How you’d get this certificate
- Zavmo teaches you. You learn the units one-to-one with an AI tutor, on your own work.
- You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer NOCN has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
- The centre assesses, and NOCN awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from NOCN.
NOCN Entry Level Certificate in Skills for Employment, Training and Personal Development (Entry 3). This qualification consists of a range of units designed to aid learners in skills for employability, personal development, and general life skills.
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. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work.
Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with NOCN. It does the teaching and the mapping. NOCN sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.
What each unit actually teaches you to do
Alcohol and Drug Misuse Awareness Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate an understanding of alcohol and drug misuse.
Aspects of Citizenship Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the concept of citizenship.
Awareness of Social and Physical Aspects of Adult Relationships Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate awareness of social and physical factors affecting adult relationships.
Budgeting Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of budgeting.
Career Preparation Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for career opportunities.
Caring for your Child Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate basic child care skills.
Computer Basics Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand fundamental computer operations.
Emotional Intelligence Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Develop awareness of emotional intelligence.
Employment Contracts and Payslips Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand employment contracts and payslips.
Exploring Health Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate understanding of health principles.
Food and Nutrition for Children and Young People Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand essential nutritional needs of young people.
Food, Drink and Cooking Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate basic cooking skills.
Healthy Living Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand principles of healthy living.
Home and Personal Safety Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate knowledge of safety practices.
Human Growth and Development Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand stages of human development.
IT User Fundamentals Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand basic IT user principles.
Introduction to Issues of Substance Misuse Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand issues related to substance misuse.
Know How to Use ICT to Support Your Child’s Learning Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Utilise ICT to bolster child learning activities.
Maintaining Sexual Health Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand factors affecting sexual health.
Parenting Skills Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate parenting skills and techniques.
Personal Budgeting and Managing Money Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate budgeting and money management skills.
Personal Hygiene Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the significance of personal hygiene.
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The credits, and who awards them
Entry Level credits are regulated, and they are awarded by NOCN rather than by Zavmo. 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 have covered and what is next.
What you would be collecting
Alcohol and Drug Misuse AwarenessAspects of CitizenshipAwareness of Social and Physical Aspects of Adult RelationshipsBudgetingCareer PreparationCaring for your ChildComputer BasicsEmotional Intelligence
Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.
How you’d practise it
You don’t watch this. You do it.
You are not assessed on remembering this. You are assessed on applying it, analysing it, evaluating it and producing something. So that is what the practice is: projects, role play and your own live cases, with a tutor in the room.
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You do “Budgeting” on a real document of your own. Zavmo works on the draft you have to send anyway, so the coursework and the job are the same piece of work.
- Lead it Apply
“Personal Budgeting and Managing Money” is practised on the team you actually have. You talk through the call you are about to make, and Zavmo makes you say it the way you would say it to them.
How you would learn this
One to one, on the work you already do
A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.
A lesson from Alcohol and Drug Misuse Awareness, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your own work
This unit provides learners with an understanding of the issues surrounding alcohol and drug misuse, including the effects on individuals and society.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for NOCN Entry Level Award in Skills for Further Learning and Employment
22 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by NOCN.
- Alcohol and Drug Misuse Awareness
- Aspects of Citizenship
- Awareness of Social and Physical Aspects of Adult Relationships
- Budgeting
- Career Preparation
- Caring for your Child
and 16 more in the full unit list below.
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The title, level, credits, guided learning hours and unit learning outcomes on this page are taken from the Ofqual Register of Regulated Qualifications. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Where this data comes from.