OCN London · RQF Level 5
OCNLR Level 5 Diploma in Software Engineering
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 qualification6
Awarded by OCN London · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
The OCNLR Level 5 Diploma in Software Engineering is designed to develop advanced technical skills and professional competencies in modern software development. Learners strengthen their ability to design, implement and test object-oriented, web-based applications using database systems, while also gaining expertise in areas such as mobile development, testing and software project management. The qualification supports progression into skilled developer roles or further higher-level study.
These are the units OCN London 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.
Mobile ApplicationsReal unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Design and develop a user interface for a mobile application.
- Implement typical mobile application functionalities and features using an appropriate programming language and Software Development Kit (SDK).
- Design a responsive user interface for a mobile application that adapts to different screen sizes and orientations.
- Develop, test, debug, and deploy a mobile application that can run on multiple devices.
Object-Oriented Design and ImplementationReal unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Understand fundamental object-oriented design (OO) principles (such as encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism) and concepts (such as classes, objects and message passing) and describe their importance in software reuse, and maintenance, explaining the benefits of OO programming.
- Use a suitable programming language to develop an efficient and reusable OO software application, applying practical skills in OO development.
- Implement appropriate underlying data structures to store and manipulate data in an OO program, selecting and utilising suitable data structures.
- Understand the benefits of software reuse and the limitations of using object-oriented software applications, evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of OO programming.
ProjectReal unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Analyse an outline of a problem brief and determine a specification, plan, processes, resources, and tools to undertake a programme of work for the project.
- Apply professional, social, legal, and ethical codes of conduct, practices and responsibilities and safety/security related issues related to your project work.
- Understand the key concepts of data confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
- Deploy appropriate theory, practices, and tools to analyse, specify, test, implement and evaluate systems, using appropriate development approaches to scope, time-manage and organise a project.
Software Project ManagementReal unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Analyse and evaluate the factors contributing to IT ventures' success (or failure) at both the project and organisational level, identifying key determinants of project outcomes.
- Identify and reflect on the actions or measures that may be taken to minimise the failure of a software project, proposing strategies for risk mitigation.
- Understand the software life cycle, its processes, and application, demonstrating knowledge of software development methodologies.
Testing and QualityReal unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Understand various software testing techniques and methodologies.
- Understand software quality assurance standards and their importance.
- Deploy appropriate theory, practices, and tools to effectively test software systems.
- Analyse test results and manage defects effectively throughout the software development lifecycle.
Web DevelopmentReal unit · OCN London
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the components, processes and technologies behind an interactive web application, demonstrating knowledge of web development architecture.
- Develop an interactive web application using modern tools and techniques, applying practical skills in web development.
- Understand responsive applications and assess the quality of the interface of a web based interactive application, evaluating user experience and design principles.
- Understand the importance of security and demonstrate how security techniques can be applied to an interactive web-based application, implementing measures to protect against vulnerabilities.
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
The Evidence Evaluator
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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
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- Analyse and interpret the results of software testing activities
- Carry out secure software development activities
- Design and develop mobile applications for digital content
- Design tests for software products
- Manage secure software development activities
Where this can lead
Software Tester
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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 skills to design and develop user interfaces for mobile applications, implement typical functionalities using appropriate programming languages and SDKs, and create responsive designs for multiple devices.
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for OCNLR Level 5 Diploma in Software Engineering
6 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by OCN London.
- Mobile Applications
- Object-Oriented Design and Implementation
- Project
- Software Project Management
- Testing and Quality
- Web Development
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
Where most courses leave you Where Zavmo takes you
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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