NOCN
    Level 2
    QN: 601/1392/3
    Curriculum Active

    NOCN Level 2 Award in Skills for Employment, Training and Personal Development

    Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by NOCN. Classified as a Vocationally-Related Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 3687 hours.

    Qualification Level
    Level 2
    Awarding Body
    NOCN
    Syllabus Units
    153 Units
    Guided Hours
    3687 hrs
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    Course Syllabus & Study Modules

    Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.

    1

    Active Citizenship in the Local Community

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about the social diversity of citizens in the local community.
    • Know the importance of active participation in the local community.
    2

    Adapting to Change at Work

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the need for organisations to adapt to new circumstances.
    • Understand possible effects of change on the organisation and its staff.
    • Know how to improve own response to organisational change.
    3

    Airline and Airport Operations

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about the range of employment opportunities within an airport.
    • Understand the customer check-in procedure at a large airport.
    • Understand the role and function of Customs and Immigration services at an airport.
    • Understand why security is important within an airport.
    4

    Assertiveness and Decision Making Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the meaning of assertiveness.
    • Know how to prepare for personal decision making.
    • Be able to use assertive behaviour to put forward own views in structured situations.
    • Be able to make a reasoned decision in structured situations.
    5

    Audio Software

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Use audio hardware and software to capture sequences
    • Use audio software tools and techniques to combine and edit sequences, Play and present audio sequences
    6

    Building a Personal Career Portfolio

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about own skills, experience, knowledge and personal qualities.
    • Be able to build a portfolio of information to evidence personal qualities, skills and achievements.
    • Be able to produce a Curriculum Vitae (CV).
    • Be able to plan to achieve personal goals.
    7

    Business Communication

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to communicate formally in writing.
    • Be able to communicate effectively by telephone.
    • Be able to take part in a meeting.
    • Know about the use of technology to enable “remote access”.
    8

    Business Organisation Structures

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand business structures.
    • Understand the division of work in organisations.
    • Understand organisational charts.
    9

    Calculations

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to add, subtract, multiply and divide whole numbers and numbers with up to three decimal places.
    • Be able to use fractions.
    • Be able to use percentages.
    • Be able to convert between fractions, decimals and percentages.
    • Be able to calculate ratio and direct proportion.
    • Be able to evaluate expressions and make whole number substitutions in given formulae to produce results.
    • Be able to use a calculator to calculate with fractions, decimals and percentages.
    • Be able to use strategies to check calculations.
    10

    Care Planning Skills for the Care Worker

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the care planning process.
    • Know how to contribute to the assessment process.
    • Understand the role of risk assessment in the care planning process.
    • Be able to participate in planning the delivery of care.
    • Understand the implementation of care plans.
    • Know how to evaluate plans and processes.
    • Understand the issues around the storage of information and care plans.
    11

    Careers in Leisure and Tourism

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about careers within the leisure and tourism industry.
    • Know about trends, developments and issues in leisure and tourism in the UK.
    • Understand the factors affecting people’s choice of leisure and tourism activities.
    12

    Caring for Babies up to One Year Old

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand factors affecting the growth and development of babies up to a year old.
    • Understand the dietary requirements of babies.
    • Understand the health and safety requirements for babies within a range of settings.
    • Know how caring for babies differs across cultures.
    13

    Changing Roles and Relationships in Adolescence

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the changing roles and relationships of parents with their child as they grow older.
    • Know about the changes that a young person goes through during adolescence.
    • Understand the pressures that families with adolescents can experience.
    • Understand how conflict can affect adolescents.
    • Understand issues of power and authority.
    14

    Child Protection

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know that all children have needs and rights.
    • Know about different types of child ab
    • Know how to respond to a child’s disclosure of ab
    • Know about the legislative frame
    • work surrounding issues of child protection.
    15

    Cognitive Development of Children

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about the cognitive development of children.
    • Understand theories of cognitive development.
    • Understand how language develops.
    • Understand experimental methods in relation to cognitive development.
    16

    Common Measures: Length, Distance, Weight and Capacity

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to estimate, using common metric and imperial units.
    • Be able to convert between metric and imperial units.
    • Be able to calculate with units of measure in the same system in practical contexts.
    17

    Common Measures: Scale and Formulae

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand scale.
    • Be able to calculate actual measurements and distance from scale drawings.
    • Be able to use formulae to convert units of measurement.
    18

    Common Measures: Shape

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to recognise common 2-D representations of 3-D objects.
    • Be able to find the perimeters of regular and composite 2D shapes, including circles, using a given formula.
    • Understand areas of regular and composite shapes including circles and triangles.
    • Be able to calculate areas of composite shapes, circles and triangles.
    • Understand volumes of regular 3-D shapes.
    • Be able to calculate volumes of regular 3-D shapes.
    19

    Common Measures: Temperature and Time

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to complete calculations of time in different formats.
    • Be able to complete calculations using temperature.
    20

    Communicating Information

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about different communication methods.
    • Understand how to communicate information clearly in a variety of ways for an audience.
    21

    Cooking Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know how to plan meals according to specific requirements.
    • Be able to prepare dishes using a variety of ingredients.
    • Understand the importance of health and safety requirements in the kitchen.
    22

    Cooking with Dairy Produce

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about dairy produce.
    • Be able to prepare dishes using dairy produce.
    • Be able to review own work.
    23

    Cooking with Grains and Pulses

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about grains and pulses.
    • Be able to prepare dishes using grains and pulses.
    • Be able to review own work.
    24

    Cooking with Meat, Fish and Vegetables

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify
    • prepare and cook a range of meats.
    • prepare and cook a range of fish.
    • prepare and cook a range of vegetables.
    • Understand cooking methods for meat, fish and vegetables.
    • Be able to prepare and present a balanced meal using meat, fish and vegetables.
    • Be able to review own work.
    25

    Creative Writing Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about a variety of literary styles and genres for different audiences.
    • Be able to use personal experience as a source for creative writing.
    • Understand the importance of structuring and shaping initial ideas through planning and drafting.
    • Know about the importance of choosing a particular reading audience.
    • Be able to reflect on own work.
    26

    Critical Thinking Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand what is meant by critical thinking.
    • Understand methods for improving critical thinking skills.
    • Be able to use critical thinking skills.
    27

    Customer Service Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the meaning of good and poor customer service.
    • Understand the importance of first impressions.
    • Know how to assist customers.
    • Know how to deal with customer problems and complaints.
    28

    Data Handling and Probability

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to extract and interpret statistical information.
    • Understand the difference between discrete and continuous data.
    • Be able to represent discrete and continuous data.
    • Be able to compare two sets of data using different types of average., Be able find the range to describe the spread within sets of data.
    29

    Data Management Software

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Enter, edit and maintain data records in a data management system, Retrieve and display data records to meet requirements
    30

    Database Software

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Create and modify non-relational database tables, Enter, edit and organise structured information in a database
    • Use database software tools to run queries and produce reports
    31

    Decision Making Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know how decisions are made.
    • Know about the different types of decisions made within groups.
    • Understand different decision making styles.
    32

    Design Software

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Obtain, insert and combine information for designs
    • Use design software tools to create, manipulate and edit designs
    33

    Desktop Publishing Software

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Select and use appropriate designs and page layouts for publications, Input and combine text and other information within publications
    • Use desktop publishing software techniques to edit and format publications
    34

    Employment Rights and Responsibilities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand types and purposes of employment rights and responsibilities.
    • Understand the purpose and need for a contract of employment.
    35

    Face Painting

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know how to prepare for face painting.
    • Know how to communicate when face painting.
    • Be able to apply face painting techniques.
    36

    Family Learning

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of shared learning.
    • Know about ways to support learning.
    • Know ways to support a child with literacy and numeracy skills.
    • Know how to recognise the impact of own learning experiences.
    • Be able to review own learning.
    37

    Family Relationships

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about family units.
    • Know about different roles within a family unit.
    • Know about problems in family life.
    • Understand own responsibilities within the family.
    • Know about the changing needs of family members.
    • Be able to develop strategies for personal development as a member of the family unit.
    38

    Food and Nutrition for Children and Young People

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the nutritional value of common foods for children and young people.
    • Know other considerations to take account when preparing food for children and young people.
    • Know the importance of food safety in relation to the preparation and storage of food for children and young people.
    39

    Fractions, Decimals and Percentages

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to use fractions.
    • Be able to use percentages.
    • Be able to identify equivalences between common fractions, decimals and percentages.
    • Be able to calculate ratio and direct proportion.
    40

    Garden Horticulture Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify garden and allotment produce.
    • Know how to control weeds.
    • Be able to grow and care for plants grown from seed.
    • Be able to use methods for improving plant yield.
    41

    Genetics

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the principles of genetics.
    • Understand the role of genetics in the modern world.
    • Understand current ethical and social issues in genetics.
    42

    Group and Teamwork Communication Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand methods of group and team communication.
    • Understand how to use communication to maintain good working relationships with group and team members.
    • Understand the role of the team leader.
    • Be able to carry out tasks set by team leader as part of a team.
    43

    Growing Fruit and Vegetables

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the principles and practices of crop rotation.
    • Understand the factors involved in siting a vegetable production area.
    • Know how to grow a range of vegetables seeds.
    • Understand key factors for growing tree fruit plants.
    • Be able to plant and maintain tree fruit plants.
    • Know how to grow a range of soft fruit plants.
    44

    Health and Safety Procedures in the Workplace

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know health and safety procedures in the workplace.
    • Be able to carry out tasks with regard to health and safety in the workplace.
    45

    Health Promotion

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand concepts of health and ill-health.
    • Know the purpose of health promotion.
    • Understand the role of key strategies in the delivery of health promotion initiatives.
    • Be able to plan a health promotion activity.
    46

    Health Psychology

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the role of psychology in health.
    • Understand the medical model approach to health.
    • Understand the bio-psychosocial approach to health.
    47

    Human Biology

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the structure and function of a cell.
    • Understand the key systems of the human body.
    • Know the main causes of disease in the human body.
    48

    Imaging Software

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Obtain, insert and combine information for images
    • Use imaging software tools to create, manipulate and edit images
    49

    Immunology

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the structure and function of the body's immune system.
    • Understand the immune response.
    • Know disorders of the immune system.
    50

    Improving Own Learning and Performance

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify own strengths, areas for improvement and learning style preferences.
    • Know how to plan for improvement.
    • Be able to review own performance.
    51

    Improvisation and Performance Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the nature of improvisation.
    • Be able to devise performance through the process of improvisation.
    • Understand the functions of a given brief.
    • Be able to contribute to a group devised performance.
    • Understand the value of evaluation.
    52

    Interpersonal Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify own strengths and skills.
    • Understand the importance of managing stress.
    • Know about different types of criticism.
    • Know about non-verbal communication.
    • Be able to respond to different behaviours.
    53

    Introducing Psychology

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand psychology as an academic discipline.
    • Understand research methods used in psychology.
    • Understand applications of psychological research.
    • Know potential career paths related to psychology.
    54

    Introduction to Composing Music

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the use of musical devices in composition.
    • Be able to develop compositional ideas.
    • Be able to compose a piece of music.
    • Understand the compositional process.
    55

    Investigating a Career

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the purpose of career planning.
    • Be able to explore own career options.
    • Know about the impact of topical issues on work sectors.
    • Know about issues relating to regulations in a career sector.
    56

    Investigating a Vocational Area

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know how to research a vocational area.
    • Know how to develop the skills and knowledge for a chosen job role.
    57

    IT Communication Fundamentals

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Select and use a variety of sources of information to meet needs, Access, search for
    • select and use Internet-based information and evaluate its fitness for purpose
    • Select and use IT to communicate and exchange information safely, responsibly and effectively
    58

    Kitchen Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to use a variety of measuring methods.
    • Understand the importance of health and safety requirements when working in a kitchen.
    • Understand and apply the principles of food hygiene.
    • Understand and apply the principles of personal hygiene.
    • Be able to organise and maintain the work area for food preparation.
    • Be able to clean food preparation area.
    • Be able to use and care for equipment.
    59

    Life Processes and Living Things

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the nature of biological science.
    • Know about animal, plant and bacterial cells.
    • Understand inheritance.
    • Understand how organisms interact with the environment and each other.
    • Understand the structure and function of a key plant system.
    • Understand the structure and function of a key animal system.
    60

    Making a Garment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the design features of a chosen garment.
    • Know how to make informed design decisions.
    • Be able to construct or adapt a pattern to specific design.
    • Be able to plan and prepare for the construction process.
    • Know how to make a garment.
    • Know how to review work.
    61

    Making and Storing Baked Products

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know preparation methods for baked products.
    • Be able to follow recipes for baked products.
    • Know how to store baked products.
    62

    Making Choices in Pursuit of Personal Goals

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand self in current situation.
    • Be able to make use of information resources to identify a range of opportunities.
    • Be able to set personal goals.
    • Understand the practical implications of pursuing personal goals.
    • Be able to make plans to achieve personal goals.
    63

    Materials and their Properties

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the nature of chemistry and the main types of chemical reaction.
    • Understand atomic structure and bonding.
    • Know about the periodic table.
    • Understand rates of reaction.
    64

    Mentoring Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the stages of the ‘mentoring’ relationship.
    • Understand a range of techniques to make mentees feel comfortable and at ease.
    • Understand the boundaries of a mentoring relationship.
    • Understand when and to whom referrals should be made.
    65

    Multimedia Software

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Plan the content and organisation of multimedia products to meet needs, Obtain, input and combine content to build multimedia outcomes
    • Use multimedia software tools to edit and format multimedia content to meet requirements, Play and present multimedia outcomes
    66

    Music Skills for Solo Performance

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to use technical skills to play an instrument.
    • Know the importance of good practice routines.
    • Know about music from different periods and styles.
    • Know about musical competence and performance.
    67

    Musical Ensemble Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to develop ensemble skills on an instrument or voice.
    • Be able to rehearse ensemble performance.
    • Be able to give a performance of musical ensemble skills.
    • Be able to review the performance.
    68

    Negotiation Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the process of negotiation.
    • Know how to use negotiation techniques.
    • Understand how to improve own negotiation skills.
    69

    Numeracy in Context – Planning a Mathematical Project

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify and agree a substantial mathematical project in practical context.
    • Be able to plan the project.
    • Be able to implement the plan.
    • Be able to interpret the results.
    • Be able to draw conclusions.
    70

    Oral Storytelling Skills for Performance

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to select stories for oral storytelling.
    • Understand techniques for memorising stories.
    • Be able to develop a style of storytelling through rehearsal and reflection.
    • Be able to perform oral storytelling for an audience.
    • Be able to review own performance.
    71

    Parenting Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the responsibilities of being a parent.
    • Understand the right and needs of family members.
    • Understand the importance of listening to children and giving them choices.
    • Know about the major stages of a child’s development.
    • Know how positive parenting builds self-esteem in children.
    72

    Performance Realisation Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the techniques for effective realisation of productions.
    • Be able to review own performance.
    • Be able to review the realisation.
    73

    Performing Physical Theatre

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about health and safety requirements for physical theatre.
    • Be able to engage in physical theatre.
    • Be able to use movements for physical theatre.
    • Be able to choreograph simple physical performance sequences.
    • Be able to review own performance.
    74

    Personal and Social Responsibility

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the impact of own actions and decisions.
    • Know about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
    • Be able to recognise that people hold different beliefs and opinions.
    • Understand key moral arguments and dilemmas.
    75

    Personal Career Preparation

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand own aptitude for different career options.
    • Know about relevant sources of information, advice and guidance in relation to career planning.
    76

    Personal Confidence and Self Awareness

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand reasons for feeling confident and lacking confidence.
    • Understand effective participation in social situations.
    • Understand ways to manage stress.
    • Be able to set personal objectives and plan for personal progression.
    77

    Personal Development Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about own strengths, weaknesses and skills.
    • Know own skills and investigate ways of self-improvement.
    • Understand their current life situation and relationships.
    • Be able to make positive decisions.
    • Be able to set personal objectives and action plans for self-improvement.
    78

    Personal Information Management Software

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Use calendars to schedule appointments and meetings
    • Use a task list to prioritise activities
    • Use an address book to store
    • organise and retrieve contact information
    79

    Personal Learning Goals

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to set goals in relation to learning aims.
    • Be able to develop an action plan to support the achievement of learning aims.
    • Know about own progress towards learning aims.
    • Be able to review own performance.
    80

    Personal Learning Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know how the working of the brain is relevant to learning.
    • Understand how learning takes place.
    • Understand own learning profile.
    • Be able to plan and review use of learning skills.
    81

    Personal Risk

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify and respond to situations where there may be personal risk.
    • Understand reasons for taking risks.
    82

    Personal Study Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know how to locate, retrieve and store information.
    • Be able to summarise written materials.
    • Be able to produce written materials for specific purposes.
    • Know how to use IT applications for study.
    • Be able to engage in discussion.
    83

    Physical Development of Children

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the physical growth and development of children.
    • Know about activities which promote physical development.
    • Know about health issues which can affect physical development.
    84

    Physical Processes

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the nature of physics and energy transfer.
    • Understand electricity.
    • Understand forces and motion.
    • Understand waves.
    85

    Practical Floristry Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about designs in floristry.
    • Be able to make informed design decisions.
    • Be able to prepare for the construction process.
    • Be able to produce a floral arrangement., Be able review their work.
    86

    Preparation for Employment in the Fashion Industry

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify own strengths.
    • Be able to identify own areas to develop.
    • Be able to identify employment opportunities in the fashion industries.
    • Be able to apply for employment within the fashion industries.
    87

    Preparation for Employment in the Performing Arts Industry

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about job roles in the performing arts industry.
    • Know different types of organisations in the performing arts industry.
    • Know the skills and training required for job roles in the performing arts industry.
    • Know about progression opportunities in the performing arts industry.
    • Know own skills and qualities relevant to performing arts job roles.
    88

    Presentation Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand uses and styles of presentations.
    • Understand the planning and preparation of a presentation.
    • Be able to deliver a presentation.
    • Know how to review own performance.
    89

    Presentation Software

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Input and combine text and other information within presentation slides
    • Use presentation software tools to structure, edit and format slide sequences
    • Prepare slideshow for presentation
    90

    Problem Solving in the Workplace

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify problems that occur in the workplace.
    • Be able to identify methods for solving problems in the workplace.
    • Know how to select a problem solving method.
    91

    Providing Personal Care in Care Settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand key principles when offering personal care.
    • Understand the provision of support with personal care.
    • Know about supporting an individual to care for their personal appearance.
    92

    Punctuation and Grammar Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to use punctuation to aid understanding.
    • Be able to use grammar correctly.
    • Be able to produce a final version of writing to a high level of accuracy.
    93

    Reading Strategies

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify the purpose of a range of texts.
    • Be able to read critically to evaluate information and ideas.
    • Be able to use reading strategies depending on purpose.
    • Be able to use organisational features and systems to locate information.
    • Use an index system to locate materials by author and topic.
    94

    Reception, Billing and Cashier Procedures for Front Office Staff

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the function of the front office within an organisation.
    • Know about different types of guest and their requirements.
    • Know how to deal with a guest on their arrival including guest registration.
    • Understand how to allocate rooms and deal with ‘overbooking’.
    • Know how to prepare a guest’s account.
    • Understand procedures for secure cash handling.
    95

    Recognising Employment Opportunities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about different forms of employment.
    • Know about the labour market.
    96

    Recruitment and Selection of Volunteers

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the need to prepare an organisation for recruiting volunteers.
    • Know how to develop volunteer roles, responsibilities and personal specifications.
    • Understand how to advertise for volunteers.
    • Know about good practice in interviewing and selecting volunteers.
    97

    Rehearsal Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the rehearsal process.
    • Be able to plan and take part in rehearsal.
    • Know how changes may be made through the rehearsal process.
    • Know how to refine rehearsal performance of a score or text.
    • Understand the importance of interpersonal skills in the context of rehearsal.
    • Be able to assess the rehearsal process.
    98

    Research Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the uses of different research methods.
    • Understand how to plan a piece of research.
    • Understand how to report on a piece of research.
    • Understand how to evaluate a piece of research.
    99

    Rights and Responsibilities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about human rights.
    • Know about the law in society.
    • Understand the democratic and electoral process.
    • Understand how rights and responsibilities interact.
    100

    Social and Emotional Development of Children

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the social and emotional development of children.
    • Understand the importance of supporting the social and emotional development of children.
    • Understand the effects that negative behaviour has on social and emotional development of children.
    101

    Sound and Audio Production Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand health and safety in sound and audio production.
    • Be able to develop technical skills.
    • Be able to use technical skills to develop ideas for production.
    • Know about professional working methods.
    • Be able to work within a group situation.
    • Be able to reflect on own work.
    102

    Speaking and Listening Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to communicate with others.
    • Be able to present information to others.
    • Be able to obtain information from others.
    • Be able to engage in discussion.
    103

    Spelling Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to locate correct spellings.
    • Be able to evaluate own spelling strengths and weaknesses.
    • Be able to maintain a personal spelling programme over a time-span.
    104

    Spreadsheet Software

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Use a spreadsheet to enter, edit and organise numerical and other data
    • Select and use appropriate formulas and data analysis tools to meet requirements
    • Select and use tools and techniques to present and format spreadsheet information
    105

    Support individuals to meet personal care needs

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to work with individuals to identify their needs and preferences in relation to personal care
    • Be able to provide support for personal care safely
    • Be able to support individuals to use the toilet
    • Be able to support individuals to maintain personal hygiene
    • Be able to support individuals to manage their personal appearance
    • Be able to monitor and report on support for personal care
    106

    Supporting and Developing Volunteers

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the need for induction information for volunteers.
    • Know how to develop a volunteer induction programme.
    • Understand the importance of support and supervision for volunteers.
    • Know how to develop a training programme for volunteers.
    107

    Supporting your Child’s Literacy and Numeracy Development Out of School

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about opportunities out of school to develop his/her child’s literacy and numeracy skills.
    • Understand how to support his/her child’s literacy and numeracy development.
    108

    Taking Part in a Sport

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify benefits of taking part in a sport.
    • Understand the health and safety requirements of a selected sport.
    • Understand how to warm up for a selected sport.
    • Be able to participate in a selected sport.
    • Be able to review own performance.
    109

    Team Leading Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand leadership styles and team motivation.
    • Be able to plan team tasks and support their completion.
    • Understand how to assess and improve team and own performance.
    110

    Teamwork

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand team contracts.
    • Be able to work as part of a team.
    • Be able to improve team working.
    111

    Technical Skills for Performance

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the technical requirements of a performance.
    • Be able to use technical skills in a performance.
    • Be able to use technical skills in order to enhance creative performance.
    112

    The Business Environment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how external economic factors can affect business.
    • Understand how political and legal factors can affect business.
    • Understand the effect of technological progress and developments on business.
    • Understand how business needs to meet external change.
    113

    The Importance of Play

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the role of play in children’s development.
    • Know the importance of selecting materials that relate to a curriculum for play activities.
    • Know how to counteract stereotyping in children’s play activities.
    114

    The Investigative Process, Principles and Practical Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know how to formulate a hypothesis.
    • Be able to work safely in the laboratory.
    • Know how to make and record observations.
    • Be able to produce a plan.
    • Be able to implement a practical investigation.
    • Know how to interpret results.
    115

    The Marketing Environment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the role of marketing in a business.
    • Understand the term ‘marketing mix’.
    • Know the importance of understanding the market place.
    • Know the importance of understanding buyer behaviour.
    116

    The Theory of Music

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand simple and compound time signatures.
    • Be able to use clefs.
    • Know about keys.
    • Be able to use and understand musical terms.
    117

    The Tourism Industry

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know what is meant by the term ‘tourism’.
    • Understand the diverse needs of different social groups in relation to tourism.
    • Understand the impact of tourism.
    118

    Timber for Construction

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about a range of soft and hard woods.
    • Understand environmental concerns about timber.
    • Know advantages, disadvantages and properties of softwoods and hardwoods.
    • Be able to select timber in a shop.
    • Know a range of manufactured boards.
    • Know advantages, disadvantages and properties of manufactured boards.
    • Be able to select manufactured boards in a shop.
    119

    Time Management Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand good time management and how to promote it.
    • Be able to use techniques and tools to plan own use of time.
    • Know how to improve own time management.
    120

    Understanding Ageing and the Older Person

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand attitudes to ageing from an individual and societal perspective.
    • Know the basic elements of the ageing process.
    • Know about health issues related with the ageing process.
    • Understand the roles and functions of a range of agencies concerned with older people.
    121

    Understanding Business Organisations

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the aims and objectives of different types of business organisations.
    • Know about different types of business ownership.
    • Know how the structures of organisations differ.
    • Know the importance of administration within an organisation.
    122

    Understanding Conflict Resolution

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand factors that contribute to conflict.
    • Understand the different responses to conflict.
    • Understand how communication styles can affect a conflict situation.
    • Understand what conflict resolution entails.
    • Understand the role of a third party in resolving conflict.
    123

    Understanding Disability, Society and the Law

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about legislation relating to people who have support needs.
    • Recognise current approaches towards people with support needs.
    • Recognise the range of attitudes in society to people who have support needs.
    124

    Understanding Ecology and Conservation

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the interaction of plants and animals in a given eco-system.
    • Understand plant structures and their purposes.
    • Know about the principles of species evolution.
    • Understand eco-system development.
    • Be able to explore an environmental issue.
    • Understand the need for plant and animal conservation.
    125

    Understanding Health Promotion in Care Settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the concept of health promotion.
    • Understand principles of a healthy lifestyle.
    • Know how to recognise potential conflicts related to health promotion.
    • Understand the importance for care workers of keeping safe and healthy.
    126

    Understanding How Children Learn

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the stages of child development.
    • Know how to promote child learning.
    127

    Understanding IT in the Workplace

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand uses and requirements of IT applications in the workplace.
    • Understand workplace procedures for using IT.
    • Be able to assess the quality of information produced from selected IT applications.
    128

    Understanding Mediation

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand mediation and its role in conflict resolution.
    • Understand the role of a mediator.
    • Understand the mediation process in practice.
    • Understand the underlying principles of mediation.
    129

    Understanding Mental Health

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the term ‘Mental Health’.
    • Know about methods for treating/controlling mental illness.
    • Know about management techniques when dealing with aggression.
    • Know about therapeutic communication skills in ‘Mental Health’.
    • Know about roles and functions of agencies providing care services for people who are mentally ill.
    130

    Understanding Plagiarism

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the concept of plagiarism.
    • Know types of plagiarism.
    • Understand the avoidance of plagiarism.
    • Be able to use appropriate citation methods.
    131

    Understanding Record Keeping for the Care Worker

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of keeping accurate records of the care given to individuals.
    • Understand methods for ensuring the confidentiality of individuals’ information.
    • Know about record storage systems and methods of recording.
    • Understand the significance of records being ‘individual centred’.
    • Know about skills needed in keeping accurate records.
    • Understand issues regarding transmitting and receiving information.
    • Understand the importance of different types of information to the Care Worker.
    132

    Understanding Techniques used in Floristry

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about relevant tools and equipment.
    • Know about relevant plant material.
    • Understand conditioning techniques.
    • Understand preservation techniques.
    • Know about basic design principles.
    • Know about construction techniques.
    133

    Understanding Visual Impairment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the anatomy and physiology of the eye.
    • Know the main causes of visual impairment and blindness.
    • Understand the relationship between visual impairment and the environment.
    • Recognise the different mobility strategies used by people with visual impairment.
    • Know about methods of communication used by and with people who have a visual impairment.
    • Know about agencies providing services for people with a visual impairment.
    134

    Undertaking a Research Project

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to plan a research project.
    • Be able to undertake a research project.
    • Know how to evauate a research report.
    135

    Undertaking an enterprise project

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about successful enterprises
    • Be able to generate and select ideas for an enterprise project
    • Be able to plan an enterprise project
    • Be able to carry out an enterprise project
    • Be able to review an enterprise project
    136

    Undertaking Group Work

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the concept of group work.
    • Be able to plan group work activities.
    • Be able to undertake group work activity.
    • Be able to evaluate a group's performance.
    137

    Using Acoustic Recording Techniques

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to plan a recording for a small ensemble.
    • Understand microphone techniques.
    • Know about acoustic recording.
    • Be able to record the ensemble.
    • Be able to review the recording.
    138

    Using Algebra and Graphs

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to use indices and standard form.
    • Be able to use algebraic expressions and equations.
    • Be able to construct graphs describing real life situations.
    139

    Using Calculations

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to order positive numbers of any size including numbers with up to 3 three decimal places.
    • Understand negative numbers.
    • Be able to calculate with whole numbers of any size and numbers with up to three decimal places.
    • Understand multiples and factors.
    • Be able to check answers.
    140

    Using Digital Sampling Techniques for Composing

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the role of samplers in music production.
    • Know how to choose loops for sampling.
    • Be able to produce a musical composition using loops.
    • Be able to remix a composition.
    • Review the compositions.
    141

    Using Email

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Use e-mail software tools and techniques to compose and send messages
    • Manage incoming e-mail effectively
    142

    Using Sequencing Technology in Composition

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand sequencing.
    • Understand the use of MIDI technology.
    • Understand the functions of a sequencer.
    • Know about the process of using a sequencer.
    • Understand how a sequencer can be used as a composition tool.
    143

    Using Spelling Rules and Strategies

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to use independent spelling strategies to spell accurately.
    • Know the importance of developing memory skills in learning spellings.
    • Know and use methods to learn how to spell words.
    144

    Using the Internet

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Connect to the Internet
    • Use browser software to navigate webpages effectively
    • Use browser tools to search for information from the Internet
    • Use browser software to communicate information online
    • Understand the need for safety and security practices when working online
    145

    Using the Internet for Music Promotion

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about the Internet for music distribution and promotion.
    • Know about copyright in relation to web design.
    • Be able to design a music related website.
    146

    Valuing Equality and Diversity

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand aspects of equality.
    • Understand aspects of diversity.
    • Understand aspects of discrimination.
    147

    Video Software

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Use video hardware and software to capture sequences
    • Use video software tools and techniques to combine and edit sequences, Play and present video sequences
    148

    Website Software

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Create structures and styles for websites
    • Use website software tools to prepare content for websites, Publish websites
    149

    Woodwork Jointing Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know common joints in woodworking construction.
    • Be able to make different types of joints.
    • Select appropriate joints.
    150

    Word Processing Software

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Enter and combine text and other information accurately within word processing documents
    • Create and modify layout and structures for word processing documents
    • Use word processing software tools to format and present documents effectively to meet requirements
    151

    Work Experience

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the business of the organisation and requirements of own role.
    • Be able to follow workplace procedures.
    • Be able to identify what was learnt from the work experience.
    152

    Writing for Meaning Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify the purpose in a piece of writing.
    • Be able to use different writing styles.
    • Understand the format of a piece of writing.
    • Use writing in order to communicate.
    • Know how to plan a piece of writing.
    • Understand the process of drafting a piece of writing.
    153

    Young People, Law and Order

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand why some young people become involved in crime.
    • Understand the consequences of crime on different people.
    • Know about the Criminal/Youth Justice System.
    • Understand custodial and alternative forms of sentences.
    • Understand the roles of local agencies.

    Regulatory & Verification Details

    Qualification Number (QN)
    601/1392/3
    Regulated Status
    Available to learners
    Awarding Body
    NOCN
    Qualification Type
    Vocationally-Related Qualification
    Operational Start
    Dec 2013

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