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 Gateway Qualifications Limited 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 Gateway Qualifications Limited awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from Gateway Qualifications Limited.

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01What it is

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These are the units Gateway Qualifications Limited 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.

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

02The units

What each unit actually teaches you to do

Applying for a Job Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll understand various job application methods and their advantages and disadvantages. The unit teaches you to complete job applications accurately and effectively, presenting relevant information clearly.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand and describe different methods of applying for jobs, including online applications, CV submissions, and networking
  • Complete a job application accurately and effectively, presenting relevant information in a clear and concise manner
Assessing own Personal, Learning and Thinking Skills Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
It teaches you to identify and evaluate their personal, learning, and thinking skills, recognising strengths and weaknesses. You'll plan development strategies with realistic timescales to improve these skills.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify own strengths and weaknesses in relation to personal, learning and thinking skills.
  • Evaluate own strengths and weaknesses in relation to personal, learning and thinking skills.
  • Plan how to develop their personal, learning and thinking skills.
Building Working Relationships with Colleagues Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll understand the importance of positive working relationships with colleagues and demonstrate effective collabouration with employers, managers, and peers. The unit focuses on respectful communication and teamwork to support a productive work environment.

What you'll be able to do

  • Explain why it is important to get on well with colleagues in the workplace.
  • Demonstrate the ability to work effectively with employers and/or managers.
  • Demonstrate the ability to work effectively with peers in the workplace.
Career Planning Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
This unit equips learners to research and assess different career options aligned with their interests and skills. You'll plan realistic short- and long-term career goals to support their progression.

What you'll be able to do

  • Research and identify different career options relevant to own interests and skills.
  • Assess career options based on personal interests, skills, and required qualifications.
  • Plan realistic and achievable short-term and long-term goals for future career progression.
Career Progression Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll understand the concept and benefits of career progression, assessing their skills and qualities against progression opportunities. The unit supports planning of short-term goals to address skills gaps and aid development.

What you'll be able to do

  • Explain the concept of career progression and its importance.
  • Assess own skills and qualities in relation to career progression opportunities.
  • Plan short-term goals to support career progression.
Comic Artwork for Creative Media Industries Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll study techniques and tools used in comic book creation, illustrate characters and environments, and create and present a comic book story, demonstrating narrative and visual storytelling skills.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify and describe the different techniques used in the creation of comic books
  • Use different types of tools commonly employed in the comic book industry effectively
  • Illustrate characters and environments suitable for the comic book industry, demonstrating relevant skills
  • Create a comic book story and present it to an audience, demonstrating narrative and visual storytelling skills
Concept Art for Creative Media Industries Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
This unit develops learners' understanding of concept art in film and game industries, including design types and equipment, enabling them to create landscape and character concept art and prepare a portfolio of their work.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify and describe various concept designs used in the film or game industry
  • Recognise and explain the different types of equipment used in the creation of concept art
  • Create a landscape suitable for concept art for a film or game, demonstrating relevant techniques
  • Draw concept art characters for a film or game, showing an understanding of character design principles
  • Prepare a portfolio of game or film concept artwork and present it effectively
Creative Craft Skills Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll learn to safely plan, experiment with, and execute creative craft activities. The unit covers health and safety requirements, risk assessments, and the use of appropriate materials, equipment, and techniques within given constraints.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify and apply relevant health and safety requirements when undertaking a creative activity.
  • Develop ideas for a creative activity, using appropriate sources of inspiration.
  • Experiment with different media to explore their creative potential.
  • Plan a creative activity, considering resources and time constraints.
  • Identify and select appropriate materials and equipment for a creative activity.
  • Use appropriate techniques to undertake a creative activity within given contexts.
  • Reflect on own work, identifying areas for improvement.
Creative Media Production Skills Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
It teaches you to research, plan, produce, present, and review a creative media product, developing skills in information gathering, project planning, production techniques, presentation, and critical evaluation.

What you'll be able to do

  • Research and gather information about a specific aspect of creative media, such as film, photography, or graphic design
  • Develop a detailed plan for a media product, including objectives, target audience, and resources
  • Produce a media product according to the plan, utilising appropriate tools and techniques
  • Present the completed media product to an audience, explaining its purpose and features
  • Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of media products, providing constructive feedback
Creative Writing Skills Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
This unit introduces learners to creative writing skills, covering the differences between fiction and non-fiction, and the use of personal experience and stimuli as inspiration. You'll develop and reflect on their work, considering the importance of audience selection.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know the differences between fiction and non-fiction writing styles
  • Use personal experience as a source of inspiration for creative writing
  • Use stimuli, such as images or prompts, as a basis for creative writing
  • Develop work in progress through editing and refinement
  • Know the importance of choosing a particular reading audience for creative writing
  • Reflect on own creative writing work and identify areas for improvement
Digital 3D Modelling for Creative Media Industries Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll learn about the production of 3D objects using digital modelling software, produce primitive shapes, plan and create complex 3D objects, present their work, and critically review the modelling process.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about the production of 3D objects
  • Produce primitive 3D objects
  • Plan a 3D object using primitives
  • Produce a 3D object
  • Present a 3D object
  • Review 3D object
Digital Graphics Editing Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
This unit covers the principles and uses of digital graphics, enabling learners to plan, produce, and review digital graphic work. You'll apply relevant skills and techniques considering purpose and audience in different contexts.

What you'll be able to do

  • Describe the uses and principles of digital graphics, explaining their application in different contexts
  • Plan the editing of digital graphics, considering factors such as purpose, audience, and technical requirements
  • Produce a digital graphic, demonstrating relevant skills and techniques
  • Review a digital graphic, evaluating its effectiveness and identifying areas for improvement
Digital Photography Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll gain knowledge of digital photography technology and materials, generate ideas for photographic images, produce photographs using appropriate techniques, and review their work to improve their skills.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know photography technology and materials
  • Generate ideas for photographic images
  • Produce photographic images
  • Review own work
Effective Communication in the Workplace Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
This unit provides learners with knowledge of effective communication in the workplace, recognising different communication types. You'll use appropriate written and oral communication forms in various workplace situations.

What you'll be able to do

  • Explain the importance of effective communication in the workplace.
  • Recognise that different types of communication are used in different workplace situations.
  • Use appropriate forms of written communication in a workplace context.
  • Use appropriate forms of oral communication in a workplace context.
Effectiveness at Work Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll explore effective behaviour at work and its impact on productivity and relationships. The unit enables demonstration of effective working practices and self-assessment to identify areas for improvement.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about effective behaviour at work, including understanding its impact on productivity and working relationships.
  • Demonstrate effective working practices in a given context.
  • Assess own practice in the workplace, identifying areas for improvement.
Exploring Entrepreneurship Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll study the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs and assess their own suitability for enterprise. The unit includes identifying personal development areas and recognising attributes that support entrepreneurial success.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify and describe the characteristics of a successful entrepreneur.
  • Assess own skills, qualities and attributes in relation to their suitability for enterprise.
Exploring and Presenting Enterprise Ideas Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
It teaches you to explore, select, and justify enterprise ideas, considering associated risks and mitigation strategies. You'll present their enterprise idea to an audience, demonstrating understanding of the enterprise process.

What you'll be able to do

  • Discuss ideas for a potential enterprise activity.
  • Select a specific idea for an enterprise activity to develop further.
  • Identify and describe the potential risks involved in implementing the chosen enterprise activity.
  • Present the developed idea for an enterprise activity to an audience.
Game Engine Technologies for Creative Media Industries Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
This unit introduces learners to 3D game engines, enabling them to plan and create a 3D game level using a level editor and apply testing techniques to identify and document errors within the game environment.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about 3D game engines
  • Plan the development of a 3D game level using a 3D game engine
  • Use a Level editor to create a 3D game engine map
  • Apply testing techniques to a 3D game engine map
Interview Skills Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
This unit prepares learners for interviews by developing research, response, and non-verbal communication skills. You'll also assess their interview performance to identify strengths and areas for improvement.

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare to be interviewed, including researching the organisation and role.
  • Respond to questions in an interview, demonstrating relevant skills and experience.
  • Assess own performance in an interview, identifying strengths and areas for development.
Introduction to Programming Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
This unit introduces learners to fundamental computer programming components and paradigms, enabling them to design and develop simple computer programs using algorithms to meet specified briefs.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify components of computer programming
  • Design a simple computer program to a given brief
  • Use an algorithm to design a simple computer program
  • Develop a simple computer program to meet a given brief
Introduction to Self-Employment Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll gain knowledge of self-employment opportunities, characteristics of successful self-employed individuals, and financial planning. The unit covers planning for self-employment and available support resources.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about self-employment opportunities in a given sector, including potential markets and business models.
  • Know about the characteristics of successful self-employed people, such as resilience, self-motivation and financial awareness.
  • Know about income and expenditure related to self-employment, including budgeting and financial planning.
  • Know about planning for self-employment, including developing a business plan and marketing strategy.
  • Know about the support available to people considering self-employment, including government schemes and business advice services.
Positive Attitudes and Behaviours at Work Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
This unit develops learners' understanding of positive attitudes and behaviours at work and their effects on team performance and customer satisfaction. You'll demonstrate these attitudes and behaviours and assess their own workplace conduct.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the importance of positive attitudes and behaviours at work, including their impact on team performance and customer satisfaction.
  • Demonstrate a range of positive attitudes and behaviours in the workplace, such as teamwork, communication and problem-solving.
  • Assess own attitudes and behaviours in the workplace, identifying areas for improvement and development.
Preparing for Work Placement Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
This unit equips learners with knowledge of a work placement organisation's structure, activities, and values. You'll understand expected responsibilities and behaviours and set goals to maximise their placement experience.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know the key aspects of the work placement company or organisation, including its structure, activities, and values
  • Know what is expected of the learner during the work placement in terms of responsibilities, behaviour, and performance
  • Set realistic and achievable goals to help the learner get the most out of the work placement experience
Preparing for an Interview Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll learn to prepare effectively for interviews by researching the company and role, preparing answers to common questions, and planning travel arrangements including contingencies.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know information required to prepare for an interview, including company background, job description and key skills.
  • Prepare for interview questions, including common questions and questions related to own skills and experience.
  • Plan travel for an interview, including route planning and contingency arrangements.
Searching for a Job Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll explore various job search resources and recognise their own skills and interests relevant to job roles. The unit supports effective job vacancy searching using appropriate terms and filters.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know various sources of information about jobs, including online job boards, recruitment agencies, and networking opportunities
  • Recognise own interests and skills in relation to different job roles and career paths
  • Effectively search for job vacancies using appropriate search terms and filters
Setting and Meeting Targets at Work Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
It teaches you to set personal workplace targets that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART). You'll review their progress towards these targets, identifying successes and areas for improvement.

What you'll be able to do

  • Set personal targets for a workplace that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART)
  • Review progress in meeting personal targets, identifying areas of success and areas for improvement
Skills for Creative Thinkers Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll develop creative thinking skills through brainstorming, lateral thinking, and adapting ideas. The unit supports applying creative approaches to develop and evaluate imaginative solutions for identified issues.

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate creative thinking skills.
  • Apply creative approaches to develop imaginative solutions for identified issues.
Skills for Effective Participants Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
It teaches you to identify and engage with issues affecting their communities, including places of learning, work, and residence. You'll learn to suggest and describe actions aimed at bringing about improvements within these communities.

What you'll be able to do

  • Engage with issues that affect their communities, such as their place of learning, work, or area in which they live
  • Take action to bring about improvements within communities
Skills for Independent Enquirers Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll learn to plan, conduct, and present investigations by defining their purpose, identifying necessary resources, and following planned procedures. The unit also covers accurate data collection and effective presentation of investigation findings.

What you'll be able to do

  • Plan investigations by defining the purpose, identifying the resources needed, and outlining the steps to be taken.
  • Carry out investigations by following the planned procedures, collecting data accurately, and recording observations systematically.
  • Present the findings of investigations in a clear and organised manner, using appropriate formats such as written reports, tables, or charts.
Skills for Reflective Learners Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
This unit develops learners' ability to reflect on their own learning by identifying strengths and weaknesses, setting specific and achievable goals, and evaluating progress. You'll gain skills to support their ongoing personal and developmental growth.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify own strengths and weaknesses relevant to learning and development
  • Set goals for own development, considering strengths and weaknesses
  • Reflect on progress and achievement towards set goals
Skills for Self Managers Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll develop self-management skills including effective time management, organisation, and prioritisation in the workplace. The unit also covers demonstrating a positive work ethic through enthusiasm, motivation, and proactive behaviour.

What you'll be able to do

  • Manage self effectively in the workplace, including time management, organisation, and prioritisation
  • Work in a positive manner, demonstrating enthusiasm, motivation, and a proactive approach
Skills for Team Workers Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
It teaches you to contribute to planning and carrying out activities as part of a team. You'll learn to collabourate effectively, contribute to team goals and strategies, and support the achievement of shared objectives.

What you'll be able to do

  • Plan activities effectively as part of a team, contributing to the development of team goals and strategies
  • Carry out assigned activities effectively as part of a team, collaborating with team members and contributing to the achievement of team goals
Solving Work-related Problems Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll gain an understanding of common workplace problems, their impact, and the importance of addressing them promptly. The unit covers identifying sources of help and applying structured strategies to resolve workplace issues effectively.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the types of problems that can arise in the workplace
  • Access and use different sources of help for resolving workplace problems
  • Solve common workplace problems using appropriate techniques
  • Apply a structured strategy to effectively solve a workplace problem
Sound and Audio Production Skills Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll understand health and safety guidelines for sound and audio production, operate relevant equipment to record and store sound, create audio products, and reflect on their work to identify improvements.

What you'll be able to do

  • Follow health and safety guidelines relevant to sound and audio production environments
  • Describe how equipment for sound and audio production is used, explaining its function and operation
  • Use equipment to record and store sound effectively, demonstrating practical skills
  • Create sound or audio products, applying relevant techniques and principles
  • Reflect on own sound or audio product, identifying areas for improvement and development
Time Management Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
This unit develops learners' understanding of the importance of effective time management in the workplace. You'll be able to prioritise tasks, meet deadlines, and assess their time management to improve productivity and efficiency.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know why effective time management is important in the workplace, including its impact on productivity and efficiency
  • Manage their time effectively in the workplace by prioritising tasks and meeting deadlines
  • Assess how well they are managing their time, identifying areas for improvement and implementing strategies to enhance time management skills
Using ICT in the Workplace Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll understand the benefits and risks of using ICT in the workplace. The unit covers identifying ICT requirements for tasks, selecting appropriate tools, and using ICT systems safely to find and manage information effectively.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know the importance of making effective use of ICT in the workplace, including its benefits for communication, information access, and task completion
  • Identify the ICT requirements of specific workplace tasks, selecting appropriate software and hardware
  • Make safe and responsible use of an ICT system to undertake workplace tasks, adhering to organisational policies and procedures
  • Use ICT tools to find and select relevant information in the workplace, evaluating the credibility and accuracy of sources
Using Numeracy Skills in the Workplace Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
It teaches you to recognise when numeracy skills are required in the workplace and to select and apply appropriate techniques. You'll learn to perform calculations accurately, interpret results, and communicate findings clearly.

What you'll be able to do

  • Recognise situations in the workplace where numeracy skills are required to complete tasks effectively
  • Select appropriate numeracy skills, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, percentages, and ratios, to solve problems in a work context
  • Apply appropriate numeracy skills accurately and efficiently in a work context to perform calculations and solve problems
  • Interpret and communicate the results of numerical calculations clearly and accurately in situations where they have applied numerical skills in a work context, using appropriate units and terminology
Video Editing for Creative Industries Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll gain knowledge of video editing techniques and technologies, organise and import footage, edit video sequences including colour correction and effects, and produce a final edited video aligned with a soundtrack.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about video editing techniques and technologies
  • Organise and import video footage into editing software
  • Edit video footage using appropriate editing software
  • Carry out colour correction techniques
  • Use effects within an edited video sequence
  • Cut video to the pace of a sound track
Video Production Skills for the Creative Industries Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
This unit provides learners with an understanding of video production terminology and technologies, enabling them to operate video cameras, plan and create short video sequences, follow post-production processes, and review their work.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about video production terms and technologies
  • Operate a video camera device
  • Plan a short video sequence
  • Create a short video sequence
  • Follow post-production processes
  • Review a video sequence
Work in a customer-friendly way Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll understand the principles of good customer service, including communication, empathy, and problem-solving. The unit develops skills to respond to customer needs effectively, address concerns, and ensure customer satisfaction.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about the principles of good customer service, including effective communication, empathy, and problem-solving
  • Provide effective customer service by responding to customer needs, addressing concerns, and ensuring customer satisfaction
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03Where it leads

The jobs these credits are mapped to

A qualification is never a dead end here. Each of these is a job record this qualification is a mapped route into.

Where this can lead

Associate Video Editor

This work can lead to senior video content creator roles, lead video strategist positions, or video production manager jobs overseeing a full team.

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04The credits

The credits, and who awards them

Level 1 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by Gateway Qualifications Limited 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

Applying for a JobAssessing own Personal, Learning and Thinking SkillsBuilding Working Relationships with ColleaguesCareer PlanningCareer ProgressionComic Artwork for Creative Media IndustriesConcept Art for Creative Media IndustriesCreative Craft Skills

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 Coach The Coach · your practice partner Illustration
The Coach You have to open the conversation in “Interview Skills”. Say the first line to me, exactly as you would say it to them.
You I wanted to have a quick chat about how things have been going recently.
The Coach That is the warning shot, and they will spend it worrying. Try the version that says what this is about in the first sentence.
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.
  • Rehearse the conversation Apply

    “Interview Skills” is a conversation before it is a document. You have it with Zavmo playing the other person, badly at first, then again once you know what you actually want to say.

  • Pitch it Evaluate

    “Exploring Entrepreneurship” gets practised as a pitch. You make the case out loud, Zavmo asks the question the room would ask, and you make it again.

  • Bring your own plan Create

    For “Career Planning” 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.

  • Lead it Apply

    “Skills for Self Managers” is practised on the team you actually have. You talk through the call you are about to make, and Zavmo makes you say it the way you would say it to them.

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 Applying for a Job, one of this qualification's own units.

Applying for a Job Level 1

Applied to your work in any of these jobs

Learners will understand various job application methods and their advantages and disadvantages. The unit enables learners to complete job applications accurately and effectively, presenting relevant information clearly.

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 Gateway Qualifications Level 1 Diploma in Creative Media

40 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Gateway Qualifications Limited.

  1. Applying for a Job
  2. Assessing own Personal, Learning and Thinking Skills
  3. Building Working Relationships with Colleagues
  4. Career Planning
  5. Career Progression
  6. Comic Artwork for Creative Media Industries

and 34 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.

Learned on your own work, taught one-to-one.

Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your free first module is Future Fluency, so you can see how the teaching works before you pay for anything.

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