Open Awards · RQF Entry Level
Open Awards Entry Level Certificate in Exploring Construction and Building Crafts (Entry 3) (RQF)
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 qualification7
Awarded by Open Awards · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
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These are the units Open Awards 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.
BrickworkReal unit · Open Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the tools used in brickwork
- Know about the equipment used in brickwork
- Know about the materials used in brickwork
- Tackle basic brickwork problems
- Communicate with others when performing brickwork tasks
- Review own performance
Building a Three Course Half Brick WalkReal unit · Open Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Use equipment to build a three course brick wall.
- Build a half brick wall three courses high.
- Care for equipment.
Exploring Opportunities in Construction and Building IndustriesReal unit · Open Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Know about different job roles available in construction and building industries
- Know about different voluntary roles available in construction and building industries
- Know about own skills in relation to construction and building crafts
- Know about own attributes in relation to construction and building crafts
Health and Safety in Construction TradesReal unit · Open Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Know basic health and safety responsibilities in construction work.
- Know safe practices in construction work.
- Know accident and emergency procedures in the workplace.
Introduction to Carpentry and JoineryReal unit · Open Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the vocational area of carpentry and joinery.
- Interact with others in a work environment.
- Work safely and correctly when undertaking carpentry and joinery tasks.
- Tackle basic problems that may arise during carpentry and joinery activities.
- Review his/her performance and personal skills in relation to carpentry and joinery.
Introduction to Painting and DecoratingReal unit · Open Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Comply with safe working practices in a painting and decorating environment.
- Prepare and maintain a work area.
- Use and maintain tools and equipment correctly.
- Prepare one surface for the application of materials.
- Apply materials to a prepared surface.
Recognise and Use Hand Tools and Materials Used in DecoratingReal unit · Open Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Use hand tools used in decorating
The honest bit
You’ve started things before
Most courses were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.
There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.
And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.
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
The Evidence Evaluator
Assessor
Helps you show what you can actually do, gathering the evidence that proves it as you learn.
Meet all twelve tutorsWhere this connects
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.
Where this can lead
Construction Safety Specialist
Your journey in safety is really what you make it. We're here to provide the opportunities, the support, and the challenges to help you build a truly impactful and rewarding career. The most important thing is that you keep learning, stay curious, and never lose sight of why we do what we do: to keep people safe.
See the whole journey →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 be introduced to brickwork fundamentals, including knowledge of tools, equipment, and materials. The unit develops problem-solving skills in brickwork tasks and effective communication, alongside self-review of performance.
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for Open Awards Entry Level Certificate in Exploring Construction and Building Crafts (Entry 3) (RQF)
7 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Open Awards.
- Brickwork
- Building a Three Course Half Brick Walk
- Exploring Opportunities in Construction and Building Industries
- Health and Safety in Construction Trades
- Introduction to Carpentry and Joinery
- Introduction to Painting and Decorating
and 1 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.