How you’d get this certificate
- Zavmo teaches you. You learn the units one-to-one with an AI tutor, on your own work.
- You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer OCN London has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
- The centre assesses, and OCN London awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from OCN London.
This Entry Level Certificate in Digital Skills provides learners with essential awareness, understanding and practical ability relating to digital skills. It is for learners who need basic digital skills. The qualification covers digital safety and security, collaborative working, and digital content creation.
These are the units OCN London 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 OCN London. It does the teaching and the mapping. OCN London sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
Collaborative Working Using Digital Technology Real unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how collaborative technologies can be useful in a work environment
- Understand the benefits of using collaborative technologies
- Use collaborative technology in a structured environment
- Show awareness of potential risks when using collaborative technologies
- Identify sources of help when using collaborative technologies
Digital Communications Technology Real unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Use asynchronous digital tools (e.g. email, text message) to compose and send messages effectively.
- Use synchronous digital tools (e.g. online chat rooms, VoIP, video conferencing) for real-time online communication.
- Input and store data securely on a mobile device.
- Transfer data efficiently between mobile devices.
Digital Content Creation – Audio and Video Real unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Identify different video and audio elements and file formats commonly used in digital content creation.
- Import or link to digital media within a digital publication, ensuring proper integration and functionality.
- Produce a rich media digital publication incorporating audio and video elements effectively.
Digital Content Creation – Text and Image Real unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Identify different page layouts.
- Input text and other digital media into a publication.
- Edit, format and produce a digital publication.
Digital Data Real unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Enter data accurately into a record-based storage system
- Edit data within a record-based storage system
- Maintain data effectively within a record-based storage system
- Use help systems to support data entry, editing and maintenance
- Retrieve specific data records from the storage system
- Display retrieved data records clearly and accurately
Digital Safety and Security Real unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Describe how to safeguard yourself and others when working online.
- Apply precautions to maintain data security.
- Adhere to legal and organisational constraints, guidelines and procedures which apply when working online.
Improving Personal Productivity Real unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Know the purpose of using a digital system and software in a work environment
- Know the relevant legal guidelines for using a digital system and software
- Know the relevant local guidelines for using a digital system and software
- Use digital systems efficiently to complete planned tasks
- Use software efficiently to complete planned tasks
- Review the selection of digital tools for suitability
- Review the use of digital tools to ensure work activities are successful
- Use digital tools to improve personal productivity
- Use digital tools to improve time management
Introduction to Big Data Real unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Explain the use of Big Data in business and its potential benefits.
- Describe how meaningful information is derived from Big Data through various techniques.
- Explain the role of data analysis in extracting insights from Big Data.
Introduction to Cyber Security Real unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Understand basic cyber security concepts and terminology
- Understand different types of cyber security threats
- Understand different types of cyber security vulnerabilities
- Understand methods to minimise the impact of cyber security attacks on systems
- Understand methods to minimise the impact of cyber security attacks on data
Introduction to Data Analysis Real unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the types of data used in a business environment
- Understand the purpose of data within a business environment
- Enter information accurately into a database
- Manipulate information effectively within a database
- Analyse basic data sets to identify trends
- Analyse basic data sets to draw simple conclusions
Introduction to Emerging Technologies and the Internet of Things (IoT) Real unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the different types of emerging technologies that are currently available.
- Explain the concept of the Internet of Things (IoT) and its applications.
- Design an Internet of Things related process that brings about a tangible benefit.
- Review and refine the designed IoT process plan to ensure its effectiveness.
Introduction to User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX) Design Real unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Recognise the key characteristics of user interfaces (UI)
- Understand the different types of user interface
- Understand the purpose of user interface design
- Understand the core principles of user experience (UX) methodology
- Recognise the importance of user-centred design
- Understand the different stages of the UX design process
Introductory Computer Science Real unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Explain how digital data is represented in computer systems.
- Understand and apply basic computational logic principles.
- Describe and utilise basic algorithms in problem-solving.
- Use code to create a basic program that performs a specific task.
Personal Productivity Programs Real unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Use word processor software effectively to improve personal productivity.
- Use spreadsheet software effectively to improve personal productivity.
- Use presentation software effectively to improve personal productivity.
Planning a Mobile App Real unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Know the different categories of mobile apps available
- Design a mobile app to meet a specific purpose
- Review a mobile app design for functionality
- Review a mobile app design for user experience
- Improve a mobile app design based on feedback
- Improve a mobile app design based on testing
Search Engines and Online Research Real unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Identify a range of search engines available for online research
- Describe the purpose of different search engines
- Explain how search engines work to find information
- Demonstrate how to search for information using search engines effectively
- Apply safe practices when searching for information online
Set-Up and Maintain a Digital System Real unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Set-up a personal computer, printer, and peripheral devices safely, following manufacturer's instructions and health and safety guidelines.
- Install and configure software for use, ensuring compatibility and proper functionality.
- Explain the need for safety and security practices when using digital systems.
- Manage files effectively to maintain system performance and prevent data loss.
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.
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Configure Digital Systems
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Configure Digital Systems
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Create and edit digital content
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Design and develop digital user interfaces for web and mobile app platforms
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Enhance online information searches
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Lead user centred development activities
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Use Digital Communications
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Use digital systems
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.
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Showing 6 roles, drawn from 14 job records mapped to this qualification. Near-identical records are folded together, and each row says how many it stands for.
Where this can lead
Network Security Associate
This work can lead to senior analyst roles, or into threat hunting and security engineering.
See the whole journeyThe credits, and who awards them
Entry Level credits are regulated, and they are awarded by OCN London 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
Collaborative Working Using Digital TechnologyDigital Communications TechnologyDigital Content Creation – Audio and VideoDigital Content Creation – Text and ImageDigital DataDigital Safety and SecurityImproving Personal ProductivityIntroduction to Big Data
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 · your what-if tutor Illustration - Bring your own plan Create
For “Planning a Mobile App” 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.
- Map a live decision Analyse
“Digital Data” runs on a decision you are facing now. Zavmo maps it with you and shows what the second-order effect looks like before you find out the slow way.
What you leave holding
The standards this credential builds, in the shape the product keeps them
Nothing here is marked learned. There is no learner on a public page, so the map shows what the qualification covers rather than what anybody has done.
- Configure Digital Systems
- Create and edit digital content
- Design and develop digital user interfaces for web and mobile app platforms
- Enhance online information searches
- Lead user centred development activities
- Use Digital Communications
- Use digital systems
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 Collaborative Working Using Digital Technology, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
Learners will understand the use and benefits of collabourative digital technologies in work environments. They will develop skills to use these technologies effectively, recognise potential risks, and identify sources of support.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for OCNLR Entry Level Certificate in Digital Skills (Entry 3)
17 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by OCN London.
- Collaborative Working Using Digital Technology
- Digital Communications Technology
- Digital Content Creation – Audio and Video
- Digital Content Creation – Text and Image
- Digital Data
- Digital Safety and Security
and 11 more in the full unit list below.
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