AIM Qualifications · RQF Entry Level
AIM Qualifications Entry Level Award in Skills for Living and Work (Entry 3)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Entry Level
- Total credits6
- Guided learning60 hours
- Units in this qualification39
Awarded by AIM Qualifications · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
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.
Bicycle Maintenance and RepairReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Use a bicycle.
- Use tools and equipment needed for maintaining a bicycle.
- Carry out basic bicycle maintenance.
- Participate in carrying out basic bicycle repair procedures.
- Follow health and safety procedures relevant to bicycle repair and maintenance.
Bread MakingReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Know the materials required for bread making.
- Use appropriate equipment and techniques to complete bread making projects.
- Understand health, safety and hygiene requirements for bread making.
- Participate in maintaining health, safety and hygiene during bread making activities.
- Give and receive feedback on own work.
Cave Painting to Early Christian ArtReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Identify artwork from a selection of historical periods.
- Create artwork using a variety of media.
- Create and use traditional art materials.
Computer Security and PrivacyReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the basics of computer security and privacy.
- Keep information secure.
- Protect self and family from online security threats.
- Keep a computer secure.
Developing Mask Making SkillsReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Understand and be able to use processes in preparing plaster.
- Make a solid plaster face-cast.
- Use techniques of sculpting a mask design.
- Use papier-mâché in mask-making.
- Follow health and safety procedures.
Discovering 3 Dimensions in Art and DesignReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Develop ideas for work in 3 dimensions from a set theme.
- Produce work in 3 dimensions on a given theme.
- Comment on own art and design work.
Early Christian to Modern ArtReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Identify artwork from a selection of historical periods.
- Create artwork using a variety of media.
- Create and use traditional art materials from raw substances.
Exploring 2 Dimensions in Art and DesignReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Develop ideas for work in 2 dimensions from a set theme.
- Produce work in 2 dimensions on a set theme.
- Comment on own art and design work.
Fish Farming SkillsReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Assist in basic fish farming skills.
- Know the different types of fish on a fish farm.
- Feed appropriate food to each type of fish.
- Understand hazards to farmed fish.
- Follow health and safety procedures relating to fish farming.
Glass CuttingReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Know parts of a cutting lathe.
- Know different cutting wheels and their effects.
- Know the differences in thickness and shape of glass for the cutting process.
- Cut glass with a lathe.
- Follow health and safety procedures relating to glass cutting.
- Review own work.
Glass EngravingReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Know the parts of an engraving lathe.
- Know the different engraving wheels and their effects.
- Understand the differences in the thickness and shape of glass for the engraving process.
- Engrave glass using an engraving lathe.
- Show awareness of health and safety issues relating to this unit.
Glass Mould blowingReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Know moulds for shaping glass.
- Work with hot glass.
- Prepare glass bubble for shaping in mould.
- Produce tableware glass article using a mould.
- Follow health and safety procedures.
Green WoodworkReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Know the materials and tools required in green woodwork.
- Prepare wood for a specific purpose.
- Use appropriate tools to complete green woodworking projects.
- Know the health and safety standards for working with green wood.
Hand Knitting SkillsReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate hand knitting techniques.
- Follow instructions when producing a hand-knitted garment.
- Know about current styles and/or trends in knitwear.
Identification of Basic External and Internal Car PartsReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Identify and locate basic external car parts.
- Identify and locate basic internal car parts.
Introduction to PhotographyReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Use sources of ideas for photography.
- Develop ideas for photographic work, using appropriate equipment, techniques and processes.
- Produce and present photographic work in response to a task or theme.
Introduction to a Design ProjectReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Source ideas or images for a design project.
- Develop and record own ideas for a project.
- Plan a design project.
- Carry out and complete a design project.
- Review own work.
Jewellery MakingReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Understand safe working practices.
- Use essential tools and equipment in jewellery making.
- Know the materials required for simple jewellery making.
- Use techniques for making jewellery.
- Develop a design for making a piece of jewellery.
- Translate own design into making a piece of jewellery.
LeatherworkReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Use a range of tools and materials for simple leather work.
- Shape leather.
- Carry out leatherwork processes.
- Work safely.
Measure: WeightReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Measure weight.
- Put weights in order.
- Estimate weight.
Numeracy for the WorkplaceReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Solve work related numeracy problems using whole numbers up to 100.
- Use units of measure to solve work-related numeracy problems.
- Interpret charts to solve work-related problems.
Personal Digital Photograph ProcessingReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Use a software package to process digital photographs.
Planning For and Taking Part in a VisitReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Plan a visit to a chosen tourism destination.
- Use personal skills to take part in a visit.
Production SkillsReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Behave appropriately in the workplace or production area.
- Function and communicate during the production processes.
- Work as part of a team.
- Use simple production equipment and tools.
- Recognise suitable product standards.
- Work safely in a work environment.
Remove and Replace Cycle Wheels, Tyres and Inner TubesReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for replacement of cycle wheels, tyres and inner tubes.
- Replace cycle wheels, tyres and inner tubes.
- Tidy up area after work.
Repair a Cycle PunctureReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Work safely when repairing a puncture on a cycle wheel.
- Use relevant sources of information when repairing a puncture on a cycle wheel.
- Repair a cycle puncture.
Setting and Meeting Targets at WorkReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Know why personal targets are needed in the workplace.
- Set a personal target at work.
- Review a personal target at work.
Striving for Excellence in a Vocational SkillReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Source information and advice to improve performance of a selected skill.
- Prepare an action plan to improve a selected skill.
- Implement an action plan to improve a selected skill.
- Demonstrate improvement of a selected skill.
- Respond to feedback on performance of a selected skill.
- Review the impact of performance planning.
- Embed and use a newly improved skill.
Tool ConstructionReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Use tools needed to cleave wood.
- Use suitable wood to make a specific tool and handle.
- Follow health and safety procedures relating to tool making.
- Review own work.
Using a TractorReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Know the checks required before starting a tractor.
- Know daily maintenance routines for a tractor.
- Identify faults on a tractor.
- Know the location of instruments and controls for driving a tractor.
- Start a tractor.
- Follow health and safety procedures when starting a tractor.
Washing a Car ExteriorReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Use tools and equipment for washing a car exterior.
- Wash a car exterior.
Wax and Polish a Car ExteriorReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Use waxing and polishing equipment.
- Wax and polish car exterior.
Willow WorkReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Use a range of tools for basket making.
- Gather some sources of basket making materials.
- Prepare material for basket making.
- Handle tools and materials to complete a basket making weave.
- Follow health and safety procedures during willow work.
Wool Preparation for Plant DyingReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Know breeds of sheep and their fleece.
- Tease and/or card raw wool.
- Know equipment used for plant dying.
- Scour wool.
- Mordant wool.
- Know plants used for dying.
- Dye wool using natural dyes.
- Follow a health and safety procedure relating to wool preparation and dying.
- Review own work.
Wool ProcessingReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the origins of wool.
- Use the tools for preparing wool fibre.
- Prepare yarn for spinning.
- Dye wool.
- Know the difference between felted, woven and knitted fabric.
- Understand health and safety relating to wool processing.
Wool: Raw Material to Finished ProductReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Know origins of wool and natural dyes for colouring wool.
- Use tools for preparing wool fibre.
- Make a range of knots.
- Know the differences between different fabric constructions.
- Follow health and safety procedures relating to wool work.
- Review own work.
Working as Part of a GroupReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to work with others.
- Play an active role in working as part of a group.
- Review own role in a group.
Working as a VolunteerReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the context of volunteering.
- Understand what tasks are necessary in a voluntary organisation.
- Follow instructions to complete a voluntary task.
- Reflect on own role as a volunteer.
Working in an OfficeReal unit · AIM Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Know safety rules in an office.
- Know types of equipment used in an office.
- Use a piece of equipment safely in an office.
- Communicate in an office.
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.
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.
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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.
Where this can lead
Production Associate
Your journey starts here, learning the fundamentals of production. Where you go next is genuinely up to you, but we're committed to giving you the tools, training, and opportunities to build a really solid and rewarding career in operations, whatever path you choose.
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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 AIM Qualifications Entry Level Award in Skills for Living and Work (Entry 3)
39 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by AIM Qualifications.
- Bicycle Maintenance and Repair
- Bread Making
- Cave Painting to Early Christian Art
- Computer Security and Privacy
- Developing Mask Making Skills
- Discovering 3 Dimensions in Art and Design
and 33 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.
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