Purchasing and Materials Handling (level 4) - a Home Study Distance Learning Course

COURSE OVERVIEW

A distance learning course is the ideal way to study a Purchasing and Materials Handling course. Whether you're looking to go on to further education, improve your job prospects or expand your knowledge, distance learning Purchasing and Materials Handling is a flexible and convenient course, which allows you to comprehensively prepare for an exam or career through home study. What's more, because the distance learning Purchasing and Materials Handling is a fully comprehensive course, no prior knowledge is required.

It is a requirement of all institutions, whether private, governmental or community organisations, to obtain goods such as raw materials, machinery and equipment, and also services such as installation, repair, maintenance, transport, etc.

Manufacturing organisations need to buy goods and services for use in their production processes. Similarly, commercial firms require goods and services for re-selling. Service organisations, such as banks, hotels and transport firms, also have to purchase in order to continue their business activities.

This course covers the purchasing function of all activities which deal with the provision of requirements to an organisation. Learning the skills needed to ensure that purchases made on behalf of your company or as the purchasing manager requires specific skills and knowledge.

Course Key Topics The Purchasing and Materials Handling course is divided into ten comprehensive modules.

Module 1: The need for Purchasing
Module 2: The Concept of Quality
Module 3: Price Determination
Module 4: The Stores Department
Module 5: Siting a Store
Module 6: Layout of Buildings
Module 7: Stock Records
Module 8: Financial Control
Module 9: Materials Flow Activities
Module 10: International Purchasing

Home Study Tutor Support

You will be provided with comprehensive materials designed to provide you with everything required to complete your Purchasing and Materials Handling course. You will have your own personal tutor helping you with your course work and with any questions you may have. Plus you can contact our Student Advisors by email or phone for all the practical advice you may need – so we really are with you 100%.

What's more, you'll have access to the online student portal, where you can interact with other students, browse our resource library and manage your account.

Course Assessments

The Purchasing and Materials Handling course is marked through a process of continuous assessment guided by your tutor following NCFE guidelines. This means that your qualification will be awarded according to your performance on assessments rather than by taking an exam.

We send the full course out, you then read through the course in your own time and complete the assignments which you send to your tutor for marking. There is no word count for these assignments. However, one sentence answers will be rejected and you will have to re-submit it for marking.

Upon verification of the activities, exercises and assignments, a certificate of achievement will be awarded by the national awarding organisation NCFE, as confirmation that your written work has met all of the learning outcomes and assessment criteria for the programme.

Course Duration

We recommend you spend approximately 110 hours of your time studying for the Purchasing and Materials Handling course. The pace of study is completely up to you. To give an example, if you dedicate 2 hours a week to the course it would take you a year to complete but if you could spare 4 hours a week you could complete it in six months.

Get started today, and you can earn your Level 4 Award in Purchasing and Materials Handling in as little as six months, or take up to a year, if you prefer – the choice is yours.