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- You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer Cambridge OCR has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
- The centre assesses, and Cambridge OCR awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from Cambridge OCR.
Cambridge OCR Cambridge Advanced Nationals Applied Science qualification information including specification, exam materials, teaching resources, learning resources
These are the units Cambridge OCR 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.
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
Computer Aided Design (CAD) Real unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Produce 3D models using Computer Aided Design (CAD) software.
- Create a 3D assembly of multiple components within a CAD software environment.
- Create technical drawings from 3D models, adhering to industry standards.
- Conduct simulations using 3D models to analyse performance and identify potential issues.
Computer Aided Manufacture (CAM) Real unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of subtractive and additive Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) processes.
- Create three dimensional (3D) Computer Aided Design (CAD) models of prototype components.
- Manufacture prototype components using subtractive processes, such as CNC machining.
- Manufacture prototype components using additive processes, such as 3D printing.
- Evaluate prototype components manufactured using both subtractive and additive manufacturing processes, comparing their properties and suitability for the intended application.
Electrical devices and circuits Real unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the characteristics and applications of different power sources used in electrical circuits.
- Understand the characteristics and applications of various semiconductor devices, such as diodes and transistors.
- Analyse and design analogue circuits, including amplifiers and filters.
- Analyse and design digital circuits, including logic gates and flip-flops.
Engineering in practice Real unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Conduct a detailed product analysis to determine its function, materials, and manufacturing processes
- Produce Computer Aided Design (CAD) drawings for mechanical and electronic engineering components and assemblies
- Plan the safe manufacture of a mechanical prototype, considering materials, processes, and safety procedures
- Plan the safe construction of an electronic circuit prototype, considering components, wiring, and safety procedures
- Apply appropriate manufacturing processes to create a mechanical prototype and an electronic circuit prototype
- Evaluate the performance and functionality of a prototype against design specifications
Materials science and technology Real unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key properties of engineering materials, including mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties
- Understand the different types of engineering materials, including metals, polymers, ceramics, and composites
- Analyse the effect of processing techniques on the properties of engineering materials
- Investigate material failure mechanisms and methods of prevention in engineering applications
- Evaluate sustainable materials and practices in engineering design and manufacturing
Mechanical product design Real unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Conduct a thorough analysis of existing mechanical products to identify their features, functions, and limitations.
- Redesign mechanical products to improve their performance, functionality, or manufacturability.
Principles of engineering Real unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Apply mathematical principles to solve engineering problems
- Apply mechanical principles to analyse and design engineering systems
- Apply electrical and electronic principles to analyse and design engineering systems
Programmable electronics Real unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of microcontrollers and microcontroller systems.
- Utilise input and output devices and other electronic components within microcontroller systems.
- Design, develop, and assemble microcontroller-based programmable systems to meet specified requirements.
- Program microcontrollers using appropriate programming languages and techniques.
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.
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Where this can lead
Associate Global Prototype Development Engineer
This work can lead to a senior prototype development engineer role, or on to staff prototype engineer, taking on more complex product builds.
See the whole journeyThe credits, and who awards them
Level 3 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by Cambridge OCR 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
Computer Aided Design (CAD)Computer Aided Manufacture (CAM)Electrical devices and circuitsEngineering in practiceMaterials science and technologyMechanical product designPrinciples of engineeringProgrammable electronics
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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“Computer Aided Design (CAD)” is taught against the work in front of you rather than a worked example. You bring what you are doing this week and it becomes the practice.
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 Computer Aided Design (CAD), one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
This unit enables learners to produce 3D models and assemblies using CAD software, create technical drawings that meet industry standards, and perform simulations to assess design performance and identify potential issues in mechanical and electronic components.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for Cambridge OCR Level 3 Alternative Academic Qualification Cambridge Advanced National in Engineering (Certificate)
8 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Cambridge OCR.
- Computer Aided Design (CAD)
- Computer Aided Manufacture (CAM)
- Electrical devices and circuits
- Engineering in practice
- Materials science and technology
- Mechanical product design
and 2 more in the full unit list below.
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