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NOCN · RQF Level 1

NOCN Level 1 Certificate for Trade Union Representatives (Stage 1)

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

  • LevelRQF Level 1
  • Total credits15
  • Guided learning75 hours
  • Units in this qualification9

Awarded by NOCN · on the Ofqual register

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What you’ll learn

What each unit actually teaches you to do

NOCN offers a broad range of qualifications and alternative routes for both experienced workers and new entrants to the jobs market.

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.

Communication Skills for Trade Union RepresentativesReal unit · NOCN
This unit develops learners' communication skills for trade union representation, including sourcing, reading, and responding to written materials. You'll produce written communications for various purposes, participate in discussions, and deliver presentations on trade union topics.

What you'll be able to do

  • Source, read and respond to written materials on specific trade union issues
  • Use written skills for different purposes as a trade union representative
  • Take part in discussions on a one to one and group basis on a trade union topic
  • Make a presentation on a trade union issue
Employment Rights Awareness for Trade UnionsReal unit · NOCN
This unit provides learners with knowledge of basic employment rights related to pay, working conditions, discrimination, equality, dismissal, and redundancy. You'll understand the role of trade unions and representatives and the processes for addressing employment rights issues.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know basic employment rights
  • Understand the role of unions and union representatives in the workplace
  • Understand ways of taking up employment rights issues
Learning Digital with the TUCReal unit · NOCN
You'll learn to engage with digital learning platforms effectively by creating online profiles, participating in group discussions, and using online learning and social media tools. The unit also covers understanding the benefits of digital learning for trade unionists.

What you'll be able to do

  • Create an online profile
  • Participate in online course group discussions
  • Use online learning tools
  • Use social media tools
  • Understand the benefits of digital learning for trade unionists
Learning Online with the TUCReal unit · NOCN
This unit equips learners to participate effectively in online learning environments by creating and customising profiles, engaging in group discussions, and using online learning and social media tools. You'll understand the benefits of online learning for trade unionists.

What you'll be able to do

  • Create an online profile on a learning platform or social media site.
  • Participate effectively in online course group discussions, contributing relevant information and engaging with other learners.
  • Use online learning tools, such as virtual classrooms, online libraries, and assessment platforms.
  • Use social media tools for communication, collaboration, and information sharing related to trade union activities.
  • Understand the benefits of online learning for trade unionists, including increased accessibility, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness.
Recognising and Tackling Discrimination for Trade Union RepresentativesReal unit · NOCN
You'll gain an understanding of discrimination, its forms, and manifestations in the workplace and society. The unit covers relevant legislation, including the Equality Act, codes of practice, and strategies for tackling discrimination and promoting equality.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand how discrimination occurs in various contexts, including the workplace and society.
  • Understand legislative sources and policies related to tackling discrimination, such as the Equality Act and relevant codes of practice.
  • Understand ways of tackling discrimination and promoting equality, including raising awareness, challenging discriminatory behaviour, and implementing inclusive policies.
Representing Trade Union MembersReal unit · NOCN
You'll develop knowledge and skills to represent trade union members effectively, understanding the importance of collective agreements and methods to involve members. The unit covers preparing and presenting cases on behalf of members to protect their rights.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the importance of collective agreements in setting terms and conditions of employment and protecting workers' rights.
  • Involve members in the union, including encouraging participation in meetings, consultations, and campaigns.
  • Prepare a case on behalf of a member, including gathering evidence, interviewing witnesses, and researching relevant legislation and policies.
  • Present a member’s case effectively, including communicating clearly, presenting evidence persuasively, and advocating for the member's interests.
Trade Union Representatives - SkillsReal unit · NOCN
You'll develop essential skills for trade union representation, including interpreting discussions, locating and presenting information, identifying workplace issues, working collectively, and reporting outcomes. The unit emphasises effective communication and collabourative problem-solving.

What you'll be able to do

  • Interpret discussions and develop a trade union response
  • Find information relevant to trade union activities
  • Present information effectively
  • Identify trade union issues in the workplace
  • Address issues in the workplace
  • Work collectively with others
  • Report back from workplace discussions
  • Negotiate effectively in the workplace
Understanding Trade Union OrganisationsReal unit · NOCN
This unit provides learners with a foundational understanding of trade union organisations, including their key functions, the role of representatives, and how their own trade union operates. You'll also explore equal opportunity as a trade union issue.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the key functions of a trade union in the workplace, such as collective bargaining, representation, and advocacy.
  • Understand the role and responsibilities of the trade union representative, including representing members' interests, negotiating with employers, and promoting fair treatment.
  • Understand how own trade union functions, including its structure, decision-making processes, and communication channels.
  • Understand equal opportunity as a trade union issue, including the importance of promoting diversity, challenging discrimination, and ensuring fair treatment for all members.
Using ICT for Trade UnionistsReal unit · NOCN
You'll gain practical ICT skills necessary for trade union work, including operating a computer, organising and retrieving information securely, and understanding safety and security practices. The unit also covers knowledge of PC components relevant to effective ICT use.

What you'll be able to do

  • Operate a computer effectively, using appropriate software and hardware.
  • Organise trade union information in a structured manner.
  • Store trade union information securely and efficiently.
  • Retrieve stored trade union information accurately and promptly.
  • Know safety practices to ensure the safe use of computers and related equipment.
  • Know security practices to protect data and systems from unauthorised access and threats.
  • Know the main components of a personal computer (PC) and their functions.

The honest bit

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Your passport

Every credit is a stamp you keep

Level 1 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.

Communication Skills for Trade Union RepresentativesEmployment Rights Awareness for Trade UnionsLearning Digital with the TUCLearning Online with the TUCRecognising and Tackling Discrimination for Trade Union RepresentativesRepresenting Trade Union MembersTrade Union Representatives - SkillsUnderstanding Trade Union Organisations

Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.

Who’d teach you this

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Where this connects

Where these credits take you

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NOCN Level 1 Certificate for Trade Union Representatives (Stage 1)
  • Contribute to the resolution of industrial disputes in the workplace
  • Develop and support union organisation in the workplace
  • Establish and maintain union collective agreements with employers
  • Lead workplace negotiations
  • Provide specialist advocacy services on behalf of union members
  • Provide specialist advocacy services on behalf of union members v2
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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.

Contribute to the resolution of industrial disputes in the workplaceDevelop and support union organisation in the workplaceEstablish and maintain union collective agreements with employersLead workplace negotiationsProvide specialist advocacy services on behalf of union membersProvide specialist advocacy services on behalf of union members v2

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.
Communication Skills for Trade Union RepresentativesLevel 1

Applied to your own work

This unit develops learners' communication skills for trade union representation, including sourcing, reading, and responding to written materials. Learners will produce written communications for various purposes, participate in discussions, and deliver presentations on trade union topics.

How the thinking builds
  1. Remember
  2. Understand
  3. Apply
  4. Analyse
  5. Evaluate
  6. Create
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Built for NOCN Level 1 Certificate for Trade Union Representatives (Stage 1)

9 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by NOCN.

  1. Communication Skills for Trade Union Representatives
  2. Employment Rights Awareness for Trade Unions
  3. Learning Digital with the TUC
  4. Learning Online with the TUC
  5. Recognising and Tackling Discrimination for Trade Union Representatives
  6. Representing Trade Union Members

and 3 more in the full unit list below.

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

One to one, not one to many

No two people run this the same way

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

  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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