Cambridge National in Information Technologies

OCR Level 1/2 CAMBRIDGE NATIONAL CERTIFICATE in INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES J808

Welcome to IT for 2022-2024

  • The demand for IT skills is continually growing in an ever changing digital world.

  • Develop your IT capability skills to handle the new jobs of the future.

  • As an ever emerging field, IT jobs generally pay well and provide opportunities that contribute to a satisfying career.


Course Overview

This qualification will teach the learner what different technologies could be used, why they should use them and how to make best use of them, to gather, store, manipulate and present data; this is known as data

management.

This qualification is suitable for learners who want to progress onto other related study, such as qualifications in IT, Digital Media, Computer Science.



Assessment Criteria

LEVEL OF COURSE: IT Level 1/2 Award/Certificate


R012 - Understanding tools, techniques, methods and processes for technological solutions

1 hour 45 minutes written examination

• 80 marks (120 UMS)

• OCR-set and marked

R013 - Developing technological solutions

Approximately 20 hours

• 80 marks (120 UMS)

• An assignment set by OCR, marked by teachers and moderated by OCR


Skills developed

They will learn about tools and techniques for use in different digital hardware and software technologies, and how these can be integrated to create digital solutions to manage and communicate data and information. They will also be taught what data and information are and the legal, ethical and moral considerations when using technology to gather, store and present data and information, and how to mitigate the risks of cyber-attacks. Through this qualification they will be able to select and use the most appropriate technology safely and effectively, to complete a data management task, such as a cable TV provider monitoring customers’ viewing to make recommendations for additional packages in the customer’s subscription.

They will also learn to follow a project life cycle of initiation, planning, execution and

evaluation to complete a data management task and use their skills, knowledge and understanding of technology to complete each of the phases of the project life cycle.