OCR Nationals

Business

The OCR Level 3 Nationals in Business have been developed to recognise learners' skills, knowledge and understanding of business functions, environments and operations.

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.

They do not certificate competence on the job but are work-related qualifications which will support progression to an NVQ once a candidate is in the workplace.

Specification aims

These qualifications specifically aim to:

• Develop learner's knowledge and understanding of the business sector and the chosen specialist pathway if selected.
• Develop learner's skills, knowledge and understanding in contexts that are directly relevant to employment situations, thereby enhancing their employability within the business sector.
• Develop learner's ability to work autonomously and effectively in a business context.
• Enable learners to develop knowledge and understanding in specialist areas of business, and demonstrate the skills needed to participate in the operation and development of real business organisations.
• Encourage progression by assisting in the development of skills, knowledge and understanding that learners will need to access further or higher education programmes or occupational training on a full-time or part-time basis.
• Encourage progression by assisting in the development of skills, knowledge and understanding that learners will need to enter employment or enhance their current employment status.
• Promote interaction between employers, centres and learners by relating teaching and assessment to real organisations.

List of Unit Titles

Mandatory units

• Unit 1 Investigating business
• Unit 2 Customer service
• Unit 3 Business communications
• Unit 4 Finance for business

Optional units

Non-specialist units

• Unit 5 Marketing for business
• Unit 6 Practical sales skills
• Unit 7 Law in the business world
• Unit 8 Working in international business
• Unit 9 Career planning for business
• Unit 10 Work experience in business

Enterprise specialist pathway

• Unit 11 Research, innovation, design and development
• Unit 12 Skills and the entrepreneur
• Unit 13 E-marketing
• Unit 14 E-business

Personnel and Management specialist pathway

• Unit 15 Human resource management
• Unit 16 Strategic management
• Unit 17 Recruitment and selection
• Unit 18 Training and development
• Unit 19 Employee relations
• Unit 20 Motivating and empowering people

Business Systems specialist pathway

• Unit 21 Practical administration
• Unit 22 Quality systems
• Unit 23 Production
• Unit 24 Distribution