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- You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer ATHE Ltd has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
- The centre assesses, and ATHE Ltd awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from ATHE Ltd.
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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. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work, and work done here is recognised as prior learning under the agreements we hold.
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
Advanced Database Practice Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand advanced relational database concepts
- Understand how to define database objects
- Understand how to manipulate database objects
- Understand the structure of database objects
- Understand the function of database objects
Advanced Programming Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of implementing SOLID principles on the OOP paradigm.
- Understand the importance of DevSecOps as a set of practices in software development.
- Understand the importance of DevSecOps as a set of cultural approaches in software development.
- Understand the importance of DevSecOps as a set of tools in software development.
- Design a large dataset application using SOLID principles.
- Build a large dataset application using SOLID principles and clean coding techniques.
- Test a large dataset application using SOLID principles, clean coding techniques, and automated testing.
Advanced Project Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the tools and techniques used in IT project management.
- Understand the concepts of risk and risk mitigation strategies in relation to IT projects.
- Understand the purpose and process of project reviews and how learning from these reviews can be embedded into future practice.
Client and Server Technologies Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the function of transport layer protocols used in computer networks
- Implement UDP communication between a client and a server
- Implement TCP communication between a client and a server
- Demonstrate the use of SSL or TLS protocols to create secure communication between client and server technologies
Cloud Native Solutions Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key components that comprise cloud native solutions.
- Design cloud-native applications that are not containerised.
- Build cloud-native applications that are not containerised.
- Deploy cloud-native applications that are not containerised.
- Optimise cloud resources by applying modern architectural patterns in software engineering.
- Create containerised solutions using industry standard tools.
- Manage containerised solutions using industry standard tools.
- Deploy containerised solutions using industry standard tools.
Computing Projects for Digital Transformation Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify and evaluate opportunities for digital transformation within an organisation
- Analyse the key drivers that underpin successful digital transformation initiatives
- Understand the potential risks associated with implementing digital transformation strategies
- Evaluate methods for mitigating risks associated with digital transformation projects
Data Analytics and Machine Learning Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how machines learn from data using various machine learning techniques.
- Understand different methods for evaluating the performance of machine learning models.
- Understand and apply popular machine learning algorithms to solve real-world problems.
Digital Forensics Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles of computer and mobile forensics.
- Understand the principles involved in conducting computer and mobile forensic investigations.
- Understand the application of professional guidelines and best practice within the discipline of digital forensics.
Implementing Data Flows and Data Warehouses Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the different types of data flows and data warehouses that can be implemented.
- Understand the processes of data extraction/capture, transformation, and loading into a data warehouse.
- Understand multidimensional modelling techniques and Online Analytical Processing (OLAP).
Information Systems Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify and describe different types of information systems that are commonly used within an organisation
- Analyse the principal uses of various information systems within an organisation
- Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of different types of information systems
- Analyse how organisations utilise information systems to support strategic decision-making processes
- Analyse how organisations utilise information systems to support operational decision-making processes
Innovative Technologies and Connected Devices Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify and describe innovative developments in technology
- Analyse the impact of technological innovations on the computer industry
- Evaluate the broader impact of technological innovations on society
Network Developer and IT Operations (NetDevOps) Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the skills required to plan and code complex network systems.
- Understand the skills required to build and test complex network systems.
- Implement the deployment and subsequent monitoring processes for complex network infrastructure.
Network and Cloud Design and Configuration Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand advanced problem-solving of network infrastructure.
- Research a migration to integrate existing systems into the cloud.
- Plan a migration to integrate existing systems into the cloud.
- Document a migration to integrate existing systems into the cloud.
- Apply security measures to cloud infrastructure.
- Apply security measures to networks.
Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the role of ethical hacking in the development of secure systems.
- Understand the different types of penetration testing in the development of secure systems.
- Understand a range of penetration testing tools.
- Explain the role of penetration testing tools with respect to adversarial behaviours.
- Explain the role of penetration testing tools with respect to malware and attack technologies.
- Plan a penetration test for a given scenario.
- Perform a penetration test for a given scenario.
- Report on a penetration test for a given scenario.
Professional Development and Business Communication Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the role of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) in the ongoing professional development of IT practitioners
- Analyse the factors that contribute to different types of communication within a business context
- Evaluate the reputational impact of effective business communication
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate at a level that is appropriate to the target audience, particularly with senior management
- Analyse how barriers to communication can be overcome to effectively support users as customers
Programming for Data Engineering Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the tools used for data engineering
- Understand the languages used for data engineering
- Understand data loading techniques
- Understand data manipulation techniques
- Understand data visualisation functions
Virtualisation and Cloud Computing Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand virtualisation for local user environments.
- Understand virtualisation for cloud computing environments.
- Deploy a virtualised environment in accordance with a software developer’s requirements.
- Quantify how virtualisation and cloud computing contribute to increased organisational efficiency.
- Quantify how virtualisation and cloud computing contribute to increased organisational productivity.
- Qualify how virtualisation and cloud computing contribute to increased organisational efficiency.
- Qualify how virtualisation and cloud computing contribute to increased organisational productivity.
- Recognise dangers to virtualised machines from bad actors.
- Recognise dangers to cloud computing from bad actors.
- Recognise threats to virtualised machines from bad actors.
- Recognise threats to cloud computing from bad actors.
The national standards these units are built against
What the job actually needs, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
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Assist in Implementing Digital Forensic Processes
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Assist in developing and validating machine learning solutions
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Carry out DevOps digital delivery activities
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Carry out digital forensic examination activities
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Carry out infrastructure penetration testing
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Carry out web application penetration testing
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Contribute to digital forensic examination activities
- Standard
Deliver digital forensic services
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Design Network Infrastructure Solutions
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Design and Implement Cloud Networks COPY
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Design cloud architecture solutions
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Develop and implement machine learning algorithms
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Direct Digital Forensic Examination Activities
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Implement and Manage Cloud
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Implement cloud migration solutions
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Lead Forensic Examination
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Manage digital forensic activities
- Standard
Manage digital forensic examination activities
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The jobs these credits are mapped to
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Where this can lead
Penetration Testing Specialist
This work can lead into broader security consulting or into leading penetration tests on complex systems.
See the whole journeyThe credits, and who awards them
Level 5 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by ATHE Ltd rather than by Zavmo. 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 have covered and what is next.
What you would be collecting
Advanced Database PracticeAdvanced ProgrammingAdvanced ProjectClient and Server TechnologiesCloud Native SolutionsComputing Projects for Digital TransformationData Analytics and Machine LearningDigital Forensics
Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.
How you’d practise it
You don’t watch this. You do it.
You are not assessed on remembering this. You are assessed on applying it, analysing it, evaluating it and producing something. So that is what the practice is: projects, role play and your own live cases, with a tutor in the room.
The Navigator · your what-if tutor Illustration - Bring your own plan Create
For “Advanced Project” you bring the plan you are actually working on, not a case study. Zavmo pulls on the assumptions in it until the weak one shows.
- Map a live decision Analyse
“Advanced Database Practice” runs on a decision you are facing now. Zavmo maps it with you and shows what the second-order effect looks like before you find out the slow way.
What you leave holding
The standards this credential builds, in the shape the product keeps them
Nothing here is marked learned. There is no learner on a public page, so the map shows what the qualification covers rather than what anybody has done.
- Assist in Implementing Digital Forensic Processes
- Assist in developing and validating machine learning solutions
- Carry out DevOps digital delivery activities
- Carry out digital forensic examination activities
- Carry out infrastructure penetration testing
- Carry out web application penetration testing
- Contribute to digital forensic examination activities
- Deliver digital forensic services
How you would learn this
One to one, on the work you already do
A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.
A lesson from Advanced Database Practice, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
Learners will develop an advanced understanding of relational database concepts, including normalisation, indexing, and transaction management. The unit includes practical skills in defining and manipulating database objects using SQL.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for ATHE Level 5 Extended Diploma in Computing
17 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by ATHE Ltd.
- Advanced Database Practice
- Advanced Programming
- Advanced Project
- Client and Server Technologies
- Cloud Native Solutions
- Computing Projects for Digital Transformation
and 11 more in the full unit list below.
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