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FAQs about the BTEC Level 3
Are there any eligibility criteria?
There are no pre-requisites. How is the course assessed?
Learners have to submit 1 assignment per module.
What is the course duration? These assignments are comprised of short-written
The course is designed to take 6 months, but answers (generally 9 questions per module) and
extensions can be granted for those struggling each question comes with a recommended word
to meet deadlines. Deadline extensions must be count.
requested.
What is the background of the typical
What are the modules? learner?
This course is made up of 9 modules. Each Learners embarking on this course typically are
student MUST complete 6 to pass. There are three new to security or are looking to work towards
mandatory modules that students must complete: supervisory roles. Learners often have some
• Introduction to Security Management experience in the field but would like to validate
• Security Department Management this with a recognised qualification. Quite
• Information Security Management commonly, learners embarking on this course
Students then have to pick 3 modules from the have been out of academia (school, college, other
following: training courses requiring written submissions) for
• Health & Safety in Security Management some time. It is a great introduction to writing and
• Securing Retail Organisations security management theory.
• Principles of Counter Terrorism
• Managing Organisational Risk, Crisis and Disaster Who is the awarding body?
• Preparing for Strategic Security Pearson is one of the UK’s leading accreditation
• Securing Corporate Assets (Physical Security and qualification bodies. They facilitate and
Management) regulate UK GCSE’s and A-Level exams/marking
standards and are globally recognised across an
Students cannot do more than 6 modules but have array of industries.
access to all study material for each module.
How much does the course cost?
Should an employer want to put a cohort onto the Excluding VAT: £999 pp
course, the employer can pre-select what modules Including VAT: £1198.80 pp
(from the electives) they wish their workforce to
study and a report of the cohort’s work can be sent
to the employer
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