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Performing Engineering Operations (PEO)

Overview
  • What are Performing Engineering Operations?
  • Traditionally, new entrants into engineering occupations, especially craft and technician, have required basic training for safety and general comprehension of engineering practices. The training was normally carried out off-the-job in a training centre equipped with industrial tools and facilities, and the training was delivered in safe conditions by qualified instructors. Every entrant into engineering needs basic understanding of safety and requirements of personal protection equipment. They should be able to recognise materials and processes, and be able to use industrial standard communication methods, such as engineering drawings.
  • The qualification, Performing Engineering Operations, can provide this foundation, with flexibility to meet both current engineering practices and ones in the future. It exists at two levels - Level 1 and 2. It can provide the foundation requirement for a Apprenticeship in engineering and manufacturing, when appropriate evidence routes are selected from Level 1 and Level 2.
Who would benefit from these qualifications?
  • The candidate for these qualifications will normally be a new starter to the engineering and manufacturing practices.
 
They can be:-
  • employed, and need the qualification as part of the job requirements, be unemployed, or in formal education, and the qualification aids their development, or they can achieve it as part of their private personal development on a specific course
 
Candidates
  • There are no entry requirements or age restrictions for these qualifications. They are open to any candidate who has the potential to meet the requirements for the qualifications. Guidance on candidate suitability can be found in EAL’s Centre Implementation Manual for this qualification, which is available via the EAL website www.eal.org.uk
 
Support Provided
  • EAL provides all the documentation needed to implement this qualification for assessment centres and candidates. Support material has been produced electronically and can be supplied as hard copy if requested. Registered candidates receive a candidate book, complete with assessment routes to record coverage of the standards. To get the best from your EAL qualification, please refer to the EAL website at www.eal.org.uk for the current issue of this leaflet as the contents are subject to change.
  • As a major awarding body, EAL brings a wealth of experience and expertise in vocational qualifications to assist its customers in achieving their goals. A team of professionally qualified and experienced external verifiers is readily on hand to help both centres and candidates with any problems or queries, ensuring all needs are met.
  • Commitment to providing industry with the very best qualifications and a quality of service second to none is the prime objective of EAL
 
Benefits of the Qualification
  • The Installation & Commissioning N/SVQ benefits both employers and employees by offering alternative pathways and choice within pathways to suit the widest possible range of needs.
 
For employers the qualification can:
  • assist with recruitment and retention
  • boost employee morale and motivation
  • increase productivity and reduce rework
  • demonstrate the quality of the workforce to existing and potential customers
  • help reduce workplace accidents
 
For employees the qualification can:
  • provide evidence of ability to do a particular job
  • help improve career development/promotion chances
  • give a sense of achievement
  • be gained on the job
  • be completed at a time and pace to suit
 
Structure of the Qualification
  • The candidate is required to complete the mandatory assessment routes and the required number of optional assessment routes from their choice of pathway.