The Learning Machine · RQF Level 2
TLM Level 2 Certificate for IT User Skills in Open Systems and Enterprise
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- LevelRQF Level 2
- Total credits17
- Guided learning120 hours
- Units in this qualification95
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The TLM Level 2 Certificate is for learners seeking to develop IT user skills in open systems and enterprise environments. It covers a range of software applications, including specialist, drawing, and accounting software, as well as collaborative technologies and data management.
These are the units The Learning Machine 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.
Additive ManufactureReal unit · The Learning Machine
It teaches you to design 3D objects from a brief, considering requirements and constraints. You'll prepare designs for additive manufacture, ensuring compatibility with manufacturing processes.
What you'll be able to do
- Use a brief to design 3D objects, ensuring the design meets the specified requirements and constraints
- Enable 3D manufacture from a 3D design, preparing the design for printing or other manufacturing processes
Additive ManufactureReal unit · The Learning Machine
It teaches you to interpret design briefs to create 3D models using design software and prepare these models for additive manufacture. You'll select suitable materials and settings and monitor the 3D printing process to produce accurate objects.
What you'll be able to do
- Use a brief to design 3D objects that meet the specified requirements.
- Enable 3D manufacture from a 3D design using appropriate software and processes.
Animation SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit provides learners with knowledge of animation techniques and the skills to develop and create animation sequences. You'll understand key animation principles, apply techniques such as tweening and onion skinning, and review their own animation productions.
What you'll be able to do
- Describe animation techniques
- Explain animation techniques
- Develop an animation sequence
- Create an animation sequence
- Review own animation production
Audio SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
It teaches you to capture, edit, and present audio sequences using appropriate hardware and software. You'll develop skills in audio quality evaluation, effects application, and noise removal.
What you'll be able to do
- Use audio hardware and software to capture audio sequences, ensuring quality and clarity
- Use audio software tools and techniques to combine multiple audio sequences into a single track
- Use audio software tools and techniques to edit audio sequences, adjusting levels, applying effects, and removing unwanted noise
- Play and present audio sequences using appropriate hardware and software, ensuring optimal sound quality and delivery
Audio SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit provides learners with the skills to capture, edit, and present audio sequences using audio hardware and software. You'll configure equipment and software settings to produce and deliver audio content effectively.
What you'll be able to do
- Use audio hardware to capture audio sequences effectively
- Use audio software to capture audio sequences effectively
- Use audio software tools to edit audio sequences to a professional standard
- Use audio software techniques to edit audio sequences to a professional standard
- Play audio sequences using appropriate hardware and software
- Present audio sequences to a specified audience in a suitable format
Audio SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll gain practical skills in using audio hardware and software to capture, combine, edit, and present audio sequences. The unit covers configuration, manipulation, and presentation techniques.
What you'll be able to do
- Use audio hardware to capture sequences
- Use audio software to capture sequences
- Use audio software tools to combine sequences
- Use audio software tools to edit sequences
- Play audio sequences
- Present audio sequences
Bespoke SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll learn to use bespoke software for inputting, organising, and combining information. The unit covers editing, processing, formatting, and presenting information using appropriate tools and techniques within bespoke applications.
What you'll be able to do
- Input information using bespoke software
- Organise information using bespoke software
- Combine information using bespoke software
- Use appropriate tools to edit information within bespoke software
- Use appropriate techniques to process information within bespoke software
- Use appropriate techniques to format information within bespoke software
- Use appropriate techniques to present information using bespoke software
Bespoke SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit develops learners' ability to input, combine, organise, retrieve, process, and present information using bespoke software applications. You'll use software functions effectively to manage information and produce clear, organised outputs.
What you'll be able to do
- Input and combine information accurately and efficiently using bespoke applications.
- Use appropriate structures to organise and retrieve information efficiently from bespoke applications.
- Use the functions of the software effectively to process and present information in a clear and understandable format.
Bespoke SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
It teaches you to use bespoke software to input and combine information accurately, create and modify data structures, and exploit software functions to process and present information efficiently. You'll ensure data accuracy and effective organisation within bespoke applications.
What you'll be able to do
- Input information accurately using bespoke software applications
- Combine different types of information effectively using bespoke software
- Create appropriate data structures within the bespoke software to organise information
- Modify existing data structures to improve information retrieval efficiency
- Exploit the available functions of the bespoke software to process information effectively
- Present information clearly and concisely using the bespoke software's presentation tools
Computer Games DevelopmentReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit provides learners with knowledge of computer game components and the games industry. You'll learn to create game specifications and implement components, gaining practical experience in game development.
What you'll be able to do
- Know the components of computer games
- Know about the computer games industry
- Develop a computer game specification
- Implement a component of a computer game
Computerised Accounting SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit provides learners with skills to access and navigate computerised accounting software, accurately enter and edit accounting information, and maintain data integrity. You'll also process business transactions and produce accounting documents and summary reports to meet specified requirements.
What you'll be able to do
- Access computerised accounting software, navigating menus and features effectively
- Enter and edit accounting information accurately, maintaining data integrity
- Use appropriate tools and techniques to process business transactions, following established procedures
- Produce accounting documents and summary reports to meet specified requirements, ensuring accuracy and clarity
Computerised Accounting SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll use computerised accounting software to manage financial data securely. The unit covers data entry, transaction processing, and producing accounting documents and summary reports.
What you'll be able to do
- Access computerised accounting software securely and efficiently
- Enter accounting information accurately and completely into the software
- Edit accounting information to correct errors or update records
- Select and use appropriate tools and techniques within the software to process various business transactions, such as sales, purchases, and payments
- Produce accounting documents, such as invoices, receipts, and statements, to meet business needs
- Produce summary reports, such as balance sheets and income statements, to provide insights into financial performance
Computerised Accounting SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit develops learners' ability to use computerised accounting software to access, enter, and edit accounting information. They will process business transactions and generate management information reports, as well as set up the accounting system for use.
What you'll be able to do
- Access a computerised accounting system
- Enter accounting information accurately
- Edit accounting information accurately
- Process business transactions from source documents using computerised accounting software
- Develop management information reports using computerised accounting software
- Interpret management information reports generated by computerised accounting software
- Set up a computerised accounting system ready for use, including configuring basic settings
Data Management SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll learn to accurately enter, edit, maintain, retrieve, and display data records within a data management system. This unit emphasises ensuring data integrity, preventing data loss, and meeting specified requirements for data handling.
What you'll be able to do
- Enter data records into a data management system
- Edit data records within a data management system
- Maintain data records in a data management system
- Retrieve data records to meet specified requirements
- Display data records to meet specified requirements
Data Management SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll develop the ability to enter, edit, and maintain data records accurately within a data management system. The unit also covers retrieving and displaying data records to meet specific requirements while ensuring data accuracy and prompt correction of errors.
What you'll be able to do
- Enter data records accurately into a data management system, following established protocols
- Edit existing data records within a data management system, maintaining data integrity and consistency
- Maintain data records in a data management system, ensuring accuracy and completeness over time
- Retrieve and display data records from a data management system to meet specific requirements, using appropriate search and filtering techniques
Data Management SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit provides learners with the skills to enter, edit, and maintain data records accurately within a data management system. You'll retrieve and display data records to meet specific requirements, ensuring data integrity.
What you'll be able to do
- Enter data records into a data management system accurately
- Edit data records within a data management system accurately
- Maintain data records within a data management system to ensure data integrity
- Retrieve data records from a data management system based on specific criteria
- Display data records from a data management system in a clear and understandable format to meet requirements
Database SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit develops learners' ability to enter, edit, and organise structured information within a database accurately. You'll use database software tools to extract specific information and produce reports according to defined criteria.
What you'll be able to do
- Enter structured information accurately into a database
- Edit structured information within a database, ensuring data integrity
- Organise structured information effectively within a database
- Use database software tools to extract specific information based on defined criteria
- Produce reports from a database, presenting information clearly and concisely
Database SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll learn to create and modify non-relational databases, enter and organise structured data, and use software tools to run queries and produce reports to extract relevant information.
What you'll be able to do
- Create and modify non-relational database tables, defining fields and data types
- Enter, edit and organise structured information in a database, ensuring data integrity
- Use database software tools to run queries and produce reports, extracting relevant information
Database SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll learn to plan, create, and modify relational database tables, enter and organise structured data, and use database software tools to run queries and produce reports that meet specified requirements.
What you'll be able to do
- Plan, create and modify relational database tables to meet specific requirements, considering data types and relationships.
- Enter, edit and organise structured information accurately and efficiently in a database, maintaining data integrity.
- Use database software tools to create, edit and run data queries and produce reports that effectively present the required information.
Design SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll learn to source, insert, and combine information for design projects using design software. The unit focuses on creating, manipulating, and editing designs to meet project requirements.
What you'll be able to do
- Obtain information from various sources for use in designs, ensuring accuracy and relevance
- Insert information, including text, images, and data, into design projects
- Combine different types of information effectively to create cohesive and visually appealing designs
- Use design software tools to create original designs, incorporating various elements and principles
- Manipulate existing designs to achieve desired effects, such as resizing, rotating, and transforming objects
- Edit designs to refine details, correct errors, and enhance overall quality
Design SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit provides learners with skills to obtain, insert, and combine information from various sources to create designs. You'll use design software tools to create, manipulate, and edit designs according to specified criteria.
What you'll be able to do
- Obtain, insert and combine information from various sources for designs, ensuring accuracy and relevance.
- Use design software tools to create, manipulate and edit designs according to specified requirements.
Design SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll learn to obtain, insert, and combine information for design projects using design software. The unit includes using software tools to create, manipulate, and edit designs, incorporating relevant data and visual elements effectively.
What you'll be able to do
- Obtain information for designs
- Insert information into design software
- Combine information for designs
- Use design software tools to create designs
- Use design software tools to manipulate designs
- Use design software tools to edit designs
Desktop Publishing SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll develop skills in using desktop publishing software to create publications. The unit covers selecting designs and layouts, inputting and combining information, and applying editing and formatting techniques.
What you'll be able to do
- Select and use appropriate designs and page layouts for publications, considering the target audience and purpose
- Input and combine text and other information within publications, ensuring accuracy and consistency
- Use desktop publishing software techniques to edit and format publications, enhancing their visual appeal and readability
Desktop Publishing SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll develop the ability to select appropriate designs and page layouts for publications using desktop publishing software. The unit covers inputting and combining text and other information, and applying editing and formatting techniques to produce effective publications.
What you'll be able to do
- Select appropriate designs for publications
- Select appropriate page layouts for publications
- Use appropriate designs for publications
- Use appropriate page layouts for publications
- Input text within publications
- Combine text and other information within publications
- Use desktop publishing software techniques to edit publications
- Use desktop publishing software techniques to format publications
Desktop Publishing SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll learn to select and apply appropriate designs and page layouts within desktop publishing software. The unit covers inputting and combining text and other information, and using software techniques to edit and format publications to a professional standard.
What you'll be able to do
- Select appropriate designs for publications
- Use appropriate designs for publications
- Select appropriate page layouts for publications
- Use appropriate page layouts for publications
- Input text within publications
- Combine text and other information within publications
- Use desktop publishing software techniques to edit publications
- Use desktop publishing software techniques to format publications
Developing Computer Games and PuzzlesReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll understand graphic animation principles and decision-making in games programming. The unit includes creating game specifications using storyboards and modifying existing game code.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of graphic animation
- Understand decision making in a games program
- Use story boards to make games specifications
- Modify existing games code to make changes to a game
Developing Computer Games and PuzzlesReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit covers the principles of graphic animation and decision-making in game programming. You'll use storyboards to create game specifications and modify existing game code to implement changes, developing practical skills in game development.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of graphic animation
- Understand decision making in a games program
- Use story boards to make games specifications
- Modify existing games code to make changes to a game
Developing skills for project managementReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll explore the principles of project management, including project lifecycles and team roles. The unit develops skills in organising personal work and reviewing performance within a project context.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles of project management, including planning, execution, and control
- Work effectively as a member of a project team, contributing to shared goals and objectives
- Organise own work effectively, prioritising tasks and managing time efficiently
- Review own performance in relation to project goals and identify areas for improvement
Developing skills for remote workingReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit provides learners with an understanding of remote working, including its advantages and disadvantages. You'll learn to work effectively within remote teams, organise their work, and review performance.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to work remotely, considering the advantages and disadvantages
- Work effectively as part of a remote office team, contributing to team goals
- Organise your own work to meet deadlines and maintain productivity
- Review your own performance as a remote worker, identifying areas for improvement
Digital ArtReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit introduces learners to digital art creation using digital artistic elements and layers. You'll gain knowledge of digital art components and develop skills to plan and create digital compositions with various effects using appropriate software.
What you'll be able to do
- Use digital artistic elements in digital art
- Explore layers in digital art
- Create digital compositions in digital art
Drawing and Planning SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
It teaches you to use drawing and planning software to input, organise, and combine information for drawings or plans. You'll develop skills in editing, manipulating, formatting, and presenting drawings or plans accurately using various software tools and techniques.
What you'll be able to do
- Input, organise and combine information for drawings or plans using drawing and planning software, ensuring accuracy and consistency.
- Use tools and techniques to edit, manipulate, format and present drawings or plans, enhancing their clarity and visual appeal.
Drawing and Planning SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll develop proficiency in using drawing and planning software to input, organise, and combine information for drawings or plans. The unit also covers editing, manipulating, formatting, and presenting drawings or plans using appropriate software tools.
What you'll be able to do
- Input information for drawings or plans
- Organise information for drawings or plans
- Combine information for drawings or plans
- Use tools and techniques to edit drawings or plans
- Use tools and techniques to manipulate drawings or plans
- Use tools and techniques to format drawings or plans
- Use tools and techniques to present drawings or plans
Drawing and Planning SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit covers the use of drawing and planning software to input, organise, and combine information for creating drawings or plans. You'll learn to edit, manipulate, format, and present drawings using appropriate tools and techniques.
What you'll be able to do
- Input information accurately into drawing or planning software
- Organise information effectively within drawing or planning software
- Combine different types of information to create drawings or plans
- Use appropriate tools to edit drawings or plans
- Manipulate elements within drawings or plans to achieve desired outcomes
- Format drawings or plans to meet specific requirements
- Present drawings or plans in a clear and professional manner
E-safety for learnersReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll gain an understanding of e-safety strategies and their implementation within organisations. The unit covers personal awareness of vulnerable online situations, roles and responsibilities in maintaining e-safety, and procedures for reporting concerns and managing risks.
What you'll be able to do
- Explain the e-safety strategy
- Describe the e-safety strategy
- Demonstrate personal awareness of vulnerable situations
- Explain roles and responsibilities in relation to e-safety
- Describe roles and responsibilities in relation to e-safety
Effectiveness communication using remote systemsReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit covers the use of remote communication tools, enabling learners to identify, describe, and evaluate various remote communication methods. You'll learn to work effectively in remote environments while adhering to safety and security practices.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand remote communications tools
- Work effectively whilst operating remotely
- Use remote communication tools
- Follow safety practises when using remote systems
- Understand safety practises when using remote systems
- Follow security practises when using remote systems
- Understand security practises when using remote systems
IT Communication FundamentalsReal unit · The Learning Machine
It teaches you to select, use, and evaluate various information sources, including internet-based resources, to meet specific needs. You'll also develop skills in using IT tools to communicate and exchange information safely, responsibly, and effectively.
What you'll be able to do
- Select and use a variety of sources of information to meet specific needs
- Access, search for, select and use Internet-based information and evaluate its fitness for purpose, considering reliability and validity
- Select and use IT tools to communicate and exchange information safely, responsibly and effectively, adhering to relevant guidelines
IT Communication FundamentalsReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll develop the ability to use various information sources, including online databases and the internet, to meet specific needs. The unit also covers evaluating information fitness for purpose and using IT tools to communicate and exchange information.
What you'll be able to do
- Use a variety of sources of information to meet specific needs, including online databases, libraries, and expert opinions
- Access, search for, select and use Internet-based information effectively and efficiently
- Assess the fitness for purpose of Internet-based information, evaluating its reliability, accuracy, and relevance
- Select and use IT tools to communicate and exchange information with others, such as email, instant messaging, and video conferencing
IT Security for UsersReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll develop the ability to select, use, and develop procedures to monitor and minimise security risks to IT systems and data. The unit emphasises effective risk management and data protection through appropriate security practices.
What you'll be able to do
- Select appropriate procedures to monitor security risks to IT systems and data
- Use appropriate procedures to monitor security risks to IT systems and data effectively
- Develop appropriate procedures to minimise security risks to IT systems and data
- Use appropriate procedures to minimise security risks to IT systems and data effectively
IT Security for UsersReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit provides learners with knowledge of common security risks to IT systems and data, and the methods to minimise these risks. You'll apply appropriate techniques to protect IT systems and information from security threats.
What you'll be able to do
- Use appropriate methods to minimise security risks to IT systems.
- Use appropriate methods to minimise security risks to data.
IT Security for UsersReal unit · The Learning Machine
It teaches you to identify IT security risks and apply appropriate methods to minimise them. You'll understand data security and privacy importance and protect IT systems against common vulnerabilities.
What you'll be able to do
- Select and use appropriate methods to minimise security risk to IT systems and data, protecting against threats and vulnerabilities
IT Software FundamentalsReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit provides learners with fundamental knowledge of IT software applications, enabling them to select appropriate software to meet needs and solve problems. You'll enter, develop, and format information suitably and present it effectively for intended audiences.
What you'll be able to do
- Select appropriate software applications to meet specific needs
- Use selected software applications to solve defined problems effectively
- Enter different types of information accurately into software applications
- Develop information within software applications to enhance its clarity and meaning
- Format information appropriately to suit its intended purpose
- Present information in a way that is fit for the intended purpose
- Tailor the presentation of information to suit the target audience
- Make effective use of IT tools and facilities to enhance the presentation of information
IT Software FundamentalsReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit provides learners with fundamental understanding of IT software applications to meet needs and solve problems. You'll select appropriate software, enter, develop, combine, and format information, present it suitably, and evaluate the use of IT tools and facilities.
What you'll be able to do
- Select appropriate software applications to meet specific needs and solve identified problems
- Use selected software applications effectively to achieve desired outcomes
- Enter different types of information into software applications accurately
- Develop information within software applications to enhance its content and structure
- Combine different types of information within software applications to create integrated outputs
- Format information within software applications to suit its meaning and purpose, ensuring clarity and consistency
- Present information in ways that are fit for purpose, considering the intended audience and context
- Evaluate the selection and use of IT tools and facilities to present information effectively, identifying areas for improvement
IT User FundamentalsReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit equips learners with fundamental IT skills to use systems effectively and safely. You'll organise, store, and retrieve information securely, follow safety and security practices, and carry out routine maintenance and problem-solving.
What you'll be able to do
- Use IT systems effectively to meet specific needs
- Organise information logically within IT systems
- Store information securely within IT systems
- Retrieve information efficiently from IT systems
- Follow established safety practices when using IT systems
- Understand the importance of security measures for IT systems
- Carry out routine maintenance tasks on IT systems
- Respond appropriately to routine IT system problems
IT User FundamentalsReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll develop fundamental IT skills, including creating and managing documents, organising information storage, and troubleshooting. The unit emphasises safety and security practices in the use of IT systems.
What you'll be able to do
- Use IT systems to meet a variety of needs, demonstrating competence in different applications
- Manage information storage and retrieval appropriately, ensuring data is organised and accessible
- Follow and understand the need for safety and security practices, protecting data and systems from threats
- Maintain system and troubleshoot IT system problems, resolving common issues effectively
Imaging SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll learn to obtain, insert, and combine images from various sources using imaging software. The unit covers creating, manipulating, and editing images while adhering to copyright regulations and maintaining image quality.
What you'll be able to do
- Obtain information for images from appropriate sources
- Insert information for images into relevant documents or applications
- Combine information from different sources to create composite images
- Use imaging software tools to create images
- Use imaging software tools to manipulate images
- Use imaging software tools to edit images
Imaging SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit provides learners with skills to obtain, insert, combine, and edit images using imaging software. You'll create composite images from various sources while adhering to copyright regulations and evaluating image suitability.
What you'll be able to do
- Obtain information for images from appropriate sources.
- Insert information into images effectively.
- Combine information from different sources to create composite images.
- Use imaging software tools to create images.
- Use imaging software tools to manipulate images.
- Use imaging software tools to edit images.
Imaging SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll learn to obtain, insert, and combine information for images using imaging software. The unit covers creating, manipulating, and editing images by applying appropriate software tools and techniques to produce accurate and visually effective results.
What you'll be able to do
- Obtain information from various sources for inclusion in images
- Insert information into images using appropriate techniques and software tools
- Combine different types of information within images to create composite visuals
- Use imaging software tools to create images from scratch, applying design principles and techniques
- Use imaging software tools to manipulate existing images, adjusting colours, brightness, and contrast
- Use imaging software tools to edit images, removing imperfections and enhancing visual appeal
Improving Productivity Using ITReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll plan, select, and use appropriate IT systems and software to improve productivity for various purposes. The unit also covers reviewing and adapting IT tools and developing solutions to enhance the ongoing use of IT systems effectively.
What you'll be able to do
- Plan the use of appropriate IT systems for different purposes
- Plan the use of appropriate software for different purposes
- Select appropriate IT systems for different purposes
- Select appropriate software for different purposes
- Use appropriate IT systems for different purposes
- Use appropriate software for different purposes
- Review the ongoing use of IT tools to make sure that activities are successful
- Adapt the ongoing use of IT tools to make sure that activities are successful
- Review the ongoing use of IT systems to make sure that activities are successful
- Adapt the ongoing use of IT systems to make sure that activities are successful
- Develop solutions to improve the ongoing use of IT tools
- Test solutions to improve the ongoing use of IT tools
- Develop solutions to improve the ongoing use of IT systems
- Test solutions to improve the ongoing use of IT systems
Multimedia SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll plan, create, and present multimedia products by obtaining, inputting, combining, editing, and formatting multimedia content. The unit emphasises meeting identified needs and ensuring effective navigation and presentation using multimedia software tools.
What you'll be able to do
- Plan the content of multimedia products to meet identified needs
- Plan the organisation of multimedia products to meet identified needs
- Obtain content to build multimedia outcomes
- Input content to build multimedia outcomes
- Combine content to build multimedia outcomes
- Use multimedia software tools to edit multimedia content to meet requirements
- Use multimedia software tools to format multimedia content to meet requirements
- Play multimedia outcomes
- Present multimedia outcomes
Multimedia SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
It teaches you to plan, obtain, input, combine, and edit multimedia content using software tools. You'll build multimedia products that meet specified needs and present them effectively to target audiences.
What you'll be able to do
- Plan the content of multimedia products to meet identified needs
- Plan the organisation of multimedia products to meet identified needs
- Obtain content for use in multimedia products
- Input content into multimedia software
- Combine different types of content to build multimedia outcomes
- Use appropriate tools to build multimedia content
- Use appropriate techniques to build multimedia content
- Use appropriate tools to edit multimedia content
- Use appropriate techniques to edit multimedia content
- Play multimedia outcomes
- Present multimedia outcomes effectively
Multimedia SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit develops learners' skills to plan, create, and edit multimedia products using appropriate software. You'll organise content, obtain and combine media types, and use editing tools to produce multimedia outcomes that meet identified needs.
What you'll be able to do
- Plan the content of multimedia products to meet identified needs
- Plan the organisation of multimedia products to meet identified needs
- Obtain content for multimedia products from appropriate sources
- Input content into multimedia software
- Combine different types of content to build multimedia outcomes
- Use multimedia software tools to edit multimedia content to meet requirements
- Use multimedia software tools to format multimedia content to meet requirements
- Play multimedia outcomes to check functionality
- Present multimedia outcomes to a specified audience
Optimise IT System PerformanceReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit provides learners with knowledge and skills to maintain hardware and software, manage files, and respond to common IT system problems. You'll also customise the working environment to meet specific needs and optimise overall system performance.
What you'll be able to do
- Maintain hardware in working order
- Maintain software in working order
- Manage files to maintain system performance
- Respond to common IT system problems
- Respond to common IT system errors
- Customise the working environment to meet needs
Optimise IT System PerformanceReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll learn to maintain computer hardware and software for efficient operation, manage files and disks to optimise system performance, and troubleshoot common IT problems. The unit also covers customising the working environment and maintaining software to meet performance needs.
What you'll be able to do
- Keep computer hardware operating efficiently, performing routine maintenance tasks
- Keep computer software operating efficiently, applying updates and patches as required
- Manage files and disks to optimise performance, organising data effectively and removing unnecessary files
- Troubleshoot common IT system problems and errors, identifying causes and implementing solutions
- Respond to common IT system problems and errors, following established procedures and escalating issues when necessary
- Customise the working environment to optimise performance, adjusting settings and preferences to suit individual needs
- Maintain software to meet performance needs, ensuring compatibility and addressing any issues that arise
Optimise IT System PerformanceReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit equips learners with knowledge and skills to optimise IT system performance by maintaining hardware and software, managing files, troubleshooting problems, and planning routine and non-routine maintenance activities.
What you'll be able to do
- Keep computer hardware and software operating efficiently by following established procedures.
- Manage files effectively to maintain and improve IT system performance.
- Troubleshoot and respond to IT system problems quickly and effectively, escalating where necessary.
- Plan and monitor the routine and non-routine maintenance of hardware and software to ensure optimal performance.
- Review and modify hardware and software configurations to maintain performance and address identified issues.
Personal Information Management SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll learn to manage personal information using software tools. The unit covers scheduling with calendars, prioritising tasks, and organising contact information using address books.
What you'll be able to do
- Use calendars to schedule appointments and meetings, managing time effectively
- Use a task list to prioritise activities, ensuring important tasks are completed on time
- Use an address book to store, organise and retrieve contact information efficiently
Personal Information Management SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll use personal information management software to schedule appointments, prioritise tasks, and manage contact information. The unit covers effective use of calendars, task lists, and address books to organise and retrieve information efficiently.
What you'll be able to do
- Use a calendar to schedule appointments effectively.
- Use a task list to prioritise activities efficiently.
- Use an address book to store contact information.
- Use an address book to organise contact information.
- Use an address book to retrieve contact information.
Presentation SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll develop skills in using presentation software to input and combine text and other information. The unit covers structuring, editing, formatting, and preparing slides to meet presentation requirements.
What you'll be able to do
- Input text and other information into presentation slides
- Combine text and other information within presentation slides
- Use presentation software tools to structure slides
- Use presentation software tools to edit slides
- Use presentation software tools to format slides
- Prepare slides for presentation to meet specified needs
Presentation SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll learn to input and combine text and other information within presentation slides. The unit covers structuring, editing, and formatting slide sequences and preparing slideshows for effective presentation delivery.
What you'll be able to do
- Input and combine text and other information effectively within presentation slides.
- Use presentation software tools to structure, edit and format slide sequences in a logical and visually appealing manner.
- Prepare slideshow for presentation, ensuring it is ready for delivery and meets the intended purpose.
Presentation SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
It teaches you to input and combine text and other information within presentation slides using software tools. You'll structure, edit, and format presentations and prepare interactive slideshows for effective delivery.
What you'll be able to do
- Input text and other information into presentation slides
- Combine text and other information within presentation slides
- Use presentation software tools to structure presentations
- Use presentation software tools to edit presentations
- Use presentation software tools to format presentations
- Prepare an interactive slideshow for presentation
Project Management SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll learn to use project management software for planning, managing, and tracking projects. This includes defining project scope and objectives, entering and updating task and resource information, and using tools to display and report on project progress.
What you'll be able to do
- Create a project plan, defining its scope, objectives, and deliverables
- Enter and edit information about project tasks, including dependencies, durations, and deadlines
- Enter and edit information about project resources, including personnel, equipment, and materials
- Update information about project progress, tracking actual vs. planned performance
- Select and use appropriate tools and techniques to display and report on project status, such as Gantt charts, PERT charts, and resource histograms
Project Management SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit equips learners with skills to create and manage project plans using project management software. You'll enter and update task and resource information and report on project progress effectively.
What you'll be able to do
- Create a project plan, defining its scope, objectives, and deliverables
- Enter and edit information about project tasks, including dependencies, timelines, and resource allocation
- Enter and edit information about project resources, including personnel, equipment, and materials
- Update information about project progress, tracking completed tasks, milestones achieved, and any deviations from the original plan
- Select and use appropriate tools and techniques to display and report on project status, such as Gantt charts, progress reports, and resource utilisation summaries
Project Management SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
It teaches you to create and define projects using project management software. They will enter and edit task and resource information, update project progress, and use tools to display and report on project status effectively.
What you'll be able to do
- Create a project plan using project management software
- Define the scope and objectives of a project clearly within the software
- Enter information about project tasks accurately and completely
- Edit information about project tasks to reflect changes and updates
- Enter information about project resources accurately and completely
- Edit information about project resources to reflect changes and updates
- Update information about project progress regularly and accurately
- Select appropriate tools to display project status effectively
- Use appropriate techniques to display project status clearly
- Select appropriate tools to report on project status accurately
- Use appropriate techniques to report on project status concisely
Set Up an IT SystemReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll gain the knowledge to select and safely connect a personal computer with associated hardware and storage media. The unit includes installing and configuring software and communication services, ensuring the system operates successfully.
What you'll be able to do
- Select a personal computer and associated hardware components to meet specified needs
- Connect a personal computer safely with associated hardware components, following health and safety guidelines
- Select appropriate storage media to meet specified needs
- Connect appropriate storage media to a personal computer safely
- Select an IT system to connect to a communication service to meet specified needs
- Connect an IT system to a communication service to meet specified needs
- Install software correctly, following installation instructions
- Configure software for intended use, adjusting settings as required
- Check that the IT system is working successfully after setup
- Check that the communication service is working successfully after setup
Set Up an IT SystemReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll learn to select and connect personal computers with associated hardware and storage media safely and effectively. The unit covers connecting IT systems to communication services, installing and configuring operating systems and application software, and verifying system functionality.
What you'll be able to do
- Select a personal computer and associated hardware components safely, based on identified needs
- Connect a personal computer safely with associated hardware and storage media, ensuring correct configuration
- Select an IT system and connect it to a communication service successfully, based on identified needs
- Install an operating system on the IT system, configuring it for optimal performance
- Install application software on the IT system, configuring it for intended use
- Check that the IT system is working successfully, verifying functionality and stability
- Check that the communication service is working successfully, confirming connectivity and data transfer
Set Up an IT SystemReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll gain practical skills to safely connect a personal computer, printer, and peripherals, and establish an IT communication service. The unit includes installing and configuring software and verifying the IT system's successful operation.
What you'll be able to do
- Connect up a personal computer safely, following health and safety guidelines
- Connect a printer to a personal computer safely, following health and safety guidelines
- Connect peripheral devices to a personal computer safely, following health and safety guidelines
- Connect to an IT communication service, such as the internet or a local network
- Set up software for use on an IT system, including installation and basic configuration
- Check that the IT system is working successfully after setup
- Check that the IT communication service is working successfully after setup
Specialist SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll develop skills in using specialist software to input, combine, and manage information efficiently. The unit includes creating and modifying structures to organise and retrieve data, and exploiting software functions to process and present information effectively.
What you'll be able to do
- Input and combine information using specialist software, utilising appropriate tools and techniques to create and manage data.
- Create and modify appropriate structures to organise and retrieve information efficiently within the specialist software, ensuring data integrity and accessibility.
- Exploit the functions of the software effectively to process and present information, utilising advanced features to analyse data and communicate findings clearly.
Specialist SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit equips learners to input, organise, and combine information using specialist software. You'll use various tools and techniques to edit, process, format, and present information accurately within specialist software environments.
What you'll be able to do
- Input information using specialist software
- Organise information using specialist software
- Combine information using specialist software
- Use tools to edit information within specialist software
- Use techniques to edit information within specialist software
- Use tools to process information within specialist software
- Use techniques to process information within specialist software
- Use tools to format information within specialist software
- Use techniques to format information within specialist software
- Use tools to present information using specialist software
- Use techniques to present information using specialist software
Specialist SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
It teaches you to use specialist software applications to input and combine information accurately. You'll organise and retrieve data efficiently, and use software functions to process and present information appropriately.
What you'll be able to do
- Input information accurately using specialist software applications
- Combine different types of information within specialist applications
- Use appropriate data structures to organise information efficiently within the software
- Retrieve information effectively from the specialist software
- Use the functions of the specialist software to process information effectively
- Present information clearly and professionally using the specialist software
Spreadsheet SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit equips learners with skills to use spreadsheet software for entering, editing, and organising data. You'll apply formulas and tools to summarise information and present spreadsheet data clearly and effectively.
What you'll be able to do
- Use spreadsheet software to enter numerical data accurately and efficiently
- Use spreadsheet software to edit numerical and other data to ensure accuracy and relevance
- Use spreadsheet software to organise numerical and other data in a logical and accessible manner
- Use appropriate formulas to summarise spreadsheet information effectively
- Use appropriate tools to display spreadsheet information clearly
- Select appropriate tools to present spreadsheet information effectively to a specified audience
- Use appropriate techniques to present spreadsheet information effectively to a specified audience
Spreadsheet SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
It teaches you to use spreadsheet software to enter, edit, and organise numerical and other data accurately. You'll select and apply appropriate formulas and data analysis tools, and use formatting techniques to present spreadsheet information effectively.
What you'll be able to do
- Use a spreadsheet to enter numerical and other data accurately, following established conventions
- Edit and organise data within a spreadsheet effectively, ensuring clarity and consistency
- Select and use appropriate formulas to perform calculations and data analysis, meeting specified requirements
- Select and use appropriate data analysis tools to interpret and summarise spreadsheet data effectively
- Select and use appropriate tools and techniques to present spreadsheet information clearly and concisely, using formatting to enhance readability
Spreadsheet SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll learn to use spreadsheet software for accurate data entry, editing, and organisation of numerical and other data types. The unit also covers applying formulas, analysing data, and using tools to present, format, and publish spreadsheet information clearly.
What you'll be able to do
- Use spreadsheet software to enter numerical and other data accurately
- Edit data within a spreadsheet, ensuring data integrity and consistency
- Organise data effectively within a spreadsheet using appropriate techniques
- Select and apply appropriate formulas to perform calculations on spreadsheet data
- Use data analysis tools and techniques to extract meaningful insights from spreadsheet data
- Present spreadsheet information clearly and concisely using appropriate formatting techniques
- Format spreadsheet information to enhance readability and visual appeal
- Publish spreadsheet information in a suitable format for sharing and distribution
Understanding the social and environmental impact of architecture and engineering constructionReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit covers the social and environmental impacts of architecture and engineering construction. You'll develop knowledge of relevant environmental issues, methods to minimise negative impacts, and the importance of responsible behaviour, alongside skills in effective collabouration on sustainable projects.
What you'll be able to do
- Behave responsibly in relation to environmental issues
- Collaborate effectively when working in a sustainable engineering construction project
Understanding the social and environmental impact of architecture and engineering constructionReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit develops learners' understanding of the social and environmental impacts of architecture and engineering construction. You'll demonstrate responsible environmental behaviour and collabourate effectively on sustainable engineering construction projects.
What you'll be able to do
- Behave responsibly in relation to environmental issues within the context of architecture and engineering construction.
- Collaborate effectively with others when working on a sustainable engineering construction project.
Using Collaborative TechnologiesReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit covers the safe and secure use of collabourative technologies, including setting up and accessing IT tools and devices. You'll prepare collabourative technologies for use and contribute effectively to tasks while adhering to organisational procedures and protecting personal data.
What you'll be able to do
- Stay safe when using collaborative technology by following organisational procedures
- Stay secure when using collaborative technology by protecting personal data
- Set up IT tools for collaborative working according to instructions
- Access IT tools for collaborative working using appropriate login details
- Set up devices for collaborative working ensuring correct configuration
- Prepare collaborative technologies for use by testing functionality
- Contribute to tasks using collaborative technologies by sharing information
- Contribute to tasks using collaborative technologies by communicating effectively
Using Collaborative TechnologiesReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll develop knowledge of safety and security risks associated with collabourative technologies and understand organisational policies for safe use. The unit covers planning, setting up, and preparing IT tools and devices for collabourative working, ensuring secure and effective contribution to tasks.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to stay safe and secure when working with collaborative technology, adhering to organisational policies and procedures
- Plan the use of IT tools and devices for collaborative working, considering task requirements and user needs
- Set up IT tools and devices for collaborative working, ensuring accessibility and functionality
- Prepare collaborative technologies for use, configuring settings and features to support effective teamwork
- Contribute effectively to tasks using collaborative technologies, communicating and sharing information appropriately
Using Collaborative TechnologiesReal unit · The Learning Machine
It teaches you to use collabourative technologies safely and securely, following organisational policies and best practices. You'll plan, set up, prepare, and manage IT tools and devices to support effective collabourative working and task management.
What you'll be able to do
- Stay safe and secure when working with collaborative technology, adhering to organisational policies and best practices
- Plan and set up IT tools and devices for collaborative working, ensuring compatibility and accessibility
- Prepare collaborative technologies for use, configuring settings and customising features
- Manage tasks using collaborative technologies, assigning responsibilities and tracking progress
Using EmailReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll learn to compose, send, and manage email effectively using appropriate software tools. The unit covers creating clear, concise messages, managing recipients and attachments, and organising incoming emails for efficient communication.
What you'll be able to do
- Use e-mail software tools to compose clear and concise messages
- Apply appropriate techniques to send e-mail messages effectively
- Manage incoming email by prioritising and filtering messages
- Organise and store emails for future reference and retrieval
Using EmailReal unit · The Learning Machine
It teaches you to compose and send e-mail messages using appropriate software tools and techniques. You'll also manage incoming e-mail effectively to ensure clear and professional communication.
What you'll be able to do
- Use e-mail software tools to compose messages effectively
- Use e-mail software tools to send messages accurately
- Use e-mail software techniques to compose messages effectively
- Use e-mail software techniques to send messages accurately
- Manage incoming e-mail effectively by using appropriate tools
- Manage incoming e-mail effectively by using appropriate techniques
Using EmailReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll learn to use advanced e-mail software tools to compose, format, and send messages, including inserting images and tables. The unit also covers managing e-mail communication efficiently and tailoring messages to specific audiences.
What you'll be able to do
- Use e-mail software tools to compose e-mail messages
- Use e-mail software techniques to compose e-mail messages
- Use e-mail software tools to send e-mail messages
- Use e-mail software techniques to send e-mail messages
- Manage the use of e-mail software effectively to ensure efficient communication
Using Mobile IT DevicesReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll learn to set up and customise mobile IT devices to meet individual needs. The unit covers using applications, managing files, transferring data, and maintaining device performance.
What you'll be able to do
- Set up the mobile device to meet specific needs
- Use applications effectively on the mobile device
- Manage files efficiently on the mobile device
- Transfer data to the mobile device from other sources
- Transfer data from the mobile device to other locations
- Maintain the performance of the mobile device through appropriate actions
Using Mobile IT DevicesReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll learn to set up and customise mobile IT devices to meet individual needs. The unit covers selecting and using applications, transferring data, and optimising device performance through various tools and techniques.
What you'll be able to do
- Set up the mobile device to meet needs
- Customise the mobile device to meet needs
- Select applications on the mobile device
- Use applications on the mobile device
- Select files on the mobile device
- Use files on the mobile device
- Use tools to transfer data to and from mobile devices
- Use techniques to transfer data to and from mobile devices
- Optimise the performance of mobile devices
Using Project Management SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll gain an understanding of project management software, including its tools, features, and benefits. The unit covers effective use of software to manage tasks, track progress and resources, and collabourate within project teams.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose and function of different project management tools
- Understand the features and benefits of using project management software
- Work effectively with project management software to manage tasks
- Use project management software to track progress and resources
- Use project management tools to collaborate with team members
- Understand the principles of project management planning
- Understand how to use project management software to support project planning activities
Using the InternetReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll develop the ability to connect to the internet and use browser software to navigate webpages and search for information effectively. The unit emphasises online communication skills and the importance of safety and security when working online.
What you'll be able to do
- Connect to the Internet using a suitable connection method
- Use browser software to navigate webpages effectively and find relevant information
- Use browser tools to search for information from the Internet using appropriate search terms
- Use browser software to communicate information online through email or other platforms
- Understand the need for safety practices when working online to avoid potential risks
- Understand the need for security practices when working online to protect personal information
Using the InternetReal unit · The Learning Machine
It teaches you to connect to the internet, configure browser software, and navigate webpages effectively. You'll use browser tools to search for information efficiently, communicate online, and apply appropriate safety and security practices.
What you'll be able to do
- Select an appropriate connection to access the Internet based on requirements
- Set up a connection to access the Internet following given instructions
- Set up browser software to navigate webpages effectively
- Use browser software to navigate webpages efficiently
- Use browser tools to search effectively for information from the Internet
- Use browser tools to search efficiently for information from the Internet
- Use browser software to communicate information online using email
- Use browser software to communicate information online using instant messaging
- Develop appropriate safety practices when working online to minimise risks
- Apply appropriate safety practices when working online to protect personal data
- Develop appropriate security procedures when working online to prevent unauthorised access
- Apply appropriate security procedures when working online to maintain system integrity
Using the InternetReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll learn to connect to the internet using various methods, navigate web pages effectively, and use browser tools to search for information. The unit also covers online communication and the importance of following safety and security practices while working online.
What you'll be able to do
- Connect to the internet using appropriate methods
- Use browser software to navigate web pages effectively
- Use browser tools to search for information from the internet efficiently
- Use browser software to communicate information online appropriately
- Follow safety practices when working online
- Understand the need for security practices when working online
Video SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll develop skills in using video hardware and software to capture, combine, and edit video sequences. The unit focuses on creating cohesive video narratives and effectively playing and presenting video content.
What you'll be able to do
- Use video hardware and software to capture video sequences from various sources
- Use video software tools to combine video sequences into a cohesive narrative
- Use video software tools to edit video sequences, including trimming, transitions, and effects
- Play and present video sequences using appropriate hardware and software
Video SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit develops learners' ability to capture video sequences using hardware and software, and to combine and edit these sequences effectively. You'll enhance visual and audio quality and present video sequences to an audience using appropriate tools and techniques.
What you'll be able to do
- Use video hardware and software to capture video sequences effectively
- Use video software tools to combine video sequences into a cohesive narrative
- Use video software techniques to edit video sequences, enhancing visual and audio quality
- Play video sequences using appropriate software and hardware
- Present video sequences to an audience, ensuring optimal viewing conditions
Video SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit develops learners' ability to capture, edit, and present video sequences using appropriate hardware and software. Practical skills include equipment configuration and video file manipulation.
What you'll be able to do
- Use video hardware to capture sequences
- Use video software to capture sequences
- Use video software tools to edit sequences
- Use video software techniques to edit sequences
- Play video sequences
- Present video sequences
Virtual Reality and the Development Life CycleReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit introduces learners to virtual reality systems, their types, applications, and key components. You'll gain knowledge of developing software solutions and implementing components within the VR development lifecycle.
What you'll be able to do
- Know the different types of virtual reality systems and their applications
- Develop software solutions for virtual reality systems, considering user experience and technical constraints
- Implement a component of a virtual reality software solution, demonstrating practical skills in coding and testing
Website SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll learn to plan, create, and publish web pages using website software. The unit covers structuring and formatting web pages based on audience and purpose, applying design principles, and ensuring accessibility and functionality for Internet or intranet publication.
What you'll be able to do
- Plan web pages, taking into account the target audience and purpose
- Create web pages using appropriate design principles and coding standards
- Use website software tools to structure web pages effectively
- Use website software tools to format web pages to enhance readability and visual appeal
- Publish web pages to the Internet or an intranet, ensuring accessibility and functionality
Website SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll learn to create and publish websites by structuring content and applying consistent styles. The unit covers using website software tools to prepare text, images, and multimedia elements, ensuring responsive design across devices.
What you'll be able to do
- Create structures for websites using appropriate tools and techniques
- Create styles for websites to ensure consistency and accessibility
- Use website software tools to prepare text content for websites
- Use website software tools to prepare image content for websites
- Use website software tools to prepare multimedia content for websites
- Publish websites to a specified location
Website SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
It teaches you to create website structures using coding or software tools, apply consistent styles, and develop multiple-page websites with multimedia and interactive features. You'll also learn to publish and test websites to ensure functionality and compliance with industry standards.
What you'll be able to do
- Create website structures using appropriate coding or software tools
- Apply styles to websites to ensure a consistent and professional appearance
- Use website software tools to develop multiple page websites
- Select and integrate multimedia elements into websites
- Incorporate interactive features into websites to enhance user engagement
- Publish websites to a suitable hosting environment
- Test websites thoroughly to ensure functionality and accessibility
Word Processing SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
You'll develop the ability to accurately enter, edit, and combine text and other information within word processing documents. The unit also covers structuring information and using software tools to format and present documents professionally.
What you'll be able to do
- Enter text and other information accurately within word processing documents
- Edit text and other information accurately within word processing documents
- Combine text and other information accurately within word processing documents
- Structure information effectively within word processing documents
- Use word processing software tools to format documents
- Use word processing software tools to present documents
Word Processing SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
It teaches you to enter and combine text and other information accurately within word processing documents. You'll create and modify document layouts and structures, and use software tools to format and present documents effectively to meet requirements.
What you'll be able to do
- Enter text accurately within word processing documents
- Combine text and other information accurately within word processing documents
- Create layouts for word processing documents
- Modify layouts for word processing documents
- Create structures for word processing documents
- Modify structures for word processing documents
- Use word processing software tools to format documents effectively
- Use word processing software tools to present documents effectively to meet requirements
Word Processing SoftwareReal unit · The Learning Machine
This unit develops learners' proficiency in word processing software, focusing on accurate text entry, combining information, and creating appropriate document layouts and styles to meet specified requirements.
What you'll be able to do
- Enter text and other information accurately within word processing documents
- Combine text and other information accurately within word processing documents
- Create appropriate layouts for word processing documents
- Create appropriate structures for word processing documents
- Create appropriate styles for word processing documents
- Modify layouts for word processing documents
- Modify structures for word processing documents
- Modify styles for word processing documents
- Use word processing software tools to format documents effectively to meet requirements
- Use word processing software techniques to format documents effectively to meet requirements
- Use word processing software tools to present documents effectively to meet requirements
- Use word processing software techniques to present documents effectively to meet requirements
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.
Additive ManufactureAdditive ManufactureAnimation SoftwareAudio SoftwareAudio SoftwareAudio SoftwareBespoke SoftwareBespoke Software
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.
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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.
TLM Level 2 Certificate for IT User Skills in Open Systems and Enterprise
- 2D Drawing and Planning Software
- Automate digital presentations
- Carry out remote online working and collaboration
- Configure Digital Systems
- Desktop Publishing Software
- Develop business productivity IT applications
- Use Advanced E-mail Features
- Use Software for Digital Document Collaboration and Co-authoring
Where this can lead
Associate Technical Program Manager
Your journey as an Associate Technical Program Manager is just the beginning. We're investing in you for the long term, and there are many exciting paths you can take within Zavmo and beyond. We'll work with you to build a career that's challenging, rewarding, and truly impactful.
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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.
2D Drawing and Planning Software2D Drawing and Planning SoftwareAutomate digital presentationsCarry out remote online working and collaborationConfigure Digital SystemsDesktop Publishing SoftwareDevelop business productivity IT applicationsUse Advanced E-mail FeaturesUse Software for Digital Document Collaboration and Co-authoring
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.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
Which job do you mean?
This unit enables learners to design 3D objects from a brief, considering requirements and constraints. Learners will prepare designs for additive manufacture, ensuring compatibility with manufacturing processes.
How the thinking builds
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for TLM Level 2 Certificate for IT User Skills in Open Systems and Enterprise
41 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by The Learning Machine.
- Additive Manufacture
- Animation Software
- Audio Software
- Bespoke Software
- Computer Games Development
- Computerised Accounting Software
and 35 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
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.
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.