NVQ Level 3 in Management
This programme has been designed for First Line Managers who have:
- Tightly defined areas of management responsibility
- Some opportunity for taking decisions and managing budgets
- Responsibility for achieving specific results by using resources effectively
- Responsibility for the allocation of work to team members, colleagues or contractors
Qualification is often taken by team leaders whose primary qualifications are not in management but who have moved into a first line management role.
Although no previous formal qualifications are required to embark on the NVQ, participants will need to demonstrate first line manager experience.
You are required to complete 7 units to gain the award (4 mandatory plus 3 from a choice of optional units).
Mandatory units
- Manage your own resources and professional development
- Provide Leadership in your area of responsibility
- Allocate and monitor the progress and quality of work in your area of responsibility
- Ensure health and safety requirements are met in your area of responsibility
Optional units
- Promote equality of opportunity and diversity in your area of responsibility
- Encourage innovation in your area
- Plan change
- Implement change
- Develop productive working relationships
- Recruit, select and keep colleagues
- Provide learning opportunities for colleagues
- Help team members address problems affecting their performance
- Build and manage teams
- Lead meetings
- Participate in meetings
- Manage a budget
- Manage the environmental impact of your work
- Communicate information and knowledge
- Manage projects
- Monitor and solve customer service problems
- Work with others to improve customer service
Day/time
Various.
Progression
On successful completion of this programme you may wish to progress to the Level 4 Diploma in Management or the Level 4 NVQ in Management.
Please note that the contents published in this course guide are correct at the time of publication.
The college reserves the right to make changes or withdraw courses.
How to Apply
Download Part Time Management & Business Admissions Form (PDF, 838 KB).
To contact Information and Guidance please ring (01642) 865566.
