BTEC Level 2 First Diploma

BTEC Students Working on a project

Students who intend to follow BTEC Level 2 First Diploma in Business course are generally expected to achieved 5 A* - G grades in their GCSE Exams.  This qualification is structured into Mandatory Units and optional units just as the BTEC Level 3 National Diploma. Students starting this course in September 2011 will study a total of ten units. Four mandatory units and six optional units.

  Mandatory Units  

Unit 1:  Business purposes  
Unit 2:  Business organisations
Unit 3:  Financial forcasting for business
Unit 4:  People in organisations

  Optional Units  

Unit 5:  Managing business event 
Unit 7:  Verbal and non-verbal communication in business contexts
Unit 8:  Business communication through documentation
Unit 12:  Business online
Unit 16:  Business enterprise
Unit 20:  Managing personal finance

In addition to key qualification students gained from this course, the course also provide them with practical experience and skills sort after by employers.  In the past, some of our BTEC level 2 students have worked with Barclays Bank on a research project to analyse Barclays' competitors and also conducted customer satisfaction survey to identify ways Barclays bank could improve on their customer service delivery.  The skills learned by these students during the project was valuable particularly, in the area of data analyses and presentation.  See picture below.

 Susan and Erika presenting to Barclays Bank Regional

   Manager and Senior staff at Bexley branch.

                                                                      
This course help students build self confidence and also help them understand how key business theories and concepts are applied in the real world and in the work place.