How you’d get it

How you’d get this certificate

  1. Zavmo teaches you. You learn the units one-to-one with an AI tutor, on your own work.
  2. You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer Pearson Education Ltd has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
  3. The centre assesses, and Pearson Education Ltd awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from Pearson Education Ltd.

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01What it is

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. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work, and work done here is recognised as prior learning under the agreements we hold.

Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with Pearson Education Ltd. It does the teaching and the mapping. Pearson Education Ltd sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.

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02The units

What each unit actually teaches you to do

Being Organised Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
This unit develops learners' understanding of the benefits of being organised in personal and professional contexts. You'll demonstrate effective time management, organise belongings and workspaces, follow instructions systematically, and prioritise tasks to enhance productivity.

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 Program Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
You'll understand basic principles of computer programming, identify key components such as variables and loops, create a simple program using suitable software, and test and debug their code to ensure functionality.

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 Graphic Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
You'll explore the purpose and various types of digital animated graphics. They will gain practical skills in using software to create, incorporate elements into, save, and present simple digital animated graphics effectively.

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 Problems Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
It teaches you to understand the purpose and functions of spreadsheets, create simple spreadsheets to organise data, use basic formulas to solve problems, and present data clearly and effectively within a spreadsheet.

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 Website Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
It teaches you to understand the purpose and structure of websites, identify key design elements, create a basic website using appropriate tools, and review and test the website to ensure functionality and user experience.

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 IT Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
This unit develops learners’ ability to create and manage digital information using IT tools. They will identify different types and formats of digital information, use appropriate software to develop content, and review and refine their work to meet requirements.

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 Product Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
This unit covers the concept and development stages of digital products. You'll develop a digital product using appropriate tools and techniques, evaluate its effectiveness, and demonstrate understanding of user interface design and user feedback.

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 Plan Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
You'll identify personal skills, qualities, and interests relevant to progression, set achievable goals, identify resources and support, develop an action plan, and review progress towards their personal development objectives.

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 Problems Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
You'll identify common technical IT problems, understand basic troubleshooting techniques, apply problem-solving strategies to resolve issues, and document the problem-solving process and solutions effectively.

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 Technologies Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
You'll identify different digital communication technologies and their purposes, use these technologies to send and receive information, follow safety guidelines, and recognise the importance of appropriate behaviour in digital communication.

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
03The standards

The national standards these units are built against

What the job actually needs, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.

  • Deliver Digital Products

    Standard
  • Use Digital Communications

    Standard
04The credits

The credits, and who awards them

Level 1 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by Pearson Education Ltd rather than by Zavmo. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you have covered and what is next.

What you would be collecting

Being OrganisedCreating a Computer ProgramCreating a Digital Animated GraphicCreating a Spreadsheet to Solve ProblemsCreating a WebsiteDeveloping Digital Information Using ITDeveloping a Digital ProductDeveloping a Personal Progression Plan

Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.

How you’d practise it

You don’t watch this. You do it.

You are not assessed on remembering this. You are assessed on applying it, analysing it, evaluating it and producing something. So that is what the practice is: projects, role play and your own live cases, with a tutor in the room.

The Navigator The Navigator · your what-if tutor Illustration
The Navigator Your plan for “Developing a Personal Progression Plan” assumes the same two people are free in March. What have you seen that makes you slightly uneasy about that?
You One of them has been pulled onto the migration twice already. Probably fine.
The Navigator That is the thread worth pulling. Let us build the version where it happens a third time and find the move that works either way.
The same lesson on the real thing: the conversation in the middle, the thinking ladder on the left, and the criteria each answer is evidencing on the right.
  • Bring your own plan Create

    For “Developing a Personal Progression Plan” you bring the plan you are actually working on, not a case study. Zavmo pulls on the assumptions in it until the weak one shows.

How you would learn this

One to one, on the work you already do

A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.

A lesson from Being Organised, one of this qualification's own units.

Being Organised Level 1

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.

How the thinking builds
  1. 1 Remember
  2. 2 Understand
  3. 3 Apply
  4. 4 Analyse
  5. 5 Evaluate
  6. 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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Your Plan Illustration

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.

  1. Being Organised
  2. Creating a Computer Program
  3. Creating a Digital Animated Graphic
  4. Creating a Spreadsheet to Solve Problems
  5. Creating a Website
  6. Developing Digital Information Using IT

and 4 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.

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