Creative Skills
NOCN Level 1 Award in Creative Skills Development
The NOCN Level 1 Award in Creative Skills Development is suitable for a wide range of people who wish to begin to explore and develop their creative potential through creative craft activity.
This includes:
- Learners who participate in creative skills practice and learners who have an interest in creative skills practice.
- Learners who wish to progress their creative skills potential and who would like formal recognition for this.
- Learners for whom traditional learning routes may not have been effective.
- Learners who may not have had the opportunity to engage in formal creative skills practice thus far.
- Young people and adults.
This is a first step qualification and provides a platform for progression to Level 2 qualifications and further learning.
The NOCN Level 1 Award in Creative Skills Development is designed to allow the widest possible access to learners. There are no specific restrictions to candidate entry.
To access this qualification input the title on the qualification finder, which is found on the right hand side of this page.

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