BTEC Level 2 Extended Certificate in Business / Retail
The Edexcel BTEC Level 2 Extended Certificate in Business is a 30 credit qualification that consists of two mandatory units plus two optional units. The optional units are designed to provide a focus on the retail sector.
Entry Requirements
Four GCSE’s at least Grade D as well as previous experience in retail or a keen interest and motivation to learn. Students without formal qualifications may apply through diagnostic assessment.
Course Content
Unit 1: Business Purposes
The aim of this unit is to enable learners to understand the nature of business organisations and the business environment in which they operate. Learners will do this by looking at the range of organisations that exist locally, regionally and nationally and by considering the business framework in which they operate. There will be a particular focus on business in the local context with which learners will be familiar.
Unit 2: Business Organisation
This unit will enable learners to understand the aims and objectives of business organisations and how they are organised into functional areas to meet their business aims and objectives. Learners will do this by looking at examples of local and national organisations and for which information is readily available. There will be a particular focus on business in the local context with which learner will be familiar.
Unit 11: Customer Relations in Business
This unit aims to equip learners with the knowledge and skills required to become an effective member of staff in a customer facing situation in business. It looks at how reliable customer service benefits a business by contributing to customer satisfaction and how customer service can be monitored and evaluated.
Unit 12: Business Online
This unit will enable learners to develop an understanding of the reasons why business is conducted online, considering the benefits, drawbacks and the effects on society. The unit also gets learners to create a website for a business need.
Method of Assessment
Some units are internally assessed through assignments set and marked by your tutors, others have an externally assessed assignment set by Edexcel, marked by your tutors and then re-marked by Edexcel.
As you complete each internally assessed unit your tutor will tell you what grade you have achieved – Pass, Merit or Distinction.
When you have completed all the units of the course you will receive an overall grade for your qualification – again Pass, Merit of Distinction. This is the grade that will be shown on your certificate and that you should give when you apply for higher education or employment.