Open College Network Northern Ireland · RQF Level 3
Open College Network Northern Ireland Level 3 Vocationally-Related Qualification in Digital Technology (Users)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 3
- Total credits10
- Guided learning70 hours
- Units in this qualification29
Awarded by Open College Network Northern Ireland · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
The OCN NI Level 3 Award in Information Technology Applications aims to provide learners with advanced IT skills to function successfully in work and wider environments.
These are the units Open College Network Northern Ireland 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.
Bespoke SoftwareReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
What you'll be able to do
- Input and combine information using bespoke software.
- Create and modify appropriate structures to organise and retrieve information efficiently.
- Exploit the functions of the software effectively to process and present information.
Capturing and Editing Audio SequencesReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
What you'll be able to do
- Use audio hardware and software to capture sequences.
- Use audio software tools.
- Play and present audio sequences.
Capturing, Editing and Presenting Video SequencesReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
What you'll be able to do
- Use video hardware and software to capture sequences.
- Use video software tools and techniques to combine and edit sequences.
- Play and present video sequences.
Computer Animation TechniquesReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the types and uses of animation.
- Know the software techniques used in animation.
- Design and implement digital animations.
Computer NetworksReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
What you'll be able to do
- Know types of network systems and protocols.
- Understand the key components used in networking.
- Be aware of the services provided by network systems.
- Construct, configure and secure a basic network.
Computerised Accounting SoftwareReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
What you'll be able to do
- Access, enter and edit accounting information.
- Process business transactions from source documents.
- Develop and interpret management information reports.
- Set up a computerised accounting system ready for use.
Database SoftwareReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
What you'll be able to do
- Plan, create and modify relational database tables to meet requirements.
- Enter, edit and organise structured information in a database.
- Use database software tools to create, edit and run data queries and produce reports.
Design SoftwareReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
What you'll be able to do
- Obtain, insert and combine information for designs.
- Use design software tools to create, manipulate and edit designs.
Desktop Publishing SoftwareReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
What you'll be able to do
- Select and use appropriate designs and page layouts for publications.
- Input and combine text and other information within publications.
- Use desktop publishing software techniques to edit and format publications.
IT Communication FundamentalsReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
What you'll be able to do
- Select and use a variety of sources of information to meet needs.
- Access, search, select and use Internet-based information.
- Select and use IT to communicate and exchange information safely, responsibly and effectively.
IT Software FundamentalsReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
What you'll be able to do
- Select and use appropriate software applications to meet needs and solve problems.
- Enter, develop, combine and format different types of information to suit its meaning and purpose.
- Present information in ways that are fit for purpose and audience.
- Evaluate the selection and use of IT tools and facilities to present information.
IT User SecurityReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
What you'll be able to do
- Select, use and develop appropriate procedures to monitor and minimise security risk to IT systems.
Imaging SoftwareReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
What you'll be able to do
- Obtain, insert and combine information for images.
- Use imaging software tools to create, manipulate and edit images.
Improving Productivity Using ITReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
What you'll be able to do
- Plan, select and use appropriate IT systems and software for different purposes.
- Evaluate the selection and use of IT tools to make sure that activities are successful.
- Devise solutions to improve the use of IT tools and systems for self and others.
Mobile Application DevelopmentReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
What you'll be able to do
- Understand mobile phone capabilities.
- Understand the mobile application development environment.
- Understand how to develop mobile applications.
- Create mobile applications.
Optimise IT System PerformanceReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
What you'll be able to do
- Keep computer hardware and software operating efficiently.
- Manage files to maintain and improve performance.
- Troubleshoot and respond to IT system problems quickly and effectively.
- Plan and monitor the routine and non-routine maintenance of hardware and software.
- Review and modify hardware and software to maintain performance.
Presentation SoftwareReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
What you'll be able to do
- Input and combine text and other information within presentation slides.
- Use presentation software tools to structure, edit and format presentations.
- Prepare interactive slideshow for presentation.
Project Management SoftwareReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
What you'll be able to do
- Create and define a project.
- Enter and edit information about project tasks and resources.
- Update information about project progress.
- Select and use appropriate tools and techniques to display and report on project status.
Set Up an IT SystemReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
What you'll be able to do
- Select and connect up a personal computer safely with associated hardware and storage media to meet needs.
- Select and connect IT system to a communication service successfully to meet needs.
- Install and configure operating system and application software for use.
- Check that the IT system and communication service are working successfully.
Specialist SoftwareReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
What you'll be able to do
- Input and combine information using specialist software.
- Create and modify appropriate structures to organise and retrieve information efficiently.
- Exploit the functions of the software effectively to process and present information.
Spreadsheet SoftwareReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
What you'll be able to do
- Use a spreadsheet to enter, edit and organise data.
- Select and use appropriate formulas and data analysis tools.
- Select and use tools and techniques to present, format and publish spreadsheet information.
Use Collaborative TechnologiesReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
What you'll be able to do
- Stay safe and secure when working with collaborative technologies.
- Plan and set up IT tools and devices for collaborative working.
- Prepare collaborative technologies for use.
- Manage tasks using collaborative technologies.
Using Digital Imaging and Printing ToolsReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
What you'll be able to do
- Understand digital imaging and printing.
- Produce digital images and prints.
- Understand safe working procedures for digital imaging and printing.
Using EmailReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
What you'll be able to do
- Use email software tools and techniques to compose and send messages.
- Manage use of email software effectively.
Using Multimedia SoftwareReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
What you'll be able to do
- Plan multimedia products.
- Obtain, input and combine content to build multimedia outcomes.
- Use multimedia software tools to edit and format multimedia content.
- Play and present multimedia outcomes.
Using Social Media to Market and Promote Events, Products and ServicesReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the opportunities and threats associated with using social media.
- Understand the application of social media.
- Use social media for marketing and promotion.
Using the InternetReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
What you'll be able to do
- Select and set up an appropriate connection to access the internet.
- Set up and use browser software to navigate web pages.
- Use browser tools to search effectively and efficiently for information from the Internet.
- Use browser software to communicate information online.
- Develop and apply appropriate safety and security practices and procedures when working online.
Website SoftwareReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
What you'll be able to do
- Create structures and styles and use them to produce websites.
- Select and use website software tools and features to develop multiple page websites with multimedia and interactive features.
- Publish and test multiple page websites with multimedia and interactive features.
Word Processing SoftwareReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
What you'll be able to do
- Enter and combine text and other information accurately within word processing documents.
- Create and modify appropriate layouts, structures and styles for word processing documents.
- Use word processing software tools and techniques to format and present documents effectively to meet requirements.
The honest bit
You’ve started things before
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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
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Where these credits take you
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Where this can lead
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See the whole journey →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
This unit will enable the learner to use bespoke software.
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for Open College Network Northern Ireland Level 3 Vocationally-Related Qualification in Digital Technology (Users)
29 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Open College Network Northern Ireland.
- Bespoke Software
- Capturing and Editing Audio Sequences
- Capturing, Editing and Presenting Video Sequences
- Computer Animation Techniques
- Computer Networks
- Computerised Accounting Software
and 23 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.
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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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