Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited · RQF Level 3
EAL Level 3 Diploma in Engineering and Manufacturing Support Technologies
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- LevelRQF Level 3
- Total credits130
- Guided learning870 hours
- Units in this qualification34
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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, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Additive ManufactureReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll understand health and safety risks associated with additive manufacturing (AM) equipment, including safe handling, recovery, and recycling of hazardous materials. The unit also covers types of AM equipment and build file preparation.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the potential risks to health and safety associated with the operation and use of Additive Manufacturing (AM) equipment.
- Understand the correct procedures for safely handling, recovering, and recycling hazardous materials used in AM processes.
- Understand the different types of AM equipment used within manufacturing and their specific applications.
- Understand the processes involved in build file preparation and planning for the manufacture of components using AM equipment.
- Understand the requirements and procedures for post-processing of AM manufactured components.
- Produce 'coded part' programs that are appropriate for use with AM equipment.
- Prepare and input data into AM controllers and associated ancillary equipment.
- Prove-out AM programs prior to commencing the build process.
Advanced Manufacturing Techniques-Computer Numerical Control (CNC)Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers the principles of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining, including machine tool design, tooling, work holding, part programming, operation, control methods, and machine setting procedures.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the basic concept of Computer Numerical Control (CNC).
- Understand basic CNC machine tool design principles.
- Understand tooling requirements for CNC machines.
- Understand work holding techniques for CNC machines.
- Understand CNC part programming techniques.
- Understand CNC machine operation procedures.
- Understand CNC operational control methods.
- Understand CNC machine setting procedures.
Application and Principles of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll understand the architecture, applications, and programming of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs). The unit covers PLC components, input/output devices, interfacing methods, and basic programming techniques for industrial automation.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the internal architecture of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs).
- Understand the applications of PLCs in various industrial contexts.
- Know the number systems used by PLCs.
- Understand the typical input devices used with PLCs.
- Understand the typical output devices used with PLCs.
- Understand the selection criteria for input and output devices used with PLCs.
- Understand how input and output devices are interfaced to the PLC.
- Understand the basic programming techniques used with PLCs.
- Produce a correctly developed program for a PLC to control a specified process.
- Document the completed PLC program to a satisfactory standard.
- Monitor PLC operation during a controlled process.
- Force devices within a PLC controlled process for testing purposes.
- Fault find PLC controlled processes.
Applications of Mechanical Systems in EngineeringReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides knowledge of mechanical systems in engineering, including lubricants and lubrication systems, engineering components, mechanical power transmission, and plant equipment operation and applications.
What you'll be able to do
- Explain the purposes and uses of lubricants and lubrication systems in mechanical engineering applications.
- Describe the uses and applications of a range of engineering components within mechanical systems.
- Explain the operation and uses of mechanical power transmission systems.
- Explain the operation and uses of plant equipment and systems commonly found in engineering environments.
Communications for Engineering TechniciansReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll learn to interpret engineering sketches, circuit and network diagrams, and use verbal and written communication effectively in engineering contexts. The unit also covers obtaining and using engineering information and communication technologies.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret engineering sketches to communicate technical information.
- Use engineering circuit diagrams to communicate technical information.
- Use engineering network diagrams to communicate technical information.
- Apply verbal communication skills in engineering settings.
- Apply written communication skills in engineering settings.
- Obtain engineering information from relevant sources.
- Use engineering information effectively.
- Use information and communication technology (ICT) to present information in engineering settings.
Computer Aided Design (CAD) TechniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll explore health and safety risks associated with computer equipment and peripherals, effective data management, and CAD system configuration. The unit also covers the requirements for CAD drawings and compliance with relevant standards to support accurate design documentation.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the risks to health and safety associated with the use of computer equipment and associated peripheral devices, implementing appropriate safety measures.
- Understand how to manage stored data files effectively and configure a CAD system to meet specific task requirements, optimising workflow and data integrity.
- Understand the requirement of CAD drawings and designs to comply with national and international standards and conventions, ensuring accuracy and consistency.
- Understand how to use a CAD system for the production of complex Two-Dimensional (2D) engineering drawings and designs, applying appropriate techniques and tools.
- Understand how to modify, copy, manipulate, and erase drawn entities within a CAD system, maintaining drawing accuracy and efficiency.
- Understand how to use a CAD system for the production of basic Three-Dimensional (3D) models and realisations, visualising designs in three dimensions.
- Understand how to output CAD data to peripheral devices, such as printers and plotters, ensuring accurate and appropriate representation of designs.
Computer Aided ManufacturingReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides learners with an understanding of computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) technologies, including system components, numerical control programming, and CAD/CAM software integration. You'll also explore manufacturing flexibility, special processes, and business improvement techniques.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles of computer aided manufacturing technology installations.
- Understand the requirements for computer aided manufacturing technology installations.
- Understand the advantages of incorporating manufacturing flexibility into computer aided manufacturing systems.
- Understand the limitations of incorporating manufacturing flexibility into computer aided manufacturing systems.
- Understand the fundamental principles of special manufacturing processes.
- Understand the fundamental principles of business improvement techniques.
Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Programming/MachiningReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll develop understanding of health and safety risks associated with CNC equipment, types and applications of CNC machinery, data preparation, calculations, and part programme creation for effective CNC programming and machining.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the potential risks to health and safety when using CNC equipment
- Understand the types of CNC equipment commonly used in manufacturing
- Understand the applications of different types of CNC equipment
- Understand the importance of accurate data preparation for CNC machining
- Understand the calculations required for manufacturing components using CNC equipment
- Understand how to produce coded part programs suitable for CNC equipment
- Understand the structure and format of CNC programs
- Understand how to input data into CNC controllers
- Understand how to prepare CNC equipment for manufacturing operations
- Understand how to prepare ancillary equipment for manufacturing operations
- Understand how to prove-out CNC programs to ensure accuracy and safety
- Produce a first-off component using a CNC program
- Understand the requirements for inspecting first-off components to ensure quality
Data Communication and NetworkingReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit introduces learners to data communication and networking principles, including the advantages and disadvantages of networking. You'll understand different network types such as peer-to-peer, client-server, LANs, WANs, and MANs, and the electronic signals utilised.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the advantages and disadvantages of data communications and networking in various contexts.
- Understand the characteristics of peer-to-peer networks and client server-based networks, including the types of electronic signals used.
- Understand and define LANs (local area networks), WANs (wide area networks), and MANs (metropolitan area networks), outlining their key differences and applications.
- Understand the main features of a variety of network hardware components and operating systems, explaining their roles in network functionality.
- Understand the main features for the following network technologies: STAR, RING, MESH, Ethernet, and Token Ring, comparing their topologies and performance characteristics.
- Understand the concepts used by the OSI seven-layer model with reference to the associated hardware at each layer.
- Understand the current legislation that applies to the workplace, including PAT Testing, DSE regulations, and relevant Health and Safety requirements.
- Understand the hardware components required to use a PC on a Network, describing their functions and interconnections.
Digital SystemsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll identify and describe components of digital electronic systems, including logic gates, flip-flops, microcontrollers, and converters. The unit also covers digital circuits and principles of digital communications and networks.
What you'll be able to do
- Identify and describe the components of digital electronic systems.
- Explain the function and operation of digital circuits.
- Explain the purpose and basic operation of a microcontroller.
- Describe the principles of digital communications systems and networks.
Electrical and Electronic Principles in EngineeringReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll study electrical and electronic principles including the effects of internal resistance, temperature, dielectric, and magnetic materials on circuit behaviour. The unit also covers phasor representation and analysis of electrical quantities.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the effects of the internal resistance of a source on terminal voltage.
- Understand the effects of temperature on resistance.
- Understand the effect of dielectric materials on capacitance.
- Understand the effect of dielectric materials on voltage rating.
- Understand the behaviour of magnetic materials.
- Understand the effect of magnetic materials on inductance.
- Investigate phasor representation of alternating quantities.
- Apply phasor representation to series circuits.
- Apply phasor representation to parallel circuits.
- Understand single phase AC circuits.
- Understand three phase AC circuits.
- Investigate the transient response of R-C circuits to non-sinusoidal waveforms.
- Plot the transient response of R-C circuits to non-sinusoidal waveforms.
- Investigate the transient response of R-L circuits to non-sinusoidal waveforms.
- Plot the transient response of R-L circuits to non-sinusoidal waveforms.
Electro, Pneumatic and Hydraulic Systems and DevicesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides knowledge of legislation, regulations, and safety precautions for fluid power systems. You'll understand the construction and operation of electro, pneumatic, and hydraulic devices and apply fluid power principles in circuit design.
What you'll be able to do
- Know the relevant legislation, regulations, and safety precautions applicable when working with fluid power systems.
- Know the construction and operation of various fluid power devices.
- Understand how fluid power devices are represented as symbols in circuit diagrams.
- Apply fluid power principles in the design of circuits.
- Carry out maintenance procedures on fluid power systems.
- Conduct inspections of fluid power systems.
- Perform testing procedures on fluid power systems.
- Undertake fault-finding activities on fluid power systems.
Engineering Design ProcessReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll understand the engineering design process, including material selection, manufacturing methods, economic considerations, ergonomics, simple mechanisms, and safety. The unit emphasises iterative design and feedback to inform effective engineering solutions.
What you'll be able to do
- Describe the stages of the engineering design process
- Explain the factors that influence the choice of material in a design
- Explain how manufacturing processes influence design decisions
- Explain how economic factors influence design decisions
- Explain the ergonomic principles involved in design
- Describe the function of simple mechanisms
- Explain the safety aspects of design
Engineering Drawing for TechniciansReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit develops learners' skills in sketching, interpreting, and producing engineering drawings according to recognised standards. You'll also use computer-aided drafting (CAD) systems to create accurate engineering drawings.
What you'll be able to do
- Produce sketches of engineering components
- Interpret engineering drawings that comply with relevant drawing standards
- Produce engineering drawings to a professional standard
- Produce engineering drawings using a computer aided drafting (CAD) system
Engineering Inspection and Quality ControlReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides an understanding of inspection and quality control within engineering quality management systems. You'll define key terms related to variation, accuracy, and tolerance, and identify appropriate inspection and measurement methods.
What you'll be able to do
- Explain how inspection and quality control are key parts of an organisation's quality management system.
- Define the meanings of variation, repeatability, reproducibility, accuracy, tolerance, limit and capability in the context of engineering inspection and quality control.
- Distinguish between comparison, gauging and measurement techniques.
- Identify the appropriate type of gauge to use (gap, plug, plate, feeler, etc.) for a given inspection task, and explain how they must be used correctly.
- Describe the function and operation of basic measuring instruments used in engineering inspection.
- Describe advanced measuring techniques and instruments used in engineering inspection.
- Define the term 'geometric tolerance' and recognise common geometric tolerance symbols.
- Interpret a normal distribution curve and its relevance to quality control.
Engineering Organisational Efficiency and ImprovementReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll understand production activities, quality control and assurance procedures, organisational improvement techniques, and personnel rights and responsibilities within engineering organisations.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand different types of production activities within an engineering organisation
- Understand the application of quality control procedures in engineering
- Understand the application of quality assurance procedures in engineering
- Understand organisational improvement techniques used to enhance efficiency
- Understand how competitiveness is achieved and maintained within an engineering organisation
- Understand the rights of personnel within an organisation
- Understand the responsibilities of personnel within an organisation
Engineering ProjectReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit equips learners with project management skills for engineering contexts, including record keeping, project specification, planning, monitoring, and implementation. You'll also develop the ability to present project outcomes within agreed procedures and quality standards.
What you'll be able to do
- Keep accurate records, specify a project scope, agree on project procedures, and choose a suitable solution to meet project objectives.
- Plan and monitor a project, including defining tasks, allocating resources, and tracking progress against milestones.
- Implement the project plan within agreed procedures, adhering to safety regulations and quality standards.
- Present the project outcome effectively, communicating key findings and recommendations to stakeholders.
Features and Applications of Electrical MachinesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain knowledge of electrical hazards, relevant legislation, and safety precautions when working with electrical apparatus. The unit covers the features, applications, and control systems of AC and DC electrical machines, ensuring safe and informed practice.
What you'll be able to do
- Know the electrical hazards associated with working with electrical apparatus
- Know the relevant legislation related to working with electrical apparatus
- Know the relevant regulations related to working with electrical apparatus
- Know the relevant standards related to working with electrical apparatus
- Understand the features of AC machines, including their construction and operation
- Understand the applications of AC machines in various industries
- Understand the features of DC machines, including their construction and operation
- Understand the applications of DC machines in various industries
- Know how electrical machine control circuits operate to regulate machine performance
- Know how electrical machine control systems operate to automate machine functions
Further Electrical and Electronic PrinciplesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll study advanced electrical and electronic principles, including network analysis using theorems, electrostatic and electromagnetic concepts, and alternating current theory. The unit includes practical application through simulation and analysis of electrical networks.
What you'll be able to do
- Analyse electrical networks using appropriate techniques and tools to determine circuit behaviour.
- Understand further electrostatic principles, including concepts such as capacitance and electric fields.
- Understand further electromagnetic and magnetic circuit principles, including concepts such as inductance and magnetic flux.
- Understand advanced alternating current theory, including concepts such as impedance, power factor, and resonance.
Further Mathematics for Engineering TechniciansReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll learn to solve engineering-related mathematical problems using algebra, trigonometry, complex numbers, and calculus. The unit includes statistical analysis and application of mathematical principles to practical engineering scenarios.
What you'll be able to do
- Solve a range of engineering related mathematical problems using appropriate techniques.
- Solve engineering related problems using trigonometric principles and methods.
- Utilise complex numbers to solve a variety of engineering problems.
- Apply calculus to solve basic engineering related problems.
Further Mechanical Principles of Engineering SystemsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to determine forces and stresses in pin-jointed framed structures and simply supported beams. You'll analyse structural members and joints, and understand characteristics of rotating systems and simple lifting mechanisms.
What you'll be able to do
- Determine the forces acting in pin-jointed framed structures.
- Determine the forces acting in simply supported beams.
- Determine the stress in structural members.
- Determine the stress in joints.
- Determine the characteristics of rotating systems.
- Determine the operating characteristics of simple lifting machines.
General Engineering Maintenance TechniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain foundational skills in general engineering maintenance, including basic turning operations, hand tool and fitting techniques, AC mains measurement and safety, pipe fitting, and thermal joining and cutting processes.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles of basic turning skills.
- Understand the correct application of basic hand tools and fitting skills.
- Understand how to perform AC mains measurements and adhere to safe working practices.
- Understand various pipe fitting techniques and their applications.
- Understand the principles of thermal joining and cutting processes.
Health and Safety in the Engineering WorkplaceReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll gain knowledge of health and safety legislation and regulations relevant to the engineering workplace. The unit covers hazard identification, risk assessment, and procedures for reporting and recording accidents and incidents to promote workplace safety.
What you'll be able to do
- Explain health and safety legislation and regulations relevant to the engineering workplace
- Identify hazards and assess risks in the workplace
- Explain the methods used when reporting and recording accidents and incidents in the workplace
Industrial Robot TechnologyReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers hazards, health and safety, and maintenance requirements for industrial robots and robot work cells. You'll understand operating, design, and control principles, and develop programming skills for industrial robot applications.
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the hazards and health, safety and maintenance requirements associated with industrial robots and robot work cells.
- Explain the operating, design and control principles of modern industrial robots and typical robot work cells.
- Explain the operating principles of industrial robot sensors and end effectors.
- Develop a working program for an industrial robot or robot work cell to perform a specified task.
Industry 4.0Real unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit provides learners with an understanding of Industry 4.0 principles, enabling technologies, and smart factory characteristics. You'll examine the transition factors from Industry 3.0 to Industry 4.0, including associated challenges and benefits.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles of Industry 4.0, including its key concepts and drivers.
- Understand the technologies that enable Industry 4.0 and its benefits, such as IoT, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence.
- Understand the characteristics of an Industry 4.0 Smart Factory, including its key features and functionalities.
- Understand the factors that affect the transition from Industry 3.0 to Industry 4.0, including challenges and opportunities.
Mathematics for Engineering TechniciansReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit develops learners' ability to solve engineering problems using mathematical methods including algebra, trigonometry, calculus, and statistics. You'll apply standard formulae to calculate areas, volumes, and stress, enhancing their mathematical skills relevant to engineering contexts.
What you'll be able to do
- Solve a range of engineering related problems using mathematical techniques
- Apply relevant formulas to solve engineering problems
- Apply trigonometric methods to solve engineering problems
- Use standard formulae to calculate areas of various shapes
- Use standard formulae to calculate volumes of various shapes
- Apply basic calculus techniques to solve engineering problems
- Interpret and use statistical data in an engineering context
Mechanical Measurement and Inspection TechniquesReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit equips learners with knowledge of mechanical measurement principles and applications, use of measurement equipment and techniques, comparator use and gauging system design, and application of sampling and statistical process control during inspection.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles of mechanical measurement
- Understand the applications of mechanical measurement in engineering
- Select and use appropriate measurement equipment for specific tasks
- Apply various mechanical measurement techniques accurately
- Use comparators for dimensional inspection
- Design a gauging system for a specific inspection requirement
- Apply sampling techniques during inspection processes
- Apply statistical process control (SPC) methods during inspection
Mechanical Principles of Engineering SystemsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll develop an understanding of mechanical principles in static and dynamic engineering systems, including tensile and compressive stress and strain, work, power, energy transfer, fluid system parametres, and thermodynamic energy effects.
What you'll be able to do
- Determine the effects of tensile and compressive loading in static engineering systems.
- Determine the effects of shear loading in static engineering systems.
- Determine the effects of torsional loading in static engineering systems.
- Calculate work done, power transmitted and energy transfer in dynamic engineering systems.
- Determine parameters such as flow rate, pressure and viscosity in fluid systems.
- Determine the effects of energy transfer in thermodynamic systems, including heat transfer and phase changes.
Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis of Engineering SystemsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
It teaches you to safely monitor and diagnose faults in engineering systems. You'll understand relevant health and safety requirements, system monitoring techniques, use of test equipment, and fault diagnosis methods within regulatory frameworks.
What you'll be able to do
- Describe the health and safety requirements relevant to monitoring and fault diagnosis of engineering systems
- Explain system monitoring techniques and their role in ensuring reliability
- Use monitoring and test equipment to assess the performance of engineering systems
- Carry out fault diagnosis on engineering systems using appropriate techniques and equipment
Principles and Applications of Engineering Measurement SystemsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll understand applications and operation of engineering measurement systems and their components. The unit includes the use of testing, recording, and display equipment, as well as testing and calibration of measuring systems for accuracy.
What you'll be able to do
- Describe the applications of common measurement systems used in engineering.
- Explain the operation of measurement system components.
- Use testing, recording and display equipment for a measurement application.
- Test and calibrate a measuring system to ensure accuracy and reliability.
Properties and Applications of Engineering MaterialsReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit covers the structure, classification, and properties of engineering materials, including the effects of processing on material behaviour. You'll use information sources to select materials and understand failure modes and prevention methods.
What you'll be able to do
- Know the structure and classification systems used for engineering materials.
- Understand the key material properties and how processing techniques affect the structure and behaviour of engineering materials.
- Effectively use various information sources to select appropriate materials for specific engineering applications.
- Understand the common modes of failure that can occur in engineering materials.
Simulation and Digital TwinningReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit introduces digital twinning and simulation in advanced manufacturing, covering their benefits and limitations, software and data collection implications, and the process of creating simulated digital twin models for manufacturing applications.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how digital twinning is used in advanced manufacturing, including its benefits and limitations.
- Understand the implications of using software and data collection methods for digital twinning processes.
- Understand the process of creating a simulated digital twin model for a manufacturing process or system, and be able to produce such a model.
Sustainable Engineering: Engineering and ManufacturingReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
This unit develops learners' understanding of sustainability in engineering and manufacturing, covering environmental, social, and economic dimensions. You'll explore ethical practices, professional development, and the application of sustainability principles in industrial processes.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of sustainability in engineering and manufacturing.
- Understand ethical practices in engineering.
- Understand professional development requirements in engineering.
- Understand the application of sustainability in engineering.
- Understand the application of sustainability in manufacturing.
- Understand the application of sustainability in industrial processes.
Workplace ImprovementReal unit · Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited
You'll learn to plan, implement, and evaluate workplace improvement activities. The unit covers waste identification and elimination methods, visual management principles, and the use of standard company documentation to support continuous improvement.
What you'll be able to do
- Carry out a workplace improvement activity, following established procedures
- Explain the methods used to identify and eliminate waste in a workplace
- Explain the principles of visual management in a workplace
- Explain the role of standard company documentation in workplace improvement
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Level 3 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.
Additive ManufactureAdvanced Manufacturing Techniques-Computer Numerical Control (CNC)Application and Principles of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)Applications of Mechanical Systems in EngineeringCommunications for Engineering TechniciansComputer Aided Design (CAD) TechniquesComputer Aided ManufacturingComputer Numerical Control (CNC) Programming/Machining
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
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EAL Level 3 Diploma in Engineering and Manufacturing Support Technologies
- Deploy and integrate Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) infrastructure
- Design, develop and test Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) software solutions
- Programming CNC machines to produce pattern or model components
Where this can lead
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Deploy and integrate Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) infrastructureDesign, develop and test Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) software solutionsProgramming CNC machines to produce pattern or model components
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.
One-to-one, on your real workNo lectures, no past-papers. Every unit is practised on the actual tasks your job throws at you, a tutor beside you, not a video in front of you.
Taught to the top, not the testMost courses stop at remembering. Your companion keeps climbing: analysing, judging, creating. That’s the part a machine can’t do for you.
Credits you keep, a map that continuesEvery unit is regulated and yours for good. The day you finish, Zavmo already knows the next role your new credits open.
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Learners will understand health and safety risks associated with additive manufacturing (AM) equipment, including safe handling, recovery, and recycling of hazardous materials. The unit also covers types of AM equipment and build file preparation.
How the thinking builds
- Remember
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- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for EAL Level 3 Diploma in Engineering and Manufacturing Support Technologies
34 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited.
- Additive Manufacture
- Advanced Manufacturing Techniques-Computer Numerical Control (CNC)
- Application and Principles of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)
- Applications of Mechanical Systems in Engineering
- Communications for Engineering Technicians
- Computer Aided Design (CAD) Techniques
and 28 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.
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- 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.
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Most courses stop at remembering
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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.
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