Pearson Education Ltd · RQF Level 1
Pearson BTEC Level 1 Introductory Certificate in Information Technology
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 1
- Total credits20
- Guided learning180 hours
- Units in this qualification10
Awarded by Pearson Education Ltd · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
Our BTEC below Level 1 qualifications help students take their first steps in vocational learning.
These are the units Pearson Education Ltd 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.
Being OrganisedReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the benefits of being organised
- Demonstrate effective time management skills
- Organise personal belongings and workspace effectively
- Follow instructions and procedures in an organised manner
- Prioritise tasks and activities effectively
Creating a Computer ProgramReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the basic principles of computer programming
- Identify the key components of a computer program
- Create a simple computer program using appropriate software
- Test and debug a computer program
Creating a Digital Animated GraphicReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the purpose of digital animated graphics
- Recognise different types of digital animation
- Use software to create a simple digital animated graphic
- Incorporate different elements into a digital animated graphic
- Save and present a digital animated graphic
Creating a Spreadsheet to Solve ProblemsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the purpose of using spreadsheets to solve problems
- Recognise the basic functions of a spreadsheet program
- Create a simple spreadsheet to organise data
- Use basic formulas within a spreadsheet to solve problems
- Present data clearly within a spreadsheet
Creating a WebsiteReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose and structure of a website
- Identify the key elements of website design
- Create a basic website using appropriate tools
- Review and test a website for functionality
Developing Digital Information Using ITReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify different types of digital information
- Understand the purpose of different digital information formats
- Use IT tools to develop digital information
- Review and refine developed digital information
Developing a Digital ProductReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the concept of a digital product
- Identify the stages involved in developing a digital product
- Develop a digital product using appropriate tools and techniques
- Evaluate the effectiveness of a developed digital product
Developing a Personal Progression PlanReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify personal skills, qualities and interests
- Set realistic and achievable personal progression goals
- Identify resources and support available to aid personal progression
- Develop an action plan to achieve personal progression goals
- Review and evaluate progress towards personal progression goals
Solving Technical IT ProblemsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify common technical IT problems
- Understand basic troubleshooting techniques
- Apply problem-solving strategies to resolve technical IT issues
- Document the problem-solving process and solutions
Using Digital Communication TechnologiesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify different digital communication technologies
- Understand the purpose of different digital communication technologies
- Use digital communication technologies to send and receive information
- Follow basic safety guidelines when using digital communication technologies
- Recognise the importance of appropriate behaviour when using digital communication technologies
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 1 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.
Meet all twelve tutorsWhere 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.
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 own work
This unit develops learners' understanding of the benefits of being organised in personal and professional contexts. Learners will demonstrate effective time management, organise belongings and workspaces, follow instructions systematically, and prioritise tasks to enhance productivity.
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for Pearson BTEC Level 1 Introductory Certificate in Information Technology
10 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson Education Ltd.
- Being Organised
- Creating a Computer Program
- Creating a Digital Animated Graphic
- Creating a Spreadsheet to Solve Problems
- Creating a Website
- Developing Digital Information Using IT
and 4 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.