Pearson Education Ltd · RQF Level 2
Pearson Edexcel Level 2 Certificate in Personal and Social Development
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 2
- Total credits13
- Guided learning130 hours
- Units in this qualification63
Awarded by Pearson Education Ltd · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
These are the units Pearson Education Ltd 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.
Applying for a JobReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand different methods of applying for a job.
- Prepare a job application.
Borrowing Money and Managing RiskReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the risks when borrowing money
- Understand the need for insurance
Career ProgressionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand career progression.
- Review skills, qualities and experience for career progression.
- Plan career progression.
Career managementReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan for a career
- Understand managing change to career plans
Community actionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate an understanding of the role that community groups play
- Demonstrate their involvement in community activities
Dealing with Problems in daily lifeReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Recognize a straightforward problem and identify ways to tackle it
- Plan and carry out activities to tackle a problem
- Carry out a review of their methods and the skills they used in tackling the problem
Developing Personal Skills For LeadershipReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the main features of leadership
- Understand how to make decisions
- Understand how to give instructions to members of a group
- Understand how to give and receive feedback about a task or activity
Developing selfReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Take an active role in their self development
- Plan for their self development
- Review their self development and plan for the future
Diversity in the workplaceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the development of individual rights and freedoms in the workplace
- Understand the impact of diversity in the workplace
- Understand how diversity can contribute to thecommunity of the workplace
Economic and Business UnderstandingReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about changing patterns of employment and their effect on learning and work opportunities
- Understand the organisation of economic and business environments
- Know the skills and qualities required by employers
Economic and business understandingReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about types of business in the different sectors
- Know basic business and economic terms
- Understand changing patterns of employment
Exploring Career ChoicesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the purpose of career planning
- Understand how work-related learning can improve career opportunities
- Explore own career options
Exploring career choicesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the value individuals and society attach to different kinds of work
- Understand the skills that promote employability in a changing world of work
- Research careers information to identify own options
Exploring the Impact of Diversity in our CommunitiesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the diverse nature of a local community
- Understand how attitudes about diversity can influence behaviour
- Recognise and challenge discrimination
- Understand own attitudes and behaviours towards diversity
Exploring the impact of diversity in our communitiesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know how attitudes about diversity can influence behaviour
- Understand diverse values in the local community
- Recognise and challenge discrimination
Financial capabilityReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know what it means to be enterprising
- Understand money management
- Manage own money
Government and Justice in the UKReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about government systems in the UK
- Understand how laws are made
- Know how the justice system operates
Government and Justice in the UKReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the key features of parliamentary democracy and government in the United Kingdom
- Understand the role of the law
- Know the role of the justice system
- Recognise how the law applies to young people
Healthy LifestylesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the importance of emotional health
- Know about the importance of mental health
- Understand the benefits and risks of health and lifestyle choices
- Make informed choices in order to lead a healthy lifestyle
Healthy LifestylesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Lead a healthy lifestyle
- Understand the impact of high risk behaviours on others
- Balance work, leisure and exercise and stay healthy
Healthy LivingReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle
- Demonstrate how they contribute to own healthy lifestyle
- Review the activities undertaken to maintain a healthy lifestyle
How and Why Businesses OperateReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know what motivates different types of business
- Know about organisational structures, work roles and identities
- Understand attitudes and values in relation to work and enterprise
- Know economic and business concepts and terms
How and why businesses operateReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about types of business and motivators
- Know about organisational structures
- Understand employees and employers rights and responsibilities
- Know how businesses make a profit
Individual rights and responsibilitiesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand their individual rights
- Understand their individual responsibilities
Investigating Rights and Responsibilities at WorkReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand why rights and responsibilities are important in a workplace.
- Understand rights and responsibilities of employees and employers.
- Obtain guidance and information about rights and responsibilities at work.
Learning from More Experienced PeopleReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about situations where they might interact with more experienced people.
- Know ways in which more experienced people work effectively.
- Improve performance by learning from those who have more experience.
Learning from More Experienced PeopleReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify more experienced people
- Learn from people with more experience
- Understand what they have learned from people with more experience
Making informed career and progression choicesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know how career choices are influenced
- Match needs, interests, values, skills, abilities and attitudes to career options
- Prepare for a career guidance interview
- Plan learning for career management
Managing Own MoneyReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to plan a personal budget
- Understand how to manage their personal finances
- Carry out transactions
Managing Risk in Relation to Personal Safety, Health and WellbeingReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Recognise, assess and manage risk relating to personal safety, health and wellbeing
- Understand the factors that can affect decision making concerning risks
Managing Social RelationshipsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to interact with others in a range of social situations
- Demonstrate how to interact with others in a range of social situations
Managing financial and career riskReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know how risk taking can effect investments
- Understand the need to assess risk in financial and career decisions
- Manage risks and learn from mistakes
Managing personal riskReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Recognise risk
- Understand how risk can be used to influence others
- Get help in an emergency or risky situation
Opportunities in Learning and WorkReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about opportunities in learning and work
- Know about stereotypical views in learning and work and how to challenge them.
- Understand the significance of changes happening in the world of work to career plans
Opportunities in learning and workReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about patterns of employment
- Know about learning opportunities and progression routes
- Recognise stereotypical views in learning and work
- Understand how changes happening in the world of work can affect career plans
Personal and Social RelationshipsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know why relationships are important
- . Understand how relationships can be developed
- Use social skills in relationships
Personal and Social RelationshipsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the importance of social skills in complex relationships
- Understand how emotions influence personal and social relationships
- Show respect and responsibility in personal and social relationships
Planning an Enterprise ActivityReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Select a suitable enterprise activity
- Know appropriate roles and skills required for the enterprise activity
- Know the costs involved in producing and selling a product or service
- Use an appropriate promotional technique
Planning an Enterprise ActivityReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Choose a viable enterprise activity.
- Prepare a plan for implementing an enterprise activity.
- Understand the risks involved in running the enterprise activity.
Practising Leadership Skills with OthersReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Lead a group activity.
- Demonstrate effective leadership skills with others.
- Review own leadership performance.
Practising Leadership Skills with OthersReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand leadership skills they could practise with others
- Demonstrate leadership skills in a group
- Review their practice of leadership skills
Preparation for workReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how own skills and qualities relate to those needed for working life
- Research personal career opportunities
Project in SustainabilityReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan a project to promote sustainability in a chosen environment
- Undertake a sustainability project
- Report on a sustainability project
- Review own performance
Purchasing and Waste ManagementReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- - Know the principles of sustainable purchasing
- - Know how to manage waste safely and legally
- - Be able to apply their knowledge of sustainable purchasing and waste management in a given scenario
- - Be able to devise a campaign to promote sustainable purchasing and waste management
Rights and responsibilties of a citizen in a democracyReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the rights of citizens
- Know the responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy
- Understand the role of the media in a democracy
- Know how citizens can influence decisions
Running an Enterprise ActivityReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Increase the likelihood of success in an enterprise activity
- Complete an enterprise activity
- Review the success of the enterprise activity
Running an Enterprise ActivityReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Provide a strategy to ensure the success of an enterprise activity.
- Carry out an enterprise activity using appropriate skills and procedures.
- Evaluate the profitability of the enterprise activity.
- Review personal involvement in an enterprise activity.
Saving and SpendingReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Save money
- Understand government benefits available to designated groups of people unable to work
- Understand sources of financial support for learners
- Balance a personal budget
Searching for a JobReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to use sources of information about jobs.
- Understand how to relate own skills, interests and achievements to potential job roles.
- Investigate job vacancies.
Self development for your careerReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Carry out self-assessment of achievements, qualities, aptitudes and abilities
- Understand how stereotyped and misrepresented images of people, careers and work affect decision making
- Understand how own attitudes and values affect goal setting
- Set goals for own progress and achievement
Self-development for Your Learning and CareerReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand factors in making career choices
- Understand how own experiences and influences affect career development
- Produce individual learning and career plan to reflect career and progression choices
- Use goal setting to support progress in learning and career development
Skills for EmploymentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the qualities, attitudes and skills required for enterprise and employability
- Understand risk-taking in work-related activities
- Use work-related experiences to develop own skills for career development and employability
Skills for employmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the qualities, attitudes and skills needed to enter and progress in the working world
- Assess own qualities, attitudes and skills for enterprise and employability
Sustainable BuildingsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- - Know the importance of sustainability for the environment
- - Know how to protect our environment
- - Understand the application of sustainable materials
The Role of the Individual in a Democratic SocietyReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about democracy
- Understand values which underpin democracy
- Participate in a democratic decision making process
The Role of the Individual in a Democratic SocietyReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about democracy in the United Kingdom
- Understand values which underpin democracy
- Participate in a democratic decision- making process
The role of the United Kingdom in Worldwide OrganisationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the role of the UK in the European Union
- Know the role of the UK within the Commonwealth
- Know the role of the United Nations in the context of topical events
Understanding Careers and Employment through Experiences of WorkReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about motivation for work
- Understand the importance of lifelong learning to employability and career progression
- Use learning from experiences of work to develop career planning
Understanding Personal IdentityReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about factors that influence personal identity
- Understand how the media portrays young people
- Link personal identity to making a positive contribution to society
Understanding careers and employment through experiences of workReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know what motivates people to work
- Understand skills needed for enterprise and employability
- Know about lifelong learning for careers
- Use learning from experiences of work to help learning and career planning
Working as part of a groupReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to contribute to working as part of a group in appropriate ways
- Demonstrate how to work as an effective group member
- Review the group’s progress and their contribution to it
Working practices and environmentsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about work environments and working practices
- Understand hazards in the workplace
- Relate knowledge about work environments and working practices to own learning and career development
Working towards goalsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify and explain their goals
- Prepare an action plan to meet their goal
- Review progress towards achieving their goal
The honest bit
You’ve started things before
Most courses were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.
There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.
And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.
Your passport
Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 2 credits are regulated. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you’ve earned and what’s next.
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
Who’d teach you this
The Evidence Evaluator
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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.
Skills it covers
What the job actually needs. These are the standards the units are built against, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
How you’ll actually learn this
One-to-one, on your own real work
A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.
Applied to your own work
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for Pearson Edexcel Level 2 Certificate in Personal and Social Development
48 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson Education Ltd.
- Applying for a Job
- Borrowing Money and Managing Risk
- Career Progression
- Career management
- Community action
- Dealing with Problems in daily life
and 42 more in the full unit list below.
One to one, not one to many
No two people run this the same way
A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.
- Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
- What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
- The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
- How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
- Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.
See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.
Why it sticks
Most courses stop at remembering
There’s a well-known ladder of how deeply you learn something, called Bloom’s Taxonomy. Most courses get you up the first two rungs: you remember some facts, you pass a test, you forget it. Real skill lives at the top. Judging, deciding, creating. And this isn’t a generic ladder: every rung has a named Zavmo tutor who walks you up it.
- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
Where most courses leave you Where Zavmo takes you
The value
Why the companion is worth £70 a month
You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.
That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.
Earned on your own work, taught to the top.
Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.
Build my plan, freeNo card. See how this qualification maps onto your role and meet the tutors who’d teach it, free. The learning begins when you subscribe. It’s £70 a month, billed monthly. Cancel any time and billing stops.