What are BTEC Level 3 qualifications? - Edexcel

New units Old units Mapping/comments (new topics in italics)
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Number Name Number Name
New – NA: This is a new Level 4 unit. LO1 – Understand health, safety
and ethical issues associated with laboratory and experimental
methods in sport and exercise sciences. LO2 – Be able to
estimate percent body fat using anthropometric methods. LO3 –
Be able to measure and interpret the anthropometric somatotype.
LO4 – Be able to use experimental methods to predict maximum
Unit 43 Laboratory and Experimental
Methods in Sport and Exercise
Sciences
oxygen uptake
New – NA: Unit 21 from Nationals in Sport and Exercise Sciences now
included in structure for Nationals in Sport. LO1 – Know how
temperature and altitude affect exercise and sports performance.
LO2 – Know about the physical differences between people of
different gender and race and their affect on exercise and sports
performance. LO3 – Know the impact that the physiological
effects of ageing have on exercise and sports performance. LO4
– Know the effects and implications of using ergogenic aids for
exercise and sports performance.
Unit 44 Applied Sport and Exercise
Physiology
Edexcel BTEC Level 3 Certificate and Diplomas in Sport – Specification
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