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  2. You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer NCFE 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 NCFE awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from NCFE.

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01What it is

This qualification is designed for learners who want to improve their knowledge and skills of data analysis. It will support learners in a number of sectors and job roles where an understanding of data analysis is required.

These are the units NCFE 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 NCFE. It does the teaching and the mapping. NCFE 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

Collection, processing and preparation of data Real unit · NCFE
You'll explore various sources of data, including internal and external, and understand different research methods for data collection. The unit covers the importance of data processing and preparation, including structuring data and validation checks for business decision-making.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify sources of data2. Understand different research methods for collecting data3. Be able to structure and prepare data
Communication and presentation of data Real unit · NCFE
You'll understand the significance of clear communication and audience awareness in presenting data. The unit includes designing effective data visualisations and introduces basic data encryption methods to ensure secure data communication.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the importance of communication2. Be able to design effective data visualisations
Interpretation of data Real unit · NCFE
This unit develops learners' understanding of different data forms and statistical terms used in data analysis. You'll gain skills in manipulating data using spreadsheets and applying techniques to assess data characteristics such as outliers and relationships.

What you'll be able to do

  • 1.Understand how to assess different forms of data2.Understand statistical terms used in data analysis3. Be able to manipulate data in a spreadsheet
Introduction to data analysis Real unit · NCFE
You'll be introduced to fundamental concepts of data and data analysis. The unit covers the difference between data and information, units of data measurement, and the purpose and types of data analytics used by businesses and individuals.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand what data is
  • Understand what data analysis is
The role of a data analyst Real unit · NCFE
This unit introduces learners to the role of a data analyst, covering the core skills required such as domain knowledge, mathematics, and computer skills. You'll also understand current data protection legislation relevant to data analysis roles.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the role of a data analyst2. Understand current data protection legislation
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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.

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Where this can lead

Data Protection Analyst

This role can lead into more senior data protection or privacy management positions, such as Senior Data Protection Specialist or Privacy Program Manager.

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04The credits

The credits, and who awards them

Level 2 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by NCFE 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

Collection, processing and preparation of dataCommunication and presentation of dataInterpretation of dataIntroduction to data analysisThe role of a data analyst

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 Analyst The Analyst · your map-it-properly tutor Illustration
The Analyst In “Collection, processing and preparation of data” you have moved the target from 48 hours to 24. Where does that time come from?
You The team prioritises better, I suppose.
The Analyst Or it comes out of the follow-ups, and reopened cases climb in about six weeks. Let us map it and find out which, before it is a surprise.
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.
  • Map a live decision Analyse

    “Collection, processing and preparation of 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.

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 Collection, processing and preparation of data, one of this qualification's own units.

Collection, processing and preparation of data Level 2

Applied to your work in any of these jobs

Which job do you mean?
Data Protection AnalystAssociate Data AnalystData Analyst AssistantAssociate Privacy AnalystAssociate Global Data AnalystJunior Data Analyst

Learners will explore various sources of data, including internal and external, and understand different research methods for data collection. The unit covers the importance of data processing and preparation, including structuring data and validation checks for business decision-making.

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

Built for NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Data Analysis

5 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by NCFE.

  1. Collection, processing and preparation of data
  2. Communication and presentation of data
  3. Interpretation of data
  4. Introduction to data analysis
  5. The role of a data analyst
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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