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.
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
Foundation principles of electrical engineering in the food and drink sector Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the basic principles of AC and DC electricity
- Understand basic AC theory and components
- Understand AC motor types and operation
- Understand transformer operation and use
- Understand how AC is generated and used in industry
- Understand basic control systems and PLCs
- Understand sensors and automation technology
- Understand basic electrical safety and testing
Foundation principles of electrical testing and maintenance Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles and definitions of BS7671
- Understand the purpose of electrical protection and isolation
- Understand basic inspection and testing procedures
- Understand safe working practices and equipment maintenance
Foundation principles of food and drink sector engineering Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamentals of the food and drink sector
- Understand the role of maintenance engineers in the food and drink sector
- Understand the types of manufacturing equipment used in the food and drink sector
- Understand the fundamentals of food safety and contamination control in maintenance engineering
- Understand the fundamentals of food science, technology and packaging materials used in the food and drink sector
- Understand the types of services and utilities used for the food and drink sector including their importance and impact on food safety
- Understand the principles o
Foundation principles of maths and science in food and drink sector engineering Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamentals of engineering maths, science and basic engineering theory
Foundation principles of using representations, drawings and graphs in food and drink engineering Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the British standards for engineering representations, drawings, and graphical information
- Demonstrate the ability to produce and amend electrical and mechanical engineering information
Foundation welding of replacement components for maintenance activities in food and drink sector engineering Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand health and safety and food safety considerations for welding
- Understand the principles and metallurgy of Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding
- Understand the equipment and consumables used in Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding
- Understand welding procedures and methods of testing applied to Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG)
- Apply TIG welding techniques to produce and verify welded joints to recognised standards
Introduction to health, safety and environmental regulations in food and drink sector engineering Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand health and safety regulations and practices in food and drink sector maintenance engineering
- Understand food safety regulations and their impact on maintenance engineering activities in the food and drink sector
- Understand environmental regulations and their impact on maintenance engineering in the food and drink sector
Introduction to installation, commission checks and decommission of electrical equipment in food and drink sector engineering Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the requirements for the British Standard for Electrical Installations
- Understand the application of circuit protection devices covering basic and fault protection
- Understand types of circuits used in electrical installations
- Understand cable types and cable sizing used in electrical installations
- Understand enclosure types and measurement used in electrical installations
- Understand the principles of lighting
- Understand installation and commissioning checks
- Understand decommissioning techniques
- Understand requirements for hazardous areas
Introduction to sustainability and energy efficiency in food and drink sector engineering Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of sustainability in a food environment
- Understand how to support sustainable energy use in food operations
- Understand how to promote and support sustainability
Maintain, promote and improve environmental good practice in food operations Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to follow environmental good practice in food operations
- Understand how to support and improve environmental good practice
- Implement improvement activities in the food and drink sector
Perform foundation engineering maintenance operations in the food and drink sector Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand health and safety procedures for engineering maintenance in the food and drink sector
- Understand best practice maintenance strategies used in the food and drink sector
- Understand equipment performance measures used in the food and drink sector
- Understand the types of tools used for maintenance in the food and drink sector
- Understand reliability techniques used in maintenance in the food and drink sector
- Carry out reliability tests on components and equipment used in the food and drink sector
- Understand the fundamental principles of pneumatic and hydrauli
Perform foundation mechanical engineering operations in the food and drink sector Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand fundamental mechanical principles
- Understand the foundation principles of engineering materials
- Understand introductory fault-finding and maintenance techniques
- Understand health and safety practices for mechanical engineering
- Carry out maintenance activities on mechanical drive systems
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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Carry out preventative planned maintenance on engineered systems within food and drink operations
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Carry out preventative planned maintenance on services systems and equipment used in food and drink operations
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Maintain fresh water distribution systems and equipment 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 heating and ventilation systems used in food and drink operations
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Maintain instrumentation and control systems used in food and drink operations
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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 assist in the installation of instrumentation and control equipment used in food and drink operations
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Understand how to carry out fault diagnosis on engineered systems within food and drink operations
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Understand how to carry out fault diagnosis on instrumentation and control equipment and circuits used in food and drink operations
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Understand how to carry out preventative planned maintenance on engineered systems within food and drink operations
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Understand how to carry out preventative planned maintenance on instrumentation and control equipment used in food and drink operations
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Understand how to carry out preventative planned maintenance on services systems and equipment used 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 compressed air systems and equipment used in food and drink operations
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Understand how to maintain fresh water distribution systems and equipment used in food and drink operations
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Understand how to maintain gas distribution systems and equipment used in food and drink operations
Showing 18 of 24 standards these units map to.
The credits, and who awards them
Level 2 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
Foundation principles of electrical engineering in the food and drink sectorFoundation principles of electrical testing and maintenanceFoundation principles of food and drink sector engineeringFoundation principles of maths and science in food and drink sector engineeringFoundation principles of using representations, drawings and graphs in food and drink engineeringFoundation welding of replacement components for maintenance activities in food and drink sector engineeringIntroduction to health, safety and environmental regulations in food and drink sector engineeringIntroduction to installation, commission checks and decommission of electrical equipment in food and drink sector engineering
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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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.
- Carry out preventative planned maintenance on engineered systems within food and drink operations
- Carry out preventative planned maintenance on services systems and equipment used in food and drink operations
- Maintain fresh water distribution systems and equipment used in food and drink operations
- Maintain heating and ventilation systems used in food and drink operations
- Maintain instrumentation and control systems used in food and drink operations
- Understand how to assist in the installation of engineering services equipment used in food and drink operations
- Understand how to assist in the installation of equipment to produce an engineered system in food and drink operations
- Understand how to assist in the installation of instrumentation and control equipment used in food and drink operations
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 Foundation principles of electrical engineering in the food and drink sector, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your own work
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for FDQ Level 2 Diploma in Food and Drink Engineering Maintenance (Northern Ireland)
12 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by FDQ Limited.
- Foundation principles of electrical engineering in the food and drink sector
- Foundation principles of electrical testing and maintenance
- Foundation principles of food and drink sector engineering
- Foundation principles of maths and science in food and drink sector engineering
- Foundation principles of using representations, drawings and graphs in food and drink engineering
- Foundation welding of replacement components for maintenance activities in food and drink sector engineering
and 6 more in the full unit list below.
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