Pearson Education Ltd · RQF Level 3
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Diploma in Live Events and Promotion (QCF)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 3
- Total credits39
- Units in this qualification37
Awarded by Pearson Education Ltd · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
These are the units Pearson Education Ltd registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Assist in the identification of funding streams for live eventsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the range and types of funding available for live events.
- Carry out research activities for potential sources of funding/income
- Contribute to the preparation of funding applications.
Assist with the implementation of safety and security at a live eventReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to carrying out risk assessments in relation to security and safety at a live event.
- Evaluate security arrangements
- Make recommendations about the potential for crime and disorder
Balance Business Needs and Personal LifeReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Review business and private life priorities
- Achieve a work-life balance
- Manage expectations and obtain positive support in balancing business needs and personal life
Carry Out Plans for a BusinessReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Implement plans in a business
- Monitor business plans
- Evaluate and revise business plans
Carry out Banking for a BusinessReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the types of banking facilities available for a business
- Open and operate a bank account for a business
- Monitor the operation of a business bank account
Check what Customers Need from a BusinessReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Research a market to identify the customers for the business
- Analyse markets and customer needs
- Align customer needs to business targets
Contribute to the advancing of tours, shows and eventsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Carry out activities relating to the sourcing and booking of given travel and accommodation requirements for a given event, show or tour
- Liaise with others appropriately to complete and distribute a final tour itinerary
- Evaluate the external services used against given criteria and maintain accurate records
Contribute to the preparation of contracts for a live eventReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand contracts, agreements, deals, contras and riders
- Contribute to the preparation of a contract for a given live event
- Communicate issues of legal significance appropriately within the company
Contribute to the production and distribution of publicity material for a live eventReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Collate information from given sources to inform the production of publicity material
- Assist with the production of publicity material
- Contribute effectively in the marketing and promotion of the publicity materials
- Assist with the distribution of publicity material
Contribute to the production and proof reading of copy for the advertising of a live eventReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare the necessary information for an advertising proposal
- Work with others to prepare an appropriate proposal
- Present the proposal within agreed parametres
Decide on a Business LocationReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate the factors affecting the location of a business
- Evaluate different business location for a business
- Identify a location which will meet the needs of a business
Define the Product or Service of a BusinessReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Define the product or service of a business
- Charge the right price for the product or service of a business
- Set targets for sales and distribution of the product or service of a business
Ensure responsibility for actions to reduce risks to health and safetyReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the hazards and evaluate the risks in the workplace.
- Reduce the risks to health and safety in the workplace.
- Reduce risks to health and safety in the workplace.
Identify and gain alternative forms of publicity for a live eventReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the organisation’s procedures and policies in relation to publicity and marketing
- Contribute to strategies for marketing and publicity within the organisation
- Carry out activities to implement publicity and marketing strategies effectively
Identify suppliers of materials and equipment for the running of a live eventReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Confirm the budget and equipment requirements for a given live event
- Identify appropriate suppliers
- Place orders and monitor the quality of the supplier
Keep Financial RecordsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of financial records in running a business
- Understand how financial information is recorded in a business
- Select an accounts management system to support running a business
- Review the effectiveness of an accounts management system for a business
Keeping Up to Date with Current Legislation in a BusinessReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Comply with current legal requirements in running a business
- Set terms and conditions in a business agreements and contracts that meet legal requirements
Manage Own Time and Work EffectivenessReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate own work effectiveness
- Set targets to improve own time management skills
- Monitor time management skills and own work effectiveness
Manage and market own freelance servicesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Market own services
- Manage own performance
- Manage own systems, accounts and records
- Manage own contracts
Manage changes to a live event scheduleReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the nature and importance of using itineraries to plan and co-ordinate activities and resources
- Implement requested changes appropriately
- Keep accurate records of changes in the itinerary
Obtain Support for a Business IdeaReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the types of support available for the development of a business idea
- Plan how to obtain support for a business idea
- Present a business idea to internal and external stakeholders of a business
Organise promotional events for the music industryReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand roles and responsibilities relating to promotional events
- Prepare for a promotional event
- Understand health and safety requirements for promotional events
- Co-ordinate a promotional event
Plan How to Let Customers Know About Products or ServicesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Review the market for the products or services of a business
- Produce a plan for marketing the products or services of a business
- Plan regular monitoring and reviewing of marketing performance of a business
Prepare and maintain a budget for a live eventReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to prepare and maintain a budget for a live event
- Prepare and maintain a budget for a given live event
Produce promotional material for the music industryReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan the production of promotional material
- Develop and produce promotional material within resource and time constraints
- Distribute and administer promotional material
Research and assess the appropriateness of different types of venues for different types of live eventsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the requirements of the event
- Research a range of venues to ascertain their suitability for the live event
- Make recommendations about a suitable venue based on their research.
Review the Skills a Business NeedsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Assess what skills are needed in a business
- Address skills gaps in order to meet the needs of a business
Seek Advice and Help for a BusinessReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify sources of advice and help available for a business
- Obtain advice and help for a business
- Review the effectiveness of advice and help obtained for a business
Support the licensing and permissions application process for a live eventReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand licensing and permissions in relation to live events.
- Collate relevant sources of information for a licence application.
- Liaise with a range of local venues appropriately.
- Present appropriate information to support a licence application.
Support the planning of a live eventReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Provide effective support for the planning of live events.
- Contribute to the creation of a timeline
- Be able communicate effectively with others in the production of the plan
- Keep and maintain an accurate event file.
Support venue and stage crew in the preparation of a performance at a live eventReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to prepare for a performance at a live event.
- Support the work of others to meet rehearsal and performance deadlines
- Provide support for on-stage monitoring activities
Taking responsibility for work in a creative and cultural contextReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand their personal work role and expectations
- Complete work to the standards required
- Use feedback and reflection to improve performance and inform learning
Understand the role of marketing and advertising in live events and promotionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the role of advertising and marketing in live events and promotion
- Understand advertising and marketing in relation to the live events sector and a particular organisation
Understanding the core knowledge needed by those who work with children and young peopleReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of effective communication and engagement with children, young people and their families/carers
- Understand the development of children and young people
- Understand the importance of safeguarding children and young people
- Understand the types of transitions affecting children and young people
- Understand the nature and importance of their role in multi-agency and integrated working in meeting the needs of children and young people
- Understand the importance of information sharing
Understanding the core knowledge needed by those who work with children and young people, and its impactReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to promote effective communication and engagement with children, young people and their families/carers
- Understand the development of, and the impact of this upon, children and young people
- Understand the importance of safeguarding children and young people, and associated responsibilities and procedures
- Understand how to support children and young people through transitions, and circumstances requiring specialist support
- Understand sources of information regarding individual children, young people and families/carers, and the importance of effective information sharing
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Undertake activities to secure funding for a live eventReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to access and secure funding streams.
- Research and prepare funding applications.
- Prepare for future funding requests
Work effectively with other people in a creative and cultural contextReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Develop effective working relationships with others
- Work effectively with others
- Seek, give and respond to feedback
The honest bit
You’ve started things before
Most courses were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.
There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.
And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.
Your passport
Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 3 credits are regulated. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you’ve earned and what’s next.
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
Who’d teach you this
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Where these credits take you
A qualification is never a dead end here. See the jobs its credits open, the national occupational standards its units map to, and the future skills they quietly build.
- Contribute to the production and distribution of publicity material
- Contribute to the production of promotional and interpretative media
- Obtain materials, equipment, items and services for arts projects and live events
- Organise promotional events for a Music Business Collecting Society
- Prepare information to support funding and sponsorship applications for arts projects and live events
- Support public relation, promotional or sponsorship events undertaken by a Collecting Society within a music business context
- Work effectively with clients or customers in the creative industries
- Work with security teams to ensure safety and security during events
Where this can lead
Event Production Coordinator
Your journey starts here. This role is a fantastic launchpad into the exciting world of experiential marketing, offering a clear path to grow your skills and career within a supportive and dynamic team. We're looking for someone who's eager to learn, isn't afraid of hard work, and wants to make a real impact on our events.
See the whole journey →Showing 6 roles, drawn from 21 job records mapped to this qualification.
Skills it covers
What the job actually needs. These are the standards the units are built against, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
How you’ll actually learn this
One-to-one, on your own real work
A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Diploma in Live Events and Promotion (QCF)
37 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson Education Ltd.
- Assist in the identification of funding streams for live events
- Assist with the implementation of safety and security at a live event
- Balance Business Needs and Personal Life
- Carry Out Plans for a Business
- Carry out Banking for a Business
- Check what Customers Need from a Business
and 31 more in the full unit list below.
One to one, not one to many
No two people run this the same way
A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.
- Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
- What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
- The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
- How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
- Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.
See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.
Why it sticks
Most courses stop at remembering
There’s a well-known ladder of how deeply you learn something, called Bloom’s Taxonomy. Most courses get you up the first two rungs: you remember some facts, you pass a test, you forget it. Real skill lives at the top. Judging, deciding, creating. And this isn’t a generic ladder: every rung has a named Zavmo tutor who walks you up it.
- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
Where most courses leave you Where Zavmo takes you
The value
Why the companion is worth £70 a month
You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.
That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.
Earned on your own work, taught to the top.
Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.
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