How you’d get this certificate
- Zavmo teaches you. You learn the units one-to-one with an AI tutor, on your own work.
- 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.
Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with ATHE Ltd. It does the teaching and the mapping. ATHE Ltd sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
Analytical Impact through Data Visualisations Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Explain the importance of communicating results in a clear way.
- Explain the importance of communicating results in a compelling way.
- Identify a range of graphical representations appropriate for data analysis.
- Identify a range of data visualisations appropriate for data analysis.
- Design effective data visualisations.
- Construct effective data visualisations.
Data Preparation and Quality Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Undertake basic data extraction and manipulation using SQL queries.
- Understand common approaches to combining data from different sources, including data warehousing and ETL processes.
- Understand the quality risks inherent in data and implement strategies to mitigate or resolve these risks.
Data and Database Systems Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental concepts and characteristics of data.
- Understand the principles of effective database design, including data modelling and normalisation.
- Design a database system to meet specified requirements, considering factors such as data integrity, security, and performance.
IT Systems Development Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the stages of the system development lifecycle.
- Understand the purpose of each stage in the system development lifecycle.
- Understand different lifecycle models used in development activities.
- Understand the key behaviours required to develop achievable requirements for a system.
- Use appropriate analysis techniques to investigate an existing system.
- Document the findings of an investigation of an existing system.
- Identify a possible solution to a problem or need related to an IT system.
- Design a possible solution to a problem or need related to an IT system.
- Document a proposed solution to a problem or need related to an IT system.
- Present a solution proposal to a client in a clear and professional manner.
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental concepts of intelligence and its application in computer models.
- Understand the different types of machine learning algorithms and their respective applications.
- Carry out practical machine learning tasks on a sample dataset, demonstrating the application of learned algorithms.
Legislation, Regulation, Ethics and Codes of Practice Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand current legal and regulatory issues relevant to the IT industry.
- Understand current ethical issues and considerations within the IT sector.
- Understand the importance of creating and implementing organisational cybersecurity policies and procedures to protect data and systems.
- Understand the role of professional bodies and industry certifications in maintaining professional standards and competence within the IT industry.
Methods and Tools for Analysis Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify common methods used in data analysis.
- Describe the tools used in data analysis.
- Explain the principles of user experience in the context of data analysis.
- Explain the importance of domain context for data analysis.
- Describe the principal approaches to defining customer requirements for data analysis.
Practical Probability Theory for Data Science Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of basic probability theory, including concepts such as events, probabilities, and conditional probability.
- Understand the characteristics of common probability distributions, such as normal, binomial, and Poisson distributions.
- Understand the concepts of samples and populations and their relevance in statistical analysis.
Programming and Scripting Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles of computer programming, including data types, control structures, and algorithms.
- Design a computer program to meet a client brief, taking into consideration user interface design principles and accessibility.
- Develop a computer program according to the design specifications and client brief, using appropriate programming languages and tools.
- Test and evaluate a computer program to ensure it meets the specified requirements and identify and resolve any errors or bugs.
Statistics for Analysing Datasets Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the core principles of statistics and their application in analysing datasets.
- Understand the principles of descriptive analytics and their application in data analysis.
- Understand the principles of predictive analytics and their application in data analysis.
- Understand the principles of prescriptive analytics and their application in data analysis.
- Carry out simple statistical analysis using spreadsheet software functionality.
Synoptic Computing Project Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify a business problem or opportunity that could benefit from a computing solution.
- Investigate a business problem or opportunity that could benefit from a computing solution.
- Select appropriate tools to design a computing solution.
- Plan the implementation of a computing solution.
- Plan the testing of a computing solution.
- Demonstrate an understanding of professional best practice in computing.
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.
- Standard
Carry out data manipulation
- Standard
Cleanse Data to Resolve Quality Issues
- Standard
Visualise and interpret the results of computational analysis of life science data
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.
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Showing 6 roles, drawn from 17 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
Statistical Analyst
This work can lead to a deep technical specialism, a team leadership role, or a principal analyst position tackling complex problems across a business.
See the whole journeyThe credits, and who awards them
Level 4 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
Analytical Impact through Data VisualisationsData Preparation and QualityData and Database SystemsIT Systems DevelopmentIntroduction to Artificial IntelligenceLegislation, Regulation, Ethics and Codes of PracticeMethods and Tools for AnalysisPractical Probability Theory for Data Science
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 “Synoptic Computing 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
“Analytical Impact through Data Visualisations” 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.
- Carry out data manipulation
- Cleanse Data to Resolve Quality Issues
- Visualise and interpret the results of computational analysis of life science data
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 Analytical Impact through Data Visualisations, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
Learners will understand the importance of clear and compelling communication of data analysis results. The unit covers a range of graphical representations and data visualisations and enables learners to design and construct effective visualisations.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for ATHE Level 4 Extended Diploma in Computing and Artificial Intelligence
11 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by ATHE Ltd.
- Analytical Impact through Data Visualisations
- Data Preparation and Quality
- Data and Database Systems
- IT Systems Development
- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
- Legislation, Regulation, Ethics and Codes of Practice
and 5 more in the full unit list below.
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