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Btec / Exam Board: Edexcel Btec / Exam Board: Edexcel
Hospitality
Subsidiary
diploma
IS THIS COURSE FOR ME?
This BTEC level 3 hospitality qualification provides training within all the key areas of
the hospitality industry such as, customer service and event planning. It will give you
the opportunity to gain confidence and skills such as leadership and personals skills.
The course is particularly suitable for students wanting a vocational route through
A levels. The 2 year course attracts UCAS points equivalent to 1 GCE A Level.
WHAT QUALIFICATIONS DO I NEED?
It is preferred that you have taken either
Food Technology or Catering at GCSE level
and have achieved a grade C+ along with
3 other GCSEs.
WHAT DOES IT INVOLVE?
During the first year, 3 units are taken:
> The hospitality industry
> European Food
> Planning and managing a hospitality
event. For the event planning module a
‘restaurant’ is run during some evenings in
order to be properly assessed
During the second year, 4 units are taken:
> Principles of supervising customer service
> Providing customer service
> Contemporary world food
> Industry-related project in Hospitality.
The industry related project will require all
students to attend a work placement
HOW WILL MY WORK BE ASSESSED?
The work will be assessed and graded
through various internal practical tasks and
a portfolio of work produced throughout
the course. Written tasks are required to be
completed to pass all of the modules.
WHAT CAN I DO AFTERWARDS?
The Diploma is designed for students
considering progressing to further
education or entering the hospitality
industry with the potential to start
management training or to continue to
train as a chef. In the South West the
hospitality sector has a large amount of
opportunities to offer with either following
the hospitality route or choosing to focus
on developing chef skills. You can even
progress straight into employment (kitchen
assistant, hotel receptionist, housekeeping).
Level 3 Btec & Vocational Qualifications
ICT Subsidiary
diploma
IS THIS COURSE FOR ME?
> Do you enjoy using various ICT tools to complete work?
> Do you have a keen interest in computers?
> Can you work to strict deadlines?
> Would you like to study computer game design?
> Would you like to be able to write computer programmes?
> Would you like to learn more about how computers work?
> Would you enjoy the chance to choose optional modules that suit your interests?
It is a two year course which attracts UCAS points equivalent to 1 GCE A level.
WHAT QUALIFICATIONS DO I NEED?
To benefit most from a BTEC Level 3
Subsidiary Diploma in IT you are likely
to have:
> Four GCSE’s at grades A* - C
> You should also have a keen interest in
developing an understanding of the
different areas of ICT and Computing
WHAT DOES THE COURSE INVOLVE?
The Edexcel BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary
Diploma in IT consists of two core units
plus four optional units:
Core Units:
> Communication and Employability
Skills for IT
> Computer Systems
Optional Units could include:
> Computer Game Design
> Digital Graphics
> Computer Animation
> Developing Computer Games
> Procedural Programming
> Event Driven Programming
> Object Oriented Programming
> Systems Analysis and Design
> Website Production
> Mulitimedia Production
> Software Design and Development
HOW WILL MY WORK BE ASSESSED?
In BTEC Nationals all units are internally
assessed. All assessment for BTEC Nationals
is criterion referenced, based on the
achievement of specified learning outcomes.
Each unit within the qualification has
specified assessment and grading criteria
which are to be used for grading purposes.
A summative unit grade can be awarded
at pass, merit or distinction:
> To achieve a ‘pass’ a learner must have
satisfied all the pass assessment criteria
> To achieve a ‘merit’ a learner must
additionally have satisfied all the merit
grading criteria
> To achieve a ‘distinction’ a learner must
additionally have a satisfied all the
distinction grading criteria. Learners who
complete the unit but who do not meet all
the pass criteria are graded ‘unclassified’
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WHAT CAN I DO AFTERWARDS?
> Computer related degree
> Set up your own software
development business
> Systems/Analyst programmer
> ICT consultant
> ICT Systems Manager/trainee
> Software developer/engineer
> Software testing
> Systems/network administration
> Systems support/anaylst
ICT skills will stand you in good stead for
many lines of employment and are always
viewed favourably by employers.
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