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

The Entry Level Extended Certificate in Employability Skills supports learners in preparation for work. Learners can develop skills in areas such as reflective learning and independent enquiry. Effective participation, communication skills for work, and exploring enterprise ideas are also covered.

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
It teaches you to prepare job applications and CVs that meet employer requirements. You'll identify necessary information, ensure clarity and accuracy, and present their skills and experience effectively.

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare a job application that meets employer requirements
  • Prepare a CV that accurately reflects skills and experience
Career Planning Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll investigate career options within a chosen field, researching qualifications, skills, and responsibilities. The unit supports assessing personal suitability and planning achievable goals for career development.

What you'll be able to do

  • Investigate different career options within a chosen field
  • Assess the suitability of different career options based on personal skills and interests
  • Plan realistic and achievable goals for future career progression
Communication Skills for Work Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll gain effective written and oral communication skills for the workplace. This includes producing clear written documents with correct grammar and spelling, speaking audibly, listening attentively, and using appropriate language and tone in various work contexts.

What you'll be able to do

  • Use written communication methods effectively in a work context.
  • Use oral communication methods effectively in a work context.
Community environment project Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll develop the ability to select a focus for a community environment project, communicate its benefits, plan and participate in the project, and review its outcomes. The unit emphasises effective communication and evaluation to support community engagement.

What you'll be able to do

  • Select a suitable focus for a community project
  • Communicate the benefits of engaging in a community environment project to others
  • Plan a community environment project with clear objectives and timelines
  • Participate effectively in a community environment project
  • Review a community environment project, identifying successes and areas for improvement
Conduct at Work Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
This unit focuses on appropriate conduct in the workplace, including punctuality, respectful communication, adherence to policies, and personal presentation. You'll reflect on their conduct and identify areas for improvement.

What you'll be able to do

  • Conduct yourself appropriately in a work setting, demonstrating professional behaviour.
  • Review and evaluate your own conduct in a work setting, identifying areas for improvement.
Customer service skills Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
This unit covers the principles of good customer service, including politeness and helpfulness. You'll practise active listening, appropriate language use, and perform customer service tasks to meet customer needs.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles of good customer service
  • Demonstrate the ability to interact effectively with customers
  • Demonstrate the ability to perform common customer service tasks
Digital Skills for Work Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll develop digital skills for the workplace, including locating and organising information, creating and editing digital content, communicating online, and using digital devices safely and responsibly. They will also learn to identify and solve basic technical problems.

What you'll be able to do

  • Use digital skills to handle work-related information effectively
  • Create and edit digital content for work-related purposes, ensuring accuracy and clarity
  • Use digital skills to communicate effectively in a work context
  • Work online and use digital devices safely and responsibly in a work context, adhering to organisational policies
  • Identify and solve basic technical problems encountered when using digital devices and software
Environmental awareness Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
This unit provides learners with knowledge of global climate change, its effects on plants, animals, and people, and the concept of a carbon footprint. You'll explore practical measures individuals and businesses can take to reduce their environmental impact.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know how and why the climate is changing globally
  • Know about the effects of climate change on plants, animals and people in different environments
  • Know about the concept of a carbon footprint and its impact
  • Know how individuals and businesses can reduce their own carbon footprint through practical measures
Exploring Entrepreneurship Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
It teaches you to identify characteristics of successful entrepreneurs and assess their own suitability for enterprise. You'll explore factors contributing to entrepreneurial success and the importance of market research.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify the key characteristics and qualities that contribute to the success of an entrepreneur.
  • Recognise the factors that contribute to a successful entrepreneurial venture.
  • Evaluate your own skills, qualities, and experience to determine your suitability for enterprise.
  • Assess your own strengths and weaknesses in relation to the demands of starting and running a business.
Exploring and Presenting Enterprise Ideas Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
It teaches you to discuss and evaluate enterprise ideas, select a suitable concept based on criteria, understand associated risks, and present their enterprise idea effectively to an audience.

What you'll be able to do

  • Discuss ideas for a potential enterprise activity
  • Select a suitable idea for an enterprise activity
  • Know the potential risks involved in implementing the chosen enterprise activity
  • Present the idea for an enterprise activity effectively to an audience
Health and Safety in the Workplace Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
This unit provides learners with an understanding of health and safety roles and responsibilities in the workplace. You'll identify common hazards, apply risk control measures, and understand procedures for responding to accidents and incidents.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify roles and responsibilities related to health and safety within the workplace
  • Recognise common workplace hazards
  • Apply methods to control risks associated with identified workplace hazards
  • Describe the procedures for responding to accidents in the workplace
  • Describe the procedures for responding to incidents in the workplace
Improving sustainability in the workplace Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
It teaches you to identify areas within a business requiring sustainability improvements, such as energy, waste, or water usage. You'll develop and present a project plan incorporating relevant processes and resources to support sustainability goals.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify an area within a business that requires improvement in terms of sustainability
  • Identify relevant processes, practices, or resources that can support sustainability improvements
  • Develop a project plan to support improvements in sustainability within the identified area
  • Present the developed project plan effectively to relevant stakeholders
Interview Skills Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll learn to prepare for interviews by researching organisations and roles, planning travel and presentation, and presenting themselves positively. They will also review their interview performance to identify strengths and areas for improvement.

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare effectively for an interview by researching the organisation and the role.
  • Identify appropriate questions to ask the interviewer.
  • Plan the logistics of attending the interview, including travel arrangements and timings.
  • Plan how to present yourself professionally and appropriately at the interview.
  • Present yourself positively and confidently during the interview.
  • Communicate your skills, experience, and suitability for the role effectively.
  • Review your performance in the interview, identifying areas of strength and areas for improvement.
  • Reflect on the feedback received and use it to enhance future interview performance.
Introduction to Self-Employment Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
This unit introduces learners to self-employment, focusing on identifying opportunities within a specific sector, understanding income and expenditure principles, and planning for self-employment. You'll analyse market trends and assess demand to support informed decision-making.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify and describe self-employment opportunities within a given sector, considering market trends and potential demand
  • Understand the principles of income and expenditure in self-employment, including budgeting and financial management
  • Understand the key considerations when planning for self-employment, including legal requirements, insurance and marketing strategies
Making the Most of Work Placement Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
This unit prepares learners to engage successfully in a work placement by researching the organisation, setting SMART goals, and identifying necessary resources. You'll also review their placement experience, evaluating skills and knowledge gained.

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare for a work placement by understanding the organisation, role, and expectations.
  • Identify any necessary equipment or resources required for the placement.
  • Set specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals for the work placement.
  • Monitor progress towards achieving the set goals throughout the placement.
  • Review the work placement experience, evaluating the achievement of set goals.
  • Reflect on the skills and knowledge gained during the placement and identify areas for further development.
Negotiation Skills Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll develop negotiation skills to communicate their own needs and views clearly and respectfully, respond to objections appropriately, and understand others' perspectives. The unit also covers suggesting constructive ways forward to reach mutually agreeable outcomes.

What you'll be able to do

  • Communicate your own wants, needs, and views clearly and respectfully to others during a negotiation.
  • Express your position confidently and assertively.
  • Respond appropriately to the objections or queries raised by others during a negotiation.
  • Address concerns and provide reasoned explanations for your position.
  • Discuss the wants, needs, and views of others involved in the negotiation process.
  • Listen actively and empathetically to understand different perspectives.
  • Suggest potential ways forward at the end of a negotiation process, aiming for a mutually acceptable outcome.
  • Propose compromises and solutions that address the needs of all parties involved.
Numeracy Skills for Work Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll develop numeracy skills applicable to workplace tasks, including selecting appropriate calculations and measurements. They will apply these skills accurately and use numerical results to support decision-making and communicate findings in work-related situations.

What you'll be able to do

  • Select appropriate numeracy skills relevant to a specific task or situation in a work context.
  • Identify the required calculations or measurements needed.
  • Apply appropriate numeracy skills accurately and efficiently in a work context.
  • Perform calculations, measurements, or data analysis using relevant techniques.
  • Use the results obtained from applying numeracy skills to inform decision-making in a work context.
  • Interpret and present numerical data effectively to colleagues or clients.
Searching for a Job Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll identify and evaluate job vacancies using various sources and methods. The unit emphasises taking a proactive approach to job searching, including contacting potential employers and assessing opportunities against personal skills and interests.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify various sources of information about job vacancies
  • Evaluate the suitability of different job vacancies based on personal skills and interests
  • Demonstrate a proactive approach to job searching by actively seeking opportunities
  • Utilise different methods for contacting potential employers
Self-Management Skills for Work Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
This unit develops learners' self-management skills for work, focusing on punctuality, organisation, emotional regulation, and task prioritisation. You'll review their self-management and identify ways to enhance their performance.

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate effective time-keeping skills in a work environment.
  • Work in a consistently organised manner.
  • Manage own feelings and behaviours appropriately in the workplace.
  • Review and evaluate own self-management skills to identify areas for improvement.
Setting and Meeting Work-Related Targets Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll be able to set personal work-related targets using the SMART framework, monitor and record progress, and review outcomes. The unit supports learners in identifying successes and areas for improvement to enhance future performance.

What you'll be able to do

  • Set personal targets relating to work, ensuring they are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART)
  • Review progress towards 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, including brainstorming and lateral thinking, to generate and adapt ideas. They will apply creative approaches to develop imaginative solutions and evaluate their feasibility.

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 engage with issues affecting their communities and take action to bring about improvements. You'll identify community concerns, understand their impact, suggest solutions, and participate in activities promoting positive change.

What you'll be able to do

  • Engage with issues that affect their communities (e.g. place of learning, work or area in which they live), demonstrating awareness and understanding
  • Take action to bring about improvements within communities, contributing to positive change and development
Skills for Independent Enquirers Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll gain skills to plan, conduct, and present investigations. The unit covers defining investigation purposes, identifying resources, following procedures, collecting accurate data, and recording findings effectively.

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 supports learners in becoming reflective learners by identifying their own strengths and weaknesses, setting specific and achievable development goals, and reflecting on progress and achievements to inform future learning.

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
Solving Work-Related Problems Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
This unit equips learners to solve work-related problems by identifying and utilising sources of help, generating and evaluating potential solutions, and applying structured strategies. You'll monitor and adjust their approach to resolve workplace issues effectively.

What you'll be able to do

  • Utilise available sources of help when addressing work-related problems.
  • Generate potential solutions to identified work-related problems.
  • Implement a structured strategy to effectively solve a problem encountered in the workplace.
Sustainability Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
This unit introduces learners to the concept of sustainability across environmental, social, and economic dimensions. You'll understand how human activities threaten sustainability and examine how businesses and sectors work towards sustainable practices.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know what sustainability means in the context of environmental, social, and economic factors.
  • Know how human activity, including industrial processes and consumption patterns, is threatening sustainability.
  • Know how a specific business or sector is working towards achieving sustainability through various initiatives and practices.
Taking personal responsibility for the environment Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
It teaches you to research individual actions to combat climate change, identify ways to reduce their environmental impact, implement changes, and reflect on the effectiveness of these actions.

What you'll be able to do

  • Research various ways individuals can help fight climate change, gathering information from reliable sources.
  • Identify specific ways to reduce own negative impact on the environment in daily life.
  • Implement practical actions or changes to reduce their negative impact on the environment, such as reducing waste or conserving energy.
  • Reflect on how effectively they have been reducing their negative impact on the environment, evaluating the outcomes of implemented actions and identifying areas for further improvement.
Time Management Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll learn to manage their time efficiently by prioritising tasks, creating schedules, and using time management tools. They will also assess their time management practices and identify areas for improvement.

What you'll be able to do

  • Manage their time effectively while working or studying, 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.
Working Safely Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
This unit covers identifying risks and hazards in the workplace and understanding their potential consequences. You'll apply safe working practices, use appropriate personal protective equipment, and communicate hazards to reduce risk.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify potential risks present in a work environment
  • Identify potential hazards present in a work environment
  • Apply methods to reduce the risk of harm to self within the work environment
  • Apply methods to reduce the risk of harm to others within the work environment
  • Implement procedures to deal with hazards within the work environment
  • Implement procedures to deal with risks within the work environment
Working in a Team Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
You'll understand how to contribute to team tasks by recognising their own skills and strengths and those of others. The unit covers collabourative planning, positive teamwork, effective communication, and reviewing personal performance within a team.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify how they could contribute effectively to a team task, recognising individual skills and strengths
  • Plan team activities collaboratively with others, agreeing on roles, responsibilities and timelines
  • Work positively as a member of a team, demonstrating effective communication, cooperation and problem-solving skills
  • Review own performance as a member of a team, identifying areas of strength and areas for improvement in teamwork skills
Working with Colleagues Real unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
This unit equips learners with skills to work effectively with senior colleagues and peers. You'll demonstrate respect and professionalism in communication and collabourate to maintain a positive and productive working environment.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work effectively with senior colleagues, demonstrating respect, professionalism and appropriate communication skills
  • Work collaboratively with peers in the workplace, contributing to a positive and productive working environment
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03The standards

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.

  • Contribute to Institutional Development of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Education

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  • Enable learners to share responsibility for their own learning in enterprise and entrepreneurship education

    Standard
  • Identify opportunities to work with others in enterprise and entrepreneurship education

    Standard
  • Inspire learners in enterprise and entrepreneurship through own enthusiasm and knowledge

    Standard
  • Maintain your own knowledge of enterprise and entrepreneurship research and education

    Standard
04Where 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

Sustainability Implementation Specialist

This work can lead to designing larger implementation programmes as a Lead Sustainability Implementation Manager, or managing a team of specialists as a Principal Manager, Sustainable Operations.

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05The credits

The credits, and who awards them

Entry Level 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 JobCareer PlanningCommunication Skills for WorkCommunity environment projectConduct at WorkCustomer service skillsDigital Skills for WorkEnvironmental awareness

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

    “Self-Management Skills for Work” 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.

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.

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Gateway Qualifications Entry Level Extended Certificate in Employability Skills (Entry 3)
  • Contribute to Institutional Development of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Education
  • Enable learners to share responsibility for their own learning in enterprise and entrepreneurship education
  • Identify opportunities to work with others in enterprise and entrepreneurship education
  • Inspire learners in enterprise and entrepreneurship through own enthusiasm and knowledge
  • Maintain your own knowledge of enterprise and entrepreneurship research and education
This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

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 Entry Level

Applied to your work in any of these jobs

This unit enables learners to prepare job applications and CVs that meet employer requirements. Learners will identify necessary information, ensure clarity and accuracy, and present their skills and experience effectively.

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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Built for Gateway Qualifications Entry Level Extended Certificate in Employability Skills (Entry 3)

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

  1. Applying for a Job
  2. Career Planning
  3. Communication Skills for Work
  4. Community environment project
  5. Conduct at Work
  6. Customer service skills

and 25 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.

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