EAL Level 3 NVQ Extended Diploma Materials Processing and Finishing (Moulding and Core Making)

The EAL Level 3 NVQ Extended Diploma in Materials Processing and Finishing (Moulding and Core Making) qualification is made up of a number of units of Level 2 Performance Engineering Operations (PEO) and Level 3 Engineering competence, which EAL has derived from the National Occupational Standards (NOS), which set out the collective performance, skills requirements and underpinning knowledge requirements.

The technically specific Level 2 PEO Units must be delivered and assessed in a sheltered work environment before starting delivery and assessment of the Level 3 components in the working environment.

EAL provides documents which allow both the apprentices and the assessor to record the progress through the qualification. The units contain the performance to be assessed, the knowledge to be assessed and the evidence required from the learners to demonstrate their skills.

This NVQ qualification is gained when all the necessary units have been achieved. 

The centre will then be able to apply for the learner’s NVQ certificate of achievement. 

The learner will also receive a certificate of unit credit, listing all the units they have completed, which can be used as accredited prior learning to complete a qualification.

Wales: Level 3 apprenticeship framework - Material Processing and Finishing - FR05072 (Engineering Manufacture)

Northern Ireland: Engineering - level 3 apprenticeship framework Pathway Nine - Materials Processing and Finishing

The minimum age for registration is 16.