Gateway Qualifications
    Level 2
    QN: 603/6545/6
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    Gateway Qualifications Level 2 Award in Preparing for Self-Employment

    Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by Gateway Qualifications. Classified as a Vocationally-Related Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 312 hours.

    Qualification Level
    Level 2
    Awarding Body
    Gateway Qualifications
    Syllabus Units
    9 Units
    Guided Hours
    312 hrs
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    Course Syllabus & Study Modules

    Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.

    1

    Business Project

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    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify and select a business project.
    • Be able to carry out research for a business project.
    • Be able to undertake activity to complete a business project.
    • Be able to present a business project.
    • Be able to evaluate business project outcomes and own performance.
    2

    Creating Business Web-pages

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know key considerations when creating a website.
    • Understand terminology relating to website development.
    • Be able to create web pages or a website.
    • Be able to evaluate the process and the outcome.
    3

    Customer service skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand good customer service.2.
    • Be able to communicate with customers.3.
    • Be able to perform customer service tasks.
    4

    Digital Marketing

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about digital marketing approaches used in different sectors.
    • Understand digital marketing campaigns.
    • Be able to create a proposal for a digital marketing campaign to promote a given company, product or service to an audience.
    5

    Improving sustainability in the workplace

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify an area of a business in need of improvement in terms of sustainability.
    • Be able to identify processes, practices or resources to support improvement in terms of sustainability.
    • Be able to develop and present a project plan to support improvement in terms of sustainability.
    6

    Introduction to Self-Employment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about self-employment in a given sector.2.
    • Know about income and expenditure as a self-employed person.3.
    • Know the responsibilities of a self-employed person.4.
    • Know the responsibilities of a self-employed person.
    7

    Personal Budgeting and Managing Money

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand what is meant by income and expenditure in relation to personal finances.
    • Know ways to manage limited budget.
    • Know how to undertake financial transactions.
    • Understand key financial information on everyday documents.
    • Know about saving, investing and borrowing.
    • Be able to produce a budge and review actual performance against it.
    • Be able to identify sources of help with personal finances.
    8

    Understanding Online Business Activities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about online business activities.
    • Understand issues related to online business.
    • Know the impact of an online business presence.
    9

    Website Design and Development

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand website design fundamentals.
    • Be able to produce a design proposal for a website to meet client brief.3.
    • Be able to create a website to meet an agreed design proposal for a website.
    • Be able to test the website against the client brief.

    Regulatory & Verification Details

    Qualification Number (QN)
    603/6545/6
    Regulated Status
    Available to learners
    Awarding Body
    Gateway Qualifications
    Qualification Type
    Vocationally-Related Qualification
    Operational Start
    Sept 2020