NOCN · RQF Level 3
NOCN Level 3 Diploma for the Debt Collection Industry (QCF)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 3
- Total credits38
- Guided learning120 hours
- Units in this qualification12
Awarded by NOCN · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
These are the units NOCN 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.
Compliance Process Systems and Working Practices for the Debt Collection IndustryReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand why it is important that a debt recovery business has to have compliance process systems in place.
- Understand how compliance process systems can safeguard against external complaints from government regulators and arbitrators.
- Understand the key elements that impact on compliance process systems in relation to data protection that is required by legislation.
- Understand how compliance process systems can help a debt recovery organisation identify any criminal or suspicious activities.
- Understand the impact of the Limitation Act on compliance process systems when dealing with Stat
Debt Collection and Back Office AdministrationReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of back office administration on the debt collection function.
- Understand the principles of ‘recourse’ business processes and how these are administered.
- Understand the administration process in developing legally binding business contracts.
- Understand the back office administration process for managing an outsourced account.
- Understand how the back office administration process deals with identified hardship and vulnerable customers.
Leading a Team in a Debt Collection OrganisationReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key principles of leading an effective team in a debt collection organisation.
- Understand the significance of managing professional working relationships with team members in the debt collection organisation.
- Understand the importance of delivering productive team communications.
- Understand how to monitor and improve a debt collection team and individual performance.
- Understand the importance of recognising when team members require further training or support.
Legislation, Regulation, Standards and Guidance that oversees the Debt Collection IndustryReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the scope of the legal framework that governs the Debt Collection Industry.
- Understand the regulatory environment and its impact on the Debt Collection Industry.
- Understand how to meet Debt Collection Industry standards and requirements.
- Understand the requirements of industry guidance set by Regulators, Trade Bodies and other major Stakeholders.
Managing Third Party Relationships in the Debt Collection IndustryReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand why a debt collection organisation may outsource a specific service.
- Understand the process for selecting the most appropriate third party supplier to fit the level of service required.
- Ensure that a third party supplier is fit for purpose prior to placement.
- Understand the post-contractual arrangements for managing third party performance.
The Commercial Debt Collection Business EnvironmentReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the diversity of the commercial debt collection sector.
- Understand the factors that influence the commercial debt marketplace.
- Understand the importance of identifying the decision maker in the payment process.
- Identify factors that impact on the commercial debt recovery process.
- Understand the litigation process that a commercial debt collection organisation can take to recover an outstanding debt.
- Understand why third party relationships within the commercial debt collection industry may be necessary.
The Consumer Debt Collection Business EnvironmentReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the diversity of the consumer debt collection sector.
- Obtain sufficient information to commence the consumer debt collection cycle in accordance with legislation.
- Identify legal proceedings that can be implemented to recover the debt from a consumer who may not pay their debts.
- Understand the importance of effective communications involved in the consumer debt recovery process to ensure compliance.
- Know why certain third party relationships within the consumer debt collection industry are necessary.
- Understand the impact that ‘Money Advice’ organisations have on the
The Debt Sale and Purchase Business EnvironmentReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how the debt sale and purchase business environment has evolved in the UK.
- Understand the market conditions for selling and buying different types of debt.
- Understand the sale and purchase transaction process.
- Understand how pricing methodology is used for creating the right sale value for the purchase.
- Understand the factors that impact on the contractual obligations of selling debt.
- Understand post-sale contractual agreements and the support of seller and purchaser.
The Impact of the Regulatory Framework on the Debt Collection IndustryReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) regulates the debt collection industry.
- Understand the role of the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) as independent regulator.
- Understand how Ofcom influences the communication practices of a debt collection business.
- Understand how the Financial Services Authority (FSA) regulates financial services in the UK.
- Understand the role of the Lending Standards Board including how it enforces the Lending Code.
- Understand how the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has the official powers to settle financial complaints.
The Utility Industry, Billing and Debt CollectionReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the historical development of debt collection in the utility industry.
- Understand the primary mechanisms for billing and collections for each sector in the Utility Industry.
- Understand the key factors that influence the recovery of utility debt.
- Understand the key challenges within the Utility Industry exploring the impact of these on the recovery of debt.
Trace and Investigation Techniques used in the Debt Collection IndustryReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of working within the legal and regulatory compliance frameworks that impact on tracing and investigation activities.
- Know sources of trace related data that are available from credit and non-credit reference agencies.
- Apply tracing methods and techniques commonly used in trace operations.
- Understand why a debt collection organisation may outsource its trace and investigation business requirements.
Working in the Debt Collection IndustryReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the historical development of the Debt Collection Industry.
- Know the different types of debt for collection and the primary businesses involved in debt recovery.
- Understand the different techniques and collection methods used across the Debt Collection Industry.
- Understand the inherent challenges within the Debt Collection Industry in the current economic climate.
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You’ve started things before
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Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 3 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.
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Where this can lead
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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.
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 NOCN Level 3 Diploma for the Debt Collection Industry (QCF)
12 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by NOCN.
- Compliance Process Systems and Working Practices for the Debt Collection Industry
- Debt Collection and Back Office Administration
- Leading a Team in a Debt Collection Organisation
- Legislation, Regulation, Standards and Guidance that oversees the Debt Collection Industry
- Managing Third Party Relationships in the Debt Collection Industry
- The Commercial Debt Collection Business Environment
and 6 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.
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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
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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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