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- The centre assesses, and Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited.
The Level 2 Diploma in Manufacturing (Knowledge and Skills) develops the skills and knowledge required for employment in the manufacturing sector. Learners gain competence in areas such as communication, materials handling, product processing, and inspection activities. It is suitable for individuals seeking to enhance their manufacturing skills.
These are the units Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work, and work done here is recognised as prior learning under the agreements we hold.
Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited. It does the teaching and the mapping. Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
Analysing the results of inspection and confirming quality of production Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the relevant information required for analysing the results of inspection and confirming the quality of production
- Analyse the results of inspection and confirm the quality of production against specified standards
- Implement appropriate solutions to deal with problems encountered while analysing the results of inspection and confirming quality of production
Carrying out inspection and testing activities Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the relevant information required for carrying out inspection and testing activities
- Carry out inspection and testing activities in accordance with established procedures
- Deal with problems that may arise while carrying out inspection and testing activities, escalating where necessary
Communicating and working effectively within a manufacturing environment Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Communicate effectively within a manufacturing environment
- Know the types of technical information found in the manufacturing workplace
- Know how planning supports being effective in the workplace
- Know how preparation supports being effective in the workplace
- Know the importance of effective workplace communications
- Know why performance reviews are important for effective working
- Know the importance of continuous professional development and objectives
Communicating and working effectively within a manufacturing environment Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Workplace organisational techniques
Concluding manufacturing operations Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the relevant information required for concluding and handing over manufacturing operations safely and effectively
- Conclude and handover the manufacturing operations in accordance with established procedures
- Implement appropriate solutions to deal with problems encountered during the conclusion and handover of the manufacturing operations
Controlling manufacturing operations Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the relevant information required for controlling manufacturing operations
- Control the manufacturing operations in accordance with workplace procedures
- Deal with problems that may arise during the manufacturing operations
Finishing operations Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the relevant information required for finishing operations
- Carry out finishing operations to the required standards
- Deal with problems that may arise while carrying out finishing operations
Health and safety within a manufacturing environment Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the responsibilities required to meet health and safety legislation and regulations within a manufacturing environment
- Know the organisational fire, accident and emergency procedures and how to respond appropriately
- Know the hazards and risks in the workplace and how they are identified and controlled
- Follow safe working practices and procedures at all times to minimise risk to self and others
Health and safety within a manufacturing environment Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the responsibilities required to meet health and safety legislation and regulations
- Communicate effectively within a manufacturing environment
- Know how attitude has an influence on behaviour
Preparing for manufacturing operations Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the relevant information required to prepare effectively for manufacturing operations
- Prepare the work area in accordance with health and safety guidelines before starting manufacturing operations
- Prepare the equipment and tooling required for the manufacturing operations, ensuring they are in good working order
- Prepare the materials required for the manufacturing operations, ensuring they meet the required specifications
- Implement appropriate solutions to deal with problems encountered while preparing for manufacturing operations
Producing products by assembly operations Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the relevant information required for producing products by assembly operations
- Produce products by assembly operations to the required standards
- Deal with problems that may arise while producing products by assembly operations
Producing products by processing Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the relevant information required for producing products by processing
- Produce products by processing, adhering to specified procedures and quality standards
- Deal with problems that may arise during the production process, escalating where necessary
Receiving and checking incoming materials for manufacturing operations Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the relevant information required for receiving and checking incoming materials for manufacturing operations
- Receive and check incoming materials for manufacturing operations in accordance with workplace procedures
- Deal with problems that may arise while receiving and checking incoming materials for manufacturing operations
Recording and reporting inspection and test results Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the relevant information required for recording and reporting inspection and test results accurately
- Record and report inspection and test results clearly and concisely, using appropriate methods
- Deal with problems that may arise while recording and reporting inspection and test results, escalating where necessary
Transferring materials for manufacturing operations Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the relevant information required for transferring materials for manufacturing operations
- Transfer materials for manufacturing operations safely and efficiently
- Deal with problems that may arise while transferring materials for manufacturing operations, escalating where necessary
Work related problem solving techniques Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Identify different types of work-related problems that may occur in a manufacturing environment
- Explain different techniques used to identify the root cause of a problem to ensure work-related problems can be contained or resolved effectively
- Explain how appropriate corrective actions are determined, selected, and implemented to resolve work-related problems
- Describe different techniques available to prevent the recurrence of work-related problems
- Select and apply an appropriate problem-solving technique to address a specific work-related problem
Work-related problem-solving techniques Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the relevant information required for transferring materials for manufacturing operations
Working relationships and individual rights and responsibilities within a manufacturing environment Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the different types of work related problems that may occur
Working relationships and individual rights and responsibilities within a manufacturing environment Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Recognise how attitude can influence behaviour in the workplace
- Explain the importance of creating and maintaining good working relationships with colleagues
- Explain the importance of effective team working within a manufacturing environment
- Identify the main statutory laws and rules that affect employment in the UK
- Describe how employment within manufacturing fits into a career structure
- Outline the role of representative bodies, such as trade unions, in the manufacturing environment
Workplace organisational techniques Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the relevant information required to prepare for manufacturing operations
Workplace organisational techniques Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of having an organised working environment for manufacturing operations
- Know the first three steps of workplace organisation techniques
- Know the fourth and fifth steps of workplace organisation techniques
- Select a suitable area to carry out a workplace organisation audit
- Apply the first three steps of workplace organisation techniques in a selected area
- Contribute to the development of a plan for the fourth and fifth steps of workplace organisation techniques
The national standards these units are built against
What the job actually needs, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
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04_Prepare the biomanufacturing area and process equipment
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05_Transfer materials in a biomanufacturing environment
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Analyse and Interpret Data in Science or Technology Related Industries
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Analyse and interpret the results of tests on process products or equipment
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Analyse and interpret the results of tests on process products or equipment
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Analysing the results of inspection and confirming quality of production
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Carry out customised finishing in the spirits industry
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Carrying out finishing operations
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Carrying out inspection and testing activities
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Controlling manufacturing operations
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Finishing components by applying transfers, decals and livery
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Finishing materials by mechanical polishing
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Finishing products
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Getting ready for manufacturing operations
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Prepare for Manufacturing
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Prepare tools and equipment for use in food manufacture
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Preparing for manufacturing operations
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Producing products by assembly operations
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The jobs these credits are mapped to
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Where this can lead
Manufacturing Specialist
This work can lead to managing a production team as an operations manager, working across processes as a lead process engineer, or moving into quality as a quality manager.
See the whole journeyThe credits, and who awards them
Level 2 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited rather than by Zavmo. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you have covered and what is next.
What you would be collecting
Analysing the results of inspection and confirming quality of productionCarrying out inspection and testing activitiesCommunicating and working effectively within a manufacturing environmentCommunicating and working effectively within a manufacturing environmentConcluding manufacturing operationsControlling manufacturing operationsFinishing operationsHealth and safety within a manufacturing environment
Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.
How you’d practise it
You don’t watch this. You do it.
You are not assessed on remembering this. You are assessed on applying it, analysing it, evaluating it and producing something. So that is what the practice is: projects, role play and your own live cases, with a tutor in the room.
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You do “Recording and reporting inspection and test results” on a real document of your own. Zavmo works on the draft you have to send anyway, so the coursework and the job are the same piece of work.
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What you leave holding
The standards this credential builds, in the shape the product keeps them
Nothing here is marked learned. There is no learner on a public page, so the map shows what the qualification covers rather than what anybody has done.
- 04_Prepare the biomanufacturing area and process equipment
- 05_Transfer materials in a biomanufacturing environment
- Analyse and Interpret Data in Science or Technology Related Industries
- Analyse and interpret the results of tests on process products or equipment
- Analysing the results of inspection and confirming quality of production
- Carry out customised finishing in the spirits industry
- Carrying out finishing operations
- Carrying out inspection and testing activities
How you would learn this
One to one, on the work you already do
A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.
A lesson from Analysing the results of inspection and confirming quality of production, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
This unit enables learners to analyse inspection results against specified standards to confirm production quality. Learners will develop skills to document findings and address problems encountered during quality analysis.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for EAL Level 2 Diploma in Manufacturing (Knowledge and Skills)
17 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited.
- Analysing the results of inspection and confirming quality of production
- Carrying out inspection and testing activities
- Communicating and working effectively within a manufacturing environment
- Concluding manufacturing operations
- Controlling manufacturing operations
- Finishing operations
and 11 more in the full unit list below.
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