How you’d get this certificate
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- You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer Open Awards has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
- The centre assesses, and Open Awards awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from Open Awards.
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These are the units Open Awards 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 Open Awards. It does the teaching and the mapping. Open Awards sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.
What each unit actually teaches you to do
Developing Self Real unit · Open Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to identify areas for self-development within a given context.
- Understand how to take responsibility for their own self-development, including planning and implementation.
- Demonstrate how they have developed personal skills through practical application and reflection.
Edging and Repairing a Footpath Real unit · Open Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Edge and repair a footpath to a safe and usable standard.
- Know why footpaths need to be maintained, including reasons related to safety, accessibility and environmental impact.
Environmental Awareness Real unit · Open Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate an awareness of how the actions of humans affect the environment, recognising both positive and negative impacts.
- Demonstrate an understanding of environmental issues which affect their life, such as pollution, climate change, and resource depletion.
- Demonstrate ways in which they can help to improve the environment in the local area, participating in activities such as recycling, conservation, and waste reduction.
Get to Know Woodlands Real unit · Open Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Identify trees common to a specified area
- Identify wild plants common to a woodland area
- Identify common tracks or signs left by living creatures in a woodland
- Understand the importance of preserving natural woodland for future generations
Health and Safety in a Practical Environment Real unit · Open Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Be aware of relevant health and safety requirements in a practical environment
- Be aware of relevant health and safety procedures in a practical environment
- Be aware of relevant health and safety equipment in a practical environment
- Recognise potential risks in a practical environment
- Manage risks by following safe working practices
How to Survey a Landscape and Develop an Improvement Plan Real unit · Open Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to carry out an environmental survey of a site, including identifying key features and potential issues.
- Understand how to carry out improvement work on a landscape, considering environmental impact and sustainability.
Interpersonal Communication Skills Real unit · Open Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of effective interpersonal communication skills in a given context
- Understand effective interpersonal communication skills and how to apply them
Introduction to the Maintenance of a Planted Area Real unit · Open Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Maintain a planted area, including understanding the different maintenance tasks required.
- Know when to carry out maintenance of planted areas, taking into account seasonal variations and plant needs.
- Plant an area for a purpose, selecting appropriate plants and planting techniques.
- Maintain planted areas, carrying out tasks such as weeding, watering, and pruning.
Knowing Your Local Area Real unit · Open Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Know the location and use of key buildings and facilities in own local area, including public services and amenities
- Understand the concept of community and the different groups and organisations that make up the local community
- Understand own responsibilities as a member of the community, including respecting others and contributing to a positive environment
Maintain a Fence Real unit · Open Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Maintain a fence to a satisfactory standard
- Work safely when maintaining a fence
Observing and Encouraging Birds Real unit · Open Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Recognise that there are different types of birds, identifying common species.
- Know the different habitats of common birds, understanding their preferred environments.
- Understand the feeding habits of common birds, knowing what they eat and how they obtain food.
- Know ways birds can be observed, using appropriate techniques and equipment.
- Know ways humans can help birds, such as providing food, water, and shelter.
Preparing a Site for Planting Young Trees Real unit · Open Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Clear and prepare a planting site, removing obstacles and preparing the soil.
- Plant up the prepared site, using appropriate planting techniques for young trees.
- Work safely, following health and safety guidelines and using personal protective equipment.
- Clean tools after use, maintaining them in good condition.
- Store tools and equipment after use, ensuring they are kept securely and safely.
Safely Maintain an Area of Habitat Real unit · Open Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Maintain an area of habitat, carrying out tasks such as vegetation management, litter removal, and habitat enhancement.
Team Work in Environmental Studies Real unit · Open Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the objectives for group activities in environmental studies, including shared goals and individual roles
- Reflect on own performance within a team, identifying strengths and areas for development
- Communicate effectively with other team members, using appropriate language and listening skills
Using and Maintaining Tools Used in Conservation Real unit · Open Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Identify a range of common tools used in conservation work and explain their purpose
- Use a range of conservation tools safely and effectively, following established procedures
- Describe how to maintain a range of conservation hand tools to ensure their longevity and effectiveness
- Maintain a range of conservation hand tools, performing tasks such as cleaning, sharpening, and oiling
Working as Part of a Group Real unit · Open Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Work with others in appropriate ways to achieve a common goal
- Play an active role in working as part of a group to complete a task
- Review their role in the group and identify areas for improvement
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The national standards these units are built against
What the job actually needs, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
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Prepare sites for planting Legacy
The jobs these credits are mapped to
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Where this can lead
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The credits, and who awards them
Entry Level credits are regulated, and they are awarded by Open Awards 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
Developing SelfEdging and Repairing a FootpathEnvironmental AwarenessGet to Know WoodlandsHealth and Safety in a Practical EnvironmentHow to Survey a Landscape and Develop an Improvement PlanInterpersonal Communication SkillsIntroduction to the Maintenance of a Planted Area
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.
The Navigator · your what-if tutor Illustration - Bring your own plan Create
For “How to Survey a Landscape and Develop an Improvement Plan” you bring the plan you are actually working on, not a case study. Zavmo pulls on the assumptions in it until the weak one shows.
- Lead it Apply
“Team Work in Environmental Studies” 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 Developing Self, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
Learners will explore how to identify areas for self-development and take responsibility for personal growth. The unit includes creating and implementing a self-development plan, utilising resources, and demonstrating improved personal skills such as communication and teamwork.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for Open Awards Entry Level Certificate in Introductory Conservation Skills (Entry 3) (RQF)
16 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Open Awards.
- Developing Self
- Edging and Repairing a Footpath
- Environmental Awareness
- Get to Know Woodlands
- Health and Safety in a Practical Environment
- How to Survey a Landscape and Develop an Improvement Plan
and 10 more in the full unit list below.
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