ATHE Ltd · RQF Level 5
ATHE Level 5 Extended Diploma in Computing
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 5
- Total credits120
- Guided learning480 hours
- Units in this qualification17
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.
Advanced Database PracticeReal 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 ProgrammingReal 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 ProjectReal 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 TechnologiesReal 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 SolutionsReal 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 TransformationReal 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 LearningReal 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 ForensicsReal 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 WarehousesReal 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 SystemsReal 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 DevicesReal 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 ConfigurationReal 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 HackingReal 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 CommunicationReal 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 EngineeringReal 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 ComputingReal 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 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.
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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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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.
- 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
Where this can lead
Penetration Testing Specialist
Your journey here is what you make it. We provide the tools, the challenges, and the support, but your drive to learn, adapt, and break things (ethically!) will define your path. The world of offensive security is always exciting, and we're here to help you navigate it.
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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 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.
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
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.
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.
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