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City and Guilds of London Institute · RQF Level 3

City & Guilds Level 3 Award in Principles of Website Creation and Optimisation

You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.

  • LevelRQF Level 3
  • Total credits12
  • Guided learning66 hours
  • Units in this qualification2

Awarded by City and Guilds of London Institute · on the Ofqual register

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What you’ll learn

What each unit actually teaches you to do

The qualification allows learners to develop skills in website creation and optimisation. It covers content management systems and search engine optimisation techniques. It is relevant for those in marketing and sales occupations.

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.

Content Management System Website CreationReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
It teaches you to plan and build a website using Content Management System (CMS) software. You'll create structural, design, and functional plans, ensure website accessibility, manage content, and evaluate and improve the website's return on investment.

What you'll be able to do

  • Create a comprehensive plan outlining the essential components of a Content Management System (CMS) website, including its structure, design, and functionality
  • Utilise CMS software to build and manage a functional website, incorporating relevant content and features
  • Understand the principles of website accessibility and how to implement them to ensure that the website is usable by individuals with disabilities
  • Measure and improve the return on investment (ROI) of a website by tracking key performance indicators and implementing strategies to enhance its effectiveness
Principles of Keywords and OptimisationReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
You'll gain knowledge of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and Social Media Optimisation (SMO) principles. The unit covers planning and implementing SEO techniques such as keyword research and on-page optimisation, alongside strategies for optimising websites for mobile devices.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and its importance in improving a website's visibility in search engine results
  • Plan and implement SEO techniques, including keyword research, on-page optimisation, and link building, to improve a website's search engine ranking
  • Understand the principles of Social Media Optimisation (SMO) and its role in driving traffic and engagement from social media platforms
  • Understand how to plan and implement a website design that is optimised for mobile devices, ensuring a seamless user experience across different screen sizes

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 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.

Content Management System Website CreationPrinciples of Keywords and Optimisation

Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.

Who’d teach you this

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Where this connects

Where these credits take you

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.

Where this can lead

Web Content Manager

Your journey as a Web Content Administrator at Zavmo is just the beginning. We're committed to providing the opportunities, training, and support you need to build a truly impactful career, whether you aim to become a technical specialist, a strategic leader, or even a C-suite executive. It's up to you how far you want to take it, and we'll be here to help you get there.

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Opens the roleWeb Content ManagerOne of the jobs this qualification is a route into · 1 near-identical record folded inSee the role →Opens the roleSEO AssociateOne of the jobs this qualification is a route intoSee the role →Opens the roleAssociate Global SEO CoordinatorOne of the jobs this qualification is a route intoSee the role →Opens the roleSEO SpecialistOne of the jobs this qualification is a route into · 1 near-identical record folded inSee the role →Opens the roleWeb Content AdministratorOne of the jobs this qualification is a route intoSee the role →Opens the roleAssociate SEO AnalystOne of the jobs this qualification is a route intoSee the role →Future FluencyAll ten future skillsSee how every unit is contextualised by the tenExplore →

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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.

Create, manage and modify web pages using content management systems (CMS)

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.
Content Management System Website CreationLevel 3

Applied to your work in any of these jobs

Which job do you mean?
Web Content ManagerSEO AssociateAssociate Global SEO CoordinatorSEO SpecialistWeb Content AdministratorAssociate SEO Analyst

This unit enables learners to plan and build a website using Content Management System (CMS) software. Learners will create structural, design, and functional plans, ensure website accessibility, manage content, and evaluate and improve the website's return on investment.

How the thinking builds
  1. Remember
  2. Understand
  3. Apply
  4. Analyse
  5. Evaluate
  6. Create
An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.
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Built for City & Guilds Level 3 Award in Principles of Website Creation and Optimisation

2 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by City and Guilds of London Institute.

  1. Content Management System Website Creation
  2. Principles of Keywords and Optimisation
These are the real units of this credential, in its own order. Nothing here is marked done, because this plan has not been started by anyone yet. Yours would fill in as you go.

One to one, not one to many

No two people run this the same way

A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.

  1. Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.

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

Where most courses leave you Where Zavmo takes you

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

The value

Why the companion is worth £70 a month

You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.

That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.

Earned on your own work, taught to the top.

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

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