OCR Nationals

Business and ICT

The OCR Level 1 Nationals in Business and ICT have been developed to provide learners with an introduction to the skills, knowledge and understanding required to prepare for work in the business and ICT sector.

They have also been designed to help learners develop their personal skills in areas such as team working, career planning, communication and problem solving.

The learners carry out a range of tasks that have been designed to recognise their achievements in a modern, practical way that is relevant to the workplace.

Specification aims

These qualifications specifically aim to:

• Develop learner's knowledge and understanding of generic, transferable skills that are essential for further education, occupational training or employment, i.e. basic skills, team working and problem solving.
• Develop learner's knowledge and understanding of the Business and ICT sector and, where selected, a chosen specialist pathway within that sector area.
• Develop learner's knowledge, understanding and skills in contexts that are relevant to employment situations.
• Enable learners to develop the skills necessary to participate in real situations.
• Encourage progression by assisting in the development of skills, knowledge and understanding that learners will need to access further education opportunities or occupational training on a full-time or part-time basis.
• Promote interaction between employers, centres and learners by relating teaching and assessment to real settings.

List of Unit Titles

Mandatory units

• Unit 1 Working as a team in business and ICT
• Unit 2 Investigating businesses and the impact of ICT
• Unit 3 Introducing practical business and ICT skills
• Unit 4 Investigating options for work in business and ICT
• Unit 5 Communication skills in business and ICT
• Unit 6 Problem solving in business and ICT

Optional units

Business specialist pathway

• Unit 7 What is a business?
• Unit 8 Communication in business
• Unit 9 Office administration
• Unit 10 Working in distribution
• Unit 11 Working in manufacturing
• Unit 12 Working in retail and services
• Unit 13 Introducing e-commerce
• Unit 14 Developing a new business idea

ICT specialist pathway

• Unit 15 Introduction to ICT systems
• Unit 16 Managing files and using the computer
• Unit 17 Desktop publishing
• Unit 18 Electronic communications
• Unit 19 Presentation software
• Unit 20 Using the Internet
• Unit 21 Uses of ICT in industry and society
• Unit 22 Software skills for collecting data

Complementary optional units

This list contains units from other sector areas that you might like to take alongside your Business and ICT qualification.

• Unit 23 Hospitality in travel and tourism (Travel and Tourism)
• Unit 24 Promotion for travel and tourism (Travel and Tourism)
• Unit 25 Looking after customers in travel and tourism (Travel and Tourism)
• Unit 26 Promotion for sport and leisure (Sport and Leisure)
• Unit 27 Looking after customers in sport and leisure (Sport and Leisure)
• Unit 28 Introducing graphic design (Applied Art and Design)
• Unit 29 Introducing new media (Media)