Open Awards
    Level 2
    QN: 603/4689/9
    Curriculum Active

    Open Awards Level 2 Award in Professional Behaviours (RQF)

    Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by Open Awards. Classified as a Other Life Skills Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 225 hours.

    Qualification Level
    Level 2
    Awarding Body
    Open Awards
    Syllabus Units
    15 Units
    Guided Hours
    225 hrs
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    Course Syllabus & Study Modules

    Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.

    1

    Communication in Teamwork

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how communication can affect teams
    • Know about communication skills that promote positive team
    2

    Critical Thinking

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand basic concepts of critical analysis.
    • Understand the application of critical analysis to concepts, ideas and opinions
    3

    Decision Making Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know how decisions are made.
    • Know about the different types of decisions made within groups.
    • Know about different decision making styles
    4

    Improving Own Learning and Performance

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about different ways and areas of learning which reflect own likes and/or dislikes.
    • Be able to use own strengths, aptitudes and skills to determine learning targets.
    • Be able to plan how to achieve learning targets.
    • Be able to review own performance against action plan
    5

    Practical Presentation Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the skills involved in preparing and delivering presentations.
    • Be able to use different visual aids and delivery styles in presentations.
    • Be able to plan a presentation.
    • Be able to deliver a presentation.
    • Be able to assess performance and identify areas for improvement
    6

    Recognising Leadership Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the key characteristics of effective leadership.
    • Understand the skills involved in effective leadership.
    7

    Referencing and Plagiarism

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about referencing
    • Be able to reference using a conventional system
    • Know about the implications of copyright law
    8

    Report Writing

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to produce a written formal report
    9

    Research Methods

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand different types of research methods and their uses
    • Know how to plan a piece of research
    • Produce a report on a piece of research
    • Know how to evaluate a piece of research
    10

    Resilience Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand resilience and its impact.
    • Understand how to develop an individual's resilience.
    • Be able to develop resilience skills.
    11

    Summarising Documents

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to distinguish between the key points and supporting detail in documents of several pages.
    • Understand that the intended purpose and audience for a summary should influence the way in which it is written.
    • Be able to summarise the key points of documents of several pages in a way that is consistent with the intended purpose and audience
    12

    Teamwork Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to contribute to the setting of team and individual goals.
    • Understand own and others’ responsibilities in achieving the team’s goals.
    • Be able to plan and undertake team activities.
    • Be able to review the team activities
    13

    Time Management

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of effective time management in relation to own personal learning programme
    • Know about time management
    • Know how to use time management as a way of reducing stress
    14

    Writing Persuasive Text

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to plan a piece of persuasive writing.
    • Be able to draft persuasive writing
    • Know how to edit and revise persuasive writing to produce a final version.
    15

    Writing to Convey Information

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know how to plan both formal and informal writing.
    • Be able to write texts conveying information.
    • Know how to edit and revise text to produce a final accurate version.

    Regulatory & Verification Details

    Qualification Number (QN)
    603/4689/9
    Regulated Status
    Available to learners
    Awarding Body
    Open Awards
    Qualification Type
    Other Life Skills Qualification
    Operational Start
    Jun 2019