OCN London · RQF Entry Level
OCNLR Entry Level Certificate in Digital Skills (Entry 3)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Entry Level
- Total credits15
- Guided learning150 hours
- Units in this qualification17
Awarded by OCN London · on the Ofqual register
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
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, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Collaborative Working Using Digital TechnologyReal 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 TechnologyReal 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 VideoReal 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 ImageReal 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 DataReal 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 SecurityReal 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 ProductivityReal 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 DataReal 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 SecurityReal 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 AnalysisReal 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) DesignReal 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 ScienceReal 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 ProgramsReal 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 AppReal 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 ResearchReal 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 SystemReal 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.
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Your passport
Every credit is a stamp you keep
Entry Level 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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- 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
Where this can lead
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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
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.
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
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.
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
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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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