ATHE Ltd · RQF Level 7
ATHE Level 7 Extended Diploma in Computing Technologies (Software Engineering)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 7
- Total credits120
- Guided learning600 hours
- Units in this qualification7
Awarded by ATHE Ltd · on the Ofqual register
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These are the units ATHE 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, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Agile TransformationReal unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key features of agile working methodologies.
- Understand the application of agile working in different contexts.
- Understand the process of agile transformation within a business environment.
- Understand how to implement an agile transformation strategy.
- Understand the importance of continuous change and improvement in agile methodologies.
Business Intelligence SystemsReal unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Describe the key characteristics of business intelligence systems
- Explain the organisational need for business intelligence systems
- Analyse how business intelligence systems play a key strategic role in organisations
- Use business intelligence software to analyse data and generate reports
Enterprise Resources Planning Systems (ERP Systems)Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Describe the key characteristics of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems
- Explain the organisational benefits of implementing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems
- Develop a plan for the implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems within an organisation
- Explain the ethical considerations and codes of conduct relevant to Computing Systems
Implementing and Managing Cyber SecurityReal unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles of cyber security, including confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
- Understand the importance of user awareness and training in mitigating cyber security risks.
- Understand various cyber security protection methods, including firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and encryption.
- Understand the purpose and techniques used in cyber security testing, such as penetration testing and vulnerability scanning.
- Understand the steps involved in managing a cyber-attack, including incident response, containment, and recovery.
- Manage cyber security within an organisation, including developing policies, implementing security controls, and monitoring for threats.
Independent ProjectReal unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key considerations to make when planning an ICT project, including scope, resources, and timelines.
- Plan an independent ICT project, defining clear objectives, deliverables, and milestones.
- Manage an ICT project, including monitoring progress, managing risks, and allocating resources effectively.
- Complete an ICT project to a defined specification.
- Test the developed ICT project to ensure it meets the required functionality and performance criteria.
- Evaluate the developed ICT project, identifying areas for improvement and lessons learned.
Managing Innovation and Change in ComputingReal unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles of innovation and change management within the context of computing.
- Understand the processes and strategies involved in effectively managing change within a computing environment.
- Understand how to explore and evaluate innovative computing ideas, considering their potential impact and feasibility.
- Recommend innovative computing solutions based on a thorough analysis of needs and available technologies.
- Understand the wider business context and implications of proposed computing changes, including financial, operational, and strategic considerations.
Systems Development and User Experience (UX)Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the different stages of the systems development lifecycle.
- Understand the principles of software system construction.
- Understand the principles of data system construction.
- Understand how to design a system.
- Understand how to implement a system.
- Understand how to test a system.
- Understand how to create a positive user experience (UX).
- Develop prototypes for a system.
- Test prototypes for a system.
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 7 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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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.
- Apply enhanced security procedures to protect data
- Assist Secure Development
- Conduct Secure Development, Under Supervision
- Contribute to secure software development activities
- Create business insight dashboards and reports
- Implement user centred development infrastructure processes
- Lead user centred development activities
- Perform basic business intelligence analysis
Where this can lead
Associate ERP Systems Specialist
Your journey starts here, learning the foundations. Where you go next is up to you, but we'll provide the opportunities and support to help you get there. The world of Operations and ERP is vast, and there's plenty of room to grow and specialise.
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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 study agile working methodologies and their application in business environments. The unit includes agile frameworks, team roles, transformation strategies, and the importance of continuous change and improvement for organisational agility.
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for ATHE Level 7 Extended Diploma in Computing Technologies (Software Engineering)
7 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by ATHE Ltd.
- Agile Transformation
- Business Intelligence Systems
- Enterprise Resources Planning Systems (ERP Systems)
- Implementing and Managing Cyber Security
- Independent Project
- Managing Innovation and Change in Computing
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.