Pearson EDI · RQF Level 2

EDI Level 2 Certificate in ICT Applications

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LevelRQF Level 2
Units in this qualification15

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What you’ll learn

What each unit actually teaches you to do

This Level 2 Certificate in ICT Applications allows learners to develop their skills in digital technology. It is intended for individuals who wish to enhance their knowledge of ICT applications, such as word processing, spreadsheets and presentation software.

These are the units Pearson EDI 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.

Database 1Real unit · Pearson EDI

This unit introduces database fundamentals and terminology. You'll create simple databases, enter data accurately, and retrieve information using basic queries to support data management tasks.

What you'll be able to do

Understand database fundamentals, including data structures and relationships
Know database terminology, including terms such as tables, fields, and records
Create simple databases using database software
Enter data into database tables accurately
Retrieve data from databases using simple queries

Database 2Real unit · Pearson EDI

This unit introduces database concepts and practical skills including creating and modifying tables, entering and editing data, querying and reporting, and understanding database security principles.

What you'll be able to do

Understand fundamental database concepts, including tables, fields, records, and relationships
Create and modify database tables, defining appropriate data types and constraints
Enter and edit data in a database, ensuring data integrity and accuracy
Query and report on database information, using appropriate search criteria and reporting tools
Understand database security principles and practices, including user access control and data encryption

Database 3Real unit · Pearson EDI

You'll gain comprehensive knowledge of relational database concepts and design. The unit covers creating, querying, and maintaining databases, ensuring data integrity and accessibility for various applications.

What you'll be able to do

Understand fundamental database concepts and their applications
Design databases to meet specific requirements
Create database tables with appropriate data types and constraints
Query databases to retrieve specific information
Maintain databases, including backing up and restoring data

Email, Internet and IT Security 1Real unit · Pearson EDI

This unit provides learners with basic knowledge of email usage, internet principles, and IT security. You'll be able to compose and send emails, browse the internet, and understand common IT security threats and data protection methods.

What you'll be able to do

Understand the principles of email usage, including composing, sending, and receiving messages
Know the fundamental principles of the internet, including browsing, searching, and online communication
Use IT systems securely, following established security protocols and best practices
Understand common IT security threats, such as viruses, malware, and phishing attacks
Protect data from unauthorised access, loss, or damage, implementing appropriate security measures

Email, Internet and IT Security 2Real unit · Pearson EDI

You'll develop the ability to send and receive emails, use the internet for research, and manage emails effectively. The unit also covers internet safety, security risks, and strategies to protect against IT threats.

What you'll be able to do

Send and receive emails, using appropriate etiquette and communication skills
Use the internet for research, evaluating the credibility and relevance of sources
Understand internet safety and security risks, including phishing, malware, and online scams
Protect against IT security threats, implementing appropriate security measures
Manage email effectively, using folders, filters, and other tools to organise and prioritise messages

Email, Internet and IT Security 3Real unit · Pearson EDI

You'll gain advanced knowledge of email usage, internet protocols, and IT security measures. The unit focuses on secure IT practices, threat mitigation, data protection, and implementation of security controls.

What you'll be able to do

Understand advanced email usage, including features such as mail merge and filtering
Know advanced internet principles, including network protocols and security considerations
Use IT systems securely, following best practice guidelines
Understand advanced IT security threats, including malware and phishing attacks
Protect data from unauthorised access and loss
Implement security measures to protect IT systems and data

Presentation Software 1Real unit · Pearson EDI

You'll learn to create and deliver presentations using presentation software. They will learn to design and format slides, add text and images, and use transitions and animations to enhance presentation delivery.

What you'll be able to do

Understand the basic functions and features of presentation software
Create and format slides with different layouts and designs
Add text and images to slides and arrange them effectively
Use transitions and animations to enhance the presentation
Deliver a presentation using presentation software

Presentation Software 2Real unit · Pearson EDI

This unit develops learners' knowledge of presentation software features and skills to create, format, and deliver presentations. You'll incorporate multimedia and use different views and master slides effectively.

What you'll be able to do

Understand the features and functions of presentation software
Create presentations using presentation software
Format presentations to enhance visual appeal and clarity
Use multimedia elements within presentations
Deliver presentations effectively to an audience

Presentation Software 3Real unit · Pearson EDI

It teaches you to create and format presentations using presentation software. They will learn to incorporate multimedia elements, apply design principles, and deliver presentations effectively while understanding advanced software features.

What you'll be able to do

Create presentations using presentation software, incorporating appropriate design principles
Format presentation slides to ensure clarity and visual appeal
Add multimedia elements, such as images, audio, and video, to enhance presentations
Deliver presentations effectively, using appropriate techniques and communication skills
Understand advanced presentation software features, including animation, transitions, and interactive elements

Spreadsheet 1Real unit · Pearson EDI

You'll gain the ability to navigate spreadsheet software, enter and format data, and perform basic calculations. The unit also covers saving and printing spreadsheets to support effective data management.

What you'll be able to do

Open and navigate a spreadsheet application, identifying key features and functions
Enter data into a spreadsheet accurately and efficiently, using appropriate data types
Format data in a spreadsheet to improve readability and presentation, using features such as fonts, colours, and alignment
Save and print a spreadsheet, selecting appropriate file formats and print settings

Spreadsheet 2Real unit · Pearson EDI

You'll learn to create and format spreadsheets, apply formulas and functions, and present data effectively. The unit also covers key spreadsheet software features such as data validation and conditional formatting.

What you'll be able to do

Create and format spreadsheets using appropriate tools and techniques
Use formulas and functions to perform calculations and data analysis
Present spreadsheet data effectively using charts, graphs and other visual aids
Understand the features of spreadsheet software, including data validation and conditional formatting

Spreadsheet 3Real unit · Pearson EDI

You'll develop advanced skills in spreadsheet software, including the use of pivot tables, macros, lookup functions, and data analysis tools. They will create and format spreadsheets effectively, present data visually, and apply data validation techniques.

What you'll be able to do

Understand the advanced functions and features of spreadsheet software
Create and format spreadsheets effectively, using appropriate tools and techniques
Use formulas and functions to perform complex calculations and data manipulation
Present spreadsheet data effectively using charts, graphs, and other visual aids
Understand and apply data validation techniques to ensure data accuracy and integrity

Word Processing 1Real unit · Pearson EDI

This unit provides learners with foundational knowledge of word processing software. You'll be able to create, save, format, and print documents, incorporating text and images, while utilising common word processing functions and help resources.

What you'll be able to do

Understand the basic functions and features of word processing software
Create new documents and save them in different formats
Format text and paragraphs using various tools and techniques
Insert images into documents and edit their properties
Print documents with appropriate settings and layout

Word Processing 2Real unit · Pearson EDI

This unit develops learners' abilities in advanced word processing features including styles, templates, tables, charts, and mail merge. You'll also learn to collabourate on documents using track changes and comments for professional document creation.

What you'll be able to do

Understand advanced features of word processing software, such as track changes and comments
Use styles and templates to create consistent and professional documents
Create tables and charts to present data effectively within a document
Use mail merge to create personalised documents for multiple recipients
Collaborate on documents using features such as shared editing and version control

Word Processing 3Real unit · Pearson EDI

This unit covers advanced word processing techniques including the use of fields and sections, macros, and automation. You'll learn to create complex documents, manage document versions, and troubleshoot common word processing issues.

What you'll be able to do

Understand advanced word processing techniques, including the use of fields and sections
Use macros and automation to streamline repetitive tasks
Create complex documents with features such as table of contents and indexes
Manage document versions and track changes effectively
Troubleshoot common word processing problems and find solutions

The honest bit

You’ve started things before

Most courses were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.

There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.

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Your passport

Every credit is a stamp you keep

Level 2 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.

Database 1Database 2Database 3Email, Internet and IT Security 1Email, Internet and IT Security 2Email, Internet and IT Security 3Presentation Software 1Presentation Software 2

Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.

Who’d teach you this

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Where this connects

Where these credits take you

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Skills it covers

What the job actually needs. These are the standards the units are built against, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.

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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.

Database 1Level 2

Applied to your own work

This unit introduces database fundamentals and terminology. Learners will create simple databases, enter data accurately, and retrieve information using basic queries to support data management tasks.

How the thinking builds

Remember
Understand
Apply
Analyse
Evaluate
Create

An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.

Your PlanIllustration

Built for EDI Level 2 Certificate in ICT Applications

15 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson EDI.

Database 1
Database 2
Database 3
Email, Internet and IT Security 1
Email, Internet and IT Security 2
Email, Internet and IT Security 3

and 9 more in the full unit list below.

These are the real units of this credential, in its own order. Nothing here is marked done, because this plan has not been started by anyone yet. Yours would fill in as you go.

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.
The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
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.

See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.

Why it sticks

Most courses stop at remembering

There’s a well-known ladder of how deeply you learn something, called Bloom’s Taxonomy. Most courses get you up the first two rungs: you remember some facts, you pass a test, you forget it. Real skill lives at the top. Judging, deciding, creating. And this isn’t a generic ladder: every rung has a named Zavmo tutor who walks you up it.

6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
4AnalyseThe Analyst
3ApplyThe Coach
2UnderstandThe Connector
1RememberThe Builder

Where most courses leave you Where Zavmo takes you

Why this matters: AI can already remember and understand for you. What it can’t do is take your real problem and judge the right call. So the only learning worth paying for is the learning that takes you to the top. That’s exactly what a tutor doing it with you, on your real work, is for.

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.

Earned on your own work, taught to the top.

Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.

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