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NCFE CACHE Level 3 Certificate in Coding Practices

NCFE CACHE Level 3 Certificate
Develop your knowledge of the world of coding and hone the skills you'll need for a career or further study.
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NCFE CACHE Level 3 Certificate online course

Want to build your knowledge, skills and understanding of coding? Or perhaps you dream of a career getting to grips with software and being the go-to person for fixing bugs and other problems. 

Our online NCFE CACHE Level 3 Certificate in Coding Practice enables you to take the knowledge that you have built at Level Two and start working towards developing the essential skills for an exciting career in an increasingly digital world.

Completing this course enables you to progress onto further study, such as a Level 4 Certificate in IT or a Level 4 Diploma in Software Development. The knowledge you’ll gain from this course will also be valuable for getting onto an apprenticeship or if you have aspirations of studying at university.

What you will learn

  1. Unit 1 - Coding requirements and planning

    • Understand software methodologies in project management
    • Understand the capture and documentation of requirements
    • Understand risk management
    • Understand how teamwork contributes to the effective delivery of software
    • Backlog
    • Epics
    • Features
    • Stories

  2. Unit 2 - Understand coding design

    • The importance of coding standards
    • Understand the purpose of good coding principles and practices
    • Identify different types of coding review
    • The importance of effective feedback in a coding review
    • Structured and unstructured data
    • Primary and foreign keys
    • UX (User Experience) design
    • The differences between UX and UI (User Interface)
    • Security issues and threats

  3. Unit 3 - Implementation of coding

    • Common coding concepts
    • Object-orientated programming concepts
    • Interpreted and compiled code

  4. Unit 4 - Software testing

    • Identify different levels, types and methods of testing
    • Functional and non-functional testing
    • Test-driven development
    • Variable watching
    • Compiler warnings

  5. Unit 5 - Understand deployment, maintenance and configuration management

    • Deployment planning and strategy
    • The difference between build and deploy
    • Rollback strategy
    • Configuration management

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CACHE stands for the Council for Awards in Care, Health and Education, and are the leading specialist Awarding Organisation for the Care and Education Sector.

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Awarding Body

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CACHE stands for the Council for Awards in Care, Health and Education, and are the leading specialist Awarding Organisation for the Care and Education Sector.

Recognised through UCAS

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This course carries 16 UCAS points. This means that it can be used to gain direct access to University courses and other Higher Education, through the UCAS system.

Course Outcome

At the end of this course, successful learners will receive the following qualification: NCFE CACHE Level 3 Certificate in Coding Practices. The course follows the course specification 603/5793/9 taught in colleges and has been selected for its suitability for online learning.

How is this course assessed or examined?

To be awarded the Level 3 Certificate in Coding Practices, you will be required to successfully complete the five mandatory units. You will also produce a portfolio of evidence which be internally assessed at one of our exam centres and externally quality assured by NCFE.  

Entry requirements

The minimum study age for this course is 16 years of age. You should also have a Level Two or equivalent in IT or Coding.

Course code: X364

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