Level 1/2 Award in Retail Business

OVERVIEW

This course develops a student's understanding and skills related to a range of functional areas in retail business.

  • Examination board: WJEC

  • Course title: Retail Business (Level 1/2 Award)

  • The course is made up of three units, two of which are internally assessed and one which is a 1 hour and 15 minute externally assessed examination.

  • Papers are untiered

THE DETAILS

The course is broken down into three units:

  • Customer Experience

  • Retail business

  • Retail operations

The units are designed with tasks which have many of the characteristics of real work in retail business. Each unit has an ‘applied purpose’ which acts as a focus for the learning in the unit.

The approach to the course is ‘applied learning’ and enables learners to develop:

      • skills required for independent learning;

      • a range of generic and transferable skills;

      • the ability to solve problems;

      • the skills of project-based research, development and presentation;

      • the ability to work with other professionals in a professional manner.

The units are all planned around a ‘plan, do, review’ model.

ASSESSMENT

Unit 1: Customer Experience (25% of total grade)

  • Internally assessed

  • Mandatory unit

  • 30 guided learning hours

Unit 2: Retail Business (25% of total grade)

  • Externally assessed

  • Mandatory unit

  • 30 guided learning hours

Unit 3: Retail Operations (50% of total grade)

  • Internally assessed

  • Mandatory unit

  • 60 guided learning hours

WHERE CAN IT TAKE ME?


  • Learners will complete the course with an appreciation of work in retail business-related industries and wider opportunities for progression into further education, employment or training.

  • Students could progress onto Level 3 Business Studies courses (both vocational and A Levels) or it would be a good pathway into an apprenticeship within the business sector.

  • As you can imagine, the career opportunities are endless!

Lead Professional for Business and ICT - a.darrell@lordswoodboys.co.uk

Lordswood Boys' School • Hagley Road • Harborne • Birmingham • B17 8BJ

Tel:0121 464 2837

Email: enquiry@lordswoodboys.co.uk

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