How you’d get it

How you’d get this certificate

  1. Zavmo teaches you. You learn the units one-to-one with an AI tutor, on your own work.
  2. You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer NOCN has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
  3. The centre assesses, and NOCN awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from NOCN.

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01What it is

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. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work, and work done here is recognised as prior learning under the agreements we hold.

Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with NOCN. It does the teaching and the mapping. NOCN sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.

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02The units

What each unit actually teaches you to do

Data Analytics Primer Real unit · NOCN
This unit provides learners with foundational knowledge of data analytics, including its types, applications, and the data analysis lifecycle. You'll understand data structures, the role of data in organisations, and the importance of GDPR compliance.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the fundamental concepts of data analytics and its applications
  • Understand the different stages of the data analysis lifecycle
  • Understand various data types and structures used in data analysis
  • Know the role of data within an organisation
  • Know the importance of GDPR and compliance requirements in data handling
Data Analytics Primer Real unit · NOCN
An introductory unit focusing on the fundamental concepts of data analytics.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand basic data analytics concepts and practices.
Data Architecture Real unit · NOCN
You'll gain a comprehensive understanding of data architecture principles, including design patterns, metadata management, and governance. The unit also covers concepts related to IoT, streaming data, big data platforms, and cloud computing.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles and concepts of data architecture design
  • Understand the principles and concepts of IoT and streaming data management
  • Understand the principles and concepts of big data platforms and their applications
  • Understand the principles and concepts of cloud platforms for data storage and processing
Data Architectures Real unit · NOCN
Covers the principles and practices of designing data architectures to support data management.

What you'll be able to do

  • Develop an understanding of data architecture principles.
Data Engineering Real unit · NOCN
Focuses on the methods and tools for managing and processing data.

What you'll be able to do

  • Gain skills in data engineering techniques.
Data Engineering Real unit · NOCN
This unit introduces learners to data handling and the use of data engineering tools and techniques. You'll understand principles of data modelling, quality assurance, cleansing, and imputation for effective data management.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand how to handle different types of data effectively
  • Use a range of data engineering tools and techniques for data management
  • Understand the principles and concepts of data modelling techniques
  • Understand the principles and concepts of data quality assurance
  • Understand the principles and concepts of data cleansing and imputation methods
Data Visualisation Real unit · NOCN
This unit develops learners' understanding of data visualisation principles and Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA). You'll gain practical skills in creating visualisations and interactive dashboards using R and Python, considering user requirements and interactions.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the fundamental principles and core concepts of Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA).
  • Understand the principles and concepts of data visualisation and dashboard creation using the R programming language.
  • Effectively utilise data visualisation techniques within the Python programming language.
  • Understand the importance of gathering and incorporating user requirements and interactions in data visualisation projects.
Data Visualisation Real unit · NOCN
Teaches how to present data visually to communicate insights effectively.

What you'll be able to do

  • Create visual representations of data.
Practical Data Science Real unit · NOCN
You'll apply statistical and machine learning techniques to solve data science problems. The unit covers regression, forecasting, model tuning, natural language processing, and data mining to extract insights from data.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand statistical principles relevant to data science
  • Use regression techniques for data analysis
  • Use machine learning techniques for forecasting and prediction
  • Use machine learning for model creation and tuning to optimise performance
  • Use natural language processing techniques for text analysis
  • Apply data mining skills to extract valuable insights from data
Practical Data Science Real unit · NOCN
Integrates data science techniques, providing practical applications using tools like R and Python.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply data science methodologies to solve practical problems.
03The standards

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.

  • Assist in Delivering Data Driven Business Insights

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  • Assist in Delivering Routine Data Analysis Studies

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  • Assist in developing data visualisations

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  • Build and implement data processing systems

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  • Carry out data manipulation

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  • Cleanse Data to Resolve Quality Issues

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  • Create and Manage the Optimal Data Environment and Data Structures

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  • Deliver Data Driven Business Insights Using a Range of Data Sources

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  • Deliver Data Management Infrastructure Projects

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  • Design Data Processing Systems

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  • Develop and communicate data visualisations

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  • Lead the Data Analysis Capability, Strategy and Framework

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  • Lead the Delivery of the Data Science Capability, Strategy and Framework

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  • Manage the Data Science Capability for Data Driven Business Insights

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  • Perform Data Journalism

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  • Produce data visualisations to support business insights

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  • Visualise and interpret the results of computational analysis of life science data

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04Where it leads

The jobs these credits are mapped to

A qualification is never a dead end here. Each of these is a job record this qualification is a mapped route into.

Showing 6 roles, drawn from 745 job records mapped to this qualification. Near-identical records are folded together, and each row says how many it stands for.

Where this can lead

Data Engineering Assistant

This work can lead to roles such as Senior Data Engineer or Data Architect, taking on more complex systems and bigger technical decisions.

See the whole journey
05The credits

The credits, and who awards them

Level 4 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by NOCN 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

Data Analytics PrimerData Analytics PrimerData ArchitectureData ArchitecturesData EngineeringData EngineeringData VisualisationData Visualisation

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 Analyst The Analyst · your map-it-properly tutor Illustration
The Analyst In “Data Analytics Primer” you have moved the target from 48 hours to 24. Where does that time come from?
You The team prioritises better, I suppose.
The Analyst Or it comes out of the follow-ups, and reopened cases climb in about six weeks. Let us map it and find out which, before it is a surprise.
The same lesson on the real thing: the conversation in the middle, the thinking ladder on the left, and the criteria each answer is evidencing on the right.
  • Map a live decision Analyse

    “Data Analytics Primer” 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.

See Your Progress Grow Illustration
NOCN Level 4 certificate for Data Analysts
  • Assist in Delivering Data Driven Business Insights
  • Assist in Delivering Routine Data Analysis Studies
  • Assist in developing data visualisations
  • Build and implement data processing systems
  • Carry out data manipulation
  • Cleanse Data to Resolve Quality Issues
  • Create and Manage the Optimal Data Environment and Data Structures
  • Deliver Data Driven Business Insights Using a Range of Data Sources
This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

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 Data Analytics Primer, one of this qualification's own units.

Data Analytics Primer Level 4

Applied to your work in any of these jobs

This unit provides learners with foundational knowledge of data analytics, including its types, applications, and the data analysis lifecycle. Learners will understand data structures, the role of data in organisations, and the importance of GDPR compliance.

How the thinking builds
  1. 1 Remember
  2. 2 Understand
  3. 3 Apply
  4. 4 Analyse
  5. 5 Evaluate
  6. 6 Create
An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.

It is £70 a month, billed monthly. Your free first module is Future Fluency, and you can cancel any time. Teaching towards this qualification begins when you subscribe.

Your Plan Illustration

Built for NOCN Level 4 certificate for Data Analysts

6 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by NOCN.

  1. Data Analytics Primer
  2. Data Architecture
  3. Data Architectures
  4. Data Engineering
  5. Data Visualisation
  6. Practical Data Science
These are the real units of this credential, in its own order. Nothing here is marked done, because this plan has not been started by anyone yet. Yours would fill in as you go.

Learned on your own work, taught one-to-one.

Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your free first module is Future Fluency, so you can see how the teaching works before you pay for anything.

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