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  3. The centre assesses, and Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited.

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01What it is

The EAL Level 3 Certificate in Traction and Rolling Stock Systems qualification provides introductory knowledge and practical skills required for maintaining traction and rolling stock systems in the rail engineering industry. It is designed for new entrants who wish to progress within their workplace.

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. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work.

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

02The units

What each unit actually teaches you to do

Current collection and electrical systems Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides learners with knowledge of current collection systems, including overhead line and 3rd/4th rail systems. You'll understand the principles, key components, and factors affecting the efficiency and operation of these electrical systems.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles of overhead line current collection systems
  • Understand the components of overhead line current collection systems
  • Understand the operation of overhead line current collection systems
  • Understand the principles of 3rd and 4th rail current collection systems
  • Understand the components of 3rd and 4th rail current collection systems
  • Understand the operation of 3rd and 4th rail current collection systems
Exterior and saloon door systems Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to understand the operation and setup of exterior and saloon door systems on trains. You'll also develop skills in fault finding and appreciate the safety features incorporated into these door systems.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the operation of exterior and saloon door systems on a train
  • Understand the set up procedures for exterior and saloon door systems on a train
  • Carry out fault finding procedures on exterior and saloon door systems
Traction and rolling stock (TRS) braking systems Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides learners with a comprehensive understanding of traction and rolling stock braking systems. You'll study the main components, operating principles, and control mechanisms of friction and regenerative braking systems.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the main components that combine to create traction or rolling stock braking systems.
  • Understand the operating principles of traction or rolling stock braking systems.
  • Understand the operating principles of brake control.
Train radio and cab safety systems Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll develop an understanding of train radio and cab safety systems, including their locations and functions. The unit covers the critical role of these systems in train operation and the procedures for testing and communication.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the location of radio and cab safety systems on a train
  • Understand the function of radio and cab safety systems on a train
  • Understand the critical nature of radio and cab safety systems for train operation
  • Understand the procedures for testing radio and cab safety systems
Train saloon heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain an understanding of train saloon heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, including their main components and functions. The unit also covers testing procedures and fault identification within train HVAC units.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the main components of a train HVAC unit
  • Understand how the main components work within a train HVAC unit
  • Understand how to test a train HVAC system
  • Understand how to identify faults within a train HVAC system
Train systems and schematic drawings Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll be able to interpret and use train system schematic drawings to identify components and systems. The unit covers the understanding of symbols, circuit tracing, and fault finding within train systems using schematic representations.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand how schematic drawings are used to identify train components
  • Understand how schematic drawings are used to identify train systems
  • Use schematic drawings to identify train components
  • Use schematic drawings to identify train systems
  • Use schematic drawings to carry out fault finding on train systems
Train systems and schematics drawing Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
Learn to create and interpret schematics for various train systems.

What you'll be able to do

  • Ability to read and produce schematic diagrams for different train systems.
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03The standards

The national standards these units are built against

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

  • Maintain traction and rolling stock air conditioning and ventilation systems

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04The credits

The credits, and who awards them

Level 3 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited rather than by Zavmo. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you have covered and what is next.

What you would be collecting

Current collection and electrical systemsExterior and saloon door systemsTraction and rolling stock (TRS) braking systemsTrain radio and cab safety systemsTrain saloon heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systemsTrain systems and schematic drawingsTrain systems and schematics drawing

Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.

How you’d practise it

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

The Analyst The Analyst · your map-it-properly tutor Illustration
The Analyst In “Current collection and electrical systems” you have moved the target from 48 hours to 24. Where does that time come from?
You The team prioritises better, I suppose.
The Analyst Or it comes out of the follow-ups, and reopened cases climb in about six weeks. Let us map it and find out which, before it is a surprise.
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How you would learn this

One to one, on the work you already do

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

A lesson from Current collection and electrical systems, one of this qualification's own units.

Current collection and electrical systems Level 3

Applied to your own work

This unit provides learners with knowledge of current collection systems, including overhead line and 3rd/4th rail systems. Learners will understand the principles, key components, and factors affecting the efficiency and operation of these electrical systems.

How the thinking builds
  1. 1 Remember
  2. 2 Understand
  3. 3 Apply
  4. 4 Analyse
  5. 5 Evaluate
  6. 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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Your Plan Illustration

Built for EAL Level 3 Certificate in Traction and Rolling Stock Systems

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

  1. Current collection and electrical systems
  2. Exterior and saloon door systems
  3. Traction and rolling stock (TRS) braking systems
  4. Train radio and cab safety systems
  5. Train saloon heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC)  systems
  6. Train systems and schematic drawings

and 1 more in the full unit list below.

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

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