How you’d get it

How you’d get this certificate

  1. Zavmo teaches you. You learn the units one-to-one with an AI tutor, on your own work.
  2. You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer Highfield Qualifications has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
  3. The centre assesses, and Highfield Qualifications awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from Highfield Qualifications.

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01What it is

The Level 2 Diploma in Hospitality (RQF) supports learners in completing the Hospitality Team Member Apprenticeship Standard and assesses their readiness for end-point assessment. It covers the knowledge, skills, and behaviors of the standard.

These are the units Highfield Qualifications registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work.

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

02The units

What each unit actually teaches you to do

Alcoholic Beverage Service (Beer/Cask Ale) Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
This unit covers the service of beer and cask ale, including key steps, hygiene, glassware, types of beer, brewing processes, legal requirements, and responsible service. You'll develop practical skills and knowledge to serve alcoholic beverages appropriately.

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate knowledge of alcoholic beverage service, specifically beer and cask ale
  • Explain the different types of beer and cask ale, including their characteristics and brewing processes
  • Identify the legal requirements and responsible service practices related to alcoholic beverages
  • Apply proper pouring and serving techniques for beer and cask ale
  • Demonstrate effective communication skills when interacting with customers regarding beer and cask ale selections
  • Exhibit responsible behaviour and promote responsible alcohol consumption
Alcoholic Beverage Service (Cocktails/Mixology) Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
You'll gain knowledge of alcoholic beverage service focusing on cocktails and mixology, including beverage types, equipment, flavour pairing, and legal requirements. The unit develops practical skills for preparing and serving cocktails with professionalism.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the knowledge required for alcoholic beverage service (cocktails/mixology)
  • Demonstrate the skills required for alcoholic beverage service (cocktails/mixology)
  • Apply appropriate behaviours in alcoholic beverage service (cocktails/mixology)
Alcoholic Beverage Service (Wine Service) Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
This unit covers the knowledge and skills required for responsible wine service, including identifying different types of wine and their characteristics, understanding correct storage and serving temperatures, and complying with legal requirements related to alcoholic beverage service.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the knowledge required for alcoholic beverage service (wine service)
  • Demonstrate the skills required for alcoholic beverage service (wine service)
  • Apply appropriate behaviours in alcoholic beverage service (wine service)
Barista Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
This unit covers the knowledge and skills required for barista roles, including coffee bean characteristics, espresso extraction, milk texturing, and machine maintenance. You'll prepare a range of espresso-based drinks and apply customer service standards.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the knowledge required to work as a barista
  • Demonstrate the skills required to work as a barista
  • Apply appropriate behaviours when working as a barista
Business Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
This unit focuses on the principles of the hospitality industry, the importance of maintaining high standards, and responsibilities related to health and safety.

What you'll be able to do

  • Describe the culture of the industry and importance of delivering a customer experience
Concierge and Guest Services Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
You'll gain knowledge and skills related to concierge and guest services, including daily operational tasks, service offerings, and maintaining up-to-date local information. The unit focuses on identifying guest needs and applying communication and problem-solving techniques effectively.

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate knowledge of concierge and guest service operations in a hospitality setting
  • Explain the range of services offered by a concierge and guest services department
  • Identify guest needs and preferences effectively
  • Apply excellent communication and interpersonal skills when interacting with guests
  • Demonstrate problem-solving skills to address guest requests and complaints
  • Exhibit professional behaviour and maintain a positive attitude when providing guest services
Conference and Event Operations Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
This unit provides learners with knowledge of different types of conferences and events, key planning and execution stages, and health and safety regulations, alongside practical skills in setting up event spaces and supporting attendees.

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate knowledge of conference and event operations.
  • Apply skills relevant to conference and event operations.
  • Exhibit appropriate behaviour in conference and event operations.
Customer Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
This unit covers the principles of hospitality, customer types, principles of customer service, and effective communication with customers.

What you'll be able to do

  • Describe the principles of hospitality
  • Demonstrate effective, two-way communication
First Line Supervision/Team Leading Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
Focuses on contributing to the objectives of a team and first line supervision principles.

What you'll be able to do

  • Explain how to contribute to the objectives of a team
Food Production Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
This unit equips learners with knowledge of food production, including key ingredients, preparation methods, food safety, hygiene, portion control, and presentation. You'll demonstrate practical skills required for food preparation and maintaining quality standards.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the knowledge required for effective food production
  • Demonstrate the skills and behaviour required for effective food production
Food and Beverage Service Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
This unit provides learners with knowledge and skills for effective food and beverage service, covering service styles, food safety, hygiene, menu planning, and communication. You'll demonstrate appropriate behaviours and techniques within a service environment.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the knowledge required for effective food and beverage service
  • Demonstrate the skills and behaviour required for effective food and beverage service
Hospitality Team Member in Practice Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
Designed to showcase the learners' understanding and skills in a real work environment by completing a business project.

What you'll be able to do

  • Provide an indication of costs associated with proposed recommendations
Housekeeping Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
You'll gain knowledge of housekeeping practices, including cleaning agents, equipment, health and safety regulations, and waste management. The unit develops skills and behaviours necessary to perform housekeeping tasks efficiently and safely.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the knowledge required for effective housekeeping practices
  • Demonstrate the skills and behaviour required for effective housekeeping practices
People Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
This unit discusses communication principles, team dynamics, and diversity within the hospitality sector.

What you'll be able to do

  • Describe the principles of communication with customers and team members
Reception Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
You'll understand the functions and importance of reception areas in hospitality, including creating positive first impressions, handling guest enquiries, and providing information. The unit develops skills in communication and customer service relevant to reception roles.

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate knowledge of reception operations and procedures in a hospitality environment
  • Explain the role and responsibilities of a receptionist
  • Identify different types of guest enquiries and requests
  • Apply effective communication and customer service skills when interacting with guests
  • Demonstrate proficiency in using reception equipment and software
  • Exhibit professional behaviour and maintain a welcoming atmosphere at the reception desk
Reservations Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
You'll develop knowledge and skills for managing reservations in hospitality, including understanding reservation systems, key information requirements, accurate record-keeping, and professional communication. The unit supports efficient and effective reservation handling.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the knowledge required for taking reservations
  • Demonstrate the skills required for taking reservations
  • Apply appropriate behaviours when taking reservations
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03Where it leads

The jobs these credits are mapped to

A qualification is never a dead end here. Each of these is a job record this qualification is a mapped route into.

Where this can lead

Senior Reception Supervisor

This work can lead to a workplace experience manager role, overseeing front-of-house services and visitor experience across a building or site. It can also lead to a specialist role focused on front-of-house technology and systems.

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04The credits

The credits, and who awards them

Level 2 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by Highfield Qualifications 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

Alcoholic Beverage Service (Beer/Cask Ale)Alcoholic Beverage Service (Cocktails/Mixology)Alcoholic Beverage Service (Wine Service)BaristaBusinessConcierge and Guest ServicesConference and Event OperationsCustomer

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.

The Coach The Coach · your practice partner Illustration
The Coach You have to tell the team what “First Line Supervision/Team Leading” means for them next month. Say it to me now, the way you would say it to them.
You The new process goes live on the 3rd and full training will be provided.
The Coach That is the announcement. Now try the one that starts with the bit they are going to hate, and we will see which you would rather receive.
The same lesson on the real thing: the conversation in the middle, the thinking ladder on the left, and the criteria each answer is evidencing on the right.
  • Lead it Apply

    “First Line Supervision/Team Leading” is practised on the team you actually have. You talk through the call you are about to make, and Zavmo makes you say it the way you would say it to them.

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 Alcoholic Beverage Service (Beer/Cask Ale), one of this qualification's own units.

Alcoholic Beverage Service (Beer/Cask Ale) Level 2

Applied to your work in any of these jobs

This unit covers the service of beer and cask ale, including key steps, hygiene, glassware, types of beer, brewing processes, legal requirements, and responsible service. Learners will develop practical skills and knowledge to serve alcoholic beverages appropriately.

How the thinking builds
  1. 1 Remember
  2. 2 Understand
  3. 3 Apply
  4. 4 Analyse
  5. 5 Evaluate
  6. 6 Create
An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.

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Your Plan Illustration

Built for Highfield Level 2 Diploma in Hospitality (RQF)

16 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Highfield Qualifications.

  1. Alcoholic Beverage Service (Beer/Cask Ale)
  2. Alcoholic Beverage Service (Cocktails/Mixology)
  3. Alcoholic Beverage Service (Wine Service)
  4. Barista
  5. Business
  6. Concierge and Guest Services

and 10 more in the full unit list below.

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

Learned on your own work, taught one-to-one.

Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your free first module is Future Fluency, so you can see how the teaching works before you pay for anything.

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