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You will attend a centre (either St Boniface College / City College Plymouth or Coombe Dean School / Ridgeway) for two days a week to cover most of the course (the Functional Skills will be done in your home school).
The Information Technology diploma is an applied course which aims to prepare you for employment in the IT industry. It involves learning about how IT companies operate and you will do tasks that apply to the working environment. You will spend time working in small teams to visit employers, do work experience and complete tasks set by employers. A lot of this work will be done in school/college and there will be some written assessment. Developing communication, team working and project management skills will be an important part of the course and these will be assessed.
You will need to complete:
There are seven Principal Learning Units:
The Additional Specialist Learning you will be taking is the OCR iMedia Diploma (Level 2) and the BTEC Workskills Award.
The iMedia units you will cover:
The BTEC Workskills units you will cover:
The project is a personal study that can be an extension of work done on Principal Learning Units and/or tasks from employers. This will be done towards the end of the course.
A variety of outcomes are possible (including performance!) - the topic and proposed outcomes will be discussed and agreed with your tutor before you start.
The PLUs are of equal value and must all be passed.
Evidence may be collected using video, presentation, observation or by written assessment.
You will be completing the OCR iMedia Diploma and BTEC Workskills Award (both Level 2)
Progression to A Levels, Advanced Diploma (Level 3) or advanced apprenticeship would be expected from this Diploma.
Even though the focus of this diploma is IT the personal learning and thinking skills developed are excellent preparation for other subjects or diploma lines - you are not tied or committed to a career in IT.
Age range: 14 - 16