Pearson Education Ltd · RQF Level 4
Pearson BTEC Level 4 Diploma in Broadcast Production (QCF)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 4
- Total credits95
- Units in this qualification29
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.
Assisting With Management of a SetReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand key issues relating to assisting with management of a set
- Liaise between departments, cast and contributors to meet production needs
- Organise and engage in activities to meet production needs
Awareness of employment in the Creative Media sectorReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about employment status in the Creative Media sector.
- Understand the Creative Media employment market place
- Promote self.
Awareness of health and safety in the Creative Media SectorReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the relevant health and safety regulations in the Creative Media sector.
- Comply with relevant health and safety procedures.
Clearing Copyright Materials for a Broadcast ProductionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand key issues relating to clearance of the copyright materials
- Determine the clearances required for a production
- Obtain clearances for copyright materials that are being used on a production
- Keep accurate records relating to the clearance of copyright materials
Co-ordinating Activities to Support Production PersonnelReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Provide a progress report on production activities
- Liaise with all relevant parties to meet production requirements
- Provide production personnel with up to date information on production activities
Co-ordinating Broadcast Production PaperworkReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Collect information to be included in the support paperwork for productions from relevant parties
- Confirm the accuracy and currency of information on the progress of productions
- Distribute support paperwork relating to productions
- Handle ongoing information about the progress of productions
Co-ordinating Broadcast Production ResourcesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Agree resources to meet production needs in accordance with legal and organisational requirements
- Monitor and record the use of resources on a production
- Contribute to maintaining a low carbon footprint on a production
Co-ordinating Feature ProductionsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Communicate information about the plan and schedule for a shoot
- Conduct activities to maximise the time spent filming on a shoot
- Maintain a complete and accurate shooting log for a shoot
- Monitor for continuity during a shoot
- Conduct activities relating to the accuracy of scripted speech
Co-ordinating Logistics for Cast and Crew on LocationReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Compile and issue production schedules and call sheets for productions
- Liaise with all relevant parties to enable production requirements to be met
Co-ordinating Pre-production Activities on Television ProductionsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the implications of contact details and information about cast and crew being incorrect
- Set up a production office
- Put in place resources to meet production needs
- Plan and supervise pre-production activities on productions
- Comply with legal and regulatory requirements relating to children working on productions
- Prepare for the shoot on productions
- Maintain records relating to pre-production activities on productions
Co-ordinating a Broadcast Production BudgetReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand key issues relating to budgeting for broadcast productions
- Liaise with other parties about budgeting for broadcast productions
Co-ordinating the Edit of a Television ProductionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand key issues relating to editing a television production
- Conduct editing activities for a television production
- Comply with legal, ethical, regulatory and broadcasters’ requirements
Co-ordinating the Post Production ProcessReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the Post Production process
- Identify Post Production requirements
- Conduct activities to enable Post Production requirements to be met
Collaborative Working Within Broadcast ProductionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key features of effective working relationships on a production
- Understand how to develop effective working relationships with production partners
- Develop effective working relationships with production partners
- Manage the communication of information during a production
- Evaluate the effectiveness of working relationships
Complying with Regulations and Codes of Practice in the Production IndustryReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand key issues relating to the compliance of the content of production material with regulations and codes of practice in the production industry
- Check the compliance of the content of production material with regulations and codes of practice in the production industry
- Resolve non-compliance of the content of production material with regulations and codes of practice in the production industry
Controlling Broadcast Production Materials, Equipment and SuppliesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand organisational and legal requirements relating to controlling resources for productions
- Obtain resources to meet production needs
- Comply with legal and regulatory requirements relating to controlling resources for productions
- Maintain records relating to controlling resources for productions
Creative Media industry awarenessReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know how the Creative Media sector is structured.
- Understand a specific Creative Media project life cycle.
- Understand the role of a specific team within the organisation of which it is part.
- Understand individual team roles and responsibilities within a specific project life cycle.
Design Project Management for Creative PractitionersReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of managing a project to timelines.
- Allocate internal resources correctly to achieve project goals.
- Understand the importance of managing internal and external project objectives.
- Explore the use of computer software programmes and other support mechanisms as a tool for successful project management.
Doing Business GloballyReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand factors within a company which affect the building overseas markets.
- Understand logistics for taking designs, brands and products to Global markets
- Understand how cultural differences can influence design ideas for different countries.
- Recognise techniques for communication in different cultures and develop cultural awareness.
Engaging Crew and Suppliers to Meet Broadcast Production RequirementsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand health and safety requirements relating to contracting crew and suppliers to meet production requirements
- Understand the legal and industry requirements relating to contracting crew and suppliers to meet production requirements
- Select crew and suppliers to meet production requirements
- Manage the contracts of crew and suppliers to meet union, company, trade, legal and production requirements
- Comply with legal and regulatory requirements relating to crew and suppliers on productions
Identifying and Negotiating Copyright Issues for a Broadcast ProductionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand key issues relating to copyright and intellectual property
- Identify copyright issues prior to the start of production
- Resolve copyright issues prior to the start of production
Leadership and People Management in the Design and Creative IndustriesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand what it is that makes a effective team leader and/or manager
- Understand how to select a team for a specific purpose
- Understand how to manage and motivate a team
Meeting Legal Requirements for Children Working on Broadcast ProductionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand legal requirements relating to children working on productions
- Understand how to make arrangements to support children working on productions
- Liaise with other parties to meet legal requirements relating to working with children on productions
- Keep a record of children’s working on a production
Meeting Requirements for Using Animals on a Broadcast ProductionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand key requirements relating to using animals on a production
- Understand the organisational requirements when using animals on a production
- Co-ordinate the use of animals on a production
Obtaining Archive Material for Broadcast ProductionsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand legal issues, ethical considerations and guidelines relating to archive materials for productions
- Identify and source the archive materials needed to meet production requirements
- Agree the archive materials needed to meet production requirements
- Make arrangements for archive material to be included in productions
- Meet reporting and record keeping requirements relating to archive materials for productions
Organising Arrangements for Cast and Crew Travelling on a Broadcast ProductionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the things to consider when making arrangements for cast and crew travelling on productions
- Make arrangements for cast and crew travelling on productions
Planning Channel and Platform UseReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand channel and platform use
- Obtain key information to support the development of channel and platform plans
- Select channels and platforms appropriate for use with target audience
- Develop and agree plans for channel and platform use
- Evaluate channel and platform plans
Professional behaviour in the Creative Media SectorReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the appropriate conduct for a particular Creative Media workplace.
- Plan and manage workload.
- Understand the importance of continuous professional development.
Working in Broadcast ProductionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the process of broadcast production
- Understand key legal issues relating to broadcast production
- Work with multiple parties on broadcast productions
- Safely capture and store data for a location shoot
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 4 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
The Evidence Evaluator
Assessor
Helps you show what you can actually do, gathering the evidence that proves it as you learn.
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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.
- Advise a potential client on a post production project
- Assist factual productions
- Assist management of production filming
- Buy Channel or Platform Space or Time
- Carry out and present research for film or television productions
- Check compliance with technical standards
- Clear Copyright Materials
- Co-ordinate Activities to Support Production Personnel
Where this can lead
Multimedia Content Manager
Your journey as a Multimedia Content Manager at Zavmo is just the beginning. We're committed to providing the opportunities, development, and support you need to build a truly impactful and rewarding career, whether that's climbing the leadership ladder or becoming an unparalleled individual expert. We're excited to see where you take us.
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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 BTEC Level 4 Diploma in Broadcast Production (QCF)
29 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson Education Ltd.
- Assisting With Management of a Set
- Awareness of employment in the Creative Media sector
- Awareness of health and safety in the Creative Media Sector
- Clearing Copyright Materials for a Broadcast Production
- Co-ordinating Activities to Support Production Personnel
- Co-ordinating Broadcast Production Paperwork
and 23 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.
Build my plan, freeNo card. See how this qualification maps onto your role and meet the tutors who’d teach it, free. The learning begins when you subscribe. It’s £70 a month, billed monthly. Cancel any time and billing stops.