Business BTEC First Certificate

Interested in how businesses work? Where do they get their money from? How do they market their products? How important are human resources (people) within a business? Want to learn about these in a practical and hands on way? You will do all of these things on this course, and enhance your learning through a variety of trips and visits, some examples of which are given below:

What will you study?

You will study a combination of core, mandatory and specialist units:

Core Units (60 credits):

Enterprise in the Business World (Y9 visit to small businesses)

Finance for Business*

Mandatory Units (30 credits):

Principles of Marketing*

Optional Specialist Units (150 credits from):

Promoting a brand (Visit to Madame Tussauds in Y10)

Principles of Customer Service

Sales and Personal Selling

Introducing Retail Business

Providing Business Support

Recruitment, Selection and Employment

Principles of Marketing (Visit to a Theme park, Y10)

Using Business Documentation

Building Successful Business Teams

Introducing Law and Consumer Rights

Financial Planning and Forecasting

Business Online

Public Sector Business (Visit to Medway Council)

Enhancing the Customer Experience

Visual Merchandising in Retail Business (London/Bluewater visit Y11)

Studying this course will give you a good overall understanding of business and the world of work.  The broad nature of the course provides a strong foundation for most careers, as well as a firm foundation for progression to Level 3 study.  It is not uncommon for students to pursue careers in marketing, finance, events management, retail management and other junior managerial positions.