City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma in Perioperative Healthcare Support

Course Delivery:

To achieve the Level 3 Diploma in Perioperative Healthcare Support, learners must achieve 66 credits overall made up of mandatory units such: as the role of the Perioperative Healthcare worker, infection control measures and the principles of safeguarding. There is a wide choice of optional units to suit the specific job role of the candidate which may be used for continuing education.
Each unit has a different number of credits attached to it and each credit = 10 hours study.
The course is delivered in the form of work-based assessment over 12-18 months. This will be assessed by an occupationally competent and suitably qualified assessor from the health & social care team.
Learners will have one to one tutorials with their assessor either in the workplace or the college (by appointment).
Each unit is divided into learning outcomes and assessment criteria. Learners are required to demonstrate knowledge and competence to their assessor through a variety of assessment methods. These may include observation in the workplace; evidence from an expert witness, oral and written questions; professional discussion with your assessor and completion of activity sheets.