ETC Awards Limited · RQF Level 2
ETCAL Level 2 Diploma in Manufacturing (Knowledge and Skills)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 2
- Total credits37
- Guided learning370 hours
- Units in this qualification19
Awarded by ETC Awards Limited · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
The Level 2 Diploma in Manufacturing (Knowledge and Skills) develops knowledge and skills in manufacturing technologies. Learners cover workplace organisation, finishing operations, material transfer, and inspection and testing activities. It is intended for those working in or seeking employment in the manufacturing sector.
These are the units ETC Awards 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.
Analysing Results of Inspection and Confirming the Quality of ProductionReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the relevant information required for analysing the results of inspection and confirming quality of production
- Analyse the results of inspection and confirm the quality of production
- Deal with problems while analysing the results of inspection and confirming quality of production
Carrying Out Inspection and Testing ActivityReal unit · ETC Awards 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
- Deal with problems while carrying out inspection and testing activities
Communication and Working Effectively in a Manufacturing EnvironmentReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to communicate effectively within a manufacturing environment
- Know the types of technical information found in the manufacturing workplace
- Understand how planning and preparation support an effective workplace
- Understand the importance of effective workplace organisation
- Understand why performance reviews are important
- Understand the importance of continuous professional development and targets
Concluding Manufacturing OperationsReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the relevant information required for concluding and handing over manufacturing operations
- Conclude and handover the manufacturing operations
- Deal with problems during conclusion and handover of the manufacturing operations
Controlling Manufacturing OperationsReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the relevant information required for controlling manufacturing operations
- Control the manufacturing operations
- Collect and record operational data in line with production requirements
Finishing operationsReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the relevant information required for finishing operations.
- Identify potential faults, problems or variations that can occur in the finishing operation and how they can be avoided.
- Deal with problems while carrying out finishing operations.
Health & Safety in a Manufacturing EnvironmentReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the responsibilities required to meet health and safety legislation and regulations
- Know the organisational fire, accident and emergency procedures
- Know the hazards and risks in the workplace and how they are identified
- Follow safe working practices and procedures
Preparing facilities fro testing electronic components and circuitsReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the procedures for preparing facilities for testing electronic components and circuits
- Prepare facilities for testing electronic components and circuits
- Know the health and safety requirements when preparing facilities for testing electronic components and circuits
- Check that the facilities are ready for testing electronic components and circuits
Preparing for Manufacturing OperationsReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the relevant information required to prepare for manufacturing operations
- Prepare the work area before starting the manufacturing operations
- Prepare the equipment/tooling for the manufacturing operations
- Prepare the materials for the manufacturing operations
- Deal with problems while preparing for manufacturing operations
Producing products by processingReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the relevant information required for producing products by processing
- Produce products by processing
- Deal with problems while producing products by processing
Producing products by using assembly operationsReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the relevant information required for producing products by using assembly operations
- Produce products by using assembly operations
- Deal with problems while producing products by using assembly operations
Receiving and Checking Materials for Incoming OperationsReal unit · ETC Awards 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
- Deal with problems while receiving and checking incoming materials for manufacturing operations
Receiving and checking incoming materialsReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Receive incoming materials in accordance with workplace procedures
- Check incoming materials against documentation
- Know the procedures for receiving incoming materials
- Know the procedures for checking incoming materials
Recording and Reporting Inspection and Test ResultsReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the relevant information required for recording and reporting inspection and test results
- Record and report inspection and test results
- Deal with problems while recording and reporting inspection and test results
Transferring Materials for Manufacturing OperationsReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the relevant information required for transferring materials for manufacturing operations
- Transfer materials safely and efficiently for manufacturing operations
- Deal with problems that may arise while transferring materials for manufacturing operations
Transferring Materials for Manufacturing OperationsReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the relevant information required for transferring materials for manufacturing operations
- Transfer materials for manufacturing operations
- Deal with problems while transferring materials for manufacturing operations
Work-related Problem Solving TechniquesReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the different types of work related problems that may occur
- Explain the importance of eliminating the 7 wastes of lean manufacturing
- Understand how to use the A3 method of problem solving
- Demonstrate using the A3 method to define a problem
- Demonstrate solving a problem using the A3 method
Working Relationships including Individual Rights and Responsibilities in a Manufacturing EnvironmentReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how attitudes affect behaviours
- Know the importance of creating and maintaining good working relationships
- Understand the importance of effective team working
- Know the main statutory laws and rules that have an effect on employment
- Understand how employment fits into a career structure
- Know the role of representative bodies in the manufacturing environment
Workplace Organisation MethodsReal unit · ETC Awards Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of having an organised working environment
- Understand the five steps of workplace organisation ‘5s’
- Select a suitable area to carry out a workplace organisation audit
- Demonstrate the effective deployment of ‘5s’ workplace organisation
The honest bit
You’ve started things before
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Your passport
Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 2 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.
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
Who’d teach you this
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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.
- 05_Transfer materials in a biomanufacturing environment
- 09_Monitor the transfer of materials in the biomanufacturing environment
- Carry out customised finishing in the spirits industry
- Carrying out finishing operations
- Concluding manufacturing operations
- Develop finishing processes
- Finishing components by applying transfers, decals and livery
- Finishing materials by mechanical polishing
Where this can lead
Associate Assembly Line Supervisor
Your journey starts here, on the line. Show us your dedication, your knack for problem-solving, and your ability to support a team, and you'll find plenty of opportunities to grow and shape your career with us in Operations. We're looking for our future leaders, and that could absolutely be you.
See the whole journey →Showing 6 roles, drawn from 8 job records mapped to this qualification.
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.
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.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
This unit introduces learners to the procedures and policies with regards to analysing results of inspection and confirming the quality of production in the manufacturing environment.
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for ETCAL Level 2 Diploma in Manufacturing (Knowledge and Skills)
18 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by ETC Awards Limited.
- Analysing Results of Inspection and Confirming the Quality of Production
- Carrying Out Inspection and Testing Activity
- Communication and Working Effectively in a Manufacturing Environment
- Concluding Manufacturing Operations
- Controlling Manufacturing Operations
- Finishing operations
and 12 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
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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.
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