How you’d get this certificate
- Zavmo teaches you. You learn the units one-to-one with an AI tutor, on your own work.
- You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer FDQ Limited has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
- The centre assesses, and FDQ Limited awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from FDQ Limited.
This qualification covers the skills and knowledge required to maintain food and drink engineering equipment. It is intended for learners working in the manufacturing technologies sector, specifically within food and drink production environments. Successful candidates will develop competence in areas such as component replacement, welding, and continuous improvement techniques.
These are the units FDQ 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 FDQ Limited. It does the teaching and the mapping. FDQ 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
Contribute to project management in a food business Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Confirm a project plan in a food business, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives and resources
- Communicate a project plan and associated delivery arrangements effectively to relevant stakeholders within a food business
- Support the management of a project in a food business, contributing to tasks and activities as required
- Evaluate the support provided to project management in a food business, identifying areas for improvement and lessons learned
Control energy efficiency in food operations Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Maintain existing measures that support sustainable energy usage in food operations
- Promote measures that support sustainable energy usage in food operations to colleagues
- Promote the development of new measures that support sustainable energy usage in food operations
Install, commission checks and decommission electrical equipment in food and drink sector engineering Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Install and maintain electrical systems effectively.
Maintain, promote and improve environmental good practice in food operations Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Maintain environmental good practice in food operations, adhering to relevant regulations and organisational procedures
- Promote environmental good practice within the food operations environment
- Improve environmental good practice through the identification and implementation of suitable measures
Perform engineering maintenance operations in the food and drink sector Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Conduct engineering maintenance operations effectively.
Perform mechanical engineering operations in the food and drink sector Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Perform mechanical engineering tasks competently.
Principles of continuous improvement techniques _Kaizen_ in food operations Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key features and importance of Kaizen activity in food operations.
- Understand the criteria and requirements for Kaizen and problem solving within food operations.
- Understand how to interact effectively with Kaizen activity in food operations.
Principles of electrical engineering operations in the food and drink sector Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of electrical engineering in food and drink.
Principles of electrical installations BS7671 (2018) Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles and definitions of BS7671
- Understand how to assess the characteristics of electrical installations
- Understand the requirements of protection for safety in electrical installations
- Understand the requirements for inspecting and testing electrical installations
- Understand the requirements for selection of equipment for electrical installations
- Understand the requirements for special installations and locations
Principles of food and drink sector engineering Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key principles of food and drink sector engineering.
Principles of maths and science in food and drink sector engineering Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Utilise mathematical techniques in engineering.
Principles of quality and continuous improvement in food and drink sector engineering Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Apply principles of quality improvement in engineering.
Principles of safety and environmental regulations in food and drink sector Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of safety and environmental regulations.
Principles of sustainability in food operations Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the core principles of sustainability as they apply to food operations, including environmental, social, and economic considerations
- Understand the various factors that can affect the achievement of sustainability targets in food operations, such as resource consumption, waste generation, and energy efficiency
- Understand the factors that affect the level of support for sustainability targets from different stakeholders within food operations, including employees, management, and external organisations
- Understand the key factors that influence the successful achievement of sustainability goals within food operations, including effective planning, resource management, and stakeholder engagement
Principles of team working and self-development in food and drink sector engineering roles Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate effective teamwork and personal development.
Principles of using Information Communication Technology _ICT_ and Management Information Systems _MIS_ in food technology Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the range of ICT and Management Information Systems (MIS) used within food and drink businesses
- Understand how ICT and MIS systems are used within food and drink businesses to support operations and decision-making
Principles of using representations, drawings and graphs in food and drink engineering Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret engineering drawings and graphs accurately.
Produce replacement components for maintenance activities in food and drink sector engineering Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Produce components for engineering tasks.
Weld replacement components for maintenance activities in food and drink sector engineering Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Perform welding tasks safely and accurately.
Welding techniques for food and drink sector engineering Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the health and safety requirements for Metal Inert Gas (MIG) welding.
- Understand the health and safety requirements for Manual Metal Arc (MMA) welding.
- Understand the food safety risks associated with performing welding activities in the food and drink sector.
- Understand the control measures required to mitigate food safety risks when performing welding activities.
- Understand the different types of welding joints used in the food and drink sector.
- Understand the uses of different welding joints in the food and drink sector.
- Understand the different welding positions used in the food and drink sector.
- Understand the equipment used for Metal Inert Gas (MIG) welding.
- Understand the consumables used for Metal Inert Gas (MIG) welding.
- Understand the equipment used for Manual Metal Arc (MMA) welding.
- Understand the consumables used for Manual Metal Arc (MMA) welding.
- Demonstrate the use of Metal Inert Gas (MIG) techniques to repair equipment in the food and drink sector.
- Demonstrate the use of Metal Inert Gas (MIG) techniques to maintain equipment in the food and drink sector.
- Demonstrate the use of Manual Metal Arc (MMA) welding techniques to repair equipment in the food and drink sector.
- Demonstrate the use of Manual Metal Arc (MMA) welding techniques to maintain equipment in the food and drink sector.
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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Assist in the installation of engineering services equipment used in food and drink operations
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Control and monitor energy efficiency in a food and drink environment
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Maintain heating and ventilation systems used in food and drink operations
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Maintain heating and ventilation systems used in food and drink operations
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Maintain mechanical equipment within an engineered system used in food and drink operations
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Maintain workplace environmental control systems used in food and drink operations
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Maintain workplace environmental control systems used in food and drink operations
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Maintain, promote and improve environmental good practice in food and drink operations
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Manage information technology systems in a food and drink business
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Principles of using ICT and MIS in food technology
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Promote energy efficiency in a food and drink environment
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Understand how to assist in the installation of engineering services equipment used in food and drink operations
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Understand how to assist in the installation of equipment to produce an engineered system in food and drink operations
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Understand how to maintain air conditioning and ventilation systems used in food and drink operations
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Understand how to maintain heating and ventilation systems used in food and drink operations
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Understand how to maintain workplace environmental control systems used in food and drink operations
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Understand how to work in engineering food and drink operations
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Use engineering drawings and documents in maintenance activities in food and drink operations
Showing 18 of 19 standards these units map to.
The credits, and who awards them
Level 3 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by FDQ 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
Contribute to project management in a food businessControl energy efficiency in food operationsInstall, commission checks and decommission electrical equipment in food and drink sector engineeringMaintain, promote and improve environmental good practice in food operationsPerform engineering maintenance operations in the food and drink sectorPerform mechanical engineering operations in the food and drink sectorPrinciples of continuous improvement techniques _Kaizen_ in food operationsPrinciples of electrical engineering operations in the food and drink sector
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 Navigator · your what-if tutor Illustration - Bring your own plan Create
For “Contribute to project management in a food business” you bring the plan you are actually working on, not a case study. Zavmo pulls on the assumptions in it until the weak one shows.
- Map a live decision Analyse
“Principles of quality and continuous improvement in food and drink sector engineering” runs on a decision you are facing now. Zavmo maps it with you and shows what the second-order effect looks like before you find out the slow way.
- Lead it Apply
“Principles of team working and self-development in food and drink sector engineering roles” 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.
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.
- Assist in the installation of engineering services equipment used in food and drink operations
- Control and monitor energy efficiency in a food and drink environment
- Maintain heating and ventilation systems used in food and drink operations
- Maintain mechanical equipment within an engineered system used in food and drink operations
- Maintain workplace environmental control systems used in food and drink operations
- Maintain, promote and improve environmental good practice in food and drink operations
- Manage information technology systems in a food and drink business
- Principles of using ICT and MIS in food technology
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 Contribute to project management in a food business, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your own work
This unit equips learners with the skills to contribute to project management in a food business. Learners will confirm project plans, communicate delivery arrangements, support project activities, and evaluate their contributions to effective project management.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for FDQ Level 3 Diploma in Food and Drink Engineering Maintenance
20 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by FDQ Limited.
- Contribute to project management in a food business
- Control energy efficiency in food operations
- Install, commission checks and decommission electrical equipment in food and drink sector engineering
- Maintain, promote and improve environmental good practice in food operations
- Perform engineering maintenance operations in the food and drink sector
- Perform mechanical engineering operations in the food and drink sector
and 14 more in the full unit list below.
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