Level 4 Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring to Build Relationships

What is this qualification?

The objective of the OTHM Level 4 Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring to Build Relationships is to develop learners’ knowledge and understanding of how to effectively build relationships through specialist inclusivity, behaviour management, coaching, mentoring and tutoring skills.

Through the course of this qualification learners’ will explore how to analyse and implement regulatory frameworks, prepare and apply specialist coaching, mentoring and tutoring skills to specific contexts and how to promote and manage positive/disruptive behaviours in a learning environment to ensure purposeful learning outcomes.

Successful completion of this qualification will allow learners to work in a variety of roles that require detailed knowledge of coaching and mentoring.

Who is this qualification for?

This Level 4 certificate suits people who already teach or train and want a recognised qualification with assessed practice in coaching and mentoring to build relationships.

Level 4 is equivalent to Year 1 of a UK bachelor's degree (Certificate of Higher Education).

• Study fully online with tutor support from Education Training, with no fixed timetable.
• Assessment by assignments, so you can evidence learning from your own workplace.
• Each level leads directly to the next: Level 3 Award, Level 4 Certificate, Level 5 Diploma.

Qualification structure and units

This qualification consists of 5 mandatory units, 30 credits, 300 hours Total Qualification Time (TQT) and the recommended Guided Learning Hours (GLH) for this qualification is a minimum of 115 hours.

Source: OTHM qualification specification (PDF) · Ofqual qualification number 610/3480/0.

How you study

The qualification is designed to be delivered over one academic year for full-time study, but it is also flexible in its delivery in order to accommodate part-time and distance learning.

The qualification is delivered face-to-face, through lectures, tutorials, seminars, distance, online by approved centres only.

At Education Training the qualification is delivered online: you receive the materials, assignment briefs and tutor support through the learning platform and submit work when you are ready. There are no fixed lecture times, so you can start in any month.

Where the qualification requires teaching or assessment practice, you complete the hours in your own workplace or on an agreed placement and log them in your portfolio.

How you are assessed

Units are assessed through written assignments and, where the qualification requires it, observed teaching or assessment practice. Work is marked by the centre and externally verified by OTHM. There are no examinations.

OTHM publishes its full assessment and verification policy for this qualification on its own page.

Entry requirements

Entry requirements are set by OTHM for this qualification. Contact admissions to check your eligibility before you apply.

OTHM publishes its full entry requirements for this qualification on its own page.

Fees and payment plans

A £10 enrolment fee is paid with the application. Fees include tuition, learning materials, assignment marking and the awarding-body certificate. Prices correct as of 23 October 2026.

Refund policy · Complaints procedure

What is included

Progression and career routes

Successful completion supports progression to the next level and to employment in coaching and mentoring to build relationships roles.

Related job profiles on the National Careers Service (pay, hours and entry routes are published there):

• Learning mentor

How this qualification compares

Figures below come from Education Training's own catalogue and enquiry records, not from estimates; each carries the date it was calculated.

How this qualification compares with other Level 4 qualifications (as of 23 October 2026)

300 TQT hours against a Level 4 median of 1200 (-75%), 30 credits against a median of 36, across 14 Level 4 qualifications

Mandatory and optional units across Level 4 Coaching and Mentoring to Build Relationships qualifications (as of 23 October 2026)

the qualification: 5 mandatory, 0 optional

Share of course-page views by RQF level (all time) (as of 23 October 2026)

Level 0: 2%; Level 3: 6%; Level 4: 1%; Level 5: 90%; Level 6: 1%

Credits and study hours by RQF level (as of 23 October 2026)

Level 2: median 37 credits, TQT hours, GLH; Level 3: median 18 credits, TQT hours, GLH; Level 4: median 33 credits, 780 TQT hours, 125 GLH; Level 5: median 120 credits, 815 TQT hours, 600 GLH; Level 6: median 120 credits, 1200 TQT hours, 480 GLH; Level 7: median 120 credits, 1200 TQT hours, 600 GLH

Awarding body and regulation

This qualification is awarded by OTHM, an awarding organisation regulated by Ofqual. Its qualification number is 610/3480/0 — view the entry on the Ofqual register. Education Training is an approved centre: we deliver and assess the qualification, OTHM verifies our assessment decisions and issues the certificate. Read about OTHM recognition.

How to apply

Pay the £10 enrolment fee when you submit your application (separate from the course fee).

1. Apply online
   Use Apply now to open the application form with this programme pre-selected. Tell us about your current role and qualifications; pay the £10 enrolment fee to complete enrolment when prompted.
2. Course activation
   Once you enrol, we email your course activation link within 24 hours.
3. Course fee
   Admissions email a secure link to pay the course fee in full or on an instalment plan (usually within one working day). There is no fixed intake date.

Progression path

1. Level 4 Certificate
2. →
3. Level 5 Diploma

Related pages

• Level 4 Diploma in Coaching (Health Practitioner)
• Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training
• Level 4 Diploma in Early Childhood Education

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