
  • Prepare for calibration activities by obtaining and checking the general condition of the instrumentation to be calibrated
  • Prepare for calibration activities by obtaining appropriate calibration/reference equipment
  • Leave the work area in a safe and tidy condition on completion of the activities
  • Carry out the calibration of electrical/electronic test instruments using analogue measurement techniques
  • Carry out the calibration of electrical/electronic test instruments using digital measurement techniques
  • Obtain and use the correct equipment to carry out the calibration activities
  • Calibrate multimeters
  • Calibrate flash testers
  • Calibrate ammeters
  • Calibrate resistance boxes
  • Calibrate voltmeters
  • Calibrate residual current device (RCD) testers
  • Calibrate watt meters
  • Calibrate signal generators
  • Calibrate ohmmeters
  • Calibrate portable appliance (PAT) testers
  • Calibrate oscilloscopes
  • Calibrate logic probes
  • Calibrate insulation testers
  • Calibrate current injection devices
  • Calibrate loop impedance testers
  • Calibrate phase testers
  • Calibrate earth bond testers
  • Calibrate amplifiers
  • Calibrate current probes
  • Calibrate spectrum analysers
  • Calibrate chart recorders
  • Calibrate network analysers
  • Calibrate frequency meters and counters
  • Calibrate logic analysers
  • Calibrate other specific test equipment
  • Identify and confirm the calibration checks to be made and acceptance criteria to be used
  • Correctly set up, check and calibrate the equipment, using approved techniques and procedures
  • Use reference/workshop potentiometers during calibration activities
  • Use spectrum analysers during calibration activities
  • Use measuring bridges during calibration activities
  • Use network analysers during calibration activities
  • Use master/reference stabilised power supplies during calibration activities
  • Use logic analysers during calibration activities
  • Use master/reference meters during calibration activities
  • Use master/reference signal generators during calibration activities
  • Use master/reference oscilloscopes during calibration activities
  • Use other specific calibration equipment during calibration activities
  • Obtain calibration parameters from data records
  • Connect up power supplies, test and calibration equipment
  • Follow specified or appropriate calibration procedures
  • Ensure that any special operating conditions are taken into account
  • Calibrate to manufacturer's procedures and specifications
  • Apply appropriate coding to calibrated equipment
  • Record calibration results accurately and legibly, in the appropriate format
  • Identify and record out-of-specification instruments
  • Take appropriate action in respect of instruments that fail to meet calibration specifications
  • Diagnose faults during the calibration process (where appropriate)
  • Record the results of the calibration checks in the appropriate format
  • Where appropriate, apply suitable identification to the equipment, stating current date(s) of calibration
  • Complete a calibration report and pass it to the appropriate people
  • Complete an `equipment withdrawal from service' report and pass it to the appropriate people
  • Complete a job card and pass it to the appropriate people
  • Complete customer specific documentation and pass it to the appropriate people
  • Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that cannot be solved
  • Outline the specific safety precautions to be taken when checking and calibrating electrical and electronic test instrumentation
  • Describe the health and safety requirements of the work area in which they are carrying out the calibration activities
Checking and calibrating mechanical inspection equipmentReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll safely check and calibrate mechanical inspection equipment in compliance with health and safety regulations and quality control documentation. The unit covers preparation, environmental considerations, hazard identification, professional behaviour, and effective communication.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Ensure that the work area is in a safe and tidy condition.
  • Ensure that environmental conditions are suitable for the calibration checks being made (such as temperature, cleanliness, humidity).
  • Obtain and use the correct quality control documentation (such as calibration records, equipment specifications).
  • Obtain and check the general condition of the measuring instruments to be calibrated.
  • Obtain appropriate calibration/reference equipment for the job in hand.
  • Carry out the calibration of measuring instruments in imperial units.
  • Carry out the calibration of measuring instruments in metric units.
  • Obtain and use the correct equipment to carry out the calibration activities.
  • Use reference grade slip gauges, reference/master thread gauges, standard reference pieces (such as balls, blocks, wires), shadow graph, angular reference gauges, floating carriage micrometers, standard taper gauges, microscope, master cylindrical square, reference/master sine bars, reference/master bores (such as ring/bore), reference/master sine tables or reference/master bench centres.
  • Identify and confirm the calibration checks to be made and acceptance criteria to be used.
  • Check, and where appropriate, set and calibrate micrometers (to include external, internal and depth), verniers (to include length, height and depth), specialist verniers (such as gear tooth), specialist micrometers (such as thread), height micrometer, spline gauges, engineers' square, radius/profile gauges, cylindrical square, workshop gauge blocks, straight edge, gap gauge (fixed and adjustable), engineers' levels, plug/hole gauge, surface tables, bore gauges (fixed and telescopic), angle plates, groove gauges, box angle plates, alignment gauges, taper gauges, thread plug gauge, protractors, thread ring gauge, combination squares, thread depth gauges, clinometers, pneumatic gauges, sine bars, torque gauge/wrench, sine tables, bench centres, dial test indicators, roughness standards or surface finish equipment.
  • Correctly set up, check and calibrate the equipment, using approved techniques and procedures.
  • Obtain calibration parameters from data records.
  • Set and use the correct calibration equipment.
  • Follow specified or appropriate calibration procedures.
  • Calibrate the instruments to manufacturers' specifications.
  • Apply appropriate coding to calibrated equipment.
  • Record calibration results accurately and legibly, in the appropriate format.
  • Identify and record out-of-specification instruments.
  • Take appropriate action in respect of instruments that fail to meet calibration specifications.
  • Diagnose faults during the calibration process (where appropriate).
  • Record the results of the calibration checks in the appropriate format.
  • Where appropriate, apply suitable identification to the equipment, stating current date(s) of calibration.
  • Complete the calibration documentation, to include calibration report, ‘equipment withdrawal from service' report, job card or customer specific documentation, and pass to the appropriate people.
  • Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that cannot be solved.
  • Outline the specific safety precautions to be taken when checking and calibrating mechanical measuring equipment (such as specific legislation or regulations governing the activities or work area).
Checking and calibrating process control instrumentationReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain the knowledge and skills to safely check and calibrate process control instrumentation, adhering to health and safety regulations. The unit includes preparing for calibration, understanding hazards, using appropriate PPE, and maintaining documentation.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Ensure that the work area is in a safe and tidy condition.
  • Ensure that environmental conditions are suitable for the calibration checks being made (such as temperature, cleanliness, humidity).
  • Obtain and use the correct quality control documentation (such as calibration records, equipment specifications).
  • Obtain and check the general condition of the instrumentation to be calibrated.
  • Obtain appropriate calibration/reference equipment for the job in hand.
  • Leave the work area in a safe and tidy condition on completion of the activities.
  • Carry out the calibration of process control equipment, to include four of the following types of instruments: pressure, load/weighing/strain gauges, analysers, flow (fluid, gas or air), gas detection/monitoring, recorders and indicators, level, fire detection, sound/acoustic measurement, temperature/humidity, fiscal metering, radiation detection, speed measurement, alarm and trip, instrument controllers, vibration monitoring.
  • Obtain and use the correct equipment to carry out the calibration activities.
  • Identify and confirm the calibration checks to be made and acceptance criteria to be used.
  • Correctly set up, check and calibrate the equipment, using approved techniques and procedures.
  • Use six of the following types of equipment during the calibration activities: standard test gauges, speed measuring devices, oscilloscope, dead weight tester, calibrated weights, insulation testers, manometer, calibrated flow meter, analogue and digital meters, digital pressure indicators, ultraviolet light source, phase testers, hydraulic/portable pressure pump, smoke canisters, current injection devices, oil/water bath, heat guns, logic probes, hydrometer, appropriate test gases, audio amplifiers/chambers, reference/workshop potentiometers, sand bath, electronic weight test calibrator, signal generators, other specific test equipment.
  • Test and calibrate process control instrumentation, to include carrying out all of the following: obtaining calibration parameters from data records, connecting up power supplies, test and calibration equipment, following specified or appropriate calibration procedures, ensuring that any special operating conditions are taken into account (such as liquid level correction), calibrating to manufacturer's procedures and specifications, recording calibration results accurately and legibly in the appropriate format, identifying and recording out-of-specification instruments, taking appropriate action in respect of instruments that fail to meet calibration specifications, diagnosing faults during the calibration process (where appropriate).
  • Record the results of the calibration checks in the appropriate format.
  • Where appropriate, apply suitable identification to the equipment, stating current date(s) of calibration.
  • Complete the calibration documentation, to include one from the following, and pass to the appropriate people: calibration report, job card, ‘equipment withdrawal from service' report, customer specific documentation.
  • Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that cannot be solved.
  • Outline the specific safety precautions to be taken when checking and calibrating process control instrumentation (such as specific legislation or regulations governing the activities or work area, safe working practices and procedures to be adopted, general workshop safety practice).
  • Describe the health and safety requirements of the work area in which they are carrying out the calibration activities, and the responsibility these requirements place.
Complying with statutory regulations and organisational safetyReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll understand and comply with statutory regulations and organisational safety procedures. The unit covers hazard recognition and control, manual handling techniques, and demonstration of appropriate occupational behaviours in the workplace.

What you'll be able to do

  • Comply with duties and obligations as defined in the Health and Safety at Work Act.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Present themselves in the workplace suitably prepared for the activities to be undertaken.
  • Follow organisational accident and emergency procedures.
  • Recognise and control hazards in the workplace.
  • Use correct manual lifting and carrying techniques.
  • Apply safe working practices and procedures.
  • Describe the roles and responsibilities of themselves and others under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and current legislation.
  • Describe the specific regulations and safe working practices and procedures that apply to their work activities.
  • Describe the warning signs for the nine main groups of hazardous substances defined by Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances Regulations.
  • Explain how to locate relevant health and safety information for their tasks and the sources of expert assistance when help is needed.
  • Explain what constitutes a hazard in the workplace.
  • Explain what are their responsibilities for dealing with hazards and reducing risks in the workplace.
  • Explain what are the risks associated with their working environment.
Conducting and monitoring road tests on vehiclesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll learn to conduct and monitor road tests on vehicles safely and effectively. The unit emphasises compliance with regulations, use of documentation, risk assessment, communication, and problem-solving during testing activities.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Obtain and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, vehicle documentation, test schedules, test procedures, quality control documentation) during the testing activities.
  • Adhere to procedures or systems in place for risk assessment, COSHH, personal protective equipment and other relevant safety regulations and procedures to realise a safe system of work during the testing activities.
  • Provide and maintain safe access and working arrangements for the test area during the testing activities.
  • Obtain the correct tools and equipment for the testing activity and check that they are in a safe, tested and usable condition during the testing activities.
  • Follow safe practice/approved testing techniques and procedures at all times during the testing activities.
  • Return all tools and equipment to the correct location on completion of the testing activities.
  • Follow the appropriate procedures for use of tools and equipment to carry out the required tests.
  • Set up and carry out the tests using the correct procedures and within agreed timescales.
  • Prepare the vehicle for testing by fitting slave wheels to the vehicle (where appropriate), and check for correct tyre tread depth and pressure, as applicable to the vehicle type.
  • Prepare the vehicle for testing by checking that oil, water and other fluid levels are correct and that there are no leaks, as applicable to the vehicle type.
  • Prepare the vehicle for testing by checking that all warning devices are working correctly, as applicable to the vehicle type.
  • Prepare the vehicle for testing by checking that all rear lights, brake lights and hazard warning lights function correctly, as applicable to the vehicle type.
  • Prepare the vehicle for testing by fitting monitoring or other test equipment, as appropriate, as applicable to the vehicle type.
  • Prepare the vehicle for testing by ensuring that appropriate safety equipment is fitted to the vehicle and all driver safety equipment is available, as applicable to the vehicle type.
  • Prepare the vehicle for testing by ensuring that trade plates are displayed (where appropriate), as applicable to the vehicle type.
  • Prepare the vehicle for testing by ensuring that seat fouling protectors are fitted, as applicable to the vehicle type.
  • Prepare the vehicle for testing by informing appropriate people of the start of the test, as applicable to the vehicle type.
  • Carry out road tests on one of the following types of vehicle: front wheel drive, rear wheel drive, all-wheel drive.
  • Test vehicle on two of the following road conditions: normal road conditions, salt bath, wet/skid patch, paved, cobble, rough road, sand trench, circular track, country road, straight speed test, off-road terrain, other specific conditions.
  • Carry out road tests on the vehicle to a specific test schedule, to include nine of the following: driving the vehicle over specified distance, carrying out a steering geometry check, driving the vehicle at specific speeds for defined time, carrying out a suspension check, driving the vehicle over different road surfaces, carrying out a noise and vibration check, checking engine for hot and cold running temperatures, carrying out an instrumentation check, checking and monitoring exhaust emissions, carrying out an electrical system check, checking power chain through all gears, carrying out a navigational system check, checking automatic gearbox through rapid acceleration and parking, carrying out other specific tests.
  • Record the results of the tests in the appropriate format.
  • Review and analyse the results and carry out further tests if necessary.
  • Review and analyse the results of the road test, using two of the following: data sheets, vehicle history sheet, fault records, operation sheet, manufacturer's specifications.
  • Record the results of the tests, using one of the following: written records, electronic records.
  • Carry out tests which comply with one of the following standards: Ministry of Transport, customer standards and requirements, international standards, company standards and procedures.
  • Describe the specific safety practices and procedures to be observed when road testing vehicles (including any specific legislation, regulations/codes of practice required for the activities, equipment or materials used).
  • Describe the health and safety requirements.
Conducting and monitoring static tests on vehiclesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll develop the knowledge and skills to conduct and monitor static vehicle tests safely, adhering to health and safety regulations and company procedures. The unit emphasises effective communication, problem-solving, and accurate documentation during testing activities.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Obtain and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, vehicle documentation, test schedules, test procedures, quality control documentation).
  • Adhere to procedures or systems in place for risk assessment, COSHH, personal protective equipment and other relevant safety regulations and procedures to realise a safe system of work.
  • Provide and maintain safe access and working arrangements for the test area.
  • Obtain the correct tools and equipment for the testing activity and check that they are in a safe, tested and usable condition.
  • Follow safe practice/approved testing techniques and procedures at all times.
  • Return all tools and equipment to the correct location on completion of the testing activities.
  • Leave the work area in a safe and appropriate condition on completion of the activities.
  • Follow the appropriate procedures for use of tools and equipment to carry out the required tests.
  • Set up and carry out the tests using the correct procedures and within agreed timescales.
  • Prepare the vehicle for testing by fitting slave wheels to the vehicle (where appropriate), and check for correct tyre tread depth and pressure.
  • Prepare the vehicle for testing by checking that oil, water and other fluid levels are correct, and that there are no leaks.
  • Prepare the vehicle for testing by checking that all warning devices are working correctly.
  • Prepare the vehicle for testing by fitting monitoring or other test equipment to the vehicle (where appropriate).
  • Prepare the vehicle for testing by ensuring that appropriate safety equipment is fitted to the vehicle, and all driver safety equipment is available.
  • Prepare the vehicle for testing by ensuring that test equipment is calibrated and functions correctly.
  • Prepare the vehicle for testing by ensuring that seat fouling protectors are fitted (where appropriate).
  • Carry out static tests on one of the following types of vehicle: front wheel drive, rear wheel drive, all-wheel drive.
  • Undertake the vehicle tests using one of the following: rolling road, computer-controlled static test, computer-controlled rolling road.
  • Carry out static tests on the vehicle to a specific test schedule, to include driving the vehicle for the specified time.
  • Carry out static tests on the vehicle to a specific test schedule, to include carrying out a steering geometry check.
  • Carry out static tests on the vehicle to a specific test schedule, to include driving vehicle at specified speeds through gears.
  • Carry out static tests on the vehicle to a specific test schedule, to include carrying out a suspension check.
  • Carry out static tests on the vehicle to a specific test schedule, to include carrying out braking tests.
  • Carry out static tests on the vehicle to a specific test schedule, to include carrying out noise and vibration check.
  • Carry out static tests on the vehicle to a specific test schedule, to include checking and monitoring exhaust emissions.
  • Carry out static tests on the vehicle to a specific test schedule, to include carrying out instrumentation check.
  • Carry out static tests on the vehicle to a specific test schedule, to include checking power train through all gears.
  • Carry out static tests on the vehicle to a specific test schedule, to include carrying out electrical system check.
  • Carry out static tests on the vehicle to a specific test schedule, to include carrying out tests on specific components.
  • Carry out static tests on the vehicle to a specific test schedule, to include carrying out entertainment system check.
  • Carry out static tests on the vehicle to a specific test schedule, to include carrying out engine checks for hot and cold staring.
  • Carry out static tests on the vehicle to a specific test schedule, to include checking automatic gearbox through rapid acceleration and parking.
  • Carry out static tests on the vehicle to a specific test schedule, to include carrying out lighting positional/beam setting checks.
  • Carry out static tests on the vehicle to a specific test schedule, to include carrying out a complete vehicle function test.
  • Carry out static tests on the vehicle to a specific test schedule, to include carrying out other specific tests.
  • Record the results of the tests in the appropriate format.
  • Review and analyse the results and carry out further tests if necessary.
  • Review and analyse the results of the static test, using data sheets.
  • Review and analyse the results of the static test, using vehicle history sheet.
  • Review and analyse the results of the static test, using fault records.
  • Review and analyse the results of the static test, using operation sheet.
  • Review and analyse the results of the static test, using manufacturer's specifications.
  • Record the results of the tests, using written records or electronic records.
  • Carry out tests which comply with Ministry of Transport standards.
  • Carry out tests which comply with customer standards and requirements.
  • Carry out tests which comply with international standards.
  • Carry out tests which comply with company standards and procedures.
  • Describe the specific safety practices and procedures to be observed when carrying out static testing of vehicles.
  • Describe the health and safety requirements of the area where they are carrying out the static testing activities.
Creating Flexible Production and Manpower SystemsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll understand the principles and procedures for creating flexible production and manpower systems. The unit covers analysis of current systems, identification of improvements, and application of safe working practices and problem-solving skills to develop adaptable business systems.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles of flexible production systems.
  • Understand the principles of flexible manpower systems.
  • Describe the procedures for creating flexible production systems.
  • Describe the procedures for creating flexible manpower systems.
  • Apply safe working practices when creating flexible business systems.
  • Apply a logical approach to creating flexible business systems.
  • Apply problem-solving skills when creating flexible business systems.
  • Maintain a quality focus when creating flexible business systems.
  • Demonstrate personal responsibility and resilience when creating flexible business systems.
  • Communicate clearly when creating flexible business systems.
  • Work effectively as a team player when creating flexible business systems.
  • Apply lean manufacturing principles when creating flexible business systems.
  • Demonstrate adaptability when creating flexible business systems.
  • Demonstrate self-motivation when creating flexible business systems.
  • Show a willingness to learn when creating flexible business systems.
  • Demonstrate commitment when creating flexible business systems.
Creating Standard Operating ProceduresReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides learners with the knowledge to create standard operating procedures (SOPs) for work activities. You'll understand the principles of SOP development, review, and update processes while adhering to safe working practices and occupational behaviours.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify the training and development required in order to create standard operating procedures (SOP) for work activities
  • Understand the principles and procedures for creating standard operating procedures, and their application, in adequate depth to provide a sound basis for carrying out the activities to the required criteria
  • Apply safe working practices throughout
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including logical approach, problem solving orientation, quality focus, personal responsibility and resilience, clear communicator, team player, applies lean manufacturing principles, adaptability, self-motivation, willingness to learn and commitment
Cutting and shaping sheet metal for experimental vehicle engineeringReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to safely cut and shape sheet metal for experimental vehicle engineering. It covers adherence to health and safety regulations, interpretation of technical documentation, and the development of effective communication and problem-solving skills.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Obtain and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, component drawings, quality control documentation).
  • Adhere to procedures or systems in place for risk assessment, COSHH, personal protective equipment and other relevant safety regulations and procedures to realise a safe system of work.
  • Check that all cables, extension leads or air supply hoses are in a safe, tested and serviceable condition.
  • Check that all tools and equipment to be used are within current calibration/certification dates.
  • Obtain appropriate materials for the work in hand.
  • Mark out the components accurately, using recognised conventions.
  • Set up and hold the components firmly during the cutting and shaping operations.
  • Use safe and approved sheet metal cutting and shaping techniques and procedures at all times.
  • Return all tools and equipment to the correct location on completion of the activities.
  • Leave the work area in a safe and appropriate condition on completion of the activities.
  • Follow relevant specifications for the component to be produced.
  • Produce components for experimental vehicle development purposes.
  • Obtain the appropriate tools and equipment for the shaping operations and check they are in a safe and usable condition.
  • Shape the materials using appropriate methods and techniques.
  • Cut and shape the materials using saws (hand or mechanical).
  • Cut and shape the materials using tin snips.
  • Cut and shape the materials using punch/cropping machines.
  • Cut and shape the materials using guillotines.
  • Cut and shape the materials using drills and hole saws.
  • Cut and shape the materials using files.
  • Cut and shape the materials using nibblers.
  • Cut and shape the materials using trepanning tools.
  • Cut and shape the materials using abrasive discs.
  • Cut and shape the materials using laser/water cutting.
  • Produce a range of components with edges/faces that are square to each other.
  • Produce a range of components with internal profiles.
  • Produce a range of components with edges/faces that are parallel.
  • Produce a range of components with external profiles.
  • Produce a range of components with edges/faces that are angled.
  • Produce a range of components with holes linearly pitched.
  • Produce a range of components with curved or circular forms.
  • Produce a range of components with holes radially pitched.
  • Shape and form material using bench folding machines.
  • Shape and form material using shrinking techniques.
  • Shape and form material using rolling machines.
  • Shape and form material using stretching techniques.
  • Shape and form material using presses.
  • Produce components with a right-angle bend.
  • Produce components with curved/circular flanges.
  • Produce components that are conical.
  • Produce components with an angled bend.
  • Produce components with a curved profile.
  • Produce components that are dished.
  • Produce components with square flanges.
  • Produce components with a cylinder shape.
  • Produce components that are multi-profiled.
  • Produce components with tray section and channels.
  • Use mild steel.
  • Use stainless steel.
  • Use brass.
  • Use alloy steel.
  • Use aluminium.
  • Use composite material.
  • Use other specific material.
  • Check that all the required shaping operations have been completed to the required specification.
  • Produce components which meet company standard requirements.
  • Produce components which meet job requirements.
  • Produce components that are dimensionally accurate within specification tolerance.
  • Produce components that are free from distortion, false tool marks or damage.
  • Produce components that are free from sharp edges, slivers or burrs.
  • Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that cannot be solved.
  • Describe the health and safety requirements of the area where they are carrying out the cutting and shaping activities.
  • Describe the personal protective clothing and equipment (PPE) to be worn when carrying out the fabrication activities.
  • Describe the correct methods of moving or lifting sheet metal.
  • Describe the hazards associated with carrying out sheet metal fabrication work.
Determining engineering requirements for the supply of products or servicesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll learn to determine engineering requirements for supplying products or services safely and effectively. The unit includes checking company information, assessing organisational capacity, identifying hazards, and communicating with stakeholders.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely in accordance with the regulations for their work environment.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Use the correct issue of company information.
  • Check that all essential information and data needed to make valid decisions is available.
  • Determine the engineering requirements.
  • Check that the organisation's work and technical capacity can meet the customer's requirements.
  • Maintain appropriate levels of customer communication and confidentiality.
  • Record and file the engineering requirements in the appropriate format.
  • Obtain sufficient information to understand clearly the customer's requirements.
  • Advise the customer of relevant product or service features, and relate these to the customer's requirements.
  • Make sure that the customer requirements are accurately specified.
  • Check with the customer and obtain agreement that the requirements are interpreted correctly.
  • Determine engineering requirements for customer needs for one of the following: drawing/design activities (such as mechanical, electrical/electronic, motor vehicle, aerospace, marine), manufacturing activities (such as machining, detail fitting, fabrication of components, pressing), material processing activities (such as heat treatment, casting, injection moulding, purification), composite manufacture (such as wet lay-up, pre-preg laminating, resin infusion, blow moulding), finishing activities (such as stripping finishes, painting, plating, anodising, veneering, lacquering), assembly activities (such as mechanical, structural, fluid power, electrical/electronic, woodworking), installation activities (such as mechanical, electrical/electronic, avionic, structural, environmental equipment), plant and equipment (such as site preparation, plant layout, equipment changeover, equipment supply or replacement), equipment capability studies/performance measurement, movement of materials, components or finished goods, business improvement activities, engineering safety audits or risk assessments, quality control/quality assurance, maintenance activities, modification and repair activities, testing and trialling, research and development, commissioning/decommissioning, engineering support services.
  • Determine how their organisation can respond to the requirements in terms of workload and resources.
  • Assess the implications of five of the following, in providing the products or services: the technical capability of their organisation to provide the products or services requested, availability of resources (such as people, materials, equipment, facilities and utilities), costs and capital expenditure involved, timescales to supply the products or services, effects on current schedules, environmental and health and safety implications, legal implications (as applicable), training implications.
  • Provide the information in an appropriate format, using recognised and accepted conventions for terms and references.
  • Record and file relevant information, in accordance with organisational requirements.
  • Record and file product or service proposals containing all of the following: description of product or service required, details of specification requirements, customer requirements that may be difficult to meet, delivery estimate, workload schedule, resources required, potential opportunities arising from the proposed supply of the product or service, need vs benefit analysis.
  • Validate and evaluate the systems and procedures used.
  • Identify improvements that could be made to the systems and procedures.
  • Record the proposals, in accordance with organisational procedures, using one of the following: specific company documentation, written or typed report, electronic mail.
  • Maintain appropriate levels of customer communication and confidentiality.
Developing Visual Management SystemsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides learners with knowledge of visual management principles and procedures. You'll develop and apply visual management systems to improve workplace efficiency and safety while adhering to safe working practices.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles and procedures of visual management.
  • Understand the application of visual management.
  • Apply safe working practices.
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including logical approach, problem solving orientation, quality focus, personal responsibility and resilience, clear communicator, team player, applies lean manufacturing principles, adaptability, self-motivation, willingness to learn and commitment.
Developing and Maintaining Effective Customer RelationshipsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit introduces learners to the principles of developing and maintaining effective customer relationships within an organisation. You'll understand the benefits of positive customer interactions, safety and environmental precautions, and their responsibilities for health and safety.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the importance of developing effective customer relationships.
  • Understand the importance of maintaining effective customer relationships.
  • Understand the requirements of the organisation in relation to customer relationships.
  • Understand the safety and environmental precautions required when carrying out duties related to customer relationships.
  • Understand responsibilities for health and safety in the workplace.
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives.
Diagnosing and rectifying faults in vehicle electrical and electronic systemsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit develops learners' skills to diagnose and rectify faults in vehicle electrical and electronic systems safely. You'll apply relevant documentation, adhere to health and safety regulations, and demonstrate occupational behaviours including communication, initiative, and problem-solving.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives
  • Obtain and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, assembly drawings, planning and quality control documentation)
  • Adhere to procedures or systems in place for risk assessment, COSHH, personal protective equipment and other relevant safety regulations and procedures to realise a safe system of work
  • Obtain the correct tools and equipment for the activity and check they are in a safe, tested and usable condition, and within current calibration dates
  • Follow safe practice/approved diagnostic and rectification techniques and procedures at all times
  • Return all tools and equipment to the correct location on completion of the diagnostic activities
  • Leave the work area and equipment in a safe and appropriate condition on completion of the activities
  • Review and use all relevant information on the symptoms and problems associated with the equipment
  • Investigate and establish the most likely causes of the faults
  • Carry out fault diagnosis of vehicle electrical systems, to include six of the following: safety systems, heating and ventilating systems, navigational systems, control systems, motors (such as wiper, starter), power-up systems, lighting systems, audio/entertainment systems, braking system, ignition system, fuel management system, ignition cut-out, wheel torque instrumentation (prototype), engine calibration tools (prototype), exhaust emission control system
  • Select, use and apply diagnostic techniques, tools and aids to locate faults
  • Use a range of fault-diagnostic techniques, to include two of the following: emergent problem sequence, signal injection and sampling, input/output technique, half-split technique, six point technique, computer-aided diagnostics, function/performance, equipment self-diagnostics
  • Use a variety of diagnostic aids and equipment, to include four of the following: manufacturers' manuals, algorithms, functional system check, probability charts/reports, audible recognition, visual recognition, multimeter, voltage tester, continuity tester, ammeter, computer-aided diagnostic equipment
  • Apply fault-diagnostic techniques to all the following type of conditions: breakdown, computer indicated fault, performance check
  • Carry out fault rectification, involving two of the following: component replacement, component repair, wire/loom repair
  • Complete the fault diagnosis within the agreed time and inform the appropriate people when this cannot be achieved
  • Use the evidence gained to draw valid conclusions about the nature and probable cause of the fault
  • Rectify the identified faults using appropriate methods and techniques
  • Record details on the extent and location of the faults in an appropriate format
  • Provide a record of the outcome of fault diagnosis, using one of the following: step-by-step analytical report, corrective action report, record card system, company-specific reporting procedure
  • Carry out diagnostic activities in line with one of the following standards: company standards and procedures, equipment manufacturer's specifications, customer standards and requirements, specific system requirements
  • Describe the specific safety precautions to be taken whilst carrying out the vehicle electrical fault diagnosis (such as any specific legislation, regulations or codes of practice relating to the activities, equipment or materials)
  • Outline the hazards associated with diagnosing and rectifying faults in vehicle electrical and electronic systems, and how to minimise them and reduce any risks
  • Describe the health and safety requirements of the work area in which they are carrying out the vehicle electrical fault diagnostic
Dressing prototype engines for testReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain the skills to prepare and dress prototype engines for testing, including selecting, fitting, and connecting components according to specifications. The unit also covers inspection procedures to ensure correct assembly and safe working practices.

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare prototype engines for testing.
  • Select appropriate components for dressing prototype engines.
  • Fit components to prototype engines according to specifications.
  • Connect necessary systems to prototype engines for testing.
  • Inspect dressed prototype engines for correct assembly.
  • Ensure safe working practices when dressing prototype engines.
  • Report any issues or discrepancies identified during the dressing process.
Fabricating structural components for experimental vehicle engineeringReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit equips learners to safely fabricate structural components for experimental vehicle engineering, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations. You'll demonstrate occupational behaviours and interpret relevant job instructions and assembly drawings.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Obtain and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, assembly drawings, quality control documentation).
  • Adhere to procedures or systems in place for risk assessment, COSHH, personal protective equipment and other relevant safety regulations and procedures to realise a safe system of work.
  • Check that all cables, extension leads or air supply hoses are in a safe, tested and serviceable condition.
  • Check that all tools and equipment to be used are within current calibration/certification dates.
  • Obtain appropriate materials for the work in hand.
  • Mark out the components accurately, using recognised conventions.
  • Set up and hold the components firmly during the fabricating and shaping operations.
  • Use safe and approved fabrication techniques and procedures at all times.
  • Return all tools and equipment to the correct location on completion of the activities.
  • Leave the work area in a safe and appropriate condition on completion of the activities.
  • Follow instructions and any relevant specifications to produce the component.
  • Produce the required components using appropriate manufacturing methods and techniques.
  • Produce fabrications to meet one of the following experimental/development needs: new product development, development of existing components, or research into component characteristics (such as performance, working life, response to environmental conditions).
  • Produce fabricated components using two of the following materials: mild steel, wrought iron, alloy, copper, stainless steel, brass, aluminium, or other specific material.
  • Produce fabrications using four of the following: section bar, angle section, channel section, I section, sheet/plate, or hollow section.
  • Cut and prepare materials for fabrication, using six of the following: hand hacksaw, grinder, guillotine, powered hacksaw, files, bending machine, band saw, punch/cropping machine, tin snips, hand power tool (such as sander, grinder, drill), pillar drill, nibbling machine, or bench shears.
  • Produce fabricated components which contain four of the following features: square/rectangular profiles, curved profiles, irregular profiles, angled profiles, bends, drilled holes, internal profiles, or box/tray sections.
  • Check that the finished component meets the requirements and make any necessary adjustments.
  • Produce cut and shaped components which meet all of the following quality and accuracy standards: company/customer standards/requirements, dimensionally accurate (to drawing or specifications), free from distortion, and free from sharp edges, slivers or burrs.
  • Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control.
  • Report problems that they cannot solve.
  • Describe the specific safety precautions to be taken when working with fabrication equipment and materials in a fabrication environment (general workshop and site safety, appropriate personal protective equipment, accident procedure; statutory regulations, risk assessment procedures and COSHH regulations).
  • Describe the personal protective clothing and equipment (PPE) to be worn when carrying out the fabrication activities (gloves, eye/ear protection, safety helmets).
  • Describe the correct methods of moving or lifting materials.
  • Describe the safe working practices and procedures to be observed when using manual and power-operated tools.
  • Describe the hazards associated with carrying out fabrication work (such as using dangerous or badly maintained tools and equipment, operating guillotines and when using hand and bench shears), and how to minimise them and reduce any risk.
  • Explain the importance of applying the appropriate occupational behaviours.
Flattening and Polishing Vehicle BodiesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll understand and apply safety precautions and responsibilities when flattening and polishing vehicle bodies. The unit emphasises safe working practices throughout these activities to ensure the safety of the learner and others in the workplace.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the safety precautions required when carrying out the flattening and polishing activities
  • Demonstrate safe working practices throughout flattening and polishing activities
  • Understand the responsibility they owe to themselves and others in the workplace during flattening and polishing activities
Handing Over and Exchanging Responsibility for Control of Engineering ActivitiesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit equips learners with skills to hand over and exchange responsibility for engineering activities. You'll prepare for handover, communicate status and documentation clearly, transfer control according to procedures, and confirm understanding among involved parties.

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare for the handover of responsibility and control of engineering activities.
  • Communicate relevant information about the engineering activity to the receiving person.
  • Transfer responsibility and control of the engineering activity in accordance with approved procedures.
  • Confirm the receiving person's understanding of the engineering activity and their responsibilities.
  • Document the handover process and any relevant information.
  • Adhere to health, safety and environmental requirements throughout the handover process.
  • Demonstrate safe working practices throughout the handover process.
  • Apply occupational behaviours required in the workplace, including logical approach, problem solving orientation, quality focus, personal responsibility and resilience, clear communication, team player skills, application of lean manufacturing principles, adaptability, self-motivation, willingness to learn and commitment.
Handling, Preparing, and Recycling Materials for Additive ManufactureReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain knowledge of handling, preparing, and recycling materials used in additive manufacture. The unit covers procedures, hazard identification, storage requirements, and quality checks to ensure safe and effective material management.

What you'll be able to do

  • Handle materials for additive manufacture
  • Prepare materials for additive manufacture
  • Recycle materials from additive manufacture
Implementing engineering activitiesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain knowledge of the scope and purpose of engineering activities and their interrelations within projects. The unit covers planning, preparation, safe use of tools and equipment, following procedures, and monitoring progress during engineering activity implementation.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the scope and purpose of specified engineering activities
  • Plan and prepare for the implementation of engineering activities
  • Follow established procedures and guidelines when implementing engineering activities
  • Use appropriate tools, equipment, and materials safely and effectively
  • Monitor and control the progress of engineering activities
  • Identify and address potential problems or deviations during implementation
  • Document and report on the outcomes of engineering activities
  • Contribute to the continuous improvement of engineering processes
Implementing quality control systems and procedures in an engineering environmentReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll learn to implement quality control systems within an engineering environment, ensuring compliance with health and safety legislation. The unit emphasises professional behaviours, risk identification, and adherence to quality control procedures and documentation.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety legislation, regulations, directives and other relevant guidelines.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Carry out all of the following during the quality control activities: adhere to procedures or systems in place for risk assessment, COSHH, and other relevant safety regulations.
  • Carry out all of the following during the quality control activities: obtain the required quality control specifications and related documents.
  • Carry out all of the following during the quality control activities: obtain approval to carry out the quality control activities.
  • Carry out all of the following during the quality control activities: ensure that all appropriate personnel are fully informed of their intended activities.
  • Carry out all of the following during the quality control activities: use appropriate personal protective equipment for the area in which they are carrying out the quality control.
  • Carry out all of the following during the quality control activities: ensure that test results and quality records are stored, in a manner suited to future audit or investigation.
  • Implement quality assurance procedures for one of the following engineering activities: drawing/design activities (such as mechanical, electrical/electronic, motor vehicle, aerospace, marine).
  • Implement quality assurance procedures for one of the following engineering activities: manufacturing activities (such as machining, detail fitting, fabrication of components, pressing).
  • Implement quality assurance procedures for one of the following engineering activities: material processing activities (such as heat treatment, casting, injection moulding, purification).
  • Implement quality assurance procedures for one of the following engineering activities: composite manufacture (such as wet lay-up, pre-preg laminating, resin infusion, blow moulding).
  • Implement quality assurance procedures for one of the following engineering activities: finishing activities (such as stripping finishes, painting, plating, anodising, veneering, lacquering).
  • Implement quality assurance procedures for one of the following engineering activities: assembly activities (such as mechanical, structural, fluid power, electrical/electronic, woodworking).
  • Implement quality assurance procedures for one of the following engineering activities: installation activities (such as mechanical, electrical/electronic, avionic, structural, environmental equipment).
  • Implement quality assurance procedures for one of the following engineering activities: plant and equipment (such as site preparation, plant layout, equipment changeover, equipment replacement).
  • Implement quality assurance procedures for one of the following engineering activities: equipment capability studies/performance measurement.
  • Implement quality assurance procedures for one of the following engineering activities: movement of materials, components or finished goods.
  • Implement quality assurance procedures for one of the following engineering activities: engineering safety audits or risk assessments.
  • Implement quality assurance procedures for one of the following engineering activities: business improvement activities.
  • Implement quality assurance procedures for one of the following engineering activities: quality control/quality assurance.
  • Implement quality assurance procedures for one of the following engineering activities: maintenance activities.
  • Implement quality assurance procedures for one of the following engineering activities: modification and repair activities.
  • Implement quality assurance procedures for one of the following engineering activities: commissioning/decommissioning.
  • Implement quality assurance procedures for one of the following engineering activities: testing and trialling.
  • Implement quality assurance procedures for one of the following engineering activities: research and development.
  • Implement quality assurance procedures for one of the following engineering activities: engineering support services.
  • Carry out all of the following, in preparation for the quality control activity: identify the product or process requiring quality control.
  • Carry out all of the following, in preparation for the quality control activity: obtain the criteria for the quality control process.
  • Carry out all of the following, in preparation for the quality control activity: identify suitable quality control methods, techniques and procedures.
  • Carry out all of the following, in preparation for the quality control activity: obtain appropriate documentation, tools and equipment for the quality control activities to be undertaken.
  • Carry out all of the following, in preparation for the quality control activity: demonstrate and recommend the quality control process to the appropriate people.
  • Obtain accurate information on the engineering products or processes that are to be quality controlled.
  • Obtain suitable information about the product or process requiring quality control, from two of the following: quality assurance staff.
  • Obtain suitable information about the product or process requiring quality control, from two of the following: product specifications.
  • Obtain suitable information about the product or process requiring quality control, from two of the following: manufacturers' manuals/specifications.
  • Obtain suitable information about the product or process requiring quality control, from two of the following: regulations and guidelines.
  • Obtain suitable information about the product or process requiring quality control, from two of the following: engineering drawings.
  • Obtain suitable information about the product or process requiring quality control, from two of the following: international/national standards.
  • Establish clear and precise criteria for the quality control activities to be undertaken.
  • Ensure that the technical sales and marketing materials comply with one of the following: organisational guidelines and procedures.
  • Ensure that the technical sales and marketing materials comply with one of the following: recognised compliance agency body standards, directive or codes of practice.
  • Ensure that the technical sales and marketing materials comply with one of the following: British, European or International standards or directives.
  • Ensure that the technical sales and marketing materials comply with one of the following: customer standards and requirements.
  • Ensure that the technical sales and marketing materials comply with one of the following: health, safety and environmental requirements.
  • Ensure that the technical sales and marketing materials comply with one of the following: variations in regional/global product specification and compliance (such as language, units of measure and currency).
  • Pass on the technical details to the appropriate people within agreed timescales.
  • Explain how to access information on health and safety regulations and guidelines relating to the technical material being produced.
  • Describe the implications of not taking account of legislation, regulations, standards and guidelines when specifying the technical details.
  • Explain the importance of
Inspecting and testing electrical productsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit equips learners with the skills to safely inspect and test electrical products, adhering to health and safety regulations and using appropriate personal protective equipment. You'll demonstrate occupational behaviours and follow testing documentation and procedures.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Carry out all of the following during the testing activities: 3.1. Obtain and use the correct issue of company and/or manufacturers' drawings and testing documentation. 3.2. Adhere to risk assessment, COSHH and other relevant safety standards. 3.3. Check that test equipment is correctly calibrated and appropriate for test(s) to be carried out. 3.4. Provide safe access and working arrangements for the testing area. 3.5. Carry out the inspection and testing activities, using appropriate techniques and procedures. 3.6. Operate test equipment within its specification range. 3.7. Apply adjustment of inspection results for temperature correction (where applicable). 3.8. Identify and record out-of-specification features, in the appropriate format. 3.9. Report and investigate the possibility of gaining a concession for out-of-specification products. 3.10. Place products in the correct location on completion of the inspection activities (in and out of specification). 3.11. Leave the work area in a safe and tidy condition on completion of the activities.
  • Follow the appropriate procedures for use of tools and equipment to carry out the required tests/inspections.
  • Set up and carry out the tests/inspections using the correct procedures and within agreed timescales.
  • Carry out tests on two of the following types of electrical equipment: 6.1. Rotating equipment (such as motors, alternators). 6.2. Emergency power equipment. 6.3. Power equipment (such as transformers/inductors). 6.4. Electrical plant. 6.5. Control equipment (such as switchgear, distribution equipment). 6.6. Alarm equipment. 6.7. Bus bar systems. 6.8. Process control equipment. 6.9. Electrical panels. 6.10. Communication equipment. 6.11. Fans/blowers. 6.12. Wiring looms/harnesses. 6.13. Heating equipment. 6.14. Vehicle control equipment. 6.15. Portable tools/equipment. 6.16. Power supplies. 6.17. White goods. 6.18. Brown goods. 6.19. Other specific electrical equipment.
  • Carry out two of the following inspection procedures: 7.1. First/one-off. 7.2. In-process/sample. 7.3. Final inspection.
  • Carry out visual inspection of electrical products, to include ensuring all of the following: 8.1. All manufacturing/assembly procedures are complete. 8.2. All components are correctly orientated, positioned and secured. 8.3. All connections are mechanically secure. 8.4. Products are free from damage or obvious defects.
  • Carry out tests using four of following: 9.1. Oscilloscope. 9.2. Insulation resistance tester. 9.3. Ohmmeter. 9.4. Loop impedance tester. 9.5. Ammeter. 9.6. Specialist test equipment. 9.7. Voltmeter (such as 2-pole voltage detector). 9.8. Current injection tester. 9.9. Torque tester. 9.10. Residual current device (RCD) tester. 9.11. Flash tester. 9.12. Portable appliance tester (PAT). 9.13. Multimeter. 9.14. EMC meter.
  • Use the relevant test equipment to measure and check five of the following: 10.1. Protective resistance values. 10.2. Polarity. 10.3. Insulation resistance values. 10.4. Capacitance. 10.5. Current levels. 10.6. Frequency values. 10.7. Voltage detection/levels. 10.8. Inductance. 10.9. Continuity. 10.10. Safety device trip speed. 10.11. Power rating. 10.12. Specialised tests (such as speed, sound levels, temperature, interference). 10.13. Resistance.
  • Record the results of the tests in the appropriate format.
  • Review the results and carry out further tests if necessary.
  • Check that the electrical products meet one of the following quality and accuracy standards: 13.1. BS or ISO standards and procedures. 13.2. Customer standards and requirements. 13.3. Statutory regulations. 13.4. Company standards and procedures. 13.5. Specific system requirements.
  • Complete the relevant paperwork, using one of the following, and pass it to the appropriate person: 14.1. Inspection report. 14.2. Customer specific documentation. 14.3. Concession report. 14.4. Job card.
Inspecting and testing electronic productsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides learners with knowledge and skills to inspect and test electronic products effectively. You'll understand inspection principles, identify defects, use appropriate tools, and ensure products meet quality standards through documented processes.

What you'll be able to do

  • Describe the principles of inspecting electronic products
  • Explain the requirements of inspecting electronic products
  • Demonstrate the process of inspecting electronic products
  • Describe the principles of testing electronic products
  • Explain the requirements of testing electronic products
  • Demonstrate the process of testing electronic products
  • Identify faults in electronic products using inspection techniques
  • Identify faults in electronic products using testing techniques
  • Record and report inspection and testing results accurately
  • Adhere to health and safety regulations when inspecting and testing electronic products
Inspecting components using co-ordinate measuring machines (CMM)Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll develop the ability to inspect components using co-ordinate measuring machines (CMM) safely and effectively. The unit covers adherence to health and safety regulations, use of personal protective equipment, and demonstration of occupational behaviours during inspection activities.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Carry out all of the following during the inspecting activities: 3.1. Obtain and use the correct issue of drawings, job instructions and specifications. 3.2. Follow specified and appropriate inspection procedures. 3.3. Identify and record any out-of-tolerance dimensions/features, in the appropriate format. 3.4. Investigate and obtain concessions for out-of-specification products (where appropriate). 3.5. Place products in the correct location on completion of the inspection activities (in and out of specification). 3.6. Shut down the equipment using the correct procedure. 3.7. Leave the work area in a safe and tidy condition on completion of the inspection activities.
  • Follow the correct specification for the product or equipment being inspected.
  • Use the correct equipment to carry out the inspection activities.
  • Use one of the following types manual and/or CNC co-ordinate measuring machines: 6.1. Vertical. 6.2. Gantry/bridge. 6.3. Horizontal. 6.4. Other specific type.
  • Identify and confirm the inspection checks to be made and acceptance criteria to be used.
  • Carry out all required inspections as specified.
  • Identify any defects or variations from the specification.
  • Inspect one of the following types of engineering components/equipment: 10.1. Machined components. 10.2. Castings. 10.3. Mechanical assemblies/sub-assemblies. 10.4. Forgings. 10.5. Pressings. 10.6. Overhauled components/products. 10.7. Mouldings. 10.8. Extrusions. 10.9. Patterns. 10.10. Other specific components/products.
  • Mount the workpiece in a suitable position, using two of the following: 11.1. Directly to the machine table. 11.2. On parallels. 11.3. On angle plates. 11.4. On vee blocks. 11.5. In special jigs. 11.6. Other mounting methods.
  • Carry out two of the following inspection procedures: 12.1. First/one-off. 12.2. In-process sample inspection. 12.3. One hundred percent final inspection of components or products. 12.4. Statistical quality control.
  • Check all of the following, as applicable to the machine type: 13.1. Check that datums for each machine axis are set in relation to equipment, components and probes selected. 13.2. Where applicable, download the CNC program into the controller, safely and correctly. 13.3. Select and mount suitable inspection probes for the different features to be checked. 13.4. Calibrate the inspection probe (where applicable). 13.5. Enter the probe information correctly into the machine controller/operating system. 13.6. Ensure that probe changes are carried out safely and clear from obstructions. 13.7. Check that all inspection operations and probe movements are executed safely and correctly. 13.8. Ensure that any alterations to programs are communicated fully to the appropriate personnel (where applicable).
  • Inspect components/products that have a range of different features and cover twelve of the following: 14.1. Diameters. 14.2. Threads. 14.3. Recesses. 14.4. Internal diameters/bores. 14.5. Eccentric features. 14.6. Slots. 14.7. Tapered diameters. 14.8. Angular faces. 14.9. Holes or slots on linear/angular pitch. 14.10. Tapered bores. 14.11. Internal profiles/forms/surfaces. 14.12. Holes or slots on pitch circles. 14.13. Shoulders and steps. 14.14. External profiles/forms/surfaces. 14.15. Counterbored/countersunk holes. 14.16. Linear dimensions (lengths). 14.17. Grooves/undercuts. 14.18. Special forms (such as gear, spline, serrations). 14.19. Depths.
  • Check four of the following geometric features: 15.1. Flatness. 15.2. Straightness. 15.3. Parallelism. 15.4. Alignment. 15.5. Position/location. 15.6. Geometry. 15.7. Squareness. 15.8. Concentricity. 15.9. Distortion. 15.10. Ovality/lobing. 15.11. Eccentricity. 15.12. Surface finish.
  • Record the results of the inspection in the appropriate format.
  • Complete inspection documentation to include one from the following and pass to the appropriate people: 17.1. Inspection report. 17.2. Concession report. 17.3. Job card. 17.4. Customer specific documentation.
  • Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that cannot be solved.
Inspecting fabricated components and structuresReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides learners with the skills and knowledge to safely inspect fabricated components and structures. You'll comply with health and safety regulations, identify hazards, use correct documentation and equipment, and demonstrate professional occupational behaviours.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Observe all the required safety procedures for the work area/activity.
  • Obtain and use the correct issue of drawings, job instructions and specifications.
  • Obtain and check the condition and calibration dates of tools, measuring instruments and equipment used.
  • Place and coordinate temporary survey stations, where required (where applicable).
  • Perform the dimensional survey and determine out-of-tolerance values.
  • Apply adjustment of survey results for temperature correction (where applicable).
  • Produce recommendations for control of final global dimensions, using intermediate data (where applicable).
  • Report and investigate the possibility of gaining a concession for out-of-specification products.
  • Leave the work area in a safe and tidy condition on completion of the activities.
  • Follow the correct specification for the product or equipment being inspected.
  • Use the correct equipment to carry out the inspection.
  • Carry out the inspection of fabricated frames, pipe sections, transformers, structures, cylindrical components, reduction pieces, square/rectangular tanks, conical components, segmented bends, curved/profiled structures, tubular structures, modular components, trunking/ducting systems, panels or other specific fabrication.
  • Carry out checks for dimensional accuracy, straightness, security of joints, squareness, position/location, weld size and profile, angle, freedom from distortion/damage, computation of best-fit centres, alignment, completeness, prediction of erection positions, circularity or ovality, flatness, development of cut lines, visual appearance, orientation, computation of allowances for weld gap tolerances and weld shrinkage for attainment of global tolerances, and practical allowances for expansion and contraction.
  • Use rules and tapes, protractors, rafter squares, squares, plumb lines, templates and jigs, spirit levels, callipers, theodolites, dividers, vernier instruments, laser equipment, gauges, torque instruments, total station (electronic theodolite) or automatic levelling equipment.
  • Identify and confirm the inspection checks to be made and acceptance criteria to be used.
  • Carry out all required inspections as specified.
  • Identify any defects or variations from the specification.
  • Carry out the inspection checks to approved construction drawings, applicable national and international standards or client specifications/detail drawings.
  • Record the results of the inspection in the appropriate format.
  • Complete inspection documentation, to include inspection report, customer specific documentation, job card or concession report, and pass to the appropriate people.
  • Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that cannot be solved.
  • Outline the specific safety precautions to be taken when inspecting fabricated components, including specific legislation or regulations governing the activities or work area, safe working practices and procedures to be adopted, general workshop safety practice, and relevant sections of COSHH.
  • Describe the personal protective clothing and equipment (PPE) that should be worn, such as leather gloves, eye protection, ear protection, and safety harness.
  • Describe the hazards associated with inspecting fabricated products, such as working at height, handling fabricated structures, slips, trips and falls, and how they can be minimised.
  • Explain the importance of applying the appropriate quality and accuracy standards.
Inspecting mechanical productsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to inspect mechanical products safely and effectively by adhering to health and safety regulations. You'll interpret technical documentation, use appropriate measuring instruments, follow inspection procedures, and demonstrate professional occupational behaviours.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Obtain and use the correct issue of drawings, job instructions and specifications.
  • Obtain and check the condition and calibration dates of tools, measuring instruments and equipment to be used.
  • Follow specified or appropriate inspection procedures.
  • Use the correct and appropriate tools and equipment at all times.
  • Apply adjustment of inspection results for temperature correction (where applicable).
  • Identify and record out-of-specification features, in the appropriate format.
  • Investigate and, where appropriate, obtain a concession for out-of-specification products.
  • Place products in the correct location on completion of the inspection activities (in and out of specification).
  • Leave the work area in a safe and tidy condition on completion of the activities.
  • Follow the correct specification for the product or equipment being inspected.
  • Inspect one of the following types of mechanical product: machined components, castings, extrusions, mechanical assemblies/sub-assemblies, forgings, patterns, pressings, overhauled products, mouldings, treated/coated components, or other specific mechanical product.
  • Use the correct equipment to carry out the inspection.
  • Identify and confirm the inspection checks to be made and acceptance criteria to be used.
  • Carry out all required inspections as specified.
  • Carry out two of the following inspection procedures: first/one-off, one hundred percent final inspection of components or products, in-process sample/patrol inspection, random/selective sampling of finished components or product, or statistical quality control.
  • Inspect mechanical products, using twelve of the following: rule or tape, gap gauge, surface texture comparison plates, external micrometer, feeler gauge, surface texture measuring machines, internal micrometer, hole gauge, optical equipment (such as shadowgraphs, microscopes), depth micrometer, thread gauge, height micrometer, thread wires, temperature gauges, specialist micrometers, slip gauge, flow meters, length vernier, protractors, pressure gauges, depth vernier, sine bar or table, co-ordinate measuring machines (CMM), height vernier, dial test indicator, electrical measuring equipment, straight edge, radius/profile gauges, visual checks for appearance and completion, engineer's square, torque wrench, or inclinometer.
  • Use the relevant equipment to measure and check twelve of the following features: external diameters, thread fit, holes or slots on linear/angular pitch, internal diameters/bores, thread form/profile, special forms (such as gear, spline, serrations), length/linear dimensions, internal profiles/forms/surfaces, shoulders and steps, external profiles/forms/surfaces, fit/working clearance, depth, angular faces, physical properties (such as hardness), internal tapers, chamfers and radii, bonding strength, external tapers, grooves/undercuts, coating thickness, eccentric features, counterbored/countersunk holes, torque, recesses, holes or slots on pitch circles, or electrical characteristics.
  • Use appropriate equipment to check eight of the following geometric features: flatness, position/location, verticality, alignment, orientation, parallelism, squareness, concentricity, geometry, ovality/lobing, eccentricity, distortion, straightness, level, or surface finish.
  • Identify any defects/flaws or variations from the specification.
  • Record the results of the inspection in the appropriate format.
  • Complete inspection documentation.
Installing electrical/electronic engine/transmission control units to prototype vehiclesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers the installation of electrical and electronic engine and transmission control units in prototype vehicles. You'll prepare vehicles, install control units following procedures, connect to electrical systems, and test functionality in line with specifications.

What you'll be able to do

  • Describe the function of electrical/electronic engine/transmission control units in prototype vehicles.
  • Prepare prototype vehicles for the installation of electrical/electronic engine/transmission control units.
  • Install electrical/electronic engine/transmission control units to prototype vehicles according to specifications.
  • Connect electrical/electronic engine/transmission control units to the vehicle's electrical system.
  • Test the functionality of installed electrical/electronic engine/transmission control units.
  • Diagnose and rectify faults in the installed electrical/electronic engine/transmission control units.
  • Document the installation and testing process of electrical/electronic engine/transmission control units.
  • Adhere to health and safety regulations during the installation process.
Loading and proving computer control programsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers the safe loading and proving of computer control programs, emphasising compliance with health and safety regulations and company procedures. You'll develop skills in applying safety checks, using personal protective equipment, and preparing machine controllers.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Ensure that they apply all of the following checks and practices during the programming activities: the correct operating program is obtained and checked for currency and validity, the machine controller is prepared, ready to accept the operating program, the program is loaded into the controller, safely and correctly, program media is stored safely and correctly, away from contaminants or sources of corruption.
  • Use the correct control program and ensure it is correctly loaded into the machine controller.
  • Load and prove programs for one of the following types of computer control equipment: CNC machine tools, industrial robots, co-ordinate measuring machines, PLC equipment.
  • Obtain and load programs stored on one of the following mediums: remote or networked computer terminal, machine controller, personal computers, tape (such as punched or magnetic), handheld programmers, disk, other specific media.
  • Follow the correct procedures for calling up the program and dealing with any error messages or faults.
  • Confirm program integrity.
  • Operate the controller using six of the following, as applicable to the equipment type: use single step/single block run mode of operation, graphic displays, full dry run, search facilities, program save/store facilities, edit facilities, program override controls (speed, feed, tool data), data input facilities, data output peripherals (such as printers), speed and acceleration parameters.
  • Adjust the equipment and program operating parameters to optimise the outcomes to be achieved.
  • Load and correctly set-up all associated equipment.
  • Check that all safety mechanisms are in place and that the equipment is set correctly for the required operations.
  • Confirm that the equipment and program operates safely and correctly by carrying out the following, as applicable to the type of equipment used: either carry out all of the following: check that datums for each axis are set in relation to the equipment/component and tooling used, ensure that start-up positions are safe and correctly set, ensure that tooling information is correctly entered into the machine controller (such as type, number, position), check that tooling change positions are safe and clear of the workpiece and other devices (such as clamps, jigs and fixtures), ensure that the correct tooling is selected at the appropriate points in the program, check that tooling/operational paths are executed safely and correctly, ensure that all operations are carried out to the program coordinates, save edited programs, produce back-up copies of completed programs, ensure that any alterations to programs are communicated fully to the appropriate personnel or carry out all of the following: force contacts `on' and `off' and check for correct operation of peripherals, edit, enter and remove contacts from lines of logic, where appropriate, check counter and timer settings, save edited programs, produce back-ups of completed programs, ensure that any alterations to programs are communicated fully to the appropriate personnel or carry out all of the following: confirm that the robot operates within the defined operating environment/envelope/cell layout, ensure that start-up positions are safe and correctly set, check that intrusion monitoring systems are operating correctly (where appropriate), check that robot operations are executed safely and correctly, monitor and review cycle times, ensure that all operations are carried out to program coordinates, save edited programs, produce back-ups of completed programs, ensure that any alterations to programs are communicated fully to the appropriate personnel.
  • Maintain appropriate records of program proving activities.
Machining and hand sewing of vehicle trim componentsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to machine and hand sew vehicle trim components safely, following health and safety regulations. You'll interpret job instructions and assembly drawings while demonstrating effective communication and commitment to quality.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives
  • Obtain and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, trim assembly drawings, quality control documentation) during sewing activities
  • Adhere to procedures or systems in place for risk assessment, COSHH, personal protective equipment and other relevant safety regulations and procedures to realise a safe system of work
  • Check that all cables, extension leads or air supply hoses are in a tested and serviceable condition
  • Check that all tools and equipment to be used are within current calibration/certification dates
  • Ensure that trim materials and components used are free from damage, foreign objects, dirt or other contamination before assembling them
  • Use safe and approved sewing techniques to assemble the trim components
  • Return all tools and equipment to the correct location on completion of the sewing activities
  • Leave the work area in a safe and appropriate condition on completion of the activities
  • Follow the relevant instructions, assembly drawings and any other specifications
  • Ensure that the specified components are available and that they are in a usable condition
  • Select material, and hand/machine sew vehicle trim components, to include straight seams, curved seams and pattern matching
  • Use the appropriate methods and techniques to assemble the components in their correct positions
  • Secure the components using the specified connectors and securing devices
  • Use a variety of manufacturing methods and techniques, to include three of the following: single needle technique, adhesives, stretch/elasticised fabrics, double needle technique, fitting piping, fixed edge width assemblies, multi-needle technique, welding plastics
  • Select and prepare material to be sewn, to include two of the following: leather, wool, velour, nylon, cotton, linz, moquette, PVC, foams/composites
  • Sew the trim components, selecting and using the appropriate equipment, to include four of the following: sewing machine, over lockers, needles, plastic welding device, spools, bobbins, threads, alignment devices, cutting devices, sewing feet
  • Sew vehicle trim components, to include two of the following: door pad covers, rear cushion covers, floor console covers, front seat covers, roof linings, arm rest covers, rear squab covers, visor covers
  • Check the completed assembly to ensure that all operations have been completed and the finished assembly meets the required specification
  • Produce trim assemblies which comply with all of the following quality and accuracy standards: the assembly of trim components is complete, where appropriate, pattern matches are achieved, the assembly is free from damage, cuts, adhesive and marks, surplus material has been removed and components are clean, all quality control checks have been achieved
  • Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that cannot be solved
  • Describe the specific safety precautions to be taken whilst carrying out the machine and hand sewing of vehicle trim components (including any specific legislation, regulations or codes of practice relating to the activities, equipment or materials)
  • Outline the health and safety requirements of the work area in which they are carrying out the machine and hand sewing of vehicle trim components, and the responsibility these requirements place on them
  • Describe the personal protective equipment and clothing to be worn (PPE) during the machine and hand sewing of vehicle trim components activities
  • Describe the specific safety requirements relating to the use of sewing machines
  • Describe the hazards associated with sewing vehicle trim components (such as using needles)
Machining components for experimental vehicle engineeringReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit develops learners' ability to machine components for experimental vehicle engineering safely and effectively. You'll comply with health and safety regulations, demonstrate occupational behaviours, interpret documentation, and follow risk assessments and safe working practices.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Obtain and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation).
  • Adhere to procedures or systems in place for risk assessment, COSHH, personal protective equipment and other relevant safety regulations and procedures to realise a safe system of work.
  • Ensure that machine guards are in place and correctly adjusted.
  • Hold components securely without distortion.
  • Maintain cutting tools in a suitable condition.
  • Apply safe working practices at all times.
  • Ensure that components produced meet specification.
  • Leave the work area and machine in a safe and appropriate condition on completion of the activities.
  • Confirm that the machine is set up and ready for the machining activities to be carried out.
  • Produce components for experimental vehicle development by modifying existing components.
  • Produce components for experimental vehicle development by producing new components.
  • Manipulate the machine tool controls safely and correctly in line with operational procedures.
  • Produce machined components using turning.
  • Produce machined components using milling.
  • Produce machined components using grinding.
  • Produce machined components using drilling.
  • Produce machined components using spark/wire erosion.
  • Produce machined components using shaping or slotting.
  • Produce machined components using other specific process.
  • Use 3-jaw chucks as a workholding device.
  • Use vee blocks as a workholding device.
  • Use magnetic plates as a workholding device.
  • Use special fixtures as a workholding device.
  • Use 4-jaw chucks as a workholding device.
  • Use clamping as a workholding device.
  • Use indexing devices as a workholding device.
  • Use collet chucks as a workholding device.
  • Use machine vices as a workholding device.
  • Use arrangements as a workholding device.
  • Use face plates as a workholding device.
  • Use angle plates as a workholding device.
  • Produce machined components which cover external diameters.
  • Produce machined components which cover threads.
  • Produce machined components which cover slots/recesses.
  • Produce machined components which cover internal diameters.
  • Produce machined components which cover circular/curved/radial profiles.
  • Produce machined components which cover drilled/bored/reamed holes.
  • Produce machined components which cover lengths/depths.
  • Produce machined components which cover faces that are square to each other.
  • Produce machined components which cover concave or convex forms.
  • Produce machined components which cover flat faces.
  • Produce machined components which cover angular/tapered surfaces.
  • Produce machined components which cover special forms.
  • Produce machined components which cover parallel faces.
  • Produce machined components which cover steps/shoulders.
  • Machine components from low carbon steel.
  • Machine components from aluminium.
  • Machine components from plastic/synthetic.
  • Machine components from high carbon steel.
  • Machine components from brass.
  • Machine components from composite.
  • Machine components from stainless steel.
  • Machine components from bronze.
  • Machine components from special steels or alloys.
  • Machine components from cast iron.
  • Machine components from other specific material.
  • Produce components to the required quality and within the specified dimensional accuracy.
  • Produce components to be free from false tool cuts, burrs and sharp edges.
  • Produce components within dimensional tolerance equivalent to BS EN 20286 or BS 1916 Grade 9.
  • Produce components within surface finish 63 'in or 1.6'm.
  • Produce reamed and bored holes within H8.
  • Produce screw threads BS medium fit.
  • Produce angles within +/- 0.5 degree.
  • Carry out quality sampling checks at suitable intervals.
  • Carry out all necessary checks for dimensional accuracy, to include dimensions.
  • Carry out all necessary checks for dimensional accuracy, to include thread size and fit.
  • Carry out all necessary checks for dimensional accuracy, to include angles.
  • Carry out all necessary checks for dimensional accuracy, to include hole size/fit.
  • Carry out all necessary checks for dimensional accuracy, to include flatness/squareness.
  • Carry out all necessary checks for dimensional accuracy, to include profile.
  • Carry out all necessary checks for dimensional accuracy, to include concentricity.
  • Carry out all necessary checks for dimensional accuracy, to include quality of surface finish.
  • Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that cannot be solved.
  • Shut down the equipment to a safe condition on conclusion of the machining activities.
  • Describe the health and safety requirements of the area in which they are carrying out the machining activities.
  • Explain the importance of wearing protective clothing and equipment (PPE), and of keeping the work area safe and tidy.
  • Describe the specific health and safety precautions to be followed whilst carrying out the machining activities.
  • Describe the hazards associated with carrying out machining activities, and how to minimise them and reduce any risk.
  • Explain the importance of applying the appropriate occupational behaviours in the workplace and the implications for both the learner and the business if these are not adhered to.
Making vehicle trim prototypes and patternsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain the skills and knowledge to safely manufacture vehicle trim prototypes and patterns, adhering to health and safety regulations and company procedures. The unit emphasises effective communication and occupational behaviours relevant to the manufacturing process.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Obtain and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, trim/prototype pattern drawings, quality control documentation) during the manufacture of the vehicle trim prototypes and patterns.
  • Adhere to procedures or systems in place for risk assessment, COSHH, personal protective equipment and other relevant safety regulations and procedures to realise a safe system of work during the manufacture of the vehicle trim prototypes and patterns.
  • Check that all cables, extension leads or air supply hoses are in a tested and serviceable condition during the manufacture of the vehicle trim prototypes and patterns.
  • Check that all tools and equipment to be used are within current calibration/certification dates during the manufacture of the vehicle trim prototypes and patterns.
  • Ensure that trim/pattern materials and components used are free from damage, foreign objects, dirt or other contamination before using them during the manufacture of the vehicle trim prototypes and patterns.
  • Use safe and approved techniques to manufacture the trim prototypes and patterns during the manufacture of the vehicle trim prototypes and patterns.
  • Return all tools and equipment to the correct location on completion of the activities.
  • Leave the work area in a safe and appropriate condition on completion of the activities.
  • Follow instructions and any relevant specifications to produce the component.
  • Produce patterns and prototypes to meet two of the following vehicle development needs: hard trim (such as plastics, wood, metal), soft trim (such as carpets, linings, foams), associated fixing components.
  • Produce the required components using appropriate manufacturing methods and techniques.
  • Use a variety of manufacture methods and techniques, to include four of the following: development of a pattern, adhering, cutting and preparing hard or soft trim materials, stapling, sewing by hand or machine, plastic welding, modelling/shaping fibreglass, developing substrates.
  • Select, prepare and use a range of material in the construction, to include three of the following: paper/card, foam, PVC, leather, fibreglass, composites, cloth (wool, cotton, nylon), ABS plastic, wood, laminates.
  • Make prototype trim components using three of the following devices: clamping devices, wood machines, bucks, fixtures and fixings, alignment devices, jigs, clip/stapling devices, sewing machines.
  • Produce trim prototypes for two of the following vehicle sub-assemblies: door pads, carpets, roof linings, front seat, floor console, headrests, rear seat, door panels, fibreglass substrates, audio/visual housings, arm rests, other specific items.
  • Check that the finished component meets the requirements and make any necessary adjustments.
  • Produce patterns and prototypes which comply with all of the following quality and accuracy standards: all components are free from damage, tool marks and cuts, and adhesives, where appropriate, pattern match has been achieved, all quality control checks have been carried out and the required standards achieved, the prototype meets the required specification.
  • Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that cannot be solved.
  • Describe the health and safety requirements of the area in which they are carrying out the building of prototype trim assemblies.
  • Explain the importance of wearing protective clothing and other appropriate safety equipment (PPE), and of keeping the work area safe and tidy.
  • Describe the specific health and safety precautions to be followed for lifting and handling trim components and other components during the manufacturing process.
  • Describe the specific safety requirements relating to the use of trimming assembly machines.
  • Describe the hazards associated with making prototype trim components and patterns (such as using cutters, machines, staplers), and how to minimise them and reduce any risks.
  • Explain the importance of applying the appropriate occupational behaviours in the workplace.
Manufacturing vehicle composite mouldings using pre-preg laminating techniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain the skills to manufacture vehicle composite mouldings using pre-preg laminating techniques safely and in accordance with health and safety guidelines. The unit covers the use of appropriate documentation, effective communication, teamwork, and quality commitment.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Obtain and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, drawings, planning and quality control documentation, material data sheets, specifications) for manufacturing vehicle composite mouldings using pre-preg laminating techniques.
  • Adhere to procedures or systems in place for risk assessment, COSHH, personal protective equipment and other relevant safety regulations and procedures to realise a safe system of work.
  • Prepare the work area for manufacturing vehicle composite mouldings using pre-preg laminating techniques.
  • Select and check the pre-preg materials to be used are within their shelf life and meet the required specification.
  • Cut pre-preg materials to the required size and shape using appropriate tools and techniques.
  • Apply pre-preg materials to the mould in the correct sequence and orientation, following the lamination schedule.
  • Consolidate the pre-preg layers to remove air and ensure proper adhesion.
  • Apply vacuum bagging techniques to the laminated mould.
  • Cure the composite moulding in an autoclave or oven, following the specified temperature and pressure profile.
  • De-mould the cured composite moulding from the mould.
  • Inspect the composite moulding for defects and ensure it meets the required quality standards.
  • Trim and finish the composite moulding to the required dimensions.
  • Dispose of waste materials in accordance with approved procedures.
  • Return all tools and equipment to the correct location on completion of the activities.
  • Leave the work area in a safe and appropriate condition on completion of the activities.
  • Describe the health and safety requirements, and safe working practices and procedures required for manufacturing vehicle composite mouldings using pre-preg laminating techniques.
  • Explain the importance of wearing appropriate protective clothing and equipment (PPE), and of keeping the work area safe and tidy.
  • Describe the hazards associated with the manufacturing vehicle composite mouldings using pre-preg laminating techniques, and how to minimise them and reduce any risks.
  • Explain the importance of applying the appropriate occupational behaviours in the workplace and the implications for both the learner and the business if these are not adhered to.
Marking out components for experimental vehicle engineeringReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll learn to safely mark out components for experimental vehicle engineering, utilising appropriate documentation and adhering to health and safety regulations. The unit also covers the demonstration of occupational behaviours such as teamwork and initiative.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives
  • Carry out all of the following during the marking out activities: obtain and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation)
  • Carry out all of the following during the marking out activities: adhere to procedures or systems in place for risk assessment, COSHH, personal protective equipment and other relevant safety regulations and procedures to realise a safe system of work
  • Carry out all of the following during the marking out activities: follow safe practice/approved marking out procedures at all times
  • Carry out all of the following during the marking out activities: check that all tools and measuring equipment are within current calibration/certification dates
  • Carry out all of the following during the marking out activities: return all tools and equipment to the correct location on completion of the marking out activities
  • Carry out all of the following during the marking out activities: leave the work area in a safe and appropriate condition on completion of the activities
  • Obtain and use the correct information for marking out
  • Obtain the appropriate marking out equipment and check that it is in a usable condition
  • Prepare suitable datum and marking out surfaces
  • Mark out a range of material forms, to include three of the following: specific vehicle components
  • Mark out a range of material forms, to include three of the following: round/cylindrical sections
  • Mark out a range of material forms, to include three of the following: irregular-shaped items
  • Mark out a range of material forms, to include three of the following: flat or sheet materials
  • Mark out a range of material forms, to include three of the following: quadrilateral section
  • Mark out a range of material forms, to include three of the following: angle section
  • Mark out a range of material forms, to include three of the following: machined items
  • Mark out a range of material forms, to include three of the following: channel and I sections
  • Mark out a range of material forms, to include three of the following: assemblies
  • Mark out a range of material forms, to include three of the following: castings/forgings
  • Mark out using appropriate methods
  • Use marking out methods and techniques, which include one of the following: direct marking using instruments
  • Use marking out methods and techniques, which include one of the following: use of templates
  • Use marking out methods and techniques, which include one of the following: tracing/transfer methods
  • Use a range of marking out equipment, to include four of the following: rules/tapes
  • Use a range of marking out equipment, to include four of the following: scribing blocks
  • Use a range of marking out equipment, to include four of the following: protractors
  • Use a range of marking out equipment, to include four of the following: dividers/compasses
  • Use a range of marking out equipment, to include four of the following: squares
  • Use a range of marking out equipment, to include four of the following: vernier instruments
  • Use a range of marking out equipment, to include four of the following: scribers
  • Use a range of marking out equipment, to include four of the following: depth gauges
  • Use a range of marking out equipment, to include four of the following: trammels
  • Use a range of marking out equipment, to include four of the following: angle plates
  • Use a range of marking out equipment, to include four of the following: laser equipment
  • Use a range of marking out equipment, to include four of the following: other specific equipment
  • Mark out workpieces which include five of the following features: datums/centre lines
  • Mark out workpieces which include five of the following features: square/rectangular profiles
  • Mark out workpieces which include five of the following features: angles/angular profiles
  • Mark out workpieces which include five of the following features: radial hole positions
  • Mark out workpieces which include five of the following features: linear hole positions
  • Mark out workpieces which include five of the following features: simple pattern development
  • Mark out workpieces which include five of the following features: allowances for bending
  • Check that the marking out complies with the specification
  • Mark out workpieces which comply with all of the following quality and accuracy standards, as applicable to the operation: dimensionally accurate (to drawing/specification or sketch)
  • Mark out workpieces which comply with all of the following quality and accuracy standards, as applicable to the operation: clearly defined for required processes
  • Mark out workpieces which comply with all of the following quality and accuracy standards, as applicable to the operation: use recognised marking out conventions
  • Mark out workpieces which comply with all of the following quality and accuracy standards, as applicable to the operation: meet the requirements of the experimental/development process
  • Mark out workpieces which comply with all of the following quality and accuracy standards, as applicable to the operation: meet cutting out/machining requirements
  • Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that cannot be resolved.
  • Describe the health and safety requirements of the area in which they are carrying out the marking out process
  • Explain the importance of wearing protective clothing and other appropriate safety equipment (PPE), and of keeping the work area safe and tidy
  • Describe the specific health and safety precautions to be followed for lifting and handling components and associated holding devices during the marking out process
  • Describe the hazards associated with carrying out marking out activities, and with the equipment, materials and consumables used, and how to minimise them and reduce any risks
  • Explain the importance of applying the appropriate occupational behaviours in the workplace and the implications for both the learner and the business if these are not adhered to
  • Outline the procedure for obtaining the required drawings, sketches, development sheets, job instructions and other related specifications, and how to interpret them correctly
  • Explain how to extract and use information from engineering drawings and related specifications (to include symbols and conventions)
  • Outline the principles of marking out and the type of equipment used
  • Outline the range of operations that various items of marking out equipment are capable of performing
  • Explain how to
Monitoring engineering activitiesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll learn to monitor engineering activities effectively by obtaining specifications, gaining approvals, and communicating with relevant personnel. The unit emphasises adherence to company policies, safe working practices, and proactive problem-solving behaviours.

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Obtain the necessary specifications and documents required for the monitoring process.
  • Obtain approval to carry out the monitoring activities.
  • Ensure that all appropriate personnel are fully informed of their intended activities.
  • Use appropriate personal protective equipment for the area in which they are carrying out the monitoring activities.
  • Apply safe working practices and procedures at all times.
  • Ensure that by-products and waste are disposed of correctly.
  • Ensure any problems are resolved as they occur following the defined monitoring procedures at all times.
  • Monitor the operational processes at suitable opportunities.
  • Monitor the supply and use of resources to ensure that they are effectively used.
  • Obtain relevant information from the appropriate sources, to include work orders, planning documentation, contracts, quality standards, plans/designs, equipment or materials supplier information, purchase orders, schedules, standard operating procedures, and production control documentation.
  • Confirm that the materials used during the operational processes comply with specifications.
  • Confirm that suitable operational methods and procedures have been used.
  • Ensure there is an effective supply and use of resources (such as people, materials, equipment).
  • Verify that materials or equipment used are within specification.
  • Evaluate the outputs of the engineering process, and compare these with specifications.
  • Record any deviations from agreed plans and schedules.
  • Confirm that all relevant regulations, directives and guidelines are complied with.
  • Ensure that relevant people are kept informed.
  • Identify any variations from agreed plans and schedules.
  • Ensure that any problems with the operational processes are identified and solved promptly.
  • Validate and evaluate the monitoring systems and procedures used.
  • Suggest improvements to their process of monitoring the engineering activity.
  • Make recommendations for improvements or changes to the engineering activities that were monitored.
Obtaining and controlling materials for engineering activitiesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to obtain and control materials for engineering activities. You'll identify material requirements, source and store materials appropriately, issue materials as needed, maintain accurate records, and monitor material usage to prevent loss or damage.

What you'll be able to do

  • Obtain materials for engineering activities
  • Control materials for engineering activities
  • Identify material requirements for engineering activities
  • Source materials for engineering activities
  • Store materials for engineering activities
  • Issue materials for engineering activities
  • Monitor material usage in engineering activities
  • Manage material inventory for engineering activities
Obtaining resources for engineering activitiesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit focuses on identifying and sourcing resources required for engineering activities, including materials, equipment, personnel, and funding. You'll manage and allocate resources effectively, monitor usage, and implement safe handling procedures in line with project requirements.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify the resource requirements for specified engineering activities
  • Determine the availability and accessibility of required resources
  • Source and procure necessary materials, equipment, and personnel
  • Manage and allocate resources effectively to support engineering activities
  • Monitor resource usage and identify potential shortages or surpluses
  • Implement procedures for the safe handling and storage of resources
  • Maintain accurate records of resource allocation and consumption
  • Evaluate the efficiency of resource utilisation and identify areas for improvement
Operating an industrial Additive Manufacturing MachineReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit equips learners with the skills to operate industrial additive manufacturing machines safely and effectively. You'll understand pre-start checks, material loading, parametre settings, build monitoring, malfunction procedures, and post-build processes.

What you'll be able to do

  • Operate an industrial Additive Manufacturing Machine
Planning engineering activitiesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to plan engineering activities effectively by identifying resources, assessing risks, developing schedules, and communicating plans. You'll monitor progress and review plans to ensure successful completion of engineering projects.

What you'll be able to do

  • Plan engineering activities effectively.
  • Identify the resources required for planned engineering activities.
  • Assess the risks associated with planned engineering activities.
  • Develop a schedule for planned engineering activities.
  • Communicate the plan to relevant stakeholders.
  • Monitor and review the progress of planned engineering activities.
  • Adjust the plan as necessary to achieve the desired outcomes.
Preparing Vehicle Body Surfaces for FinishingReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll develop essential occupational behaviours such as logical problem-solving, quality focus, effective communication, adaptability, and lean manufacturing principles. This unit centres on preparing vehicle body surfaces for finishing while maintaining workplace standards and team collabouration.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including logical approach, problem solving orientation, quality focus, personal responsibility and resilience, clear communicator, team player, applies lean manufacturing principles, adaptability, self-motivation, willingness to learn and commitment
Preparing mechanical testing equipmentReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers the safe preparation of mechanical testing equipment, emphasising compliance with health and safety regulations and the use of appropriate personal protective equipment. You'll develop occupational behaviours aligned with job roles and company objectives while following defined setup procedures.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives
  • Comply with job instructions, techniques, equipment setting-up documentation, testing specifications, relevant COSHH sheets and risk assessment documentation
  • Use appropriate personal protective equipment
  • Follow the defined setting-up procedures and techniques, and apply safe working practices and procedures at all times
  • Leave the work area in a safe and tidy condition on completion of the activities
  • Obtain all the required equipment and ensure that it is in safe and usable condition
  • Prepare one of the following types of testing equipment for use: tensile, compression, impact, hardness, bending, or other specific type of testing equipment
  • Carry out the necessary preparations to equipment (set up, check, adjust) in line with work requirements and techniques
  • Prepare one of the following types of testing equipment in readiness for use: manual, semi-automatic, or fully automatic
  • Make sure that required safety arrangements are in place to protect other workers from activities likely to disrupt normal working
  • Set up, check and adjust the equipment, to include obtaining all necessary cables and fittings
  • Check that all electrical connections, cables and fittings are secure and in a safe condition (as appropriate)
  • Check that all mechanical linkages and connections are secure and in a safe condition
  • Obtain appropriate sample mounting clamps or fixtures (as appropriate)
  • Obtain the necessary conversion documents
  • Functionally operate the equipment
  • Report completion of preparations in line with organisational procedures
  • Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that cannot be solved
Producing Contractual Arrangements to Supply or Procure Goods or Services for Engineering ActivitiesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to produce contractual arrangements for supplying or procuring goods or services in engineering activities. You'll adhere to company procedures, include necessary contractual details, and comply with health, safety, and environmental requirements.

What you'll be able to do

  • Produce contractual arrangements to supply or procure goods or services such as materials, components, services, facilities, equipment or people to customers, in accordance with approved procedures
  • Recognise company, legislative or regulatory health, safety and environmental requirements applicable to the engineering activities for which the tender is being supplied
  • Demonstrate safe working practices throughout engineering activities
  • Understand the responsibility they owe to themselves and others in the workplace
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including logical approach, problem solving orientation, quality focus, personal responsibility and resilience, clear communicator, team player, applies lean manufacturing principles, adaptability, self-motivation, willingness to learn and commitment
Producing Multi-Variance ChartsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit focuses on producing multi-variance charts, highlighting the importance of training and development resources. You'll apply logical problem-solving approaches and demonstrate workplace behaviours such as punctuality and responsibility.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify the training and development required to produce multi-variance charts
  • Apply occupational behaviours in the workplace to meet the job profile
  • Apply occupational behaviours in the workplace to meet overall company objectives
  • Demonstrate a logical approach to tasks
  • Demonstrate a problem-solving orientation
  • Maintain a quality focus in all activities
  • Take personal responsibility for actions and outcomes
  • Demonstrate resilience in the face of challenges
  • Communicate clearly and effectively
  • Work effectively as a team player
  • Apply lean manufacturing principles
  • Demonstrate adaptability to changing situations
  • Show self-motivation in completing tasks
  • Demonstrate a willingness to learn new skills and techniques
  • Show commitment to the role and organisation
Producing Pattern, Corebox or Model Components using Woodworking Hand ToolsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll safely produce pattern, corebox, or model components using woodworking hand tools. The unit covers interpreting drawings, inspecting tools, maintaining a hazard-free work area, and demonstrating occupational behaviours aligned with quality and continuous improvement.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations and guidelines
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives
  • Obtain all the necessary information to carry out the hand-shaping activities (drawings, specifications)
  • Check that the hand tools are fit for purpose and are in a safe and usable condition
  • Ensure that the work area is free from hazards
  • Use safe and approved hand-shaping techniques at all times
  • Maintain the cutting tools in a serviceable condition
  • Follow relevant specifications for the component to be produced
  • Obtain the appropriate tools and equipment for the shaping operations and check they are in a safe and usable condition
  • Use hand tools to cut and shape materials, to include six of the following items: rip saws, tenon saws, fret/bow saws, jack or smoothing planes, rebating planes, spokeshaves, chisels/gouges, drills/braces, files/rasps, sanding blocks/paper
  • Shape the materials using appropriate methods and techniques
  • Produce components which combine different features and cover eight of the following: flat faces, parallel faces, square faces, angular/tapered faces, stepped features, rebates, slots, curved profiles, concave profiles, convex profiles, circular/round profiles, drilled holes
  • Produce components made from two of the following materials: soft woods, hard woods, composite, resin
  • Check that all the required shaping operations have been completed to the required specification
  • Use appropriate measuring equipment and tools to check five of the following: dimensions, flatness, squareness, position, profile, distortion/straightness, alignment
  • Produce components which meet all of the following quality and accuracy standards: dimensionally accurate within specification tolerances, free from false tool cuts and material defects, appropriate surface texture, meet the drawing requirements, meet company and customer requirements
  • Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that cannot be solved
Producing Pattern, Corebox or Model Components using Woodworking MachinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to safely produce pattern, corebox, or model components using woodworking machines. You'll obtain necessary information, check tools, maintain a safe work environment, and demonstrate occupational behaviours aligned with job roles and company objectives.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations and guidelines.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Obtain all the necessary information to carry out the machining activities (drawings, specifications).
  • Check that the machine tools are fit for purpose and are in a safe and usable condition.
  • Ensure the work area is free from hazards.
  • Ensure all machine guards and safety devices are correctly positioned.
  • Check that dust extraction equipment is functioning correctly.
  • Set and adjust the machine to produce the components to the required specification.
  • Use safe and approved machining techniques at all times.
  • Confirm that the machine is set up and ready for the machining activities to be carried out.
  • Use fixed and portable machines, to include five of the following: circular saw, band saw, sander (eg, face, belt, bobbin), jig saw, router, planer/thicknesser, wood miller, wood lathe, bench or pedestal drill.
  • Manipulate the machine tool controls safely and correctly in line with operational procedures.
  • Produce components which combine different features and cover all of the following: flat faces, parallel faces, square faces, angular/tapered faces, stepped features, curved profiles, concave profiles, convex profiles, circular/round profiles, drilled holes.
  • Produce components made from two of the following materials: soft woods, hard woods, composite, resin.
  • Carry out quality sampling checks at suitable intervals.
  • Use appropriate measuring equipment and tools to check four of the following: dimensions, flatness, squareness, position, concentricity, distortion/straightness.
  • Produce components to the required quality and within the specified dimensional accuracy.
  • Produce components which meet all of the following quality and accuracy standards: dimensionally accurate within specification tolerances, free from false tool cuts and material defects, appropriate surface finish, meet the drawing requirements, meet company and customer requirements.
  • Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that cannot be solved.
  • Shut down the equipment to a safe condition on conclusion of the machining activities.
  • Describe the specific safety precautions to be taken whilst carrying out the wood machining activities (including any specific legislation, regulations or codes of practice relating to the activities, equipment or materials).
  • Describe the health and safety requirements of the work area in which they are carrying out the wood machining activities, and the responsibility these requirements place on them.
  • Describe the use of machine guards and emergency stop mechanisms.
  • Explain the importance of applying the appropriate occupational behaviours in the workplace and the implications for both them and the business if these are not adhered to.
  • Explain how to set up and use dust extraction equipment, and the importance of ensuring the equipment is operating correctly.
  • Describe the personal protective equipment and clothing to be worn during the wood machining activities.
  • Describe the hazards associated with machining wood and composite pattern or model materials, and how they can be minimised.
  • Describe the importance of ensuring that all machine and portable tools are used correctly and within their permitted operating range.
  • Explain the need to ensure that all plugs, sockets and cables on portable machines are in a safe and usable condition.
  • Explain how to obtain the necessary job instructions, drawings and specifications to be used during the machining activities, and how to interpret the information contained in them.
  • Describe the various machines that are used in wood machining, and the range of operations they are capable of performing (eg, sawing, planing, rebating).
Producing a Characteristic Selection MatrixReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to produce a characteristic selection matrix by identifying personal training needs and applying a logical approach. You'll develop problem-solving skills and maintain a quality focus while demonstrating key occupational behaviours relevant to workplace requirements.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify the training and development required in order that the learner can produce a characteristic selection matrix
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including logical approach
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including problem solving orientation
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including quality focus
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including personal responsibility and resilience
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including clear communicator
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including team player
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including applies lean manufacturing principles
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including adaptability
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including self-motivation
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including willingness to learn and commitment
Producing electrical engineering drawings using computer aided techniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to produce electrical engineering drawings using computer-aided design (CAD) techniques. You'll interpret specifications, select suitable CAD software, and create schematic, layout, and wiring diagrams in accordance with industry standards.

What you'll be able to do

  • Produce electrical engineering drawings using computer aided techniques.
  • Interpret electrical engineering specifications and requirements.
  • Select appropriate CAD software for electrical drawing production.
  • Create schematic diagrams for electrical circuits.
  • Develop layout drawings for electrical installations.
  • Generate wiring diagrams for electrical systems.
  • Produce panel layouts for electrical control panels.
  • Incorporate industry standards and symbols into electrical drawings.
  • Manage drawing revisions and updates effectively.
  • Store and archive electrical engineering drawings securely.
Producing engineering drawings/models using 3D computer aided techniques.Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit develops learners' ability to produce engineering drawings and models using 3D computer-aided design (CAD) techniques. You'll understand drawing principles, plan and create accurate models, apply relevant standards, and modify designs to meet engineering requirements.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles of engineering drawings and models.
  • Understand the principles of 3D computer-aided design (CAD) techniques.
  • Plan the creation of engineering drawings/models using 3D CAD techniques.
  • Create engineering drawings/models using 3D CAD software.
  • Apply appropriate drawing standards and conventions.
  • Use 3D CAD techniques to create accurate and detailed models.
  • Modify and update engineering drawings/models as required.
  • Produce engineering drawings/models to meet specified requirements.
  • Manage and organise engineering drawing/model files.
  • Evaluate the accuracy and completeness of engineering drawings/models.
Producing engineering systems/services drawings using computer aided techniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain knowledge and skills to produce engineering systems and services drawings using computer-aided techniques. The unit covers interpreting engineering specifications, using CAD software to create detailed drawings, and applying industry standards and principles of projection.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles of producing engineering systems/services drawings using computer-aided techniques.
  • Interpret engineering specifications and requirements for drawings.
  • Use computer-aided techniques to create engineering drawings.
  • Produce detailed drawings of engineering systems and services.
  • Understand the different types of engineering drawings and their applications.
  • Apply industry standards and best practices in drawing production.
  • Review and revise engineering drawings for accuracy and completeness.
  • Understand the importance of version control and documentation in drawing management.
Producing mechanical engineering drawings using computer aided techniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll produce mechanical engineering drawings using computer-aided design (CAD) techniques, adhering to industry and relevant British or International standards. The unit covers interpreting engineering specifications, using appropriate CAD features, and ensuring drawing compliance.

What you'll be able to do

  • Produce mechanical engineering drawings using computer-aided techniques in accordance with industry standards.
  • Interpret engineering drawings and specifications to create accurate CAD models.
  • Utilise computer-aided design (CAD) software to create 2D and 3D mechanical engineering drawings.
  • Apply appropriate dimensioning and tolerancing techniques to mechanical engineering drawings.
  • Manage and organise CAD files and drawings effectively.
  • Adhere to relevant health and safety regulations when using CAD equipment and software.
  • Review and revise mechanical engineering drawings based on feedback and design changes.
  • Collaborate with engineers and other stakeholders to ensure drawings meet project requirements.
Producing off-line programs for CNC boring machinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit equips learners with the ability to produce off-line programs for CNC boring machines. You'll understand machine functions, interpret drawings, select tools, and develop, simulate, and transfer programs while applying safety procedures.

What you'll be able to do

  • Describe the function and operation of CNC boring machines
  • Explain the principles of off-line programming for CNC boring machines
  • Interpret engineering drawings and specifications for CNC boring operations
  • Select appropriate cutting tools and parameters for CNC boring operations
  • Develop off-line programs for CNC boring machines using appropriate software
  • Simulate and verify off-line programs for CNC boring machines
  • Transfer off-line programs to CNC boring machines
  • Optimise off-line programs for CNC boring machines to improve efficiency and accuracy
  • Document and store off-line programs for CNC boring machines securely
  • Adhere to health and safety regulations when producing off-line programs for CNC boring machines
Producing off-line programs for CNC electro-discharge machinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain knowledge and skills to produce off-line programmes for CNC electro-discharge machines, including understanding machine types, programming parametres, and verification processes. The unit also addresses health and safety requirements during programming activities.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles of producing off-line programs for CNC electro-discharge machines.
  • Understand the requirements for producing off-line programs for CNC electro-discharge machines.
  • Produce off-line programs for CNC electro-discharge machines.
  • Check and verify off-line programs for CNC electro-discharge machines.
  • Understand the health and safety requirements when producing off-line programs for CNC electro-discharge machines.
Producing off-line programs for CNC fabrication machinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides knowledge of CNC fabrication machines, including their principles, types, and components. You'll interpret engineering drawings, select tooling and cutting parametres, and develop off-line programs for CNC fabrication machines using appropriate software.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles of CNC fabrication machines and their operation
  • Interpret engineering drawings and specifications for off-line programming
  • Select appropriate tooling and cutting parameters for CNC fabrication processes
  • Develop off-line programs for CNC fabrication machines using appropriate software
  • Simulate and verify off-line programs to ensure accuracy and efficiency
  • Transfer and implement off-line programs on CNC fabrication machines
  • Evaluate the performance of CNC fabrication machines using off-line programs
  • Identify and resolve problems related to off-line programming and CNC fabrication
Producing off-line programs for CNC gear cutting machinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll understand the operation and components of CNC gear cutting machines and interpret engineering drawings specific to gear cutting. The unit covers selecting tooling, developing off-line programs, simulating, and implementing them on CNC gear cutting machines.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles of CNC gear cutting machines and their operation
  • Interpret engineering drawings and specifications for gear cutting processes
  • Select appropriate tooling and cutting parameters for CNC gear cutting
  • Develop off-line programs for CNC gear cutting machines using appropriate software
  • Simulate and verify off-line programs to ensure accuracy and efficiency in gear cutting
  • Transfer and implement off-line programs on CNC gear cutting machines
  • Evaluate the performance of CNC gear cutting machines using off-line programs
  • Identify and resolve problems related to off-line programming and CNC gear cutting
Producing off-line programs for CNC grinding machinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll learn to produce off-line programs for CNC grinding machines, including understanding machine operation, interpreting engineering drawings, selecting tools, and programming. The unit emphasises safety and the advantages of off-line programming.

What you'll be able to do

  • Describe the function and operation of CNC grinding machines
  • Explain the principles of off-line programming for CNC grinding machines
  • Interpret engineering drawings and specifications for CNC grinding operations
  • Select appropriate cutting tools and parameters for CNC grinding operations
  • Develop off-line programs for CNC grinding machines using appropriate software
  • Simulate and verify off-line programs for CNC grinding machines
  • Transfer off-line programs to CNC grinding machines
  • Optimise off-line programs for CNC grinding machines to improve efficiency and accuracy
  • Document and store off-line programs for CNC grinding machines securely
  • Adhere to health and safety regulations when producing off-line programs for CNC grinding machines
Producing off-line programs for CNC laser profiling machinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers the safe production of off-line programmes for CNC laser profiling machines. You'll understand relevant health and safety regulations, demonstrate occupational behaviours, and ensure correct equipment setup and operation during programming.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Check that all the equipment is correctly connected, and is in a safe, tested and usable condition.
  • Power up the equipment and activate the programming software.
  • Set up the computer system to be able to produce the program.
  • Ensure that they have the necessary component data and information to produce the program.
  • Identify and deal with problems (such as information based and/or technical).
  • Produce computer control programs that contain all the relevant and necessary data for the engineering activity to be carried out.
  • Produce the control programs in the appropriate formats.
  • Make sure that codes and other references used in the programs are applicable to the type of controller used.
  • Produce programs using computer aided machining (CAM).
  • Produce programs using conversational code.
  • Produce programs using G code.
  • Produce programs using other specific method (such as macros).
  • Import the component data file, and/or produce the shape/geometry of the component.
  • Select a suitable or specified datum point.
  • Select absolute and/or incremental system of measurement.
  • Select imperial or metric system of measurement.
  • Input the safe start position.
  • Input material parameters.
  • Select appropriate reference codes.
  • Input required positional information.
  • Input cutting parameters (such as beam intensity, direction, feed in/out).
  • Input preparatory commands and machine management/auxiliary functions.
  • Use repetitive programs (sub-routines, canned cycles, labels, macros).
  • Determine the cutting path order and sequence.
  • Input any additional information (such as a work-shift position).
  • Convert the program into the correct format (post processing).
  • Produce laser cutting/profiling programs, combining different operations that will produce square/rectangular profiles.
  • Produce laser cutting/profiling programs, combining different operations that will produce circles.
  • Produce laser cutting/profiling programs, combining different operations that will produce holes radially positioned.
  • Produce laser cutting/profiling programs, combining different operations that will produce angular profiles.
  • Produce laser cutting/profiling programs, combining different operations that will produce ellipses.
  • Produce laser cutting/profiling programs, combining different operations that will produce slots and apertures.
  • Produce laser cutting/profiling programs, combining different operations that will produce curved profiles.
  • Produce laser cutting/profiling programs, combining different operations that will produce holes linearly positioned.
  • Produce laser cutting/profiling programs, combining different operations that will produce other specific features.
  • Pass on the programs to the appropriate people, within agreed timescales.
  • Save and back up the program detail, and store securely in accordance with organisational requirements.
  • Undertake changes to program details, within agreed control procedures.
  • Check and review the program format and content on completion of the programming activity.
  • Edit the program using the correct procedure (where appropriate) on completion of the programming activity.
  • Check that the program is correctly titled and referenced on completion of the programming activity.
  • Ensure that programs are stored safely and correctly, in the correct format and location on completion of the programming activity.
  • Ensure that the program has been checked and approved before forwarding to the end user on completion of the programming activity.
  • Send the approved program to the correct location for the end user on completion of the programming activity.
  • Create a separate back-up copy of the program, in case of file corruption or accidental deletion.
  • Outline the specific safety precautions to be taken when working with computer systems.
  • Outline good housekeeping arrangements.
  • Explain the importance of applying the appropriate occupational behaviours in the workplace and the implications for both the learner and the business.
Producing off-line programs for CNC machining centresReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to understand CNC machining centres, interpret engineering drawings, and select suitable tooling and cutting parametres. You'll develop and verify off-line programs and implement them on CNC machining centres using appropriate software.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles of CNC machining centres and their operation
  • Interpret engineering drawings and specifications for machining processes
  • Select appropriate tooling and cutting parameters for CNC machining centres
  • Develop off-line programs for CNC machining centres using appropriate software
  • Simulate and verify off-line programs to ensure accuracy and efficiency in machining
  • Transfer and implement off-line programs on CNC machining centres
  • Evaluate the performance of CNC machining centres using off-line programs
  • Identify and resolve problems related to off-line programming and CNC machining
Producing off-line programs for CNC milling machinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers the principles and requirements for producing off-line programmes for CNC milling machines. You'll develop the ability to create, check, and verify programmes while understanding health and safety considerations relevant to CNC operations.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles of producing off-line programs for CNC milling machines.
  • Understand the requirements for producing off-line programs for CNC milling machines.
  • Produce off-line programs for CNC milling machines.
  • Check and verify off-line programs for CNC milling machines.
  • Understand the health and safety requirements when producing off-line programs for CNC milling machines.
Producing off-line programs for CNC turning machinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll develop the ability to produce, simulate, and optimise off-line CNC turning machine programmes. The unit includes selecting tooling, setting up machines, verifying programme accuracy, and applying health and safety and quality control measures.

What you'll be able to do

  • Produce off-line programs for CNC turning machines.
  • Select appropriate tooling for CNC turning machines.
  • Set up CNC turning machines for program execution.
  • Simulate CNC turning programs to verify accuracy.
  • Optimise CNC turning programs for efficiency.
  • Store and manage CNC turning programs securely.
  • Adhere to health and safety regulations when working with CNC turning machines.
  • Apply quality control procedures to CNC turned components.
  • Troubleshoot common problems with CNC turning programs.
  • Maintain documentation related to CNC turning programs.
Producing off-line programs for programmable logic controller equipmentReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain skills to produce off-line programs for programmable logic controller (PLC) equipment. The unit covers PLC principles, system components, programming design and development, simulation, testing, error resolution, and optimisation to support industrial automation applications.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles of programmable logic controller (PLC) equipment.
  • Plan the development of off-line programs for PLC equipment.
  • Design off-line programs for PLC equipment based on specified requirements.
  • Develop off-line programs for PLC equipment using appropriate programming languages.
  • Simulate and test off-line programs for PLC equipment.
  • Document the off-line program development process.
  • Identify and resolve errors in off-line PLC programs.
  • Optimise off-line PLC programs for performance and efficiency.
  • Understand the integration of off-line programs with PLC hardware.
  • Apply safety considerations when developing off-line PLC programs.
Producing operating programs for co-ordinate measuring machines (CMM)Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll learn to produce operating programmes for co-ordinate measuring machines (CMM). The unit covers understanding CMM principles, interpreting engineering drawings, creating and optimising programmes for accuracy and efficiency, and applying industry standards.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles of operating co-ordinate measuring machines (CMM).
  • Interpret engineering drawings and specifications for CMM programming.
  • Create operating programs for CMM to measure components.
  • Optimise CMM programs for accuracy and efficiency.
  • Understand different types of CMM and their applications.
  • Apply industry standards and best practices in CMM programming.
  • Review and revise CMM programs for accuracy and completeness.
  • Understand the importance of data analysis and reporting in CMM operations.
Producing operating programs for industrial robots:Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll learn to safely produce operating programs for industrial robots, including equipment checks, system setup, and hazard identification. The unit emphasises compliance with health and safety regulations and the demonstration of professional occupational behaviours.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations and guidelines.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Check that all the teach pendant/computer equipment is correctly connected, and is in a safe, tested and usable condition (such as cable(s) undamaged, safely routed).
  • Power up the equipment and activate the programming software.
  • Set up the computer system to produce the program.
  • Ensure that the correct process input/output and control data to produce the program is obtained and checked for currency and validity.
  • Identify and deal with problems (such as information based and/or technical).
  • Produce computer control programs that contain all the relevant and necessary data for the engineering activity to be carried out.
  • Produce the control programs in the appropriate formats.
  • Prepare, load and prove programs for one of the following types of robot controller: Cartesian (gantry); SCARA; jointed arm/articulated; parallel; other specific type.
  • Produce operating programmes for one of the following engineering applications: welding; stud welding; machine loading/unloading; packaging; surface coating; assembly; gluing/sealing; logistics movement/control; other specific activity.
  • Make sure that codes and other references used in the programs are applicable to the type of controller used.
  • Produce process control programs, for robots with digital and analogue inputs/outputs from four of the following: proximity sensors; hydraulic actuators; pressure switches; barcode scanners; limit switches; liquid flow switches; optical sensors; timer switches; air flow switches; control panel switches; colour sensors; temperature sensors; liquid level sensors; counters; pneumatic actuators; other actuator.
  • Develop programs which contain all of the following, as applicable to the robot type: safe start and stop positions; all necessary positional information; type of motion (such as joint interpolated, linear, circular); preparatory commands and process management/auxiliary functions; repetitive programs (sub-routines, canned cycles, labels); part programs downloaded from a computer (such as patch programmes); speed/acceleration parameters; use of workframes (such as tool, global, joint, user); sensor information.
  • Prove the robot program using four of the following: single block run; full dry run; search facilities; edit facilities; program override controls; data input facilities; all modes (such as auto, T1, T2 and remote).
  • Pass on the programs to the appropriate people, within agreed timescales.
  • Save and back up the program detail, and store securely in accordance with organisational requirements.
  • Check and review program formats and contents on completion of the programming activity.
  • Edit programs using the correct procedure (where appropriate).
  • Check that programs are correctly titled and referenced.
  • Ensure that programs are stored safely and correctly in the correct format.
  • Ensure that programs have been checked and approved before forwarding to the end user.
  • Create a separate back-up copy of the program, in case of file corruption or accidental deletion.
  • Undertake changes to program details, within agreed control procedures.
  • Describe the safe working practices and procedures to be followed when producing and proving industrial robots operating programs.
  • Describe the specific safety precautions to be taken when working with computer systems (to include safety guidance relating to the use of visual display unit (VDU), equipment and workstation environment (such as lighting, seating, positioning of equipment), repetitive strain injury (RSI); the dangers of trailing leads and cables).
Producing technical information for engineering activitiesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll be able to produce technical information for engineering activities, including drawings, specifications, and reports. The unit covers identifying information types, analysing data, determining audience needs, and creating clear and concise technical documents.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify the types of technical information used in engineering activities
  • Determine the purpose and audience for technical information
  • Gather and analyse data relevant to engineering activities
  • Produce technical drawings and diagrams using appropriate software
  • Write clear and concise technical reports and specifications
  • Create technical manuals and user guides
  • Present technical information effectively using various media
  • Review and revise technical information for accuracy and clarity
  • Store and manage technical information securely
  • Adhere to relevant standards and regulations when producing technical information
Providing Technical Advice and Guidance on Engineering ActivitiesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to provide technical advice and guidance on engineering activities following approved procedures. You'll identify training needs, develop plans to address them, and document advice while adhering to safety precautions and occupational standards.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify the training and development required to advise and guide others in work-related engineering technical matters.
  • Provide advice and guidance in accordance with approved procedures.
  • Understand the safety precautions required in the work area when providing technical guidance.
  • Demonstrate safe working practices throughout all activities.
  • Understand the responsibility owed to themselves and others in the work area.
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including logical approach, problem solving orientation, quality focus, personal responsibility and resilience, clear communication, teamwork, application of lean manufacturing principles, adaptability, self-motivation, willingness to learn and commitment.
Providing operational support for computer control programsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll learn to interpret operational requirements and provide support for computer control programs. The unit includes monitoring program performance, troubleshooting issues, and implementing modifications in accordance with established procedures.

What you'll be able to do

  • Interpret operational requirements for computer control programs.
  • Provide operational support for computer control programs in accordance with established procedures.
  • Monitor the performance of computer control programs and identify potential issues.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve operational problems with computer control programs.
  • Implement modifications and updates to computer control programs under supervision.
  • Maintain accurate records of operational support activities.
  • Adhere to relevant health and safety regulations when working with computer control systems.
  • Communicate effectively with engineers and other stakeholders regarding operational issues.
Providing technical sales and marketing support for engineering activitiesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit develops learners' skills in providing technical sales and marketing support for engineering activities. You'll use company information accurately, produce compliant materials, demonstrate effective communication, and adhere to health and safety regulations.

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives
  • Use the correct issue of company information when developing and disseminating technical sales and marketing information
  • Check that all essential information and data needed to devise the technical sales and marketing material is available and up to date
  • Produce sales and marketing material which is in keeping with company/organisational policy
  • Ensure that health and safety regulations and safe working practices are taken into account
  • Present the technical and marketing materials in the appropriate formats
  • Contact potential and existing customers
  • Resolve any problems as they occur, within their level of responsibility
  • Identify improvements in content and methods of dissemination of information
  • Produce technical details that contain all the relevant and necessary data for the engineering activity to be carried out
  • Produce technical sales and marketing material for a specified engineering activity (drawing/design, manufacturing, fabrication, material processing, composite manufacture, finishing, assembly, installation, plant and equipment, equipment capability studies, maintenance, movement/storage, commissioning/decommissioning, quality control/assurance, testing/trialling, business improvement, research and development, engineering support, modification and repair, service/component supply, engineering safety audits, new product introduction, launch of an engineered product, logistic operations)
  • Present the technical details in the appropriate formats
  • Produce or contribute to the production of technical sales and marketing material, in three of the following forms: technical bulletins, specification sheets, website, technical manuals, audio visual presentation, billboard presentation, sales flyer/leaflets, media advertisement, promotional items, Apps/social media
  • Record technical details and store them securely in accordance with organisational requirements
  • Undertake changes to technical details within agreed control procedures
  • Make sure that codes and other references used in the technical details follow agreed conventions
  • Validate and evaluate the technical support systems and procedures used
  • Suggest improvements to the method used to provide the technical sales and marketing support
  • Recommend improvements or changes to the technical support systems and procedures that are in place
  • Ensure that the technical sales and marketing materials comply with organisational guidelines and procedures, recognised compliance agency body standards, directive or codes of practice, British, European or International standards or directives, or customer standards
Removal and fitting fuel systems to prototype engines for testReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll learn to safely remove and fit fuel systems to prototype engines for testing. The unit covers preparation, adherence to health and safety regulations, use of appropriate tools, inspection of components, and fitting procedures according to specifications.

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare to remove fuel systems from prototype engines, ensuring adherence to health and safety regulations.
  • Remove fuel systems from prototype engines using appropriate tools and techniques.
  • Inspect and assess the condition of removed fuel system components.
  • Prepare to fit fuel systems to prototype engines, ensuring correct alignment and connections.
  • Fit fuel systems to prototype engines, following manufacturer's instructions and specifications.
  • Test the fitted fuel systems to ensure correct operation and identify any potential issues.
  • Document the removal and fitting process, including any modifications or adjustments made.
Repairing defects in vehicle composite mouldingsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides learners with knowledge and skills to repair defects in vehicle composite mouldings safely and effectively. You'll apply relevant documentation, comply with health and safety regulations, and demonstrate teamwork and problem-solving abilities.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Obtain and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, drawings, planning and quality control documentation, material data sheets, specifications) during the repair activities.
  • Adhere to procedures or systems in place for risk assessment, COSHH, personal protective equipment and other relevant safety regulations and procedures to realise a safe system of work.
  • Provide and maintain a safe working environment for the composite mould repair activities.
  • Obtain the correct tools and equipment for the activity, and check that they are in a safe, tested and usable condition.
  • Follow safe practice/approved mould repair techniques and procedures at all times.
  • Return all tools and equipment to the correct location on completion of the mould repair activities.
  • Dispose of waste materials in accordance with approved procedures.
  • Leave the work area in a safe and appropriate condition on completion of the activities.
  • Follow the relevant specifications for the component to be repaired.
  • Prepare the component for repair.
  • Check that mouldings are correct and complete when preparing for the repair activity.
  • Select the correct equipment for the activity when preparing for the repair activity.
  • Identify the method of repair to be used when preparing for the repair activity.
  • Check that equipment is suitable for use when preparing for the repair activity.
  • Check availability of ancillary materials required when preparing for the repair activity.
  • Identify what needs to be repaired when preparing for the repair activity.
  • Identify and protect the moulding and repair materials in the work area when preparing for the repair activity.
  • Carry out the repairs within agreed timescale using approved materials and components and methods and procedures.
  • Repair defects in six of the following types of composite mouldings: trim, body panels, sandwich panels, moulds, closing panels, tubes, structural, jigs, housings, sections, aerodynamic.
  • Repair defects in composite mouldings using four of the following methods: localised curing, relieving distortion, resin injection, core patching, fettling, separation of bonds, wet-lay patching, insert/core potting, surface filling, bonding, pre-preg patching, repair patches/kits.
  • Repair defects using techniques/materials applicable to two of the following resins types: polyester, epoxy, bismaleimide, cyanate ester, phenolic, vinyl ester.
  • Repair defects using techniques/materials applicable to two of the following fibre types: polyethylene, glass, aramid, carbon.
  • Repair eight of the following types of defect in composite mouldings: incomplete curing, blisters, voids, damaged cores, dimensional, bridging, dis-bonds, wrong inserts, tolerances, de-lamination, dents or ‘dings', insert positions, surface finish, broken fibres, excessive adhesive, impact damage, distortion.
  • Ensure that the repaired component meets the specified operating conditions.
  • Repair a range of mouldings which comply with all of the following quality and accuracy standards: meet company standards and procedures, dimensionally accurate within specification tolerances, have an appropriate surface finish and are free from defects or surface blemishes.
  • Produce accurate and complete records of all repair work carried out.
  • Complete the relevant paperwork, to include one from the following and pass it to the appropriate people: build records, job cards, log cards, other specific recording method.
  • Describe the health and safety precautions to be taken, and procedures to be used, when working with composite materials, consumables, tools and equipment in the specific work area.
  • Describe the hazards associated with repairing composite mouldings and with the materials, consumables, tools and equipment used, and how to minimise these and reduce any risk in the work area.
Resolving engineering or manufacturing support problemsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll develop the ability to resolve engineering or manufacturing support problems through identification, analysis, solution development, implementation, and evaluation. The unit emphasises systematic problem-solving and documentation to improve production and operational efficiency.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify engineering or manufacturing support problems
  • Analyse the causes of engineering or manufacturing support problems
  • Develop solutions to engineering or manufacturing support problems
  • Implement solutions to engineering or manufacturing support problems
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of solutions to engineering or manufacturing support problems
  • Document the problem-solving process and outcomes
Scheduling engineering activitiesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll learn to schedule engineering activities effectively, including planning tasks, determining resource requirements, allocating resources, monitoring progress, adjusting schedules, and communicating timelines to stakeholders to ensure timely completion of engineering projects.

What you'll be able to do

  • Schedule engineering activities
  • Plan engineering activities
  • Determine resource requirements for engineering activities
  • Allocate resources to engineering activities
  • Monitor the progress of engineering activities
  • Adjust schedules as needed to ensure timely completion of engineering activities
  • Communicate schedules to relevant stakeholders
  • Document schedules and any changes made
Setting up and testing prototype vehicle data acquisition systemsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers setting up and testing prototype vehicle data acquisition systems, including installation, sensor placement, configuration, calibration, and system verification. You'll adhere to health and safety procedures throughout the process.

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare to set up a prototype vehicle data acquisition system, following relevant health and safety procedures
  • Install the data acquisition system on the prototype vehicle, ensuring proper connections and sensor placement
  • Configure the data acquisition system to record relevant vehicle parameters
  • Calibrate the data acquisition system sensors to ensure accurate measurements
  • Test the data acquisition system to verify its functionality and data recording capabilities
  • Analyse the data collected by the acquisition system to evaluate vehicle performance
  • Document the setup, testing, and data analysis process, including any issues encountered and resolutions implemented
Setting up and testing prototype vehicle electrical/electronic engine/transmission control unitsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain skills to set up, test, and analyse prototype vehicle electrical/electronic engine and transmission control units. The unit covers preparation, connection, testing, result analysis, and safe shutdown procedures in accordance with health and safety requirements.

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare to set up prototype vehicle electrical/electronic engine/transmission control units.
  • Set up prototype vehicle electrical/electronic engine/transmission control units.
  • Test prototype vehicle electrical/electronic engine/transmission control units.
  • Analyse the results of testing prototype vehicle electrical/electronic engine/transmission control units.
  • Shut down equipment and restore the work area on completion of testing.
Spraying Vehicle Body SurfacesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll learn to spray vehicle body surfaces according to approved procedures, including surface preparation, equipment selection, and achieving quality finishes. The unit emphasises adherence to safety procedures and development of logical and problem-solving workplace behaviours.

What you'll be able to do

  • Spray vehicle body surfaces in accordance with approved procedures.
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including logical approach, problem solving orientation, quality focus, personal responsibility and resilience, clear communicator, team player, applies lean manufacturing principles, adaptability, self-motivation, willingness to learn and commitment.
Stripping and rebuilding prototype engines for testReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll learn to strip and rebuild prototype engines for testing, following health and safety procedures and manufacturer specifications. The unit includes documenting the stripping process, assessing component condition, repairing or replacing parts, and testing the rebuilt engine.

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare to strip a prototype engine for testing, following relevant health and safety procedures
  • Strip a prototype engine, documenting the process and components removed
  • Inspect and assess the condition of engine components, identifying any wear or damage
  • Replace or repair damaged or worn engine components as required
  • Rebuild the prototype engine to the manufacturer's specifications
  • Test the rebuilt prototype engine to ensure it meets performance requirements
  • Document the entire stripping, rebuilding, and testing process, including any modifications or repairs made
Supporting logistics operations in an engineering manufacturing environmentReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain knowledge and skills to support logistics operations in an engineering manufacturing environment. The unit covers receipt, storage, movement, and dispatch of materials and components, use of logistics systems, and understanding the role and processes of logistics within manufacturing.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles of logistics operations in an engineering manufacturing environment.
  • Support the receipt and storage of materials and components.
  • Support the movement of materials and components within the manufacturing facility.
  • Support the dispatch of finished products to customers.
  • Use logistics software and systems to track materials and products.
  • Communicate effectively with other members of the logistics team.
  • Understand the importance of safety procedures when carrying out logistics operations.
  • Contribute to the improvement of logistics processes.
Testing prototype engines (fixed dynamometer)Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll learn to prepare, operate, and monitor prototype engines using a fixed dynamometre. The unit includes understanding dynamometre principles, data collection, analysis of test results, and adherence to health and safety regulations during testing.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the purpose and principles of testing prototype engines using a fixed dynamometer
  • Prepare prototype engines for testing on a fixed dynamometer
  • Operate a fixed dynamometer to test prototype engines
  • Monitor and record data during prototype engine testing
  • Analyse the results of prototype engine testing
  • Maintain the fixed dynamometer and associated equipment
  • Adhere to health and safety regulations when testing prototype engines
Testing prototype engines installed in vehiclesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll learn to prepare and install prototype engines in vehicles, conduct tests, monitor and record data, analyse results, and report issues. The unit ensures learners can follow procedures accurately and maintain comprehensive records during prototype engine testing.

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare prototype engines for installation in vehicles.
  • Install prototype engines in vehicles.
  • Conduct tests on prototype engines installed in vehicles.
  • Monitor and record data during testing of prototype engines.
  • Analyse test results of prototype engines installed in vehicles.
  • Identify and report any issues or faults with prototype engines during testing.
  • Maintain accurate records of all testing activities and results.
  • Adhere to all relevant safety procedures during the installation and testing of prototype engines.
Trimming of body components for vehiclesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers the safe trimming of vehicle body components, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations and demonstrating appropriate occupational behaviours. You'll develop skills in interpreting documentation and following risk assessments during trimming and assembly activities.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Obtain and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation) during the trimming and assembly activities.
  • Adhere to procedures or systems in place for risk assessment, COSHH, personal protective equipment and other relevant safety regulations and procedures to realise a safe system of work during the trimming and assembly activities.
  • Check that all cables, extension leads or air supply hoses are in a tested and serviceable condition during the trimming and assembly activities.
  • Check that all tools and equipment to be used are within current calibration/certification dates during the trimming and assembly activities.
  • Ensure that sub-assemblies and components used are free from damage, foreign objects, dirt or other contamination before assembling them during the trimming and assembly activities.
  • Use safe and approved techniques to trim and assemble the body components to the vehicles during the trimming and assembly activities.
  • Return all tools and equipment to the correct location on completion of the trimming activities.
  • Leave the work area in a safe and appropriate condition on completion of the activities.
  • Follow the relevant instructions, assembly drawings and any other specifications.
  • Ensure that the specified components are available and that they are in a usable condition.
  • Select and prepare material to be assembled, to include three of the following: leather, wool, velour, nylon, cotton, linz, moquette, PVC, foams/composites.
  • Use the appropriate methods and techniques to assemble the components in their correct positions.
  • Select material and assemble vehicle trim components, to include all of the following: pre-sewn assemblies, multi-fabric/material builds, pattern matching, sub-frame trimming.
  • Use a variety of manufacturing methods and techniques, to include three of the following: cutting to pattern, adhering, stapling, hog ring fixing, plastic welding, hand sewing.
  • Assemble vehicle trim components, to include three of the following: door pad assemblies, rear cushion assembly, arm rests assembly, front seat assembly, rear squab assembly, floor console assembly.
  • Secure the components using the specified connectors and securing devices.
  • Assemble the trim components using the appropriate equipment, to include four of the following: staple devices, fixtures, cutting devices, hog ring machine, alignment devices, plastic welding device, buck, jigs, templates.
  • Check the completed assembly to ensure that all operations have been completed and the finished assembly meets the required specification.
  • Produce trim assemblies which comply with all of the following quality and accuracy standards: the assembly of trim components is complete, where appropriate, pattern matches are achieved, the assembly is free from damage, cuts, adhesive and marks, surplus material has been removed and components are clean, all quality control checks have been achieved.
  • Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that cannot be solved.
  • Describe the specific safety precautions to be taken whilst carrying out the trimming of body components (including any specific legislation, regulations or codes of practice relating to the activities, equipment or materials).
  • Outline the health and safety requirements of the work area in which they are carrying out the trimming of body components, and the responsibility they place on them.
  • Describe the hazards associated with carrying out trimming activities, and how to minimise them and reduce any risks.
  • Describe the personal protective equipment and clothing (PPE) to be worn during the trimming of body components.
  • Explain the importance of applying the appropriate occupational behaviours in the workplace and the implications for both the learner and the business if these are not adhered to.
  • Outline the procedures for.
Trimming vehicle composite mouldings using hand toolsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll develop the ability to safely trim vehicle composite mouldings using hand tools, following health and safety regulations and company procedures. The unit includes interpreting relevant documentation, demonstrating effective communication, and recognising hazards.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives
  • Obtain and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, drawings, planning and quality control documentation, material data sheets, specifications)
  • Adhere to procedures or systems in place for risk assessment, COSHH, personal protective equipment and other relevant safety regulations and procedures to realise a safe system of work
  • Provide and maintain a safe working environment for the composite mould trimming activities
  • Obtain the correct tools and equipment for the activity, and check that they are in a safe, tested and usable condition
  • Follow safe practice/approved mould trimming techniques and procedures at all times
  • Return all tools and equipment to the correct location on completion of the mould trimming activities
  • Dispose of waste materials in accordance with approved procedures
  • Follow relevant specifications for the component to be produced
  • Obtain the appropriate tools and equipment for the shaping operations and check they are in a safe and usable condition
  • Check the moulding is correct and complete
  • Check equipment is suitable for use
  • Check for any defects in the moulding
  • Identify and protect the moulding in the work area
  • Select the correct equipment for the activity
  • Mark out mouldings using all of the following methods: scriber, height gauge, moulded scribe lines, centre punch, trimming templates
  • Shape the materials using appropriate methods and techniques
  • Cut mouldings using two of the following methods: cutting wheels/discs, saws, routers, trim jigs
  • Sand mouldings using three of the following methods: rubbing blocks, diamond files, pencil grinders, disc sanders, belt sanders
  • Use a hand drill or pedestal drill to drill mouldings, using three of the following methods: drill jigs, hole saws, counterbores, countersinks, drill bits
  • Polish mouldings using four of the following methods: wet sanding, polishing compound, orbital sander, polisher, cutting compound, rubbing block
  • Trim mouldings using techniques for two of the following resins types: polyester, vinyl ester, epoxy, phenolic, bismaleimide, cyanate ester
  • Trim mouldings using techniques for two of the following fibre types: polyethylene, glass, aramid, carbon
  • Trim mouldings that require, or incorporate, eight of the following features: straight edges, radius corners, multiple holes, inserts to be drilled, curved edges, returns, multiple hole sizes, inserts to be tapped, flat surfaces, nett edges, countersinks, solid cores, polished surfaces, joggle details, counterbores, honeycomb cores, shaped surfaces, removal of join lines, further lay-up stages, edge filling
  • Check that all the required shaping operations have been completed to the required specification
  • Trim a range of mouldings which comply with all of the following quality and accuracy standards: meet company standards and procedures, dimensionally accurate within specification tolerances, free from false tool cuts, defects or damage
  • Complete the relevant paperwork, to include one from the following and pass it to the appropriate people: build records, job cards, log cards, other specific recording method
  • Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that cannot be solved
  • Describe the health and safety precautions to be taken and procedures used when working with composite materials, consumables, tools and equipment in the specific work area
  • Describe the hazards associated with trimming activities
Using and Maintaining Business Procedures and Protocols in an Engineering EnvironmentReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to use and maintain business systems and protocols within an engineering environment. You'll understand their responsibilities, apply procedures correctly, and comply with health, safety, and environmental regulations relevant to engineering operations.

What you'll be able to do

  • Use and maintain business systems and protocols in an engineering environment, in accordance with approved procedures
  • Recognise health, safety and environmental requirements applicable to the products and processes, and to the business activities
  • Demonstrate safe working practices throughout engineering activities
  • Understand the responsibility they owe to themselves and others in the workplace
  • Apply the occupational behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, including logical approach, problem solving orientation, quality focus, personal responsibility and resilience, clear communicator, team player, applies lean manufacturing principles, adaptability, self-motivation, willingness to learn and commitment
Using and interpreting engineering data and documentationReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to use and interpret engineering data and documentation by accessing approved sources, validating information, and extracting relevant details. You'll demonstrate effective communication and occupational behaviours in line with professional standards.

What you'll be able to do

  • Use the approved source to obtain the required data, documentation or specifications.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Use approved sources to obtain the necessary drawings and related specifications, and carry out all of the following: 3.1. Check the currency and validity of the documentation used. 3.2. Exercise care and control over the documentation at all times. 3.3. Correctly extract all necessary data in order to carry out the required tasks. 3.4. Seek out additional information where there are gaps or deficiencies in the information obtained. 3.5. Deal with and/or report any problems found with the data and documentation. 3.6. Make valid decisions based on the evaluation of the information extracted from the documentation. 3.7. Return all documentation to the approved location on completion of the work. 3.8. Complete all necessary work related documentation such as production documentation, installation documentation, maintenance documentation, planning documentation.
  • Extract and interpret the required information from the data, documentation or specifications.
  • Use the information obtained to establish work requirements.
  • Use information extracted from engineering drawings and related documentation, to include two of the following: 6.1. Drawings (such as component drawings, general assembly drawings, modification drawings, repair drawings, welding/fabrication drawings, distribution and installation drawings). 6.2. Diagrams (such as schematic, fluid power diagrams, piping, wiring/circuit, layout diagrams). 6.3. Manufacturers manuals/drawings. 6.4. Approved sketches. 6.5. Technical illustrations. 6.6. Photographic images/representations. 6.7. Visual display screen information. 6.8. Technical sales/marketing documentation. 6.9. Contractual documentation. 6.10. Other specific drawings/documents.
  • Use information extracted from related documentation to include three from the following: 7.1. Standard operating procedures. 7.2. Instructions (such as job instructions, drawing instructions, manufacturer’s instructions). 7.3. Specifications (such as material, finish, process, contractual, calibration). 7.4. Reference materials (such as manuals, tables, charts, fault diagnosis guides). 7.5. Schedules. 7.6. Operation sheets. 7.7. Maintenance log reports. 7.8. Service/test information/schedules/results. 7.9. Planning documentation. 7.10. Quality control documents. 7.11. Company specific technical instructions. 7.12. National, international and organisational standards. 7.13. Health and safety standards relating to the activity (such as COSHH). 7.14. Environmental requirements/information. 7.15. Other specific related documentation.
  • Extract information that includes three of the following: 8.1. Materials or components required. 8.2. Dimensions. 8.3. Tolerances. 8.4. Quality requirements. 8.5. Installation requirements. 8.6. Customer requirements. 8.7. Time scales. 8.8. Financial information. 8.9. Operating parameters. 8.10. Surface texture requirements. 8.11. Location/orientation of parts. 8.12. Process or treatments required. 8.13. Dismantling/assembly sequence. 8.14. Inspection/testing requirements. 8.15. Number/volumes required. 8.16. Repair/service methods. 8.17. Method of manufacture. 8.18. Weld type and size. 8.19. Operations required. 8.20. Connections to be made. 8.21. Surface finish required. 8.22. Shape or profiles. 8.23. Fault finding procedures. 8.24. Test points. 8.25. Safety/risk factors. 8.26. Environmental controls. 8.27. Technical data (such as component data, maintenance data, electrical data, fluid data). 8.28. Resources (such as tools, equipment, personnel). 8.29. Utility supply details (such as electricity, water, gas, air). 8.30. Location of services, including standby and emergency backup systems. 8.31. Circuit characteristics (such as pressure, flow, current, voltage, speed). 8.32. Protective arrangements and equipment (such as containment, environmental controls, warning and evacuation systems and equipment). 8.33. Other specific related information.
Using hand fitting techniques to produce components for experimental vehicle engineeringReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain skills in using hand fitting techniques to produce components for experimental vehicle engineering while adhering to health and safety requirements. The unit emphasises effective communication, positive occupational behaviours, and interpretation of job documentation.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines.
  • Demonstrate the required occupational behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives.
  • Obtain and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, assembly drawings, quality control documentation) during the hand fitting activities.
  • Adhere to procedures or systems in place for risk assessment, COSHH, personal protective equipment and other relevant safety regulations and procedures to realise a safe system of work.
  • Check that all cables, extension leads or air supply hoses are in a safe, tested and serviceable condition.
  • Check that all tools and equipment to be used are within current calibration/certification dates.
  • Use safe and approved fitting techniques at all times.
  • Return all tools and equipment to the correct location on completion of the fitting activities.
  • Leave the work area in a safe and appropriate condition on completion of the activities.
  • Follow relevant specifications for the component to be produced.
  • Modify existing components for experimental vehicle development activities.
  • Produce new components for experimental vehicle development activities.
  • Obtain the appropriate tools and equipment for the shaping operations and check they are in a safe and usable condition.
  • Shape the materials using appropriate methods and techniques.
  • Use a range of hand-fitting methods, to include seven of the following: hand sawing, band/power sawing, filing, drilling, chiselling, threading external, reaming, riveting, offhand grinding, tapping, scraping, lapping.
  • Produce or modify components which combine several features and cover eight of the following: flat datum faces, faces which are parallel to each other, faces which are square to each other, faces at an angle to each other, curved profiles, radii, drilled holes (through; to a depth), counterbored/countersunk/spotfaced holes, reamed holes, external threads, internal threads, sliding or mating parts, chamfers and radii.
  • Cut and shape three different types of material from the following: low carbon steel, plastic/synthetic, high carbon steel, aluminum, stainless steel, brass/bronze, cast iron, composite, other specific material.
  • Check that all the required shaping operations have been completed to the required specification.
  • Produce experimental components within all of the following standards, as applicable to the operations performed: surface finish 63'in or 1.6 'm, screw threads to BS Medium fit, reamed and bored holes within H8, flatness and squareness 0.001? per inch or 0.025mm per 25mm.
  • Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that cannot be solved.
  • Describe the health and safety requirements, and safe working practices and procedures required for the hand fitting activities undertaken.
  • Explain the importance of wearing appropriate protective clothing and equipment (PPE), and of keeping the work area safe and tidy.
  • Describe the hazards associated with the carrying out hand-fitting techniques (such as use of power tools, trailing leads or hoses, damaged or badly maintained tools and equipment, using files with damaged or poor fitting handles), and how to minimise them and reduce any risks.
  • Explain the importance of applying the appropriate occupational behaviours in the workplace and the implications for both the learner and the business if these are not adhered to.
  • Outline the procedure for obtaining the required drawings, sketch, development sheets, job instructions and other related specifications.
  • Explain how to extract and use information from engineering drawings and related specifications (to include symbols and conventions to appropriate BS, ISO or BSEN standards) in relation to work undertaken.
  • Explain how to interpret first and third angle drawings, imperial and
Working efficiently and effectively in advanced manufacturing and engineeringReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit develops learners' ability to work efficiently in advanced manufacturing and engineering environments. You'll apply communication skills, manage time, collabourate with colleagues, solve problems, and maintain a safe working environment.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply effective communication skills in advanced manufacturing and engineering environments.
  • Manage time effectively to meet deadlines and targets.
  • Work collaboratively with colleagues to achieve common goals.
  • Demonstrate problem-solving skills in advanced manufacturing and engineering contexts.
  • Maintain a safe and organised working environment.

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.

Analysing and Selecting Parts for ImprovementAnalysing and interpret the results of mechanical testsApplying Basic Statistical AnalysisApplying Continuous Improvement Techniques (Kaizen)Applying Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)Applying Flow Process AnalysisApplying Hypothesis TestingApplying Lead Time Analysis

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 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.

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EAL Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering - Product Design and Development Technician (Development Competence)
  • Analyse and interpret the results of tests on process products or equipment
  • Analysing and Interpret the Results of Mechanical Tests
  • Apply Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
  • Apply continuous improvement techniques in the workplace
  • Apply total productive maintenance (TPM) in food and drink operations
  • Applying Continuous Improvement Techniques (Kaizen)
  • Applying Response Surface Methodology
  • Applying Total Productive Maintenance
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.

Where this can lead

Associate Quality Control Inspector

This Associate role is just the beginning. With dedication, a keen eye, and a commitment to learning, you can build a really impactful and rewarding career in quality, making a genuine difference to product safety and reliability. We're excited to see where you take it.

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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.

Analyse and interpret the results of tests on process products or equipmentAnalyse and interpret the results of tests on process products or equipmentAnalysing and Interpret the Results of Mechanical TestsApply Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)Apply continuous improvement techniques in the workplaceApply total productive maintenance (TPM) in food and drink operationsApplying Continuous Improvement Techniques (Kaizen)Applying Response Surface MethodologyApplying Total Productive MaintenanceApplying basic statistics in life sciences and related industriesApplying basic statistics in life sciences and related industriesApplying finishes to motorsport composite mouldingsApplying finishes to vehicle composite mouldingsApplying surface finishes to composite mouldingsAssembling Body Sub-AssembliesAssembling Composite ComponentsAssembling Sub-Assembly Units to VehiclesAssembling Vehicle Body Sub-assemblies+175 more

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.

One-to-one, on your real workNo lectures, no past-papers. Every unit is practised on the actual tasks your job throws at you, a tutor beside you, not a video in front of you.
Taught to the top, not the testMost courses stop at remembering. Your companion keeps climbing: analysing, judging, creating. That’s the part a machine can’t do for you.
Credits you keep, a map that continuesEvery unit is regulated and yours for good. The day you finish, Zavmo already knows the next role your new credits open.
Analysing and Selecting Parts for ImprovementLevel 3

Applied to your work in any of these jobs

Learners will gain skills to analyse and select parts for improvement within a workplace context. The unit covers principles and procedures for part analysis, application to enhance efficiency and quality, and safe working practices.

How the thinking builds
  1. Remember
  2. Understand
  3. Apply
  4. Analyse
  5. Evaluate
  6. Create
An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.
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Built for EAL Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering - Product Design and Development Technician (Development Competence)

129 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited.

  1. Analysing and Selecting Parts for Improvement
  2. Analysing and interpret the results of mechanical tests
  3. Applying Basic Statistical Analysis
  4. Applying Continuous Improvement Techniques (Kaizen)
  5. Applying Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
  6. Applying Flow Process Analysis

and 123 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.

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.

  1. Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.

  1. 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
  2. 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
  3. 4AnalyseThe Analyst
  4. 3ApplyThe Coach
  5. 2UnderstandThe Connector
  6. 1RememberThe Builder

Where most courses leave you Where Zavmo takes you

Why this matters: AI can already remember and understand for you. What it can’t do is take your real problem and judge the right call. So the only learning worth paying for is the learning that takes you to the top. That’s exactly what a tutor doing it with you, on your real work, is for.

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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No 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.