Pearson Education Ltd · RQF Level 3
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Foundation Diploma in Business
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 3
- Total credits67
- Guided learning510 hours
- Units in this qualification19
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
BTEC Nationals are level 3 vocational qualifications that provide specialist, work-related learning in a range of sectors.
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.
Cost and Management AccountingReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of cost accounting
- Apply cost accounting techniques to allocate costs accurately
- Analyse cost data to inform decision-making
- Understand the principles of management accounting
- Use management accounting techniques to support business planning and control
Developing a Marketing CampaignReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of marketing and campaign development
- Analyse the target market for a marketing campaign
- Develop marketing objectives and strategies
- Select appropriate marketing channels for a campaign
- Create marketing materials for a campaign
- Plan and manage the implementation of a marketing campaign
- Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of a marketing campaign
Digital MarketingReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the core principles of digital marketing
- Explore different digital marketing channels, such as social media, email, and search engine optimisation (SEO)
- Analyse the use of data and analytics in digital marketing campaigns
- Investigate the legal and ethical considerations in digital marketing
Effective Management of Personal DebtReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the use of personal debt and its impact on the individual
- Understand the use of personal debt and its impact on society
- Explore sources of debt advice available for individuals
- Explore debt management strategies available for individuals
- Develop a budget plan to service debt for an individual
- Develop a budget plan to manage debt for an individual
Employment LawReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key principles of employment law
- Investigate the rights and responsibilities of employers
- Investigate the rights and responsibilities of employees
- Analyse the impact of employment law on business operations
Exploring BusinessReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate different types of business organisations
- Explore the purpose and objectives of businesses
- Examine the factors that influence business decisions
- Investigate the role of different departments within a business
- Understand the importance of customer service in business
- Explore the impact of the external environment on businesses
Investigating Customer ServiceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of customer service within different organisations
- Investigate the different methods used to gather customer feedback
- Analyse customer service interactions to identify areas for improvement
- Evaluate the impact of effective customer service on business performance
Investigating Retail BusinessReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate different types of retail business
- Analyse the factors that contribute to the success of a retail business
- Examine the challenges faced by retail businesses
- Understand the role of different departments within a retail business
- Explore the impact of technology on retail businesses
Managing an EventReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key stages involved in planning an event
- Explore the resources required to manage an event effectively
- Analyse the risks associated with event management and implement appropriate mitigation strategies
- Evaluate the success of an event against pre-defined objectives
Market ResearchReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose and scope of market research within a business context
- Identify different market research methods and techniques
- Plan and conduct market research activities, including data collection
- Analyse and interpret market research data to inform business decisions
- Evaluate the effectiveness of market research activities
Personal and Business FinanceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of personal finance management
- Analyse different sources of personal income and expenditure
- Explain the importance of budgeting and financial planning
- Understand the principles of business finance management
- Analyse different sources of business finance
- Explain the importance of financial planning and control in a business context
- Evaluate the financial performance of a business using key financial ratios
- Understand the impact of economic factors on personal and business finance
Pitching for a New BusinessReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key elements of a successful business pitch
- Research and analyse the target audience for a new business pitch
- Develop a compelling business pitch for a new venture
- Deliver a persuasive business pitch to a panel of potential investors
- Evaluate the effectiveness of a business pitch and identify areas for improvement
Recording Financial TransactionsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of recording financial transactions
- Apply appropriate methods for recording financial transactions
- Maintain accurate records of financial transactions
- Interpret financial transaction records
Recruitment and Selection ProcessReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose and importance of recruitment and selection processes
- Identify the different stages involved in the recruitment and selection process
- Explain the legal and ethical considerations related to recruitment and selection
- Develop effective job descriptions and person specifications
- Evaluate different selection methods and their suitability for specific roles
Supply Chain OperationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Examine the role of logistics operations in ensuring effective supply chain operations
- Investigate the importance of supply chain organisation to businesses
- Investigate the importance of supply chain operation to businesses
- Examine the impact of technology on the efficient management of supply chain operations
The English Legal SystemReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the structure and key principles of the English Legal System
- Identify different types of law and their sources within the English Legal System
- Explain the roles and responsibilities of key personnel within the English Legal System
- Analyse the impact of legislation on business operations
- Evaluate the effectiveness of the English Legal System in resolving disputes
Training and DevelopmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose and benefits of training and development within an organisation
- Identify different training and development methods available to organisations
- Plan a training and development programme to meet specific organisational needs
- Deliver a training session effectively, using appropriate techniques
- Evaluate the effectiveness of training and development activities
Visual MerchandisingReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of visual merchandising
- Apply visual merchandising techniques to create effective displays
- Evaluate the impact of visual merchandising on customer behaviour
- Plan visual merchandising strategies for different retail environments
- Understand the importance of branding in visual merchandising
Work Experience in BusinessReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the benefits of work experience in a business environment
- Identify different types of work experience opportunities
- Plan and prepare for a work experience placement
- Demonstrate professional behaviour and communication skills in the workplace
- Reflect on and evaluate the learning gained from work experience
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.
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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
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Where this can lead
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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
This unit enables learners to understand cost and management accounting principles. Learners will apply cost allocation techniques, analyse cost data for decision-making, and use management accounting methods to support business planning and control.
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Foundation Diploma in Business
19 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson Education Ltd.
- Cost and Management Accounting
- Developing a Marketing Campaign
- Digital Marketing
- Effective Management of Personal Debt
- Employment Law
- Exploring Business
and 13 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
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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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