NOCN
Entry Level
QN: 500/7522/6
Curriculum Active
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by NOCN. Classified as a Vocationally-Related Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 870 hours.
Qualification Level
Entry Level
Awarding Body
NOCN
Syllabus Units
30 Units
Guided Hours
870 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Dealing with problems
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be aware of problems when they arise, Come up with a solution to a problem
2
Developing communication skills
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Listen and respond to other people, Speak (or use other means) to communicate with other people, Engage in discussion with other people
3
Developing Community Participation Skills: Getting Out and About
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know that they have a place in the community
- Use local facilities and services
- Use local shops
- Use local eating and drinking places
4
Developing ICT skills
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Use ICT to control the environment
- Use ICT as a source of information
- Use ICT to communicate or to augment or enable communication
5
Developing Independent Living Skills: Being Healthy
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be involved in keeping themselves healthy
6
Developing Independent Living Skills: Having Your Say
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Express preferences about their lifestyle, Be involved in decision-making about how to spend their time
7
Developing Independent Living Skills: Keeping Safe
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know that it is important to keep themselves safe
- Be able to observe safe practices
8
Developing Independent Living Skills: Looking After your Own Home
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be involved in keeping their home healthy and safe
9
Developing learning skills: learning to learn
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Identify strengths and weaknesses in relation to learning, Express preferences about learning, Be involved in making choices in relation to learning, Get help with their learning, Be involved in producing and reviewing a person-centred learning plan
10
Developing reading skills
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Show some interest in reading, Show some response to reading
- Recognise objects and symbols
11
Developing self awareness: all about me
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be aware of their relationships with others, Be aware of themselves as an individual
12
Developing Skills for the Workplace: Following Instructions
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to follow instructions.
13
Developing Skills for the Workplace: Getting Things Done
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be involved in decision-making., Be involved in problem-solving.
- Work with others.
14
Developing Skills for the Workplace: Health and Safety
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know about health and safety at work.
15
Developing Skills for the Workplace: Looking and Acting the Part
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Take some responsibility for him/herself in a way that is consistent with workplace expectations.
16
Developing writing skills
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be aware that marks, symbols, signs or words have meaning
- Be able to use marks, symbols, signs or words to communicate
17
Early mathematics: developing number skills
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Participate in activities involving numbers, Be aware of numbers in given contexts
18
Early mathematics: measure
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Have an awareness of common measures
19
Early mathematics: position
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Have an awareness of position
20
Early mathematics: sequencing and sorting
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be aware of sequence
- Be able to sort data
21
Early mathematics: shape
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Have an awareness of shape
22
Encountering experiences: being a part of things
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Encounter activities
- Respond with reflex to experiences
23
Engaging with the world around you: events
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Interact with events
24
Engaging with the world around you: objects
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Interact with objects
25
Engaging with the world around you: people
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Interact with people
26
Getting on with other people
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Interact with others, Take part in a group activity
27
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Dealing with problems
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be aware of problems when they arise, Come up with a solution to a problem
28
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Developing communication skills
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Listen attentively to others and respond appropriately
- Speak or use alternative methods to communicate clearly
- Engage in simple discussions with others
- Take turns in conversation
- Use appropriate non-verbal communication
- Express own needs and preferences
- Respond to questions and comments
- Show understanding of basic communication conventions
29
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Developing Community Participation Skills: Getting Out and About
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Identify local facilities and services in the community
- Demonstrate how to use a local shop appropriately
- Demonstrate how to use a local eating or drinking place appropriately
- Recognise the learner's own place in the community
- Apply appropriate social skills when using community facilities
30
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Developing ICT skills
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Use ICT to control the environment, Use ICT as a source of information, Use ICT to communicate or to augment or enable communication
31
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Developing Independent Living Skills: Being Healthy
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Participate in a daily personal care routine with support.
- Identify a healthy food or drink option from a given selection.
- Communicate a basic need related to personal health or well-being.
- Engage in a simple activity that promotes physical well-being.
32
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Developing Independent Living Skills: Having Your Say
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Express preferences about their lifestyle, Be involved in decision-making about how to spend their time
33
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Developing Independent Living Skills: Keeping Safe
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Identify situations that may be unsafe
- Demonstrate simple safe practices in familiar environments
- Recognize when to ask for help
- Follow basic safety instructions
- Observe safety rules in a given context
34
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Developing Independent Living Skills: Looking After your Own Home
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be involved in keeping their home healthy and safe
35
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Developing learning skills: learning to learn
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Identify strengths and weaknesses in relation to learning, Express preferences about learning, Be involved in making choices in relation to learning, Get help with their learning, Be involved in producing and reviewing a person-centred learning plan
36
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Developing reading skills
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Show interest in reading materials
- Demonstrate a response to reading
- Recognise objects and symbols
37
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Developing self awareness: all about me
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Identify personal characteristics that make them unique
- Recognize people in their lives and describe their relationship to them
- Express personal preferences and feelings
38
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Developing Skills for the Workplace: Following Instructions
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Identify when an instruction is given.
- Listen to and observe instructions accurately.
- Follow a simple two-step instruction.
- Ask for help if an instruction is not understood.
- Complete a task as instructed.
39
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Developing Skills for the Workplace: Getting Things Done
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be involved in decision-making., Be involved in problem-solving., Work with others.
40
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Developing Skills for the Workplace: Health and Safety
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know about health and safety at work.
41
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Developing Skills for the Workplace: Looking and Acting the Part
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Identify at least three workplace expectations related to appearance and behaviour.
- Demonstrate taking responsibility for personal presentation in a work-related context.
- Explain why it is important to act in a way that is consistent with workplace expectations.
42
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Developing writing skills
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be aware that marks, symbols, signs or words have meaning, Be able to use marks, symbols, signs or words to communicate
43
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Early mathematics: developing number skills
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Participate in activities involving numbers, Be aware of numbers in given contexts
44
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Early mathematics: measure
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Identify common measures in everyday contexts
- Compare objects using simple measures
- Use basic measuring tools appropriately
- Recognise units of measure in practical situations
45
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Early mathematics: position
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Have an awareness of position
46
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Early mathematics: sequencing and sorting
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Identify the correct sequence of a set of given events or objects
- Sort objects according to a given criterion (e.g., size, color, shape)
- Explain the reasoning behind a chosen sequence or sort
- Apply sequencing and sorting skills to a practical task
47
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Early mathematics: shape
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Recognize at least three common 2D shapes (e.g., circle, square, triangle) in a given set.
- Name common 2D shapes when shown them.
- Identify shapes in the environment (e.g., a clock is a circle, a window is a square).
- Match identical shapes from a selection.
- Sort shapes into groups based on a given criterion (e.g., all circles together).
48
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Encountering experiences: being a part of things
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Encounter activities, Respond with reflex to experiences
49
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Engaging with the world around you: events
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Identify different types of events in the local community
- Respond appropriately to cues during an event
- Communicate preferences or feelings about an event
- Engage with others during an event
- Demonstrate appropriate behaviour during an event
50
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Engaging with the world around you: objects
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Interact with objects
- Demonstrate intentional interaction with objects
- Explore objects using multiple senses
- Communicate preferences for objects
- Engage in cause-and-effect play with objects
51
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Engaging with the world around you: people
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Interact with people
52
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Getting on with other people
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Interact with others in a familiar setting
- Take part in a group activity
53
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Rights and responsibilities : Everybody matters
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be aware that they have rights as individuals., Be aware they have responsibilities as individuals.
54
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Travel within the Community: Going Places
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Identify safe routes within their local community
- Demonstrate understanding of basic road safety rules
- Plan a simple journey within their community
- Recognize landmarks and key locations
- Apply appropriate communication skills when asking for help
- Evaluate the safety of a given route
55
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Understanding what money is used for
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Have an awareness of the use of money
56
NOCN Entry Level Award in Personal Progress (Entry 1)
Using Local Health Services
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Access the services offered by local health services
57
Rights and responsibilities : Everybody matters
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be aware that they have rights as individuals., Be aware they have responsibilities as individuals.
58
Travel within the Community: Going Places
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Travel within their own community
59
Understanding what money is used for
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Have an awareness of the use of money
60
Using Local Health Services
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Access the services offered by local health services
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 500/7522/6
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- NOCN
- Qualification Type
- Vocationally-Related Qualification
- Operational Start
- Sept 2009