OCN London · RQF Entry Level
OCNLR Entry Level Extended 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 credits29
- Guided learning290 hours
- Units in this qualification17
Awarded by OCN London · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
This Entry Level Extended Certificate develops essential digital skills for everyday use. It is intended for learners who require a foundational understanding of digital technology. The qualification covers digital safety, collaborative working, digital communications, and 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 variety of work-related scenarios.
- Use collaborative technology effectively in a structured environment.
- Show awareness of potential risks associated with collaborative technologies and identify appropriate sources of help and support.
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
- Use synchronous digital tools (e.g. online chat rooms, VoIP, video conferencing) for online communication
- Input and store data on a mobile device
- Transfer data between mobile devices
Digital Content Creation – Audio and VideoReal unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Identify video and audio elements and files
- Import or link to digital media within a digital publication
- Produce a rich media digital publication
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 into a record-based storage system
- Edit data within a record-based storage system
- Maintain data within a record-based storage system
- Use help systems to support data entry, editing and maintenance
- Retrieve data records from a storage system
- Display data records from a storage system
Digital Safety and SecurityReal unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Safeguard self and others when working online
- Take precautions to maintain data security
- Follow legal/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 professional context
- Know the legal guidelines related to the use of digital systems and software
- Know the local guidelines related to the use of digital systems and software
- Use digital systems efficiently to complete planned tasks
- Use software efficiently to complete planned tasks
- Review the selection of digital tools to ensure successful work activities
- Review the use of digital tools to ensure successful work activities
- 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
- Understand the application of Big Data within a business context
- Understand how businesses utilise Big Data
- Understand how meaningful information is derived from Big Data sets
- Understand the role of data analysis in the context of Big Data
- Understand how data analysis is used to interpret 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 that exist
- Understand different types of cyber security vulnerabilities that can be exploited
- Understand methods to minimise the impact of cyber security attacks
- Understand the importance of mitigating cyber security risks
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
- Enter information into a database system
- Manipulate information within a database system
- Analyse basic data sets to identify trends
- Analyse basic data sets to draw conclusions
Introduction to Emerging Technologies and the Internet of Things (IoT)Real unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Know the different types of emerging technologies that are currently available.
- Understand the fundamental concept of the Internet of Things (IoT) and its applications.
- Design a process related to the Internet of Things (IoT) that delivers a tangible benefit.
- Review and refine the designed IoT process plan to optimise its effectiveness.
Introduction to User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX) DesignReal unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key characteristics of effective user interfaces (UI) in digital applications.
- Understand the core principles of user experience (UX) methodology and its importance in design.
Introductory Computer ScienceReal unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how digital data is represented in computer systems using binary and other encoding methods.
- Understand the basic principles of computational logic, including Boolean operators and logical statements.
- Understand basic algorithms and their role in problem-solving within computer science.
- Use code to create a basic program that performs a simple task.
Personal Productivity ProgramsReal unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Use word processor software effectively to improve personal productivity in tasks such as document creation and editing.
- Use spreadsheet software proficiently to improve personal productivity in tasks such as data analysis and organisation.
- Use presentation software competently to improve personal productivity in tasks such as creating and delivering presentations.
Planning a Mobile AppReal unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Know the different categories of mobile apps available, including their functionalities and target audiences.
- Design a mobile app that meets specific user needs and requirements.
- Review and improve a mobile app design based on feedback and usability testing.
Search Engines and Online ResearchReal unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the range of different search engines available
- Understand the purpose of using different search engines
- Understand how search engines function and retrieve information
- Search for information effectively using search engines
- Search for information safely using search engines, adhering to online safety guidelines
Set-Up and Maintain a Digital SystemReal unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Set up a personal computer safely, following manufacturer's instructions and safety guidelines
- Set up a printer safely, following manufacturer's instructions and safety guidelines
- Set up peripheral devices safely, following manufacturer's instructions and safety guidelines
- Set up software for use, ensuring compatibility and correct installation
- Understand the need for safety practices when using digital systems
- Understand the need for security practices to protect digital systems and data
- Manage files effectively to maintain optimal system performance, including organising, backing up, and deleting files
The honest bit
You’ve started things before
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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
A qualification is never a dead end here. See the jobs its credits open, the national occupational standards its units map to, and the future skills they quietly build.
- Create and edit digital content
- Interacting and utilising digital technology, digital information and security
- Lead User Centred Design Activities
- Set up security software for digital systems
Where this can lead
Vulnerability Assessment Associate
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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 explore different types of collabourative technologies and their benefits for communication and teamwork. They will gain practical experience using these technologies to share information and contribute to group tasks while recognising potential risks and sources of support.
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for OCNLR Entry Level Extended 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
Where most courses leave you Where Zavmo takes you
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.
Build my plan, freeNo card. See how this qualification maps onto your role and meet the tutors who’d teach it, free. The learning begins when you subscribe. It’s £70 a month, billed monthly. Cancel any time and billing stops.