How you’d get this certificate
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- You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer Qualifi Ltd has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
- The centre assesses, and Qualifi Ltd awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from Qualifi Ltd.
The Level 5 Diploma in Information Technology is aimed at individuals seeking to develop their knowledge in the digital technology sector. Learners will study network security, e-commerce, and content management systems. Technopreneurship and network design are also covered.
These are the units Qualifi Ltd 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 Qualifi Ltd. It does the teaching and the mapping. Qualifi Ltd 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
Business to Business (B2B) E-commerce Real unit · Qualifi Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles and applications of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) in B2B e-commerce
- Understand the processes and security considerations of Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) in B2B transactions
- Understand the role and implementation of online transaction processing (OLTP) systems in B2B e-commerce
- Understand the function and benefits of inventory management systems within a B2B context
- Understand the principles and strategies of supply chain management in B2B e-commerce
Business to Consumer (B2C) E-commerce Real unit · Qualifi Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the concepts and techniques used in mobile e-commerce and ticketing systems
- Understand the psychological principles that influence marketing strategies
- Understand how artificial intelligence (AI) is used in image recognition within the context of e-commerce
- Understand the principles and practices of social commerce
C#.NET Programming Real unit · Qualifi Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the use of ASP.NET for developing dynamic web applications
- Design web applications using ASP.NET and ADO.NET to interact with databases
Content Management Systems Real unit · Qualifi Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the core concepts and architecture of content management systems (CMS)
- Operate a CMS to create, manage, and publish digital content effectively
Network Design and Administration Real unit · Qualifi Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of network design and their application in different contexts
- Configure a local area network (LAN) according to specified requirements
- Configure a virtual local area network (VLAN) to meet specific organisational needs
- Administer a network, including user management, security protocols, and resource allocation
Network Routing and Switching Real unit · Qualifi Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of network switching.
- Understand the requirements of network switching.
- Perform network routing tasks according to specified configurations.
Network Security Real unit · Qualifi Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles of computer network security
- Understand and apply methods for maintaining computer security and protecting against threats
System Administration Real unit · Qualifi Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of system administration.
- Understand the requirements of system administration.
- Perform user management tasks within a system administration context.
- Perform file system management tasks within a system administration context.
Technopreneurship Real unit · Qualifi Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Assess the nature and characteristics of technological entrepreneurship
- Establish a plan for a new technology-based business venture
- Evaluate the rationale for how businesses create, deliver, and capture value in the context of technology entrepreneurship
Web Design 2 Real unit · Qualifi Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of effective web design, including usability and accessibility
- Create dynamic web pages using appropriate technologies and techniques
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.
- Standard
Design Network Infrastructure Solutions
- Standard
Lead the Delivery of the Network Design Capability and Strategy
- Standard
Manage Network Infrastructure Services Design
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 17 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
Systems/Network Administrator
This work can lead to managing a team of administrators or engineers, or into a senior technical specialist role focused on cloud operations or cybersecurity.
See the whole journeyThe credits, and who awards them
Level 5 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by Qualifi Ltd 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
Business to Business (B2B) E-commerceBusiness to Consumer (B2C) E-commerceC#.NET ProgrammingContent Management SystemsNetwork Design and AdministrationNetwork Routing and SwitchingNetwork SecuritySystem Administration
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.
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“Content Management Systems” 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.
- Design Network Infrastructure Solutions
- Lead the Delivery of the Network Design Capability and Strategy
- Manage Network Infrastructure Services Design
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 Business to Business (B2B) E-commerce, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
Learners will explore Business to Business (B2B) e-commerce components, including Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT), online transaction processing, inventory management, and supply chain management. The unit covers standards, protocols, and security considerations in B2B contexts.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for Qualifi Level 5 Diploma in Information Technology
10 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Qualifi Ltd.
- Business to Business (B2B) E-commerce
- Business to Consumer (B2C) E-commerce
- C#.NET Programming
- Content Management Systems
- Network Design and Administration
- Network Routing and Switching
and 4 more in the full unit list below.
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