NOCN · RQF Level 5
NOCN Level 5 Diploma in Computer Engineering (Information Technology and Data Science)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 5
- Guided learning3,577 hours
- Units in this qualification10
Awarded by NOCN · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
NOCN offers a broad range of qualifications and alternative routes for both experienced workers and new entrants to the jobs market.
These are the units NOCN 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.
Applied Project and Quality ManagementReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Analyse projects and project management approaches in own context.
- Develop a comprehensive plan for project management in relation to chosen project.
- Understand the importance of establishing a quality culture.
- Implement project governance and ethical frameworks.
- Evaluate project closure processes.
Apply the Concepts of Computer Software Packages to Assist with Engineering Activities for Computer EngineeringReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand computer software packages used to assist with engineering activities in electrical and electronics engineering.
- Incorporate the practical elements of computer software packages to assist with engineering activities in electrical and electronics engineering.
Apply the Concepts of Data Science to Computer EngineeringReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the role of a Data Scientist in the data life cycle for computer engineering
- Understand the functional aspects of data science for computer engineering
- Understand the skills required of a Data Scientist for computer engineering
- Know the different tools and technologies used in data science
- Understand the applications of data science in various industry verticals through use cases
Building Relationships in a Workplace SettingReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of building meaningful and mutually supportive relationships with both internal and external individuals of the business in a workplace setting.
- Use appropriate tools to identify stakeholders and their requirements in a workplace setting.
- Recognise opportunities for resource sharing with partners in a workplace setting.
- Prepare for effective negotiation to reach desired outcomes in a workplace setting.
- Understand strategies for reducing, minimising and dealing with conflict in a workplace setting.
Computer EngineeringReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate effective English communication for engineering practice
- Apply concepts of mathematics to engineering practice
- Apply principles of applied physics to engineering practice
- Understand computer fundamentals for engineering practice
- Apply electrical and electronics engineering applications to engineering practice
- Understand environmental studies for engineering practice
- Interpret engineering graphics for engineering drawings for engineering practice
- Apply information technology to engineering practice
- Apply Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence applications to engineering practice
- Apply concepts of programming using C Language to computer engineering
- Understand operating systems for computer engineering
- Understand concepts of digital electronics for computer engineering
- Understand concepts of multimedia applications for computer engineering
- Understand concepts of data communication for computer engineering
- Understand concepts and principles of data structures using C for computer engineering
- Apply object-oriented programming using JAVA for computer engineering
- Understand concepts of computer organisation for computer engineering
- Understand concepts of microprocessors and peripheral devices for computer engineering
- Understand concepts of database management systems for computer engineering
- Understand concepts of software engineering used for computer engineering
- Understand concepts of computer networking for computer engineering
- Apply concepts of computer programming using Python for computer engineering
- Understand concepts of cloud computing (Elective) for computer engineering
- Understand concepts of big data (Elective) for computer engineering
- Apply concepts of web development using PHP for computer engineering
- Understand concepts of network security for computer engineering
- Understand concepts of mobile application development for computer engineering
- Apply concepts of application development using web frameworks for computer engineering
- Understand concepts of entrepreneurship development and management for computer engineering
- Undertake project work for computer engineering
Computer Engineering, Information Technology and Data ScienceReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate web programming skills in a laboratory setting for computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Develop office solutions in a laboratory setting for computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Apply the concepts of mathematics to computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Communicate effectively using the English language for computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Apply the fundamental concepts of computing systems to computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Demonstrate computer programming skills in a laboratory setting for computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Demonstrate fundamental electrical and electronics skills in a laboratory setting for computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Apply the fundamental concepts of electrical and electronics to computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Apply the concepts of applied science to engineering
- Apply the concepts of algorithms, problem-solving techniques and flow charts to computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Demonstrate Structured Query Language skills in a laboratory setting for computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Apply the concepts of data structures using a computer programming language to computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Apply the concepts of software engineering to computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Demonstrate data structure skills with a computer programming language in a laboratory setting for computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Apply a computer programming language to computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Demonstrate computer network skills in a laboratory setting for computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Apply the concepts of database design and development to computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Apply the concepts of computer networks to computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Demonstrate operating system skills in a laboratory setting for computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Apply the principles of an operating system to computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Demonstrate database technology skills in a laboratory setting for computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Apply database technology to computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Apply object-oriented programming with C++ to computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Demonstrate object-oriented programming skills with C++ in a laboratory setting for computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Understand information systems and organisations for computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Apply design thinking to computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Apply cloud computing to computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Demonstrate artificial intelligence skills in a laboratory setting for computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Apply the concepts of artificial intelligence to computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Develop dynamic websites in a laboratory setting for computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Apply software testing techniques to computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Understand enterprise applications for computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Apply practical development and operations to computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Develop dynamic websites for computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Demonstrate object-oriented programming language skills in a laboratory setting for computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Demonstrate business intelligence skills in a laboratory setting for computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Demonstrate software testing skills in a laboratory setting for computer engineering, information technology and data science
- Apply an object-oriented programming language to computer engineering, information technology and data science
Maintain Systems and Processes for Health, Safety, Welfare and Environmental Protection in an Engineering EnvironmentReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Develop and promote health, safety, welfare and environmental awareness in an engineering environment.
- Review existing practice to identify opportunities for improvements and communicate appropriate improvement measures.
- Manage the access and induction to engineering environments for all relevant stakeholders.
- Check the competence of those under direct line management.
- Communicate health, safety, welfare and environmental information in an engineering environment.
- Review the serviceability of health, safety and welfare equipment and resources.
- Employ health, safety, welfare and environmental systems, identify hazards and reduce risks; report accidents and emergencies and prevent recurrence.
- Monitor health, safety, welfare and environmental protection systems regularly to meet organisational and regulatory requirements.
- Identify and report special conditions which contravene usual organisation and/or regulatory requirements.
Operations Management in a Workplace SettingReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the role of operations management within the overall leadership and management context in a workplace setting.
- Understand the strategic planning process of moving from an organisational mission and vision statement to establishing action plans for sub-units in a workplace setting.
- Understand performance measures appropriate to different hierarchical levels and organisational sub-units in a workplace setting.
- Understand how workforce planning could be used to support given operational activities in a workplace setting.
- Understand the role of data analysis as part of a structured problem-solving methodology in supporting planning and decision-making in a workplace setting.
Project Management & Quality Management for Computer EngineeringReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of establishing a quality culture in creating defect-free goods and services in electrical and electronics engineering.
- Understand the mandatory and optional standards that apply to quality management in electrical and electronics engineering.
- Understand the importance of identifying specific control points in electrical and electronics engineering.
- Understand the importance of using statistical techniques to control the sampling of an output from a production process in electrical and electronics engineering.
- Understand how to create a project plan for electrical and electronics engineering projects.
- Understand the importance of regular project monitoring and review for electrical and electronics engineering projects.
Supply Chain Management in a Workplace SettingReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the chain of events in business-to-business supply in a workplace setting.
- Understand how to improve the productivity of a supply chain in a workplace setting.
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 5 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.
- Build and implement data processing systems
- Develop a healthy and safe organisational environment
- Lead the Delivery of the Data Science Capability, Strategy and Framework
- Lead the Delivery of the Network Infrastructure Services Support Capability and Strategy
- Maintain and develop own technical and operational engineering expertise related to utility network assets
- Manage DevOps activities
- Manage and develop systems and procedures in a continuing airworthiness environment
- Manage relationships during benefits realisation programmes for IT enabled systems
Where this can lead
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Your journey starts here, at the heart of our Operations Learning. We're excited to see how you grow, and we're committed to providing the opportunities and support to help you build a truly rewarding career, whether that's becoming a specialist, a leader, or something else entirely.
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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 enables learners to analyse various project management methodologies and develop a comprehensive project plan tailored to their context. It also covers the importance of establishing a quality culture and implementing project governance alongside ethical frameworks.
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for NOCN Level 5 Diploma in Computer Engineering (Information Technology and Data Science)
10 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by NOCN.
- Applied Project and Quality Management
- Apply the Concepts of Computer Software Packages to Assist with Engineering Activities for Computer Engineering
- Apply the Concepts of Data Science to Computer Engineering
- Building Relationships in a Workplace Setting
- Computer Engineering
- Computer Engineering, Information Technology and Data Science
and 4 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
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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.