NCFE · RQF Level 3
NCFE Level 3 Diploma in Creative Media
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 3
- Total credits60
- Guided learning360 hours
- Units in this qualification59
Awarded by NCFE · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
These are the units NCFE 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.
2D digital animated motionReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand 2D digital animation techniques
- Use 2D digital animation techniques to develop an idea
- Produce and evaluate a 2D digital animation
2D games designReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand key factors and considerations relating to the design of 2D games
- Generate and develop concepts and ideas for a 2D game
- Document and present a concept for a 2D Game
2D games productionReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Construct a 2D game and associated assets
- Test and refine a 2D game
- Evaluate a 2D Game
2D traditional animated motionReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand traditional 2D animation techniques
- Use traditional 2D animation techniques
- Produce and evaluate a 2D animation
3D digital animationReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand 3D digital animation techniques
- Use 3D digital animation techniques
- Produce and evaluate a 3D digital animation
3D modelling for computer gamesReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand 3D modelling techniques for games
- Use 3D modelling techniques for games
- Present and evaluate a 3D model
3D stopmotion animationReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand 3D stopmotion techniques
- Use 3D stopmotion techniques
- Produce and evaluate a 3D stopmotion animation
Advertising within graphic designReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand advertising concepts
- Understand advertising ideas and graphic techniques
- Produce and evaluate an advertising solution
Animation in interactive mediaReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand animation in interactive media
- Develop and present an idea for animation in interactive media
- Produce and evaluate animation in interactive media
Authoring an interactive media productReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand authoring tools for creating an interactive media product
- Develop and use authoring tool techniques to create an interactive media product
- Produce and evaluate an interactive media product
Branding for social mediaReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand brand application within a social media context
- Explore and develop ideas for the application of branding in a social media context
- Present and evaluate design ideas
Branding within graphic designReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand branding concepts
- Understand branding ideas and graphic techniques
- Produce and evaluate a branding concept
Broadcast journalismReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Research and understand broadcast journalism
- Develop and plan ideas for broadcast
- Produce and evaluate a chosen broadcast
Character development for 3D animationReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the development of 3D animated character and modelling techniques
- Develop a 3D animated character
- Produce and evaluate a 3D animated character
Collaboration in the creative sectorReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the benefits and challenges of collabouration
- Understand what is required for collabourative working
- Take part in a collabourative activity
Communicating tone of voice through social mediaReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Research tone of voice and target audience of a chosen organisation
- Create brand statements to inform different methods of communication
- Develop and review a communication plan for social media
Concept art for computer gamesReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the use of concept art in games development
- Develop, produce and present concept art for a game idea
- Evaluate concept art for a game idea
Designing 3D characters for computer gamesReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand character design for computer games
- Create a character design for a computer game
- Produce and evaluate a character for a computer game
Designing an interactive media productReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand interactive media product design techniques
- Develop and use design techniques for an interactive media product
- Produce and evaluate specifications and designs for an interactive media product
Designing environments for 3D computer gamesReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the process of environment design for 3D computer games
- Develop and present an environment design for a 3D computer game
- Be able produce and evaluate a 3D environment
Directing for a film or television productionReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the technical and creative roles of a director in film and television production
- Interpret and develop a storyboard for production
- Produce and evaluate the production process
Editing for film and televisionReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand editing for film and television
- Use editing techniques to create a narrative sequence
- Produce and evaluate a narrative sequence
Editing, processing and mixing audioReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand key issues relating to editing audio
- Edit and process audio material
- Mix audio material
Entrepreneurial skillsReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand entrepreneurialism in the creative sector
- Understand how to raise finance for a new business venture
- Produce and evaluate a business plan
Factual programme productionReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand factual programme production
- Explore and plan an idea for a factual programme production
- Produce and evaluate a factual programme production
Graphic illustrationReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand graphic illustration
- Understand illustrative ideas and techniques
- Produce and evaluate a graphic illustration
Internet broadcasting techniquesReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand internet broadcasting techniques
- Develop and plan ideas for internet broadcasting techniques
- Produce and evaluate an internet broadcast
Introduction to social media channelsReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand social media channels
- Use social media to engage with an audience
- Create a social media identity
Manage social media groups and pagesReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand social media channels, groups and pages
- Plan and develop content for a social media group or page
- Publish and review content for a social media group or page
Multi-camera productionReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand multi-camera production
- Explore and plan an idea for a multi-camera production
- Produce and evaluate a multi-camera production
Operating a radio studioReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand key issues relating to radio studio operation
- Operate a radio studio
Packaging and label designReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand packaging and label solutions
- Produce and evaluate a packaging and label design solution
Photo imaging techniquesReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand photographic imaging techniques
- Use photographic imaging techniques
- Produce and evaluate photographic images
Plan and produce work to a commercial briefReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand a commercial brief
- Plan a solution to a commercial brief
- Produce and evaluate work in response to a commercial brief
Presenting radio programmesReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand key issues relating to the presentation of a radio programme
- Present a radio programme
- Review own performance on radio
Producing content for radioReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Identify, obtain and assemble content to meet production requirements
- Evaluate content for radio
- Understand legal, regulatory and organisational requirements relevant to producing content
Producing radio broadcastsReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand key contextual information relating to the production of live radio broadcasts
- Brief presenters and contributors
- Manage the activities of studio teams
- Monitor programme timings
Radio branding and commercialsReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Produce radio material
- Produce station branding, trails and commercials
- Understand legal and regulatory issues relevant to producing station branding, radio trails and commercials
Radio interviewsReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand key contextual information relating to radio interviews
- Understand key issues when planning radio interviews
- Carry out briefings for radio interviews
- Conduct radio interviews to meet production requirements
Set development for 3D animationReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand modelling techniques for a 3D animation set
- Know about animation techniques and develop ideas for 3D animation sets
- Produce and evaluate a 3D animation set
Single camera productionReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand single camera production
- Explore and plan an idea for a single camera production
- Produce and evaluate single camera production
Small business promotion using social media channelsReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the use of social media for business purposes
- Develop content for publication using social media
- Publish and review social media content for business purposes
Sound in interactive mediaReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand sound in interactive media
- Develop and present an idea for the use of sound in interactive media
- Produce and evaluate sound in interactive media
Sound production for animationReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how sound and animation combine to communicate information
- Record and edit sounds for animation
- Apply and evaluate sounds for animation
Sound production for computer gamesReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand sound production techniques
- Create and edit sounds for computer games
- Apply and evaluate sounds for computer games
Sound recording techniquesReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand sound recording techniques
- Develop and plan ideas for sound recording
- Produce and evaluate sound recordings
Story development for animationReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand structure and narrative of storylines within animation
- Develop a storyline idea for use in an animation
- Present and evaluate a story for use in an animation
Story development for computer gamesReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand structure and narrative of storylines within computer games
- Develop and present a story idea for use in a computer game
- Produce and evaluate a story for use in a computer game
Studio lightingReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand studio lighting
- Develop and plan ideas for studio lighting
- Produce and evaluate a lighting set-up for studio lighting
Typefaces and typographic controlReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand typefaces and typographic control in interactive media
- Develop and present an idea for using typefaces and typographic control in interactive media
- Produce and evaluate typefaces and typographic control in interactive media
Typography and layout within graphic designReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand typographic and layout characteristics and techniques
- Experiment with typographic and layout characteristics and techniques
- Produce and evaluate a graphic design solution using typographic and layout techniques
Understanding creativity in radioReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand developments in radio
- Understand the legal and regulatory environments in which the radio industry operates
- Understand the creative process in radio
Using social media for businessReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand social media for business
- Explore and plan ideas for business using social media
- Produce and evaluate a social media plan for use with business
Using social media for promotionReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the use of social media for promotion
- Explore ideas for promoting a product or service using social media
- Develop and evaluate the planned promotion of a product or service using social media
Vector- and pixel-based imagesReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand vector and pixel-based software
- Produce and evaluate vector and pixel-based images
Video in interactive mediaReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand video techniques for interactive media
- Develop and present an idea for video in interactive media
- Produce and evaluate video in interactive media
Video productionReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand video production
- Be able develop and present an idea for a video production
- Be able produce and evaluate a video production
Working in the computer games industryReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand organisational structures, funding models and job roles common to the games industry
- Understand legal and ethical issues affecting the games industry
- Investigate and respond to recruitment opportunities within the games industry
Writing for radioReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to vary language, content and style to suit different genres, formats and target audiences
- Understand writing for different purposes
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 3 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.
- Arrange for and supervise technical crew during shoots on location
- Contribute to finalising and presenting detailed packaging design proposals
- Create multimedia content for radio and audio productions
- Create narrative scripts for games or interactive media products
- Create visual content for use in radio and audio productions
- Design Sound for Animation
- Design concept and functionality for immersive products
- Develop packaging design briefs
Where this can lead
3D Modeller for AR/VR
Your journey as a 3D Modeller for AR/VR at Zavmo is just the beginning. We're committed to helping you grow, whether that's becoming a technical guru, a team leader, or an artistic visionary. The immersive tech space is only just getting started, and your skills will be at the forefront of shaping its future.
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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.
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 work in any of these jobs
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for NCFE Level 3 Diploma in Creative Media
59 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by NCFE.
- 2D digital animated motion
- 2D games design
- 2D games production
- 2D traditional animated motion
- 3D digital animation
- 3D modelling for computer games
and 53 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.