Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited · RQF Level 3
EAL Level 3 Diploma in Maritime Defence (Development Knowledge)
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- LevelRQF Level 3
- Guided learning600 hours
- Units in this qualification50
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The EAL Level 3 Diploma in Maritime Defence (Development Knowledge) qualification provides the necessary knowledge aspect for the Level 3 Engineering Technician Apprenticeship, targeting apprentices in the maritime industry.
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.
Advanced MillingReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll study advanced milling operations, including equipment, procedures, and the use of rotary tables and dividing heads. The unit covers properties of cutting tool materials and quality requirements for checking milled components.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of milling operations, equipment, and procedures.
- Understand the use and functions of rotary tables and dividing heads in milling.
- Name and describe the properties of various cutting tool materials used in milling.
- Understand the quality requirements for checking milled components, including tolerances and surface finishes.
Advanced TurningReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit develops learners' understanding of advanced turning operations, including centre lathe construction, ancillary equipment, lathe tool selection with ISO coding, factors affecting turning of engineering materials, and essential calculations for turning processes.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the construction and nomenclature of centre lathes and ancillary equipment
- Understand lathe tool selection criteria and the ISO coding for replaceable/indexable inserts and holders
- Understand the factors affecting the turning of a range of common engineering materials
- Understand basic calculations required by turning operations
- Understand techniques used for holding and turning eccentric/non-circular components
- Understand the use of fixed and travelling steadies
- Understand advanced turning techniques
Building Mechanical Maintenance Systems and ServicesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain knowledge of building services engineering, focusing on mechanical systems such as plumbing, industrial pipework, compressed air systems, and HVAC operations. The unit covers relevant skills, professional roles, and regulatory requirements in building mechanical maintenance.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the main skills and knowledge required for building services engineering
- Understand the main features of plumbing and industrial pipework installations in buildings
- Understand the operation and maintenance of compressed air systems in industrial and commercial applications
- Understand the main features and operation of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in buildings
Computer Aided Design CAD TechniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit equips learners with skills to use Computer Aided Design (CAD) systems effectively, including health and safety considerations, data management, system configuration, and compliance with national and international CAD standards for producing technical drawings.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the risks to health and safety associated with the use of computer equipment and associated peripheral devices
- Understand how to manage stored data files effectively
- Configure a CAD system to meet task requirements
- Understand the requirement of CAD drawings and designs to comply with national and international standards and conventions
- Understand how to use a CAD system for the production of complex two dimensional (2D) engineering drawings and designs
- Understand how to modify, copy, manipulate and erase drawn entities
- Understand how to use a CAD system for the production of basic three dimensional (3D) models and realisations
- Understand how to output CAD data to peripheral devices
Data Communications and NetworkingReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides learners with an understanding of data communications and networking, including advantages and disadvantages, network types such as peer-to-peer, client-server, LANs, WANs, and MANs, electronic signal types, and network hardware and operating systems.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the advantages and disadvantages of data communications and networking
- Understand peer-to-peer networks and client server based networks and the types of electronic signals that are used
- Understand and define LAN’s (local area networks), WAN’s (wide area networks) and MAN’s (metropolitan area networks)
- Understand the main features of a variety of network hardware and operating systems
- Understand the main features for the following technologies: STAR, RING, MESH Ethernet and Token Ring
- Understand the concepts used by the OSI seven-layer model with reference to the associated hardware
- Understand the current legislation that applies to the workplace, including PAT testing, DSE and relevant health and safety regulations
- Understand the hardware required to use a P.C. on a network
Digital systemsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers the components and operation of digital electronic systems, including digital circuits, microcontroller-based systems, and digital communications networks. You'll develop an understanding of hardware and software relationships and the functions of key digital system components.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the function of the components of digital electronic systems
- Understand the operation of digital circuits
- Understand the purpose and basic operation of microcontroller-based systems
- Understand the principles of digital communications systems and networks
Electrical Maintenance in BuildingsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides learners with knowledge of electrical supplies to buildings, safe maintenance procedures, lighting systems, low voltage equipment, and the application of electrical instruments. You'll develop skills in inspection, isolation, and maintenance of electrical systems.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand electrical supplies to buildings
- Understand the safe maintenance of electrical systems
- Understand the safe maintenance of electrical equipment
- Understand lighting systems
- Understand the maintenance of lighting systems
- Understand low voltage electrical equipment maintenance
- Understand the applications of electrical instruments
Electrical Power for Engineering ApplicationsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll study electrical power systems for engineering applications, including safety practices, energy generation, transmission, distribution, circuit principles, and utilisation of electrical supplies. The unit covers installation and operation of electrical equipment.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to work safely in an electrical engineering environment, adhering to relevant regulations and procedures.
- Understand how electrical energy is generated, transmitted, and distributed from source to end-user.
- Understand the fundamental principles of electrical circuits, including Ohm's Law, Kirchhoff's Laws, and circuit analysis techniques.
- Understand the utilisation of electrical supplies for various engineering applications, considering factors such as voltage, current, and power requirements.
- Understand the operation, installation, and maintenance procedures for electric motors and machines.
- Carry out inspection and testing procedures on electrical equipment to ensure safety and functionality.
Electrical Testing and CommissioningReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll develop knowledge and skills for the inspection, testing, and commissioning of electrical installations. The unit covers legal and regulatory requirements, safe isolation procedures, documentation, and testing protocols to ensure electrical safety and compliance.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the requirements for the inspection, testing and commissioning of an electrical installation.
- Understand the procedures and requirements for the safe inspection of an electrical installation.
- Understand the procedures and requirements for the safe testing and commissioning of an electrical installation.
- Understand the procedures and requirements for the safe and effective in service inspection and testing of electrical equipment.
- Carry out inspection and testing of an electrical installation.
- Carry out in service inspection and testing of electrical equipment.
Engineering & Environmental Health and SafetyReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides an understanding of health and safety roles, responsibilities, and legal requirements within engineering environments. You'll study risk assessment, safe material handling, and environmental management principles relevant to engineering practice.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand health and safety roles and responsibilities within an engineering environment
- Understand the application of health and safety principles in the engineering environment
- Understand the safe methods for moving and storing materials in an engineering context
- Understand the principles of environmental management relevant to engineering activities
Engineering CommunicationsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit develops learners' ability to interpret and use engineering diagrams and schematics, communicate technical information verbally and in writing, and utilise information and communication technology to present engineering data effectively.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret and use engineering diagrams, such as schematics, blueprints, and technical drawings, to communicate technical information effectively.
- Use verbal and written communication skills effectively in engineering settings, including presentations, reports, and technical documentation.
- Obtain and use engineering information from various sources, including technical manuals, datasheets, and online resources.
- Use information and communication technology (ICT) tools and software to present information effectively in engineering settings, such as creating presentations, spreadsheets, and reports.
Engineering Inspection and Quality ControlReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll explore the role of inspection and quality control within an organisation's Quality Management System. The unit covers concepts such as variation, repeatability, reproducibility, accuracy, tolerance, limits, capability, and measurement methods in engineering quality assurance.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how inspection is a key part of an organisation's Quality Management System
- Understand how Quality Control is a key part of an organisation's Quality Management System
- Understand the meaning of variation
- Understand the meaning of repeatability
- Understand the meaning of reproducibility
- Understand the meaning of accuracy
- Understand the meaning of tolerance
- Understand the meaning of limit
- Understand the meaning of capability
- Understand the difference between comparison, gauging and measurement
- Understand which type of gauge to use (Gap, Plug, Plate, Feeler, etc.)
- Understand how gauges must be used
- Understand basic measuring instruments
- Understand advanced measuring techniques
- Understand advanced measuring instruments
- Understand the term ‘Geometric Tolerance’
- Understand common geometric tolerance symbols
- Understand a normal distribution curve
Engineering MathematicsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll develop mathematical skills to solve engineering problems using formulas, trigonometry, calculus, and statistical data. The unit covers calculation of areas, volumes, and application of mathematical principles to verify engineering solutions.
What you'll be able to do
- Solve engineering related problems mathematically
- Apply formulas and trigonometric methods to engineering problems
- Use standard formulae to find areas and volumes of engineering components
- Use basic calculus to solve engineering problems
- Use statistical data to analyse engineering information
Engineering Organisational Efficiency and ImprovementReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers production activities within engineering organisations, including the flow of materials and information, and key performance indicators for efficiency. You'll also understand quality control, quality assurance, organisational improvement techniques, competitiveness, and personnel rights and responsibilities.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of production activities within an engineering organisation.
- Understand the application of quality control measures in engineering processes.
- Understand the application of quality assurance procedures in engineering processes.
- Understand organisational improvement techniques used in engineering.
- Understand how organisational improvement techniques contribute to competitiveness.
- Understand personnel rights and responsibilities within an engineering organisation.
Engineering and environmental health and safetyReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers health and safety roles and responsibilities in the engineering environment, including safe moving and storing of materials and environmental management.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand health and safety roles and responsibilities
- Understand the application of health and safety in the engineering environment
- Understand the safe moving and storing of materials
- Understand environmental management
Engineering mathematicsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit introduces essential mathematical concepts and techniques applicable in engineering contexts.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand mathematical concepts used in engineering
Engineering principlesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to interpret engineering information from drawings, specifications, and safety data sheets. It covers differentiation between common engineering materials and components, as well as principles of quality control in engineering processes.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret engineering information from various sources
- Differentiate between common engineering materials, processes and components
- Understand the principles and application of quality control in engineering
Engineering principlesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers the core engineering principles necessary for understanding the functionality of engineering systems and technologies.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand engineering principles
Further Electrical and Electronic PrinciplesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll develop knowledge of advanced electrical and electronic principles, including network analysis, electrostatics, electromagnetism, and alternating current theory. They will apply network theorems, calculate circuit parametres, and evaluate electrical network performance under varying conditions.
What you'll be able to do
- Analyse Electrical Networks
- Understand further electrostatic principles
- Understand further electromagnetic and magnetic circuit principles
- Understand advanced alternating current theory
Further Engineering MathematicsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll enhance their ability to solve engineering mathematical problems using advanced techniques such as trigonometry, complex numbers, and calculus. The unit emphasises interpretation of mathematical results within practical engineering contexts.
What you'll be able to do
- Solve engineering related mathematical problems
- Solve engineering related problems involving trigonometry
- Use complex numbers to solve engineering problems
- Apply calculus to solve basic engineering related problems
Further Engineering ScienceReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll study the effects of static and dynamic forces on mechanical bodies, fundamentals of electricity and magnetism, and relationships between energy, work, and power in mechanical systems. The unit includes analysis of direct current circuits and machines.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the effects of both Static and Dynamic Forces on Mechanical Bodies and Systems.
- Understand the fundamental Principles of Electricity and Magnetism.
- Understand the function of Electric and Magnetic Components and the Operation of Direct Current Circuits and Machines.
- Understand the Relationships Between Energy, Work and Power in both Mechanical and Thermal Systems.
- Understand Closed-loop Engineering Systems and analyse their behaviour under different conditions.
- Understand Engineering Frameworks and Structures and analyse their behaviour under the influence of External Forces and Loads.
- Understand the effects of External Forces on Mechanical Engineering Components and predict their response.
- Understand the Principles and Effects of Rotational Movement of Mechanical Bodies and Systems.
- Understand the various Means of Mechanical Power Transmission and their applications.
General Engineering Maintenance TechniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers general engineering maintenance techniques, including basic turning skills, hand tool use, fitting skills, AC mains measurements, pipe fitting, and thermal joining and cutting. You'll develop knowledge of tool selection, safety precautions, and practical maintenance applications.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand basic turning skills used in engineering maintenance.
- Understand the application of basic hand tools in engineering maintenance.
- Understand the application of fitting skills in engineering maintenance.
- Understand AC mains measurements and safe working practices.
- Understand pipe fitting techniques used in engineering maintenance.
- Understand thermal joining techniques used in engineering maintenance.
- Understand thermal cutting techniques used in engineering maintenance.
Installation of Electrical EquipmentReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers safe systems of working for electrical equipment installation, selection procedures for wiring systems and enclosures, methods of installation, fixing and connecting, and electrical inspection, testing, and commissioning requirements.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand safe systems of working
- Understand the procedures used to select wiring systems, wiring enclosures and equipment
- Understand the methods of installing, fixing and connecting wiring systems, wiring enclosures and equipment
- Understand electrical inspection, testing and commissioning on installed equipment, distribution systems and machines
- Carry out installation and commissioning of electrical equipment
Maintenance Engineering PrinciplesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides learners with foundational knowledge of maintenance engineering principles, covering materials selection, tools and equipment, fundamental numeracy and science, information systems, organisation, and techniques used in maintenance engineering practice.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the materials used in maintenance engineering
- Understand the selection and use of tools and equipment used in maintenance engineering
- Understand the fundamental numeracy used in maintenance engineering
- Understand the fundamental science used in maintenance engineering
- Understand the sources and use of formal information systems used in maintenance engineering
- Understand the organisation and techniques used in maintenance engineering
Maintenance of Fluid Power Systems and ComponentsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll study the principles and operation of hydraulic and pneumatic fluid power systems, including high pressure air production, component functions, fluid flow, pressure control, and safety considerations relevant to maintenance of these systems.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the basic principles of hydraulic systems
- Understand the basic principles of high pressure air production
- Understand the basic principles of pneumatic systems
- Understand the operation of hydraulic components
- Understand the operation of pneumatic components
- Understand hydraulic component symbols
- Understand pneumatic component symbols
- Understand the principles of fluid flow
- Understand the operation of pressure components
- Understand the operation of fluid logic components
- Understand the principles of fluid logic component design
- Understand the operation of hydraulic sequencing circuits
- Understand the operation of pneumatic timing circuits
- Understand the operation of pneumatic sequencing circuits
- Understand the operation of electro-hydraulic components
- Understand the operation of electro-pneumatic components
- Understand the principles of electro-hydraulic circuit design
- Understand the principles of electro-pneumatic circuit design
- Understand the operation of PLC controlled hydraulic systems
- Understand the operation of PLC controlled pneumatic systems
- Understand the operation of proportional hydraulic valves
- Understand the operation of proportional hydraulic systems
- Design hydraulic circuits
- Design pneumatic circuits
- Safely construct hydraulic circuits
- Safely construct pneumatic circuits
- Fault find on hydraulic circuits
- Fault find on pneumatic circuits
Maintenance of Hydraulic Systems and ComponentsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides an understanding of hydraulic systems and components, including Pascal's Law, fluid power principles, and the operation of pumps, valves, actuators, and sequencing circuits. You'll interpret hydraulic circuit symbols and understand electro-hydraulic system functions.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the basic principles governing the operation of Hydraulic Systems.
- Understand the operation of various Hydraulic Components and interpret their corresponding symbols in circuit diagrams.
- Understand the principles of Fluid Flow within hydraulic systems and the operation of Pressure Components used to control them.
- Understand the operation of Hydraulic Sequencing Circuits and their applications.
- Understand the operation of Electro-hydraulic Components and the underlying principles of Electro-hydraulic Circuit Design.
- Understand the operation of PLC Controlled Hydraulic Systems and their integration with hydraulic circuits.
- Understand the operation of Proportional Hydraulic Valves and Systems and their advantages.
- Design, safely construct, and effectively fault find on various hydraulic Circuits.
- Understand the principles of hydraulic fluid selection based on system requirements and the importance of contamination management.
Maintenance of Mechanical SystemsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers the maintenance function within mechanical systems, including maintenance strategies, lubrication systems, bearing types and failure causes, power transmission principles, and sealing techniques. You'll learn to dismantle and maintain mechanical components effectively.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose and importance of the maintenance function within an engineering context
- Understand the properties and applications of different lubricants and lubrication systems
- Understand the operation, types, materials, and common causes of failure in bearings
- Understand the principles of operation and failure patterns of various power transmission systems
- Understand the different types of seals and the principles of effective sealing
- Understand and apply appropriate dismantling and re-assembly techniques for mechanical systems
Maintenance of Pneumatic Systems and ComponentsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll study pneumatic systems and components, applying Gas Laws to high-pressure air production and system operation. The unit includes the function and symbols of pneumatic and fluid logic components, design principles, and pneumatic circuit operation.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the Gas Laws (Boyle's Law, Charles's Law, Gay-Lussac's Law) and their application to pneumatic systems.
- Understand the basic principles of high-pressure air production systems, including compressors, dryers, and filters.
- Understand the operation of pneumatic systems, including pressure regulation, flow control, and actuation.
- Understand the operation of various pneumatic components, including cylinders, valves, and motors, and identify their corresponding symbols according to relevant standards.
- Understand the operation of fluid logic components, such as AND, OR, and NOT gates, and the principles of their design in pneumatic circuits.
- Understand the operation of pneumatic timing circuits, including time delay valves and sequencing circuits for controlling multiple actuators.
- Understand the operation of cascade circuits in pneumatic circuitry for complex sequential control.
- Understand the operation of electro-pneumatic components, such as solenoid valves and pressure switches, and the principles of electro-pneumatic circuit design.
- Understand the operation of PLC-controlled pneumatic systems, including input/output modules and programming techniques.
- Design, safely construct, and fault-find on pneumatic circuits, applying relevant safety procedures and using appropriate tools and equipment.
Maintenance of Refrigeration SystemsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides a comprehensive understanding of refrigeration systems, including single-stage cycles, domestic, commercial, and industrial applications. You'll compare system types and evaluate performance characteristics of key refrigeration components.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the operation of a single stage refrigeration cycle
- Understand the operation of domestic refrigeration systems
- Compare different types of commercial refrigeration systems available
- Compare the operation of the various types of industrial refrigeration systems available
- Compare the performance characteristics of the main components, including compressors, condensers, evaporators and expansion devices
- Evaluate plant-operating conditions by determining the balance points for a typical system
Manual Metal– Arc MMA WeldingReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers the principles of Manual Metal Arc (MMA) welding, including arc generation, heat transfer, weld pool formation, metallurgy, health and safety, equipment, consumables, and welding procedures. You'll understand the effects of heat on metal properties.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles of Manual Metal Arc (MMA) welding, including arc generation, heat transfer, and weld pool formation.
- Understand the metallurgical principles associated with welding, including the effects of heat on metal properties and the formation of weld microstructures.
- Understand the health and safety hazards associated with welding and the appropriate safety precautions to take.
- Understand the function and operation of the equipment used in Manual Metal Arc (MMA) welding, including power sources, electrode holders, and safety equipment.
- Understand the types and characteristics of consumables used in Manual Metal Arc (MMA) welding, including electrodes and shielding gases.
- Understand the welding procedures and methods of testing applied to Manual Metal Arc Welding procedures to ensure weld quality and integrity.
Marine Pipework Bending and FormingReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain knowledge and skills for marine pipework bending and forming, including safety measures, material properties, and interpretation of marking out information. The unit emphasises adherence to safety procedures and correct use of personal protective equipment.
What you'll be able to do
- Know the specific safety measures when undertaking different pipework bending and forming activities
- Understand the features and principles of materials that are used for bending and forming activities
- Extract and interpret the relevant information for the marking out activities
- Use hand techniques and mechanical equipment to perform bending and forming operations
- Produce different bending and forming techniques using a range of materials for marine pipework
Marine Pipework InstallationsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides learners with knowledge of safety precautions, marine pipe fittings, connection methods, and relevant standards for pipework installation on vessels. You'll understand risk assessments, PPE use, and quality procedures specific to marine environments.
What you'll be able to do
- Identify specific safety precautions when installing marine pipework on-board vessels.
- Recognise the range of marine pipe fittings used for marine pipework installation.
- Describe the different methods of connecting marine pipework systems.
- Understand the standards to be attained when installing marine pipework.
- Understand company quality procedures when installing marine pipework.
- Interpret relevant information required for marine pipework installations.
- Plan marine pipework assemblies using different types of fittings.
- Install marine pipework assemblies using different types of fittings.
- Plan marine pipework assemblies using different methods.
- Install marine pipework assemblies using different methods.
- Plan marine pipework assemblies using testing procedures.
- Install marine pipework assemblies using testing procedures.
Metal Inert Gas/Metal Active Gas MIG/MAG WeldingReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers the principles of Metal Inert Gas (MIG) and Metal Active Gas (MAG) welding, including metallurgy, health and safety, equipment, consumables, and welding procedures. You'll understand differences between MIG and MAG processes and their effects on metals.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of Metal Inert Gas/Metal Active Gas (MIG/MAG) Welding
- Understand metallurgy associated with welding
- Understand welding health and safety
- Understand the equipment associated with Metal Inert Gas/Metal Active Gas (MIG/MAG) Welding
- Understand the consumables used in Metal Inert Gas/Metal Active Gas (MIG/MAG) Welding
- Understand welding procedures and methods of testing applied to Metal Inert Gas/Metal Active Gas (MIG/MAG) welding
Panel Wiring for Engineering ApplicationsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll understand safe working practices during assembly, installation, commissioning, and repair of electrical control panels. The unit covers design procedures, maintenance, refurbishment, fault diagnosis, and repair techniques for electrical control panels.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to work safely during the assembly of electrical control panels.
- Understand how to work safely during the installation of electrical control panels.
- Understand how to work safely during the commissioning of electrical control panels.
- Understand how to work safely during the repair of electrical control panels.
- Understand the procedures for the design of electrical control panels.
- Understand the procedures for the assembly of electrical control panels.
- Understand the procedures for the installation of electrical control panels.
- Understand how to maintain electrical control panels.
- Understand how to refurbish electrical control panels.
- Understand how to repair electrical control panels.
- Understand how to inspect electrical control panels.
- Understand how to test electrical control panels.
- Build an electrical control panel to a specified design.
- Commission an electrical control panel.
Pattern DevelopmentReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll explore pattern development techniques used in engineering, focusing on Parallel Line, Radial Line, and Triangulation methods. The unit covers principles, applications, and processes for creating patterns and determining joint lines using cutting planes and common central spheres.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles of Parallel Line development in engineering applications.
- Understand the fundamental principles of Radial Line development in engineering applications.
- Understand the fundamental principles of Triangulation development in engineering applications.
- Understand the principles of using Cutting Planes and Common Central Spheres to determine joint lines in engineering contexts.
Principles of electrical and electronic engineeringReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers fundamental principles relevant to electrical and electronic engineering.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand principles of electrical and electronic engineering
Principles of electrical and electronic engineeringReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides learners with an understanding of electrical supply systems, protection and earthing, and the function of electrical and electronic components. You'll explore magnetic materials' behaviour, single and three-phase AC circuits, and electronic measurement techniques.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand electrical supply systems.
- Understand electrical protection systems.
- Understand electrical earthing systems.
- Understand the function of electrical components.
- Understand the function of electronic components.
- Understand the behaviour of magnetic materials.
- Understand the effect of magnetic materials on inductance.
- Understand single phase a.c. circuits.
- Understand three phase a.c. circuits.
- Carry out electronic measurement.
Principles of fabrication and weldingReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain knowledge of materials technology related to fabrication and welding, including material properties, heat treatment effects, welding symbols, non-thermal joining methods, corrosion principles, surface protection, and materials testing procedures.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand materials technology relating to fabrication.
- Understand materials technology relating to welding.
- Apply welding symbols to joint preparations.
- Describe the difference between thermal and non-thermal joining methods.
- Understand the principles of metallic corrosion.
- Understand methods of surface protection.
- Understand materials testing procedures relevant to fabrication.
- Understand materials testing procedures relevant to welding.
- Understand the effects of distortion due to welding.
- Understand the effects of residual stresses due to welding.
Principles of fabrication and weldingReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers the fundamental techniques and principles of fabrication and welding processes.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand principles of fabrication and welding
Principles of mechanical engineeringReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll explore fundamental mechanical engineering principles, including force, motion, energy, and power, as well as machine tool alignment, material properties, CNC applications, and maintenance requirements for machine tool systems.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamentals of engineering science.
- Understand how to determine the alignment of machine tools.
- Understand the properties of engineering materials.
- Evaluate the application of CNC to machine tools.
- Understand the maintenance requirements for machine tools systems.
Principles of mechanical engineeringReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers fundamental principles pertaining to mechanical engineering, including mechanics and materials.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand principles of mechanical engineering
Principles of pipework fabricationReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to interpret and evaluate pipework drawings, specifications, and regulations. You'll assess pipe materials and components, understand various piped systems, and apply methods for testing, cleaning, assembly, joining, and inspection.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret pipework drawings.
- Evaluate pipework drawings.
- Interpret pipework specifications.
- Evaluate pipework specifications.
- Interpret sources of regulations relating to pipework.
- Evaluate sources of regulations relating to pipework.
- Evaluate pipe materials for a range of applications.
- Evaluate pipe components for a range of applications.
- Understand a range of piped systems.
- Understand methods of testing piped systems.
- Understand methods of cleaning piped systems.
- Understand assembly methods for pipe and tube fabrications.
- Understand joining methods for pipe and tube fabrications.
- Understand inspection methods for pipe and tube fabrications.
- Understand the need for the protection of pipelines.
- Understand the need for the insulation of pipelines.
Principles of pipework fabricationReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit focuses on techniques and principles associated with pipework fabrication.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand principles of pipework fabrication
Producing Plate FabricationsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll understand methods used in producing plate fabrications, including marking out, mechanical and thermal cutting, plate forming, CNC machinery operation, assembly, and inspection techniques relevant to platework fabrication processes.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the methods used in the production of fabricated parts.
- Understand marking out techniques applied in plate work.
- Understand mechanical cutting of plate material.
- Understand thermal cutting of plate material.
- Understand plate forming processes.
- Understand the use of CNC controlled plate processing machinery.
- Understand methods of assembling plate fabrications.
- Understand methods of inspecting plate fabrications.
Producing Platework Components and AssembliesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to safely plan and carry out platework activities, demonstrating compliance with health and safety legislation, appropriate behaviours, effective communication, and use of personal protective equipment within a professional working environment.
What you'll be able to do
- Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety legislation, regulations and other relevant guidelines
- Demonstrate the required behaviours in line with the job role and company objectives
- Plan the plateworking activities before they start them
- Obtain the appropriate tools and equipment for the plateworking operations, and check that they are in a safe and usable condition
Producing Sheet Metal FabricationsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll study sheet metal fabrication processes, including marking out, mechanical and thermal cutting, forming, assembly, inspection, and the use of CNC-controlled machinery. The unit covers factors influencing fabrication method selection and advantages of different techniques.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the methods used in the production of fabricated parts
- Understand marking out techniques applied to sheet metal
- Understand mechanical cutting of sheet metal
- Understand thermal cutting of sheet metal
- Understand sheet metal forming processes
- Understand the use of CNC controlled sheet metal processing machinery
- Understand methods of assembling sheet metal fabrications
- Understand methods of inspecting sheet metal fabrications
Radio and Radar PrinciplesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers radio and radar principles, including amplitude and frequency modulation techniques, transmitter and receiver components, and primary radar system requirements. You'll understand pulsed and continuous wave radar operations and their applications.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the theory of amplitude modulation (AM) and frequency modulation (FM) techniques
- Understand the basic principles of radio transmitters and receivers
- Understand the operational requirements of primary radar systems
- Understand the principles of pulsed radar and continuous wave (CW) radar systems
Sheet Metalwork TechnologyReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers sheet metalwork technology, including work organisation and management, pattern development, cutting and forming techniques, assembly processes, and finishing methods. You'll understand principles essential for effective sheet metal fabrication.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of work organisation and management within a sheet metalwork environment.
- Understand the processes involved in pattern development for sheet metal components.
- Understand the various cutting and forming techniques used in sheet metalwork.
- Understand the different assembly processes employed in sheet metalwork fabrication.
- Understand the range of finishing techniques applied to sheet metal products.
Shipbuilding OperationsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll explore shipbuilding operations, including interpretation of ship drawings and specifications, lofting techniques, computer-aided engineering, ship types and design features, structural strength, and quality control procedures during assembly and fabrication.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand ships' drawings, specifications and procedures
- Understand lofting, drawing and computer aided engineering techniques used in shipbuilding
- Understand ship types and appropriate design features for each type
- Understand the structure and strength of a ship
- Understand the monitoring and controlling of assembly and erection of fabricated units
- Understand the construction of fore and after end units
Tungsten Inert Gas TIG Welding ProcessReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll study the Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding process, including its principles, metallurgy, health and safety, equipment, consumables, and welding procedures. The unit covers the effects of heat on metals and the properties of different metal structures.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding
- Understand metallurgy associated with welding
- Understand welding health and safety requirements
- Understand equipment associated with Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding
- Understand the consumables used in Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding
- Understand welding procedures and methods of testing applied to Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG)
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.
Advanced MillingAdvanced TurningBuilding Mechanical Maintenance Systems and ServicesComputer Aided Design CAD TechniquesData Communications and NetworkingDigital systemsElectrical Maintenance in BuildingsElectrical Power for Engineering Applications
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
Who’d teach you this
The Evidence Evaluator
Assessor
Helps you show what you can actually do, gathering the evidence that proves it as you learn.
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Where these credits take you
A qualification is never a dead end here. See the jobs its credits open, the national occupational standards its units map to, and the future skills they quietly build.
EAL Level 3 Diploma in Maritime Defence (Development Knowledge)
- Assisting in the installation of marine pipework and components
- Assisting in the testing of marine pipework systems
- Bending and forming marine pipe using hand methods
- Carrying out pattern development for marine applications
- Installing marine electrical rotating machines and domestic equipment
- Installing marine pipework and components
- Installing marine pneumatic systems and equipment
- Maintain industrial refrigeration equipment used in food and drink operations
Where this can lead
International Quality Control Inspector
Your journey starts here, but where it goes is really up to you. We're committed to providing the opportunities and support for you to build a truly impactful and rewarding career in quality. Whether you want to lead teams, become a technical guru, or shape global strategy, the foundations you build as an International Quality Control Inspector are incredibly strong.
See the whole journey →Opens the roleInternational Quality Control InspectorOne of the jobs this qualification is a route intoSee the role →Opens the roleInternational Quality Inspection SupervisorOne of the jobs this qualification is a route intoSee the role →Future FluencyAll ten future skillsSee how every unit is contextualised by the tenExplore →
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.
Assisting in the installation of marine pipework and componentsAssisting in the testing of marine pipework systemsBending and forming marine pipe using hand methodsCarrying out pattern development for marine applicationsInstalling marine electrical rotating machines and domestic equipmentInstalling marine pipework and componentsInstalling marine pneumatic systems and equipmentMaintain industrial refrigeration equipment used in food and drink operationsMaintaining marine refrigeration and air conditioning equipmentPreparing and testing marine pipework systemsProducing patterns for hovercraft skirtsService and maintain refrigeration systemsSurveying marine pipework systemsUnderstand how to maintain industrial refrigeration equipment used in food and drink operationsUsing bending machines to form marine pipeWelding marine materials and structures using the manual metal arc process
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.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
Which job do you mean?
Learners will study advanced milling operations, including equipment, procedures, and the use of rotary tables and dividing heads. The unit covers properties of cutting tool materials and quality requirements for checking milled components.
How the thinking builds
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for EAL Level 3 Diploma in Maritime Defence (Development Knowledge)
44 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited.
- Advanced Milling
- Advanced Turning
- Building Mechanical Maintenance Systems and Services
- Computer Aided Design CAD Techniques
- Data Communications and Networking
- Digital systems
and 38 more in the full unit list below.
One to one, not one to many
No two people run this the same way
A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.
- Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
- What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
- The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
- How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
- Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.
See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.
Why it sticks
Most courses stop at remembering
There’s a well-known ladder of how deeply you learn something, called Bloom’s Taxonomy. Most courses get you up the first two rungs: you remember some facts, you pass a test, you forget it. Real skill lives at the top. Judging, deciding, creating. And this isn’t a generic ladder: every rung has a named Zavmo tutor who walks you up it.
- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
Where most courses leave you Where Zavmo takes you
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.
Build my plan, freeNo card. See how this qualification maps onto your role and meet the tutors who’d teach it, free. The learning begins when you subscribe. It’s £70 a month, billed monthly. Cancel any time and billing stops.