City and Guilds of London Institute · RQF Level 2
City & Guilds Level 2 Diploma In Creative Techniques (QCF)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 2
- Total credits78
- Guided learning79 hours
- Units in this qualification85
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
These are the units City and Guilds of London Institute 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.
Building Business Knowledge – Analysing Creative BusinessesReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Research businesses in the creative industries
- Analyse corporate identities of creative businesses
- Identify marketing techniques
- Identify employment opportunities within the creative industries
Ceramic Pathway Press MouldingReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to press moulded forms
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of a press moulded form
- Plan and manage the making of the press moulded form to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed press moulded form to a saleable standard
Ceramics - GlazesReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to glazes
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of a glaze portfolio
- Plan and manage the making of the glaze portfolio to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed glaze portfolio to a saleable standard
Ceramics - Open and Decorated Thrown FormReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to thrown forms
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of a thrown form
- Plan and manage the making of the thrown form to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed thrown form to a saleable standard
Ceramics - Pinched FormsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to pinched forms
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of pinched forms
- Plan and manage the making of the pinched forms to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make well constructed pinched forms to a saleable standard
Ceramics - Slab Built FormReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to a slab form
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of a slab form
- Plan and manage the making of the slab form to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed slab form to a saleable standard
Ceramics - Surface DecorationReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to decorative surfaces
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of decorative surfaces
- Plan and manage the making of the decorative surfaces to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make well constructed decorative surfaces to a saleable standard
Ceramics - Tile MakingReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to clay tile making
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of a tile panel
- Plan and manage the making of the tile panel to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed tile panel to a saleable standard
Ceramics – Coiled Clay FormReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to coiled forms
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of a coiled form
- Plan and manage the making of the coiled form to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed coiled form to a saleable standard
Creating Promotional Material for Corporate BusinessReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the function of a corporate identity image
- Identify materials and printing methods for corporate stationery
- Produce designs for a corporate identity pack
- Present the corporate promotional material
Creative Computing - Advanced 2D NarrativeReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to 2D animation production
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of a 2D animation production
- Plan and manage the making of the 2D animation production to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed 2D animation production to a saleable standard
Creative Computing - Concept Art, PortfolioReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to concept art
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of a concept art
- Plan and manage the making of the concept art to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed concept art to a saleable standard
Creative Computing - DVD Portfolio of Digital Composite ImageryReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to digital composite imagery and DVD portfolios
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of digital composite imagery and DVD portfolios
- Plan and manage the making of the digital composite imagery and DVD portfolio to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed DVD portfolio and digital composite imagery and to a saleable standard
Creative Computing - Letter Form in an EnvironmentReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to environmental alphabet
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of a environmental alphabet
- Plan and manage the making of the environmental alphabet to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed environmental alphabet to a saleable standard
Creative Computing - Package DesignReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to scanned composite images
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of a scanned composite image
- Plan and manage the making of the scanned composite image to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed scanned composite image to a saleable standard
Creative Computing - Video DiaryReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to video diaries
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of a video diary
- Plan and manage the making of the video diary to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed video diary to a saleable standard
Creative Computing - Website DesignReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to websites
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of a website
- Plan and manage the making of the website to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed website to a saleable standard
Creative Computing – Captioned 2D Digital DrawingReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to captioned 2D digital drawings
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of captioned 2D digital drawings
- Plan and manage the making of the captioned 2D digital drawings to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed captioned 2D digital drawings to a saleable standard
Creative SketchbooksReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to designers’ sketchbooks
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the sketches created
- Plan and manage the creation of the designer’s sketchbooks
- Work safely and effectively
- Create and illustrate designer’s sketchbooks, to a saleable standard
Decorated Interior Textiles - ColourReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to decorated interior textiles
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of decorated interior textiles
- Plan and manage the design of the embellishment of a length of textile and three yarns with added colour
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well designed decorated interior textiles plan to a saleable standard
Decorated Interior Textiles - PatternReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to decorated interior textiles
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of a length of textile with added pattern
- Plan and manage the design of the length of textile with added pattern
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well designed length of textile with added pattern plan to a saleable standard
Decorative Effects - Broken Colour EffectsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to the decorative use of broken colour techniques
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design for a wooden item using broken colour techniques
- Plan and manage the creation of the item to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well designed decorated item to a saleable standard
Decorative Effects – A Sample Collection of Contemporary Paint EffectsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to contemporary painted surfaces
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of contemporary painted surfaces
- Plan and manage the making of the samples
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed collection of painted samples to a saleable standard
Decorative Effects – A Set of Full Sized Stained and Polished Stool or Chair LegsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to the use of staining and polishing wooden surfaces
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design for stained and polished wooden artefacts
- Plan and manage the creation of the items to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make well designed stained and polished wooden items to a saleable standard
Decorative Effects – Application of Metal LeafReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to the use of metal leaf as a decorative effect
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design for items decorated with metal leaf
- Plan and manage the creation of the item to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well designed item with applied metal leaf, to a saleable standard
Decorative Effects – MarblingReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to the decorative use of marbling techniques
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design for a wooden or metal item using marbling techniques
- Plan and manage the creation of the item to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well designed decorated item to a saleable standard
Decorative Effects – Stained and Polished Box or Display CaseReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to the use of staining and polishing wooden surfaces
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design for a stained and polished wooden artefact
- Plan and manage the creation of the item to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well designed stained and polished wooden item to a saleable standard
Decorative Effects – Wood GrainingReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to the decorative use of wood graining techniques
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design for a wooden item using wood graining techniques
- Plan and manage the creation of the item to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well designed decorated item to a saleable standard
DesignReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Experiment and use principles of colour theory
- Experiment and use qualities of line and mark making
- Create texture using a variety of materials and techniques
- Develop shape and form
- Work safely and effectively
Design for Interiors - Interior Design, Bedroom with En Suite Shower RoomReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to the décor of bedrooms with en suite shower rooms
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of a bedroom and en suite shower room
- Plan and manage the design of the room
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well designed room plan to a saleable standard
Design for Interiors - Interior Design, Home Based OfficeReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to the décor of home based offices
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of a home based office
- Plan and manage the design of the room
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well designed room plan to a saleable standard
Design for Interiors - Interior Design, Loft SpaceReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to the décor of loft spaces
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of a loft space
- Plan and manage the design of the room
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well designed room plan to a saleable standard
Drawing and Painting – Colour StudyReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to colour studies
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform designs of the colour studies
- Plan and manage the making of the colour studies to working designs
- Work safely and effectively
- Make well constructed colour studies to a saleable standard
Drawing and Painting – Full Length FigureReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to figure drawing/painting
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of the figure drawing/painting
- Plan and manage the making of the figure drawing/painting to a working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed figure drawing/painting to a saleable standard
Drawing and Painting – Landscape, Garden or Woodland SceneReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to landscape drawing/painting
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of the landscape drawing/painting
- Plan and manage the making of the landscape drawing/painting to a working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed landscape drawing/painting to a saleable standard
Drawing and Painting – Natural FormReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to drawings/paintings of the natural form
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of the drawing/painting of a natural form
- Plan and manage the making of the drawing/painting of a natural form to a working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed drawing/painting of a natural form to a saleable standard
Drawing and Painting – Still LifeReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to still life drawing/painting
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of the still life drawing/painting
- Plan and manage the making of the still life drawing/painting to a working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed still life drawing/painting to a saleable standard
Drawing and Painting – Townscape or Building StudyReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to townscape drawing/painting
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of the townscape drawing/painting
- Plan and manage the making of the townscape drawing/painting to a working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed townscape drawing/painting to a saleable standard
Drawing and Painting – WaterscapeReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to waterscape drawing/painting
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of the waterscape drawing/painting
- Plan and manage the making of the waterscape drawing/painting to a working design
- Work safely and effectively
- 4.1 Name tools, equipment, materials and techniques required to make the waterscape drawing/painting 2 Describe the care and safety requirements of tools, equipment and materials required to make the waterscape drawing/painting 3 Use tools, equipment, materials and techniques safely
- 4
Glasswork - 3D Copper Foil ItemReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to a 3D Copper foil item
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of a 3D Copper foil item
- Plan and manage the making of the 3D Copper foil item to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed 3D Copper foil item to a saleable standard
Glasswork - Cast Glass, ItemReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to cast glass items
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of the cast glass item
- Plan and manage the making of the cast glass item
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed cast glass item
Glasswork - Fused Glass Jewellery, SetReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to fused glass jewellery
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of fused glass jewellery
- Plan and manage the making of the fused glass jewellery to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make well constructed fused glass jewellery to a saleable standard
Glasswork - Leaded Panel, DecorativeReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to leaded panels with decorative glasswork
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of the leaded panel with decorative glasswork
- Plan and manage the making of the leaded panel with decorative glasswork
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed leaded panel with decorative glasswork
Glasswork - Pate de Verre, One Mould Sculpture or VesselReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to Pate de Verre
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of the Pate de Verre
- Plan and manage the making of the Pate de Verre
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed Pate de Verre
Glasswork - Sandblasted PanelReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to sandblasted glass
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of the sandblasted panel
- Plan and manage the making of the sandblasted panel
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed sandblasted panel
Glasswork - Slumped Glass VesselReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to slumped glass
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of the slumped glass vessel
- Plan and manage the making of the slumped glass vessel
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed slumped glass vessel
Glasswork - Warm Glass PanelReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to warm glass
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of the warm glass decorative panel
- Plan and manage the making of the warm glass decorative panel
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed sandblasted panel
Jewellery - BroochReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to Brooch
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of a Brooch
- Plan and manage the making of the Brooch to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed Brooch to a saleable standard
Jewellery - Brooch FindingsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to Pin, Joint and Catch
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of a Pin, Joint and Catch
- Plan and manage the making of the Pin, Joint and Catch to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed Pin, Joint and Catch to a saleable standard
Jewellery - Clasp DeviceReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to Clasp
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of a Clasp
- Plan and manage the making of the Clasp to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed Clasp to a saleable standard
Jewellery - Cluster RingReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to Cluster Ring
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of a Cluster Ring
- Plan and manage the making of the Cluster Ring to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed Cluster Ring to a saleable standard
Jewellery - Hollow Bead PendantReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to Hollow Bead Pendant
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of a Hollow Bead Pendant
- Plan and manage the making of the Hollow Bead Pendant to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed Hollow Bead Pendant to a saleable standard
Jewellery – ChainReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to a Chain
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of a Chain with repeated units
- Plan and manage the making of the Chain to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed Chain to a saleable standard
Jewellery – Decorated ButtonsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to Decorated Button
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of a Decorated Button
- Plan and manage the making of the Decorated Button to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make well constructed Decorated Buttons to a saleable standard
Jewellery – Dress RingReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to a Ring with a Stone
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of a Ring with a Stone
- Plan and manage the making of the Ring with a Stone to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed Ring with a Stone to a saleable standard
Life Drawing – AnatomyReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to anatomical drawing
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of anatomical drawings
- Plan and manage the making of the anatomical drawing to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed anatomical drawing to a saleable standard
Life Drawing – Full Human Figure, LinearReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to linear life drawing
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of linear life drawings
- Plan and manage the making of the linear life drawings to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed linear life drawings to a saleable standard
Life Drawing – Full Human Figure, TonalReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to tonal life drawing
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of tonal life drawings
- Plan and manage the making of the tonal life drawings to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make well constructed tonal life drawings to a saleable standard
Life Drawing – Gesture DrawingsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to gesture drawing
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of the bound gesture drawings
- Plan and manage the making of the bound gesture drawings to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed bound series of gesture drawings to a saleable standard
Life Drawing – Heads, Hands and FeetReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to drawings of heads, hands and/or feet
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of the drawings of heads, hands and/or feet
- Plan and manage the making of the drawings of heads, hands and/or feet to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make well constructed drawings of heads, hands and/or feet to a saleable standard
Life Drawing – PortraitureReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to portraiture
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of the portrait
- Plan and manage the making of the portrait to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed portrait to a saleable standard
Mark Making – Images from PhotographsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to imagery developed from photographs
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the designs of the series of images developed from black and white photographs
- Plan and manage the making of the series of images developed from black and white photographs to working designs
- Work safely and effectively
- Make well constructed imagery developed from black and white photographs to a saleable standard
Mark Making – Low ReliefReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to low relief mark making drawings/paintings
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the designs of the low relief mark making drawings/paintings
- Plan and manage the making of the low relief mark making drawings/paintings to working designs
- Work safely and effectively
- Make well constructed low relief mark making drawings/paintings to a saleable standard
Mark Making – Portfolio of WorkReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to mark making
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform designs of the mark making imagery
- Plan and manage the making of the mark making imagery to working designs
- Work safely and effectively
- Make well constructed bound mark making imagery to a saleable standard
Matching Set of a Tassel, Cord and Woven BraidReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to passementerie
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of a matching set of a tassel, cord and woven braid
- Plan and manage the design of the matching set of a tassel, cord and woven braid
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well designed passementerie plan to a saleable standard
Mixed Media – Black and White StudiesReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to black and white mixed media
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform designs of the black and white mixed media portfolio
- Plan and manage the making of black and white mixed media to working designs
- Work safely and effectively
- Make well constructed black and white mixed media imagery to a saleable standard
Mixed Media – Developed PieceReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to mixed media
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of the resolved mixed media piece
- Plan and manage the making of the mixed media piece to a working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well constructed resolved mixed media piece to a saleable standard
Mixed Media – Low Relief CompositionsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to low relief mixed media imagery
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform designs of the low relief mixed media compositions
- Plan and manage the making of low relief mixed media compositions to working designs
- Work safely and effectively
- Make well constructed black and low relief mixed media compositions to a saleable standard
Printmaking - Block PrintsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to block printing
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of block prints
- Plan and manage the making of the block prints to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make well constructed block prints to a saleable standard
Printmaking - Collagraph PrintsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to collagraph print
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of collagraph prints
- Plan and manage the making of the collagraph prints to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make well constructed collagraph prints to a saleable standard
Printmaking - Lino PrintsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to lino prints
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of lino prints
- Plan and manage the making of the lino prints to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make well constructed lino prints to a saleable standard
Printmaking - MonoprintingReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to monoprints
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of monoprints
- Plan and manage the making of the monoprints to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make well constructed monoprints to a saleable standard
Printmaking - Relief PrintingReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to relief prints
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of relief prints
- Plan and manage the making of the relief prints to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make well constructed relief prints to a saleable standard
Printmaking - Resist PrintsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to resist prints
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of resist prints
- Plan and manage the making of the resist prints to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make well constructed resist prints to a saleable standard
Printmaking - Screen PrintingReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to screen prints
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of screen prints
- Plan and manage the making of the screen prints to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make well constructed screen prints to a saleable standard
Printmaking – Stencil PrintingReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to stencil prints
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of stencil prints
- Plan and manage the making of the stencil prints to the working design
- Work safely and effectively
- Make well constructed stencil prints to a saleable standard
Producing Documents for a Creative BusinessReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Set up a work station safely and securely
- Use different styles of writing appropriate to the documents
- Format accounting documents
- Produce cost sheets
- Receive feedback and respond professionally
Professional Practice associated with the Creative IndustriesReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Manage time and work to set targets
- Produce a CV and letter of introduction
- Negotiate and develop a brief for a product to be made in a creative industry
- Develop a cost sheet for a product to be made in a creative industry
Sampling – Exploring Potential of Ideas and MaterialsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Select a process or idea to be sampled
- Select materials, tools and equipment to sample a practical process or idea
- Experiment and explore the potential of traditional and non traditional materials, tools and equipment by sampling a practical process or idea
- Adjust the working method to create the required finish
- Note the processes involved, store the samples and evaluate the experiment
Small Ottoman or Box with a LidReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to upholstered ottomans/boxes with lids
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of an upholstered ottoman/box with lid
- Plan and manage the design of the upholstered ottoman/box with lid
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well designed upholstered ottoman/box with lid plan to a saleable standard
Start-up Business Skills – Promoting a Creative ProductReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Research support mechanisms and funding opportunities available within the creative industries
- Explore the use of product promotion by established sole practitioners within creative industries
- Recognise promotional opportunities for a creative product
- Prepare support materials for a promotional opportunity
Stuff Over SeatReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to upholstered stuff over seats
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of an upholstered stuff over seat
- Plan and manage the design of the upholstered stuff over seat
- Work safely and effectively
Traditional Tassel Tie Back with TrimmingsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to passementerie
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of a tassel tieback with trimmings
- Plan and manage the design of the tassel tieback with trimmings
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well designed passementerie plan to a saleable standard
Traditional Upholstered StoolReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to traditional upholstered stools
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of a traditional upholstered stool
- Plan and manage the design of the traditional upholstered stool
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well designed traditional upholstered stool plan to a saleable standard
Upholstered HeadboardReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate contextual influences relating to upholstered headboards
- Use principles of colour, line, texture, shape and form as relevant, to inform the design of an upholstered headboard
- Plan and manage the design of the upholstered headboard
- Work safely and effectively
- Make a well designed upholstered headboard plan to a saleable standard
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.
And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.
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.
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
Who’d teach you this

The Evidence Evaluator
Assessor
Helps you show what you can actually do, gathering the evidence that proves it as you learn.
Meet all twelve tutorsWhere this connects
Where these credits take you
A qualification is never a dead end here. See the jobs its credits open, the national occupational standards its units map to, and the future skills they quietly build.
- Anneal glass craftwork
- Assemble glass craftworks
- Decorate ceramic and associated products by removal of material
- Decorate ceramic and associated products by surface alteration
- Decorate crafted ceramics by surface alteration
- Die and block change on a tile press
- Form ceramic products by throwing on the potter’s wheel
- Lithograph or Transfer Print Complex Ceramic Items
Where this can lead
Workplace Designer
Your journey here as a Workplace Designer is just the beginning. We're committed to helping you grow, whether that's becoming a deep technical specialist, a project leader, or eventually, a strategic leader shaping our entire real estate footprint. Your career path is yours to build, and we'll provide the tools and opportunities to get you there.
See the whole journey →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.
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.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for City & Guilds Level 2 Diploma In Creative Techniques (QCF)
85 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by City and Guilds of London Institute.
- Building Business Knowledge – Analysing Creative Businesses
- Ceramic Pathway Press Moulding
- Ceramics - Glazes
- Ceramics - Open and Decorated Thrown Form
- Ceramics - Pinched Forms
- Ceramics - Slab Built Form
and 79 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.
- 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
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.
Build my plan, freeNo card. See how this qualification maps onto your role and meet the tutors who’d teach it, free. The learning begins when you subscribe. It’s £70 a month, billed monthly. Cancel any time and billing stops.