Level 3 BTEC Diploma in Public Services (Uniformed) Year 1

Learners will be entered for BTEC Public Services Subsidiary Diploma in their 1st year and then onto the Diploma or Extended Diploma in year 2 depending on performance, attendance and achievement. Units studied vary from year to year but include subjects such as: Government, Leadership and teamwork, Citizenship & Diversity, Discipline, Fitness testing, War, conflict and terrorism, Expeditions, Outdoor and adventurous activities, Crime and its effects on society, Responding to emergency service incidents, Planning and management of major incidents, Employment & Careers, Police powers, Power boating, Communication and technology, Volunteering & Navigation. During the course you will have direct contact with a range of uniformed public services through presentations, visits and activities. Recent examples include: fitness session with the Royal Marines, laser shooting with the Army, casualty extraction exercise with the Fire & Rescue Service, a talk from the Border Force, Firearms and Crash Investigation presentations from the Police and a trip to the Houses of Parliament. Students who are accepted onto the programme without an A*-C grade in English or Maths will be required as a condition of the programme to undertake either a GCSE or Functional Skills programmes. The pathway followed will be dependent on the grade achieved at GCSE, college diagnostic screening and the learners intended progression route.This is mainly an assessment based qualification where learners will complete approximately 4 internally set assignments per unit which are completed in accordance with strict guidelines and deadlines. Assessments are completed by the learner throughout the year and the resulting marks count towards their final qualification grade. The qualification can be awarded at Pass, Merit, Distinction or Distinction*, depending on the consistency of quality in assessment completion. Timetabled hours will in general be from 08.45 - 16.30 over 4 days per week, however these may change when offsite activities are taking place and there may be occasions when you will be required to stay overnight e.g. if completing a multi-day expedition. Applicants for this course need to be prepared to take an active role in a variety of outdoor and team activities as well as classroom based learning throughout the year. This is an academic qualification and has a significant amount of theoretical units therefore learners need to be self-disciplined, organised and prepared to study for approximately 8 hours a week outside of college time.