Gateway Qualifications Limited · RQF Level 1
Gateway Qualifications Level 1 Certificate in Business and Retail
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 1
- Total credits25
- Guided learning208 hours
- Units in this qualification34
Awarded by Gateway Qualifications Limited · on the Ofqual register
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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, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Applying for a JobReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know about different methods of applying for jobs, including online applications, CV submissions, and networking.
- Complete a job application accurately and effectively, providing relevant information and highlighting key skills and experience.
Career PlanningReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
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
Community Environment ProjectReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Select a suitable focus area for a community environment project, considering local needs and resources
- Communicate the benefits of engaging in a community environment project to different audiences
- Develop a detailed plan for a community environment project, including objectives, activities, and timelines
- Participate actively in a community environment project, contributing to its successful implementation
- Review the outcomes of a community environment project, evaluating its impact and identifying areas for improvement
Customer Service SkillsReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Describe the principles of good customer service
- Demonstrate the ability to provide effective customer service to customers
- Perform customer service tasks in a professional manner
Digital MarketingReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Describe a range of digital marketing approaches used in different sectors, including social media marketing, search engine optimisation (SEO), and email marketing
- Explain the advantages and disadvantages of different digital marketing approaches
- Analyse examples of successful and unsuccessful digital marketing campaigns
- Understand the key components of effective digital marketing campaigns, including target audience, messaging, and channels
- Explain how to measure the success of a digital marketing campaign using key performance indicators (KPIs)
- Create a detailed proposal for a digital marketing campaign to promote a given company, product, or service to a specific audience
- Justify the choice of digital marketing approaches and channels in the proposal
- Outline the budget and timeline for the proposed digital marketing campaign
Engage in DiscussionReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Participate effectively in discussions to achieve a shared understanding of a given topic.
Engage in DiscussionReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate the ability to engage effectively in discussions, contributing relevant information and ideas.
- Demonstrate the ability to listen attentively to others in a discussion and respond appropriately, showing understanding and respect for different viewpoints.
Environmental AwarenessReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Explain how and why the climate is changing, including the key drivers and scientific evidence.
- Describe the effects of climate change on plants, animals, and people, providing specific examples of impacts.
- Define the concept of a carbon footprint and explain how it is calculated.
- Describe how individuals and businesses can reduce their carbon footprint, including practical strategies and examples.
Exploring and Presenting Enterprise IdeasReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
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
Improving Sustainability in the WorkplaceReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Identify an area of a business that requires improvement in terms of sustainability, justifying your choice with relevant evidence.
- Identify processes, practices, or resources that can support improvement in terms of sustainability within the chosen area.
- Develop and present a project plan to support improvement in terms of sustainability, including clear objectives, timelines, and resource allocation.
Interview SkillsReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare effectively for an interview, ensuring all necessary documentation and information are readily available
- Plan travel arrangements to arrive punctually for an interview, considering potential delays and alternative routes
- Present oneself positively at an interview, demonstrating appropriate behaviour, communication skills and personal presentation
- Review own performance in an interview, identifying areas of strength and areas for improvement
Listen and RespondReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Listen and respond in verbal exchanges
Making the Most of Work PlacementReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare effectively for a work placement opportunity
- Set realistic and achievable goals to maximise the benefits of a work placement
- Review the outcomes and experiences gained during a work placement
Negotiation SkillsReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Communicate own position clearly and effectively during a negotiation
- Discuss and understand the position of others involved in a negotiation
- Suggest constructive ways forward at the end of a negotiation process to reach a mutually agreeable outcome
Numeracy Skills for WorkReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Select appropriate numeracy skills for a given task in a work context, justifying the choice of method
- Apply appropriate numeracy skills accurately and efficiently in a work context to solve practical problems
- Interpret and communicate the results of numerical calculations clearly and concisely in situations where they have applied numerical skills in a work context
Searching for a JobReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
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 WorkReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
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 TargetsReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
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 ThinkersReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate creative thinking skills.
- Apply creative approaches to develop imaginative solutions for identified issues.
Skills for Effective ParticipantsReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Engage with issues that affect their communities, such as their place of learning, work, or area in which they live
- Take action to bring about improvements within communities
Skills for Independent EnquirersReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
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 LearnersReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
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 ProblemsReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
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.
SustainabilityReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Define the concept of sustainability and its importance
- Explain how human activities can negatively impact sustainability
- Identify key sustainability goals and targets set by organisations
- Describe how a specific business or sector is actively working towards achieving sustainability goals
- Give examples of sustainable practices within a business or sector
Taking Personal Responsibility for the EnvironmentReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Research different ways individuals can help fight climate change, considering various approaches and their potential impact.
- Identify specific ways to reduce your own negative impact on the environment, considering your daily activities and consumption habits.
- Implement practical actions or changes to reduce your negative impact on the environment, putting your identified strategies into practice.
- Reflect on how effectively you have reduced your negative impact on the environment, evaluating the success of your implemented actions and identifying areas for further improvement.
Time ManagementReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
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.
Understanding Social Media for BusinessReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the social media channels available for business use
- Describe how businesses use social media
- Identify the risks for businesses when using social media
Using Social Media for BusinessReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Recognise how a business can utilise social media platforms to engage with its target audience
- Set up social media accounts for business use, ensuring they are properly configured and maintained
- Create engaging and relevant content for publication on social media platforms, tailored for business purposes
- Implement strategies to grow the business's social media presence and engagement
Virtual MeetingsReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Set up and schedule virtual meetings using appropriate software and platforms
- Host virtual meetings effectively, participate actively, and manage the meeting process to achieve desired outcomes
Word Processing SoftwareReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Edit, format, and arrange information within word processed documents to meet specific requirements and purposes
- Modify the style and layout of word processed documents to enhance their presentation and visual appeal
- Proofread documents for errors and print them in a professional manner
Working SafelyReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
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 Business and RetailReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know about job opportunities in business and retail.
- Know about working practices within business and retail.
- Know about the qualifications and skills needed for jobs in business and retail.
- Plan the early stages of a career within business or retail.
Working in a TeamReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
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 ColleaguesReal unit · Gateway Qualifications Limited
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
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
Level 1 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.
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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.
- Develop and implement digital marketing strategies
- Manage digital interfaces and platforms in line with direct marketing campaign objectives
- Manage, evaluate and report on digital marketing campaigns
- Use analytical tools to evaluate performance of digital marketing activities
Where this can lead
Digital Marketing Specialist
Your journey here starts with mastering the channels, but where you go next is really up to you. We'll support your growth, whether that's becoming a deep technical specialist or moving into leadership. The opportunities are vast, as long as you keep learning and pushing yourself.
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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
This unit provides learners with knowledge of different job application methods and their advantages and disadvantages. Learners will develop the ability to complete job application forms accurately, highlighting relevant skills and experiences to support their applications.
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for Gateway Qualifications Level 1 Certificate in Business and Retail
33 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Gateway Qualifications Limited.
- Applying for a Job
- Career Planning
- Community Environment Project
- Customer Service Skills
- Digital Marketing
- Engage in Discussion
and 27 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.