Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited · RQF Level 3
EAL Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering - Fabricator (Development Competence)
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- LevelRQF Level 3
- Guided learning816 hours
- Units in this qualification41
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The EAL Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering - Fabricator (Development Competence) is an occupational qualification for individuals working as fabricators in the engineering sector. It allows learners to develop and demonstrate competence in advanced manufacturing techniques, including various welding processes.
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.
Bending and forming plate using press brakes or bending machinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll develop the skills to bend and form plate using press brakes or bending machines safely. The unit includes setting up equipment correctly, manipulating machine controls, producing formed components to specification, and applying health and safety legislation and risk controls.
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
- Confirm that the equipment is set up correctly and is ready for use
- Manipulate the machine controls safely and correctly in line with operational procedures
- Produce formed components to the required specification
- Carry out quality sampling checks at suitable intervals
- 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
Bonding engineering materials using adhesivesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll develop the skills to bond engineering materials using adhesives safely and effectively. The unit covers health and safety legislation, hazard identification, application of bonding procedures, preparation of materials and adhesives, and adherence to occupational behaviours.
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
- 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
- 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
- Achieve bonds of the required quality and within the specified dimensional accuracy
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that cannot be solved
Complying with statutory regulations and organisational safety requirementsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit focuses on the knowledge and skills required to comply with legal and regulatory requirements within the manufacturing environment.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the relevant health and safety regulations in manufacturing.
- Comply with specific organisational safety requirements.
Cutting and shaping materials using portable thermal cutting equipmentReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides learners with the knowledge and skills to safely cut and shape materials using portable thermal cutting equipment. It covers health and safety compliance, hazard identification, risk control, professional behaviours, and correct equipment setup and operation.
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
- Confirm that the machine is set up and ready for the machining activities to be carried out
- Manipulate the machine tool controls safely and correctly in line with operational procedures
- Produce cut components to the required quality and within the specified dimensional accuracy
- Carry out quality sampling checks at suitable intervals
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that they cannot solve
- Shut down the equipment to a safe condition on conclusion of the machining activities
Cutting materials using saws and abrasive discsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides learners with the skills to safely and accurately cut materials using saws and abrasive discs. It covers health and safety legislation, hazard identification, risk control, and the correct setup and operation of cutting machinery in line with workplace requirements.
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
- Confirm that the machine is set up and ready for the machining activities to be carried out
- Manipulate the machine tool controls safely and correctly in line with operational procedures
- Produce cut components to the required quality and within the specified dimensional accuracy
- Carry out quality sampling checks at suitable intervals
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that they cannot solve
- Shut down the equipment to a safe condition on conclusion of the machining activities
Cutting plate and sections using shearing machinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers the safe operation of shearing machines to cut plate and sections, including compliance with health and safety legislation and correct machine setup. You'll learn to identify hazards, apply safe working practices, and produce components to required specifications.
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
- Confirm that the machine is set up and ready for the machining activities to be carried out
- Manipulate the machine tool controls safely and correctly in line with operational procedures
- Produce cut components to the required quality and within the specified dimensional accuracy
- Carry out quality sampling checks at suitable intervals
- 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
Cutting sheetmetal to shape using hand and machine toolsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit focuses on the skills required to cut sheet metal accurately using various tools.
What you'll be able to do
- Utilise hand and machine tools for cutting.
Developing and marking out templates for metalworkReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain the skills to develop and mark out templates for metalwork safely, including interpreting information and selecting suitable equipment. The unit emphasises health and safety compliance, hazard awareness, and effective communication within the workplace.
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
- 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 datums and marking out surfaces
- Develop templates that comply with quality and accuracy standards
- Mark out using appropriate methods
- Check that the marking out complies with the specification
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control
- Report problems that cannot be resolved
Forming platework using power rolling machinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain the skills to form platework using power rolling machines safely and effectively. The unit covers health and safety legislation, hazard management, occupational behaviours, equipment setup, and the manipulation of platework to achieve specified shapes.
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
- Confirm that the equipment is set up correctly and is ready for use
- Manipulate the machine controls safely and correctly in line with operational procedures
- Produce formed components to the required specification
- Carry out quality sampling checks at suitable intervals
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that they cannot solve
- Shut down the equipment to a safe condition on conclusion of the machining activities
Forming sheetmetal using hand and machine toolsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit entails skills necessary for forming sheet metal into specified shapes.
What you'll be able to do
- Apply techniques for forming sheet metal effectively.
Heat treating materials for fabrication activitiesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides learners with the skills and knowledge to safely heat treat materials for fabrication activities. You'll prepare materials, monitor equipment settings, identify hazards, and follow health and safety regulations while demonstrating appropriate occupational behaviours.
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
- Ensure the materials to be processed are suitably prepared for the processing operations to be carried out
- Check and monitor that the processing equipment is set up and maintained at satisfactory operating conditions throughout the processing operations
- Carry out the process in accordance with operating procedures and the workpiece specification requirements
- Ensure that the processed workpiece achieves the required characteristics and meets the processing specification
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that they cannot solve
- Dispose of waste and excess materials in line with agreed organisational procedures
- Shut down the processing equipment to a safe condition on completion of the processing activities
Joining fabricated components using mechanical fastenersReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain the skills to join fabricated components using mechanical fasteners safely. The unit covers following instructions and assembly drawings, ensuring component usability, assembling correctly, and adhering to health and safety legislation and control measures.
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
- 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
- Use the appropriate methods and techniques to assemble the components in their correct positions
- Secure the components using the specified connectors and securing devices
- Check the completed assembly to ensure that all operations have been completed and the finished assembly meets the required specification
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that cannot be solved
Joining materials by resistance spot weldingReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll develop the skills to join materials using resistance spot welding safely and competently. The unit includes understanding health and safety requirements, identifying hazards, demonstrating occupational behaviours, and setting up and operating resistance spot welding equipment.
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
- Follow the relevant joining procedure and work instructions
- Confirm that the machine is set up and operating correctly, ready for the joining operations to be carried out
- 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
- Make sure that the rate of output is as specified
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that they cannot solve
- Shut down the equipment to a safe condition on conclusion of the joining activities
Joining materials using brazing machinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain the skills to join materials using brazing machines safely and effectively. The unit covers health and safety legislation, occupational behaviours, machine setup, operation, and producing quality brazed joints in accordance with specified procedures.
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
- Follow the relevant joining procedure and work instructions
- Confirm that the machine is set up and operating correctly, ready for the joining operations to be carried out
- 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
- Make sure that the rate of output is as specified
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that they cannot solve
- Shut down the equipment to a safe condition on conclusion of the joining activities
Marking out components for metalworkReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers marking out techniques essential for component fabrication in metalwork.
What you'll be able to do
- Apply marking out techniques for components accurately.
Operating CNC fabrication equipmentReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides learners with the skills to safely operate CNC fabrication equipment, including equipment setup, following defined procedures, and addressing common operational errors. Emphasis is placed on health and safety compliance and effective communication within the work environment.
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
- Confirm that the equipment is set up and ready for operation
- Follow the defined procedures for starting and running the operating system
- Deal promptly and effectively with error messages or equipment faults that are within their control
- Report error messages or equipment faults that cannot be solved
- Monitor the computer process and ensure that the production output is to the required specification
- Shut down the equipment to a safe condition on conclusion of the activities
Preparing brazing machines for productionReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain knowledge and skills to prepare brazing machines for production safely, following health and safety regulations and company procedures. The unit includes identifying hazards, applying safe practices, effective communication, and verifying equipment and joint preparation.
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
- Follow the relevant joining procedure specification and job instructions for the work to be produced
- Check that the equipment is as specified and in usable condition
- Obtain the required components and check that the joint preparation complies with the specification
- Set up the handling, work-holding and associated equipment to achieve correct joint positioning
- Select and prepare the appropriate consumables in line with the joining procedure specification
- Set and adjust the machine operating conditions to achieve joints of the required quality and within specified dimensional accuracy
- Check that all safety mechanisms are in place and that the equipment is operating satisfactorily
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that they cannot solve
Preparing electron beam welding machines for productionReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain the knowledge and skills to prepare electron beam welding machines for production safely. The unit covers interpreting joining specifications, ensuring equipment usability, adhering to health and safety regulations, and demonstrating appropriate occupational behaviours.
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
- Follow the relevant joining procedure specification and job instructions for the work to be produced
- Check that the equipment is as specified and in usable condition
- Obtain the required components and check that the joint preparation complies with the specification
- Set up the handling, work-holding and associated equipment to achieve correct joint positioning
- Select and prepare the appropriate consumables in line with the joining procedure specification
- Set and adjust the machine operating conditions to achieve joints of the required quality and within specified dimensional accuracy
- Check that all safety mechanisms are in place and that the equipment is operating satisfactorily
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that cannot be solved
Preparing friction welding machines for productionReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to prepare friction welding machines for production safely, following health and safety legislation and company procedures. You'll identify hazards, apply safe working practices, verify equipment condition, and ensure joint preparation meets requirements.
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
- Follow the relevant joining procedure specification and job instructions for the work to be produced
- Check that the equipment is as specified and in usable condition
- Obtain the required components and check that the joint preparation complies with the specification
- Set up the handling, work-holding and associated equipment to achieve correct joint positioning
- Select and prepare the appropriate consumables in line with the joining procedure specification
- Set and adjust the machine operating conditions to achieve joints of the required quality and within specified dimensional accuracy
- Check that all safety mechanisms are in place and that the equipment is operating satisfactorily
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that cannot be solved
Preparing laser welding machines for productionReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers the preparation of laser welding machines for production, focusing on safe working practices and compliance with health and safety legislation. You'll demonstrate occupational behaviours, follow joining procedures, and verify equipment and component readiness for welding.
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
- Follow the relevant joining procedure specification and job instructions for the work to be produced
- Check that the equipment is as specified and in usable condition
- Obtain the required components and check that the joint preparation complies with the specification
- Set up the handling, work-holding and associated equipment to achieve correct joint positioning
- Select and prepare the appropriate consumables in line with the joining procedure specification
- Set and adjust the machine operating conditions to achieve joints of the required quality and within specified dimensional accuracy
- Check that all safety mechanisms are in place and that the equipment is operating satisfactorily
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that they cannot solve
Preparing mechanised arc welding equipment for productionReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to prepare mechanised arc welding equipment safely and effectively for production. You'll follow relevant procedures, check equipment condition, obtain necessary components, and ensure joint preparation meets specifications.
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
- Follow the relevant joining procedure specification and job instructions for the work to be produced
- Check that the equipment is as specified and in usable condition
- Obtain the required components and check that the joint preparation complies with the specification
- Set up the handling, work-holding and associated equipment to achieve correct joint positioning
- Select and prepare the appropriate consumables in line with the joining procedure specification
- Set and adjust the machine operating conditions to achieve joints of the required quality and within specified dimensional accuracy
- Check that all safety mechanisms are in place and that the equipment is operating satisfactorily
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that cannot be solved
Preparing resistance spot, seam and projection welding machines for productionReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain the skills to prepare resistance spot, seam, and projection welding machines for production safely and in accordance with specifications. The unit covers health and safety compliance, hazard control, equipment checks, component preparation, and effective communication.
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
- Follow the relevant joining procedure specification and job instructions for the work to be produced
- Check that the equipment is as specified and in usable condition
- Obtain the required components and check that the joint preparation complies with the specification
- Set up the handling, work-holding and associated equipment to achieve correct joint positioning
- Select and prepare the appropriate consumables in line with the joining procedure specification
- Set and adjust the machine operating conditions to achieve joints of the required quality and within specified dimensional accuracy
- Check that all safety mechanisms are in place and that the equipment is operating satisfactorily
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that cannot be solved
Producing and finishing holes using drilling machinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll develop the ability to produce and finish holes using drilling machines safely and effectively. The unit covers health and safety compliance, hazard management, occupational behaviours, and the preparation and operation of drilling equipment for accurate machining.
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
- Confirm that the machine is set up and ready for the machining activities to be carried out
- Manipulate the machine tool controls safely and correctly in line with operational procedures
- Produce drilled components to the required quality and within the specified dimensional accuracy
- Carry out quality sampling checks at suitable intervals
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that they cannot solve
- Shut down the equipment to a safe condition on conclusion of the machining activities
Producing fillet welded joints using a manual welding processReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit equips learners to produce fillet welded joints using a manual welding process safely. You'll follow joining procedures, verify joint preparation, ensure equipment readiness, and apply health and safety controls to manage risks associated with manual welding.
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
- 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
- Produce joints as specified using the appropriate thermal joining technique
- Produce joints of the required quality and of specified dimensional accuracy
- 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
Producing platework assembliesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to produce platework assemblies safely and accurately by following instructions, assembly drawings, and specifications. You'll ensure component availability, use appropriate assembly techniques, and demonstrate safe working practices throughout the process.
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
- 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
- Use the appropriate methods and techniques to assemble the components in their correct positions
- Secure the components using the specified connectors and securing devices
- Produce finished platework assemblies
- Check the completed assembly to ensure that all operations have been completed and the finished assembly meets the required specification
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that cannot be solved
Producing platework components and assembliesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to plan and carry out platework activities safely, producing components and assemblies. It includes understanding health and safety regulations, demonstrating effective communication, using appropriate tools, and following company procedures throughout the plateworking process.
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
- Plan the plate working activities before they start them
- Obtain the appropriate tools and equipment for the plate working operations, and check that they are in a safe and usable condition
- Mark out the components for the required operations, using appropriate tools and techniques
- Cut and shape the materials to the required specification, using appropriate tools and techniques
- Use the appropriate methods and techniques to assemble and secure the components in their correct positions
- Measure and check that all dimensional and geometrical aspects of the components are to the specification
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control, and seek help and guidance from the relevant people if they have problems that they cannot resolve
- Leave the work area in a safe and tidy condition on completion of the platework activities
Producing sheetmetal assembliesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers the assembly of sheet metal components into finished assemblies.
What you'll be able to do
- Assemble sheet metal components into end products.
Slinging, lifting and moving materials and componentsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll develop the skills to safely sling, lift, and move materials and components, ensuring even weight distribution and secure attachment of equipment. The unit emphasises health and safety compliance, effective communication, and adherence to company procedures during handling operations.
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
- Position the moving equipment so that the weight of the load is evenly distributed
- Attach the appropriate handling equipment securely to the load, using approved methods to eliminate slippage
- Confirm that the load is secure before moving
- Move the load over the selected, suitable route
- Position and release the load safely in its intended final location
Using and interpreting engineering data and documentationReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers the ability to use engineering documentation effectively to facilitate manufacturing processes.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret engineering data and documentation accurately.
- Utilise engineering documentation in manufacturing processes.
Welding materials by the manual TIG and plasma arc welding processReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to weld materials using manual TIG and plasma arc welding processes safely and proficiently. You'll understand health and safety regulations, prepare materials, set up equipment, and demonstrate 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
- 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
- Produce joints as specified using the appropriate thermal joining technique
- Produce joints of the required quality and of specified dimensional accuracy
- 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 they cannot solve
Welding materials by the manual metal arc processReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll develop the skills to weld materials using the manual metal arc process safely and effectively. The unit covers adherence to health and safety legislation, following joining procedures, verifying joint preparation, and managing hazards associated with manual metal arc welding.
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
- 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
- Make the joints as specified using the appropriate thermal joining technique
- Produce welded joints of the required quality and of specified dimensional accuracy
Welding materials by the manual oxy/fuel gas welding processReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll develop the skills to safely weld materials using the manual oxy/fuel gas welding process. The unit covers adherence to health and safety legislation, interpreting joining procedures, checking equipment and joint preparation, and producing quality welded joints.
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.
- 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.
- Produce joints as specified using the appropriate thermal joining technique.
- Produce joints of the required quality and of specified dimensional accuracy.
- 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.
Welding materials by the semi-automatic MIG/MAG and flux cored arc processesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain knowledge and skills to safely prepare and weld materials using semi-automatic MIG/MAG and flux cored arc welding processes. The unit emphasises adherence to health and safety regulations, correct procedure following, and demonstration of appropriate occupational behaviours.
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
- 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
- Make the joints as specified using the appropriate thermal joining technique
- Produce welded joints of the required quality and of specified dimensional accuracy
- 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
Welding materials using electron beam welding machinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain knowledge and skills to safely operate electron beam welding machines, adhering to relevant health and safety regulations and occupational behaviours. The unit includes following joining procedures, identifying hazards, and ensuring correct machine setup and material preparation.
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
- Follow the relevant joining procedure and work instructions
- Confirm that the machine is set up and operating correctly, ready for the joining operations to be carried out
- 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
- Make sure that the rate of output is as specified
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that they cannot solve
- Shut down the equipment to a safe condition on conclusion of the joining activities
Welding materials using friction welding machinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll develop the skills to safely weld materials using friction welding machines. The unit covers following joining procedures, confirming correct machine setup, ensuring material compliance, and maintaining health and safety standards and occupational behaviours.
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
- Follow the relevant joining procedure and work instructions
- Confirm that the machine is set up and operating correctly, ready for the joining operations to be carried out
- 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
- Make sure that the rate of output is as specified
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that they cannot solve
- Shut down the equipment to a safe condition on conclusion of the joining activities
Welding materials using laser welding machinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to weld materials using laser welding machines safely and effectively. It covers health and safety legislation, hazard control, occupational behaviours, machine setup, material compliance checks, and adherence to joining procedures during welding operations.
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
- Follow the relevant joining procedure and work instructions
- Confirm that the machine is set up and operating correctly, ready for the joining operations to be carried out
- 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
- Make sure that the rate of output is as specified
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that they cannot solve
- Shut down the equipment to a safe condition on conclusion of the joining activities
Welding materials using resistance spot, seam and projection welding machinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to weld materials using resistance spot, seam, and projection welding machines safely and effectively. You'll interpret joining procedures, confirm machine setup, ensure material compliance, and adhere to health and safety requirements throughout the process.
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
- Follow the relevant joining procedure and work instructions
- Confirm that the machine is set up and operating correctly, ready for the joining operations to be carried out
- 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
- Make sure that the rate of output is as specified
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that they cannot solve
- Shut down the equipment to a safe condition on conclusion of the joining activities
Welding materials with mechanised arc welding equipmentReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers the safe use of mechanised arc welding equipment to weld materials, emphasising compliance with health and safety legislation and company procedures. You'll learn to identify hazards, control risks, and confirm machine setup and operation according to joining procedures.
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
- Follow the relevant joining procedure and work instructions
- Confirm that the machine is set up and operating correctly, ready for the joining operations to be carried out
- 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
- Make sure that the rate of output is as specified
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within their control and report those that they cannot solve
- Shut down the equipment to a safe condition on conclusion of the joining activities
Welding pipe/tube using multiple manual arc welding processesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to safely weld pipe and tube using multiple manual arc welding processes. It covers health and safety compliance, interpretation of joining procedures, hazard identification, and the production of welds meeting specified standards.
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
- 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
- Produce joints as specified using the appropriate thermal joining technique
- Produce joints of the required quality and of specified dimensional accuracy
- 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 your control and report those that cannot be solved
Welding plate using multiple manual arc welding processesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll develop the ability to weld plate materials using multiple manual arc welding processes safely and effectively. The unit includes health and safety compliance, hazard identification, occupational behaviours, material preparation, equipment setup, and adherence to joining procedures.
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
- 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
- Produce joints as specified using the appropriate thermal joining technique
- Produce joints of the required quality and of specified dimensional accuracy
- 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
Working efficiently and effectively in advanced manufacturing and engineeringReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit focuses on promoting efficient working practices to enhance productivity in manufacturing settings.
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate effective work habits in engineering contexts.
- Contribute to team objectives in a manufacturing 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.
Bending and forming plate using press brakes or bending machinesBonding engineering materials using adhesivesComplying with statutory regulations and organisational safety requirementsCutting and shaping materials using portable thermal cutting equipmentCutting materials using saws and abrasive discsCutting plate and sections using shearing machinesCutting sheetmetal to shape using hand and machine toolsDeveloping and marking out templates for metalwork
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
Who’d teach you this
The Evidence Evaluator
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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 Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering - Fabricator (Development Competence)
- Assembling Components Using Mechanical Fasteners
- Assembling jig and fixture structures using a manual welding process
- Assisting in welding materials using electron beam welding machines
- Assisting in welding materials using friction welding machines
- Assisting in welding materials using laser welding machines
- Assisting in welding materials using resistance spot, seam and projection welding machines
- Bending and forming plate using power operated machines
- Bending and forming plate using press brakes or bending machines
Where this can lead
Senior Assembly Line Supervisor
Your journey here starts with leading a shift, but it opens doors to a wide range of leadership and specialist opportunities within Operations and beyond. We're looking for people who want to grow, learn, and make a real impact on how things are made.
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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.
Assembling Components Using Mechanical FastenersAssembling jig and fixture structures using a manual welding processAssisting in welding materials using electron beam welding machinesAssisting in welding materials using friction welding machinesAssisting in welding materials using laser welding machinesAssisting in welding materials using resistance spot, seam and projection welding machinesBending and forming plate using power operated machinesBending and forming plate using press brakes or bending machinesBonding Marine Materials and Components Using AdhesivesBonding engineering materials using adhesivesBonding engineering materials using adhesivesCarry out cutting operations for footwear and leathergoods manufactureCarrying out mechanical plating operationsComplete standard cutConduct plastic welding in engineering constructionCut and Provide KeyCutting Materials Using Saws and Abrasive DiscsCutting Plate and Sections Using Shearing Machines+91 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.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
Which job do you mean?
Learners will develop the skills to bend and form plate using press brakes or bending machines safely. The unit includes setting up equipment correctly, manipulating machine controls, producing formed components to specification, and applying health and safety legislation and risk controls.
How the thinking builds
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for EAL Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering - Fabricator (Development Competence)
41 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited.
- Bending and forming plate using press brakes or bending machines
- Bonding engineering materials using adhesives
- Complying with statutory regulations and organisational safety requirements
- Cutting and shaping materials using portable thermal cutting equipment
- Cutting materials using saws and abrasive discs
- Cutting plate and sections using shearing machines
and 35 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.