AIM Qualifications · RQF Entry Level

AIM Qualifications Entry Level Certificate in Work Skills: Exploring Careers (Entry 2) (QCF)

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

  • LevelRQF Entry Level
  • Total credits15
  • Guided learning150 hours
  • Units in this qualification355

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What each unit actually teaches you to do

These are the units AIM Qualifications 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.

Action Planning to Improve PerformanceReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know own strengths and areas for improvement
  • Know about a personal target for improvement
Adjusting to a New SettingReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Access a range of people who can help them.
  • Find their way around the site.
  • Know the people and resources relevant to their learning.
  • Be safe on site.
AdvertisingReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know how advertising promotes products
  • Plan adverts
Applying for Jobs and CoursesReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply for jobs or courses
  • Know about interviews for jobs or courses
  • Apply for a job
Applying for Jobs and CoursesReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply for a job or course
  • Prepare for and take part appropriately in a simple interview
  • Know the type of material that can be used to support an application for a job or course
AssertivenessReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about the benefits of assertiveness
  • Know about being assertive in a given situation
Assertiveness and Decision Making SkillsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Speak up for them self in a structured situation
  • Know about the rights and responsibilities of self and others in given situations
  • Negotiate to achieve a desired outcome
  • Know about the implications and benefits of self-assertiveness and self-control
Assist at a Sport EventReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about different types of events
  • Assist at a sport event
Assist in Catching PoultryReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Catch and crate poultry with assistance
  • Work safely
Assist with Cleaning Housing for Small AnimalsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Clean and disinfect small animal accommodation
  • Work safely
Assist with Styling Men’s HairReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about hair styling techniques for men
  • Assist in providing hair styling for men
  • Review own performance
Assist with Styling Women’s HairReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about women’s hair styling techniques
  • Assist in styling women’s hair
  • Review own performance
Assisting in a Brickwork WorkshopReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Use equipment for designated tasks
  • Dismantle a practice section of wall
  • Mix mortar for workshop practice
  • Prepare for workshop practice
  • Care for equipment
Audio and Video SoftwareReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Use audio and/or video hardware and software to capture sequences
  • Use audio and/or video hardware and software tools to edit sequences
  • Play and present audio and/or video sequences
Bed Down Farm AnimalsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about clean bedding for farm animals
  • Work safely
Beginning to StudyReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about the demands of own course of study
  • Organise own study
  • Use different types of resources to support chosen course of study
  • Listen actively in a learning environment
Behaviour in the WorkplaceReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about different roles in a workplace
  • Know about workplace health and safety requirements
Being Part of a GroupReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know how own behaviour affects other group members.
  • Take account of the needs and preferences of other group members.
  • Make a positive contribution to a group.
Blow Drying Women’s HairReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about blow drying techniques for women’s hair
  • Blow dry women’s hair
  • Review own performance
Bridles and SaddlesReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Recognise component parts of a saddle and bridle
  • Work safely
Building Confidence and Self EsteemReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about confidence and self esteem
  • Know about building confidence and self esteem
  • Know about feelings surrounding confidence and self esteem
Building Confidence and Self EsteemReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about confidence and self esteem
  • Know about building confidence and self esteem
  • Know about feelings surrounding confidence and self esteem
Building Confidence: Working with AnimalsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Follow health and safety rules when working with animals
  • Know about domesticated animals
  • Recognise behaviours in both animals and humans
  • Encourage animals to behave normally
Calculations Using Whole Numbers to 10Real unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the meaning of addition and subtraction.
  • Add and subtract single digit numbers. (NE1.2)
  • Use calculation of whole numbers to 10 in practical tasks.
Calculations with Whole NumbersReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Add and subtract whole numbers. (NE2.2)
  • Multiply whole numbers. (NE2.2)
  • Know some mental strategies for addition and subtraction. (NE2.2)
  • Use calculations with whole numbers to solve task or problems. (NE2.2)
Career PlanningReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify a career option
  • Identify a job or training opportunity
  • Apply for a job, training placement or course
  • Prepare for an interview
Career PlanningReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify possible employment options
  • Complete a job/training application form
  • Create a basic Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Know appropriate conduct for a job interview
  • Find out about job/training opportunities in local area
  • Plan for future career development
Career PreparationReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about own qualities, skills, interests and achievements
  • Know about careers information resources
Carrying Out Routine Tasks at WorkReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Carry out routine tasks at work
Carrying Out a Practical ActivityReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Plan to carry out a practical activity
  • Carry out a practical activity
Catering: Cleaning and Storing Cutlery and CrockeryReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare cutlery and crockery for service
  • Know about storing cutlery and crockery
  • Clean cutlery and crockery after service
Catering: Knife SkillsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare to use knives in a catering role
  • Use a knife safely in a catering role
  • Clean a knife, equipment and work surface
Check that a Small Animal is HealthyReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Restrain a small animal
  • Know the signs of good health in a small animal
Clean Poultry AccommodationReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about cleaning poultry accommodation
  • Clean poultry accommodation by hand
  • Work safely
Clean the Inside of a Motor VehicleReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Clean the inside of a motor vehicle
  • Work safely
Collect and Present Numerical InformationReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Collect simple numerical information
  • Present numerical information
Collect and Sort Poultry EggsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Collect and sort poultry eggs
  • Work safely
Communication Skills for Group and TeamworkReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about the roles of group members
  • Communicate verbally with group members
  • Know the importance of listening to others within group situations
  • Recognise others’ rights to communicate within a group situation
  • Recognise the importance of co-operation when working in group situations
  • Recognise praise and constructive criticism
  • Know about relationships within own team
Communication in the WorkplaceReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about communication
  • Know what needs to be communicated in the workplace
  • Know about ways of communicating in the workplace
  • Assess own communication in the workplace
  • Communicate in the workplace
Communication in the WorkplaceReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about communication
  • Know what needs to be communicated in the workplace
  • Communicate in the workplace
Compare and Order Items by MeasurementReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Use vocabulary to compare and order items by size
  • Use vocabulary to compare and order items by weight
  • Use vocabulary to compare and order items by capacity
Comparing SizesReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Use words to describe the size of objects. (NE1.2)
  • Use words to describe the weight of objects. (NE1.2)
  • Use words to describe capacity. (NE1.2)
  • Measure objects. (NE1.1)
Completing FormsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Use personal details and familiar common words to fill in a form. (CE2.3)
  • Complete a paper based form. (CE2.3)
  • Complete an on screen form. (CE2.3)
  • Check completed forms for accuracy. (CE2.3)
  • Keep online information secure.
Completing FormsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand terms found on forms.
  • Complete forms.
Completing TasksReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know the requirements for a task.
  • Complete a task.
  • Review a task.
Completing Tasks at WorkReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about workplace tasks.
  • Complete workplace tasks.
Conduct at WorkReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know what behaviour is expected in the workplace
  • Follow the codes of behaviour
  • Know about the impact of unacceptable behaviour
  • Maintain acceptable behaviour in the workplace
Conduct at WorkReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know what behaviour is expected in the workplace
  • Know why it is necessary to follow codes of behaviour
  • Know about the impact of unacceptable behaviour
  • Maintain acceptable behaviour in the workplace
Contributing to the CommunityReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about ways to contribute to the community.
  • Know the benefits of contributing to the community.
  • Contribute to the community.
  • Assess own contribution to the community.
Cooking TechniquesReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about different methods of cooking
  • Know about health and safety issues relating to different methods of cooking
  • Make a dish using different cooking methods
Cooking TechniquesReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about different methods of cooking
  • Work safely
Coping Strategies at WorkReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about problems at work
  • Contribute to creating a coping strategy
  • Implement a coping strategy
Cultivate Plant CuttingsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Take a plant cutting
  • Plant cuttings
  • Cultivate plant cuttings
Cultivating Plant CuttingsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Take a cutting
  • Root plant cuttings
  • Plant cuttings
  • Cultivate plant cuttings
Cultivating SeedsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Produce a flower/food crop
Customer ServiceReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know how customers like to be treated
  • Work with customers
Customer ServiceReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about good customer service
  • Know about the possible consequences of poor customer service
  • Know about the value of first impressions
  • Know about positive verbal and non-verbal interaction with customers/clients
  • Know the importance of respect for the individual in giving good customer service
Customer Service in the Hospitality IndustryReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know the importance of good customer service in the hospitality industry
  • Communicate with customers in a hospitality environment
  • Know the importance of good personal presentation in the hospitality industry
Cutting MetalReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Cut metal
  • Work safely
Cutting Wood-Based MaterialsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Cut wood-based materials
  • Work safely
Dealing with Customer Queries and RequestsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know the services or products of a section or department within an organisation
  • Answer customers' questions
  • Respond to customers' queries or requests
Dealing with ProblemsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about problems
  • Know about sources of help in solving problems
  • Select a solution to a problem
Dealing with Queries and RequestsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know the services or products of a section or department within an organisation
  • Answer customers' questions
  • Respond to customers' queries or requests
Dealing with Work-related ProblemsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about problems in the workplace.
  • Tell others about a work-related problem.
  • Know sources of help in solving problems.
  • Identify possible solutions to workplace problems.
  • Select a solution to a workplace problem.
Desktop Publishing SoftwareReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Use page designs and layouts for a publication
  • Create a publication
  • Use desktop publishing software to edit and format a publication
Developing AssertivenessReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about being assertive
Developing Customer Service SkillsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about the benefits to an organisation of good customer service
  • Understand the possible consequences of poor customer service
  • Understand the value of first impressions
  • Know about positive verbal and non verbal interaction with customers
Developing Customer Service SkillsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about the benefits of good customer service to an organisation
  • Understand the possible consequences of poor customer service
  • Understand the value of first impressions
Developing Skills for the Workplace: Looking and Acting the PartReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Choose clothing and footwear for the workplace
  • Conduct him/herself at work
Developing a Personal Learning ProgrammeReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about the relevance of previous skills and experience for further learning
  • Seek guidance and advice to identify learning options
  • Know about the purpose and value of discussing own learning programme
  • Review progress towards own learning goal
Developing and Presenting Information Using ICTReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Enter personal information. (ICTE2.3)
  • Present information through ICT. (ICTE2.3)
  • Delete and amend information. (ICTE2.3)
  • Present information orally. (ICTE2.3)
Developing and Presenting Information Using ICTReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Enter personal information. (ICTE1.3)
  • Present information through ICT. (ICTE1.3)
  • Delete and amend information. (ICTE1.3)
  • Present information orally. (ICTE1.3)
Discussion SkillsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Contribute to a discussion. (CE2.1)
  • Follow discussions. (CE2.1)
Displaying Travel and Tourism InformationReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Plan a display of travel and tourism information
  • Present travel and tourism information
  • Review displays of travel and tourism information
Displaying Travel and Tourism InformationReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Plan a display of travel and tourism information
  • Review displays of travel and tourism information
Doing SportReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know the importance of training
  • Put training into practice
  • Comply with health and safety rules when taking part in sport
Effective Communication in the WorkplaceReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about communication in the workplace.
  • Use communication skills in the workplace.
Effective Skills, Qualities and Attitudes for Learning and WorkReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate a range of positive qualities, attitudes and behaviours for learning and work
  • Know about effective communication for learning and at work
  • Work effectively under frequent and directive supervision
Employment SkillsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about the need for Health and Safety procedures at work
  • Participate in a work environment
  • Work as part of a team
  • Recognise the social skills needed for work/employment
Environmental AwarenessReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate an awareness of how the actions of humans affect the environment
  • Demonstrate an awareness of an environmental issue which affects their life
  • Demonstrate an awareness of how they could help the environment
Environmental IssuesReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know how humans can have a negative effect on the environment
  • Know that people can take action to benefit the environment
Estimating and MeasuringReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Estimate using standard units of measure
  • Measure to the nearest labelled division on a scale
Exploring Occupational AreasReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Recognise different occupational areas
  • Know about different jobs in occupational areas
  • Know about own skills
Exploring Occupational AreasReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Recognise different occupational areas
  • Know about different jobs in an occupational area
  • Know about own skills
Exploring Working in CateringReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Reflect on own experience of working in catering
Exploring Working in ConstructionReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Reflect on the experience of working in construction
Exploring Working in Customer ServiceReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Reflect on own experience of working in customer service
Exploring Working in HairdressingReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Reflect on own experience of working in hairdressing
Exploring Working in HorticultureReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Reflect on own experience of working in horticulture
Exploring Working in HospitalityReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Reflect on own experience of working in hospitality
Exploring Working in RetailReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Reflect on own experience of working in retail
Exploring Working in SportReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Reflect on own experience of working in sport
Exploring Working in Travel and TourismReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Reflect on own experience of working in travel and tourism
Exploring Working in a Care EnvironmentReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Reflect on own experience of working in a care environment
Exploring Working in an OfficeReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Reflect on own experience of working in an office
Exploring Working with AnimalsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Reflect on own experience of working with animals
Exploring the World of WorkReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know the benefits of working.
  • Know about ways of working.
  • Know about areas of work.
  • Know sources of information about work.
Farm Animal HousingReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about different types of farm animal housing
  • Know why farm animal housing needs to be safe and secure
Feed Farm AnimalsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare to feed farm animals
  • Feed farm animals
  • Work safely
Feed and Water HorsesReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Provide feed and water for horses
  • Work safely
Feed and Water PoultryReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Provide feed and water for poultry
  • Work safely
Feed and Water Small AnimalsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Feed and water small animals
  • Work safely
Feeding AnimalsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know safety rules when working with animals.
  • Feed animals.
  • Reflect on own performance.
Feeding AnimalsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know safety rules when working with animals
  • Feed animals
  • Reflect on own performance
Finding JobsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know who can help them to find a job.
  • Identify jobs of interest to self.
Finding, Selecting and Exchanging Information Using ICTReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know ICT sources of information. (ICTE2.2)
  • Locate information using ICT sources. (ICTE2.2)
  • Use enter and save information. (ICTE2.2)
  • Send and receive ICT based information. (ICTE2.2)
Finding, Selecting and Exchanging Information Using ICTReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know some ICT sources of information. (ICTE1.2)
  • Locate information. (ICTE1.2)
  • Enter and save information. (ICTE1.3)
  • Receive simple ICT based information. (ICTE1.2)
Floristry Hand ToolsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Use hand tools in floristry
  • Work safely
Floristry Plant MaterialsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about floristry plant materials
Floristry TechniquesReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about the relevant tools and equipment
  • Know about preservation and conditioning techniques
  • Know about basic design principles
  • Know about construction techniques
Following InstructionsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Follow instructions
  • Know the potential impact of not following instructions in a work environment
Following InstructionsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Follow instructions
  • Know the potential impact of not following instructions in a work environment
Following Safe and Healthy Working Practices when Using ICTReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand some safety measures needed when using ICT. (ICTE2.1)
  • Understand safety measures needed when using passwords and PINs.
Following Safe and Healthy Working Practices when Using ICTReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand safety measures needed when using ICT. (ICTE1.1)
  • Know where to find help when needed. (ICTE1.1)
Following a RecipeReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Follow a recipe
  • Work safely
Food SafetyReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about food hygiene procedures
  • Know about storing different types of food
  • Know when food should be discarded
Food Safety and HygieneReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about food poisoning
  • Know about safe and hygienic working practices
Food Safety and StorageReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about basic hygiene rules
  • Store different types of food
  • Know when food should be discarded
Food and Drink PreparationReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare a hot or cold drink
  • Prepare a snack
  • Store food and drink
  • Be safe in the kitchen
Food, Drink and CookingReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about kitchen equipment
  • Know about hot and cold drinks
  • Know which fresh foods do not need to be cooked
  • Know about simple snacks
Garden Horticulture SkillsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about things that grow in a garden or allotment
  • Propagate plants
  • Prepare an outside growing bed
  • Grow and care for plants
Garden Maintenance SkillsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about tools and equipment needed for garden maintenance
  • Maintain a garden
  • Know the importance of lawn maintenance
  • Know about the correct methods of garden waste disposal
GardeningReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know what a garden is
  • Know what equipment to use for gardening
  • Know about plants
  • Work safely
GardeningReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about gardens
  • Know about garden tools
  • Plant
  • Care for equipment
Getting About SafelyReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Stay safe when out and about
  • Travel somewhere safely
  • Know emergency evacuation procedures
Good Working PracticeReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know the principles of health and safety and good working practice
Groom a HorseReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Groom a horse for tacking up
  • Work safely
Groom a Small AnimalReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Groom a small animal
Growing and Caring for PlantsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Engage in activities to grow and care for plants
Hair PlaitingReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare for a hair plaiting service
  • Carry out hair plaiting techniques
Hair PlaitingReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare for a hair plaiting service
  • Carry out hair plaiting techniques
Hairdressing: Introduction to Assisting a StylistReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Assist stylist with technical service
  • Shampoo a client’s hair
Hairdressing: Introduction to Health and SafetyReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Comply with the health and safety requirements in a salon environment
  • Maintain personal hygiene and appearance
Hairdressing: Introduction to Working RelationshipsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Assist at reception
  • Liaise with clients
  • Liaise with colleagues
Handling Money in a Sales SituationReal unit · AIM Qualifications
This unit covers the skills and knowledge required to handle money accurately and securely in sales situations. You'll understand different payment methods, the purpose and preparation of a float, and be able to take cash payments and calculate takings following established procedures.

What you'll be able to do

  • Handle money in a sales situation
  • Know the purpose of a float
  • Take a cash payment
  • Calculate takings
Handling Money in a Sales SituationReal unit · AIM Qualifications
It teaches you to handle money accurately and securely in sales situations. You'll identify currency denominations, count money, use calculators for verification, and calculate and give correct change while preventing theft or loss.

What you'll be able to do

  • Handle money accurately and securely in a sales situation, including giving correct change.
Handling Stock in a Retail EnvironmentReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Unpack and move stock
  • Store stock safely
  • Fill up stock on display
Handling Telephone Calls from CustomersReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Greet customers calling on the telephone
  • Deal with customers calling on the telephone
  • Deal with communication problems whilst on the telephone
Handling Telephone Calls from CustomersReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Greet customers calling on the telephone
  • Deal with a customer calling on the telephone
  • Deal with a communication problem whilst on the telephone
Health and FitnessReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about keeping fit
  • Take part in fitness activities
  • Apply dress safely for fitness activities
  • Review own performance
Health and FitnessReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about keeping fit
  • Take part in fitness activities
  • Apply safe working practices
  • Review own performance
Health and FitnessReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about the importance of exercise
  • Know about the clothing to be worn when participating in exercise
  • Take part in an exercise programme
Health and Safety AwarenessReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about Health and Safety procedures
  • Observe safe working practices
Health and Safety Procedures in the Work PlaceReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Recognise health and safety procedures.
  • Carry out tasks with regard to health and safety in the work place.
Health and Safety at WorkReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know why it is important to follow health and safety procedures at work.
  • Know about health and safety procedures at work.
  • Follow health and safety procedures at work.
Health and Safety in ConstructionReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about hazards in construction
  • Know about Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  • Apply process to tackle basic health and safety problems
  • Communicate with others when performing tasks
  • Review own performance
Horticulture: Identify Parts of a Flowering PlantReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about parts of a flowering plant
Horticulture: Potting UpReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare for potting up
  • Pot up rooted cuttings, large seedlings or plugs
  • Clear up after potting
Horticulture: Sowing Seeds in a TrayReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare for horticultural tasks
  • Assist with sowing seeds in a seed tray
  • Tidy work area
Horticulture: Using ToolsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Use tools to carry out horticulture tasks
  • Work safely
Horticulture: Using and Maintaining Hand ToolsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about hand tools used in horticulture
  • Maintain horticultural hand tools
  • Use horticultural hand tools
Identifying the Purpose of Written MaterialReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Recognise the purpose of simple texts.
  • Recognise the purpose of signs and symbols.
Improving Own ConfidenceReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about confidence
  • Know how communication skills can contribute to improving confidence
  • Know about decision-making and associated emotions and feelings
  • Know how having goals can increase confidence
Independent TravelReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know why it is important to be able to travel independently.
  • Know about types of transport.
  • Plan a journey.
  • Travel safely.
  • Know what to do when a journey does not go according to plan.
Individual Rights and ResponsibilitiesReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know that they have individual rights and responsibilities
Induction to WorkReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about the work place
  • Know about own role in a work place
Introduction to Handling Stock in a Retail EnvironmentReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Unpack and move stock
  • Fill up stock on display
Introduction to the Use of Tools and Equipment for a Work TaskReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Use tools and equipment for a work task
  • Care for work tools and equipment
Introduction to the Use of Tools and Equipment for a Work TaskReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Use tools and equipment for a work task
  • Care for work tools and equipment
Keeping Safe in Unfamiliar AreasReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Find own way around an unfamiliar area
  • Be safe in unfamiliar areas
Keeping a Retail Environment Clean, Tidy and SafeReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Clean work areas
  • Ask for help in an accident or emergency
Keeping the Work Area Clean, Tidy and Safe in a Retail EnvironmentReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Clean a work area in a retail environment
  • Know who to ask for help in an accident or emergency in a retail environment
Kitchen HygieneReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know that kitchens must be kept clean
  • Use equipment to clean a kitchen
Know How to Use Craft Activities to Support Your Child’s LearningReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know how craft activities can support his/her child’s learning.
  • Use craft activities with his/her child.
Know How to Use Games to Support Your Child’s Literacy DevelopmentReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Select a game to develop his/her child’s litreacy skills.
  • Know how the game supports the development of his/her child’s litreacy skills.
Know How to Use Games to Support Your Child’s Numeracy DevelopmentReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Select a game to develop his/her child’s numeracy skills.
  • Know how the game supports the development of his/her child’s numeracy skills.
Know How to Use ICT to Support Your Child’s LearningReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know how ICT can support his/her child’s learning.
  • Know how ICT equipment can be used to support his/her child’s learning.
Know How to Use Play to Support Your Child’s LearningReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know how play can support his/her child’s learning.
  • Know own role in supporting his/her child’s learning through play.
Know How to Use Poetry and Rhyme to Support Your Child’s Language DevelopmentReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know how poetry and rhyme can support the development of his/her child’s language skills.
  • Use poetry and rhyme to develop his/her child’s language skills.
Knowing How You LearnReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Communicate own likes and dislikes about learning.
  • Know own strengths and areas for development.
  • Express preferences about how they learn.
  • Indicate own support needs.
Learning from Work PlacementReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Give an account of their work experience.
  • Review own performance during work placement.
Learning from Work PlacementReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know what they have learned through the work placement.
  • Review own performance during work placement.
Looking After Customers in a Retail EnvironmentReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Project a positive impression of self/company to customers
  • Communicate with customers
  • Deal with customer enquiries
Looking After and Caring for AnimalsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Engage in activities to look after and care for animals
Looking for WorkReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about different patterns of work
  • Know about different occupations
  • Know where to find out about job opportunities
  • Know about applying for a job
Maintain a FenceReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Maintain a fence
  • Work safely
Maintain a FootpathReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Maintain a footpath
  • Work safely
Maintaining Healthy HairReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about hair
  • Shampoo and condition hair
Maintaining Work StandardsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about timekeeping and attendance
  • Complete an activity to the required standard
Make a Slab-Built BoxReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Produce a slab-built box from clay
  • Produce a slab-built box from clay
  • Work in a safe and tidy manner
Making ChoicesReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about the options from which they can choose.
  • Know what they want to achieve through making a choice.
  • Seek support to help them make a choice.
  • Select the most appropriate option.
  • Know the consequences of their choices.
Making ChoicesReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know when choices can be made
  • Make an informed choice in their own life
Making Informed Career ChoicesReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about the requirements for specific jobs
  • Know about alternatives to paid employment
  • Know about an appropriate employment, training or FE destination
Making Informed Career ChoicesReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify sources to assist in career planning
  • Identify preferred careers or jobs
  • Recognise own suitability for specific careers or jobs
Making a MealReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about the basic hygiene rules of a kitchen
  • Select and prepare ingredients to make a meal
  • Use utensils safely
  • Use a cooker safely
  • Serve a meal
Making a ProductReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Follow safety rules when making a product
  • Know about suitable materials that can be used to make a product
  • Know about equipment used to make a product
Managing Your TimeReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Turn up on time.
  • Complete tasks on time.
Marketing Products and ServicesReal unit · AIM Qualifications
This unit introduces learners to the fundamentals of marketing products and services, including product and service types, market characteristics, and marketing methods. You'll learn to select and implement appropriate marketing strategies.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about different types of products and services.
  • Know about the characteristics of the market for products and services.
  • Explore a range of marketing methods.
  • Select appropriate marketing methods for specific products and services.
  • Market products and services effectively.
Measuring and Using LengthReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Use metres and centimetres when describing length.
  • Estimate and measure length. (NE2.1)
  • Use measurements of length. (NE2.1, NE2.3)
Measuring and Using WeightReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Estimate and measure weight of objects. (NE2.2)
  • Use measurements of weight. (NE2.2)
Metalwork: Using Hand ToolsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about carrying out metalwork
  • Use hand tools for metalwork
  • Work safely
Mix Cement Bonding Materials by HandReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about mixing cement bonding materials by hand
  • Mix bonding materials by hand
  • Work safely when cement bonding
Mix and Lay ConcreteReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about mixing and laying concrete
  • Mix and lay concrete
  • Work safely when mixing and laying concrete
Motor Vehicle MaintenanceReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Maintain a motor vehicle so that it may be ridden and/or driven safely
  • Work safely when maintaining motor vehicles
Motor Vehicles: External PartsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about the external parts of a motor vehicle
  • Work safely
Motor Vehicles: Internal PartsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about the internal parts of a motor vehicle
  • Work safely
Move a Farm AnimalReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Move a farm animal
Negotiation SkillsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Communicate with others about wants, needs and/or views
  • Know about compromise
Observing and Encouraging BirdsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about birds
  • Know ways humans can help birds
Observing and Encouraging BirdsReal unit · AIM Qualifications

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about different types of birds
  • Know about the feeding habits of common birds
  • Know ways humans can help birds

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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

Entry Level 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.

Action Planning to Improve PerformanceAdjusting to a New SettingAdvertisingApplying for Jobs and CoursesApplying for Jobs and CoursesAssertivenessAssertiveness and Decision Making SkillsAssist at a Sport Event

Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.

Who’d teach you this

The Evidence Evaluator

Assessor

Helps you show what you can actually do, gathering the evidence that proves it as you learn.

Meet all twelve tutors

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.

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AIM Qualifications Entry Level Certificate in Work Skills: Exploring Careers (Entry 2) (QCF)
  • Audio and Video Software
  • Ensure personal fitness for work
  • Prepare for work in a craft ceramic environment
This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

Where this can lead

Safety Coordinator

Your career as a Safety Coordinator is just the beginning of a truly impactful journey. We're looking for someone who wants to grow with us, learn continuously, and ultimately become a leader in keeping people safe. The opportunities are vast, and the impact you can make is profound.

See the whole journey →

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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.

Audio and Video SoftwareEnsure personal fitness for workPrepare for work in a craft ceramic environment

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.
Action Planning to Improve PerformanceEntry Level

Applied to your work in any of these jobs

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 AIM Qualifications Entry Level Certificate in Work Skills: Exploring Careers (Entry 2) (QCF)

173 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by AIM Qualifications.

  1. Action Planning to Improve Performance
  2. Adjusting to a New Setting
  3. Advertising
  4. Applying for Jobs and Courses
  5. Assertiveness
  6. Assertiveness and Decision Making Skills

and 167 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.

Build my plan, free

No 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.