SFEDI Enterprises Ltd. T/A SFEDI Awards · RQF Level 3

SFEDI Awards Level 3 Diploma In Effective Human Resources

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  • LevelRQF Level 3
  • Total credits37
  • Guided learning185 hours
  • Units in this qualification11

Awarded by SFEDI Enterprises Ltd. T/A SFEDI Awards · on the Ofqual register

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What you’ll learn

What each unit actually teaches you to do

The Level 3 Diploma in Effective Human Resources is an occupational qualification for those in business management. It allows learners to develop skills in areas such as recruitment, performance management, and managing employee relations.

These are the units SFEDI Enterprises Ltd. T/A SFEDI Awards 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.

Delivering Learning ActivitiesReal unit · SFEDI Enterprises Ltd. T/A SFEDI Awards
You'll learn to create safe, inclusive, and supportive learning environments. The unit includes planning and delivering learning activities for individuals and groups, managing disruptive behaviour, and evaluating the effectiveness of learning sessions.

What you'll be able to do

  • Create a physical and psychological environment that is conducive to effective learning.
  • Plan and deliver a learning activity that meets the needs of both individuals and groups.
  • Evaluate learning activities to identify areas for improvement and ensure learning objectives are met.
Digital and Information Technologies for HRReal unit · SFEDI Enterprises Ltd. T/A SFEDI Awards
This unit covers the use and scope of digital and information technologies in business, emphasising their influence on HR functions. You'll examine technology applications, benefits, limitations, and ethical considerations within organisational contexts.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the use and scope of digital and information technologies within a business context
  • Understand the impact and influence of digital and information technologies on the HR function
Evaluate and Develop Own Practices in People ManagementReal unit · SFEDI Enterprises Ltd. T/A SFEDI Awards
It teaches you to understand the skills, knowledge, and behaviours required for effective people management. You'll reflect on their own practice, deliver timely management services, and develop and maintain a personal development plan.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the skills, knowledge, and behaviours required to be an effective people manager.
  • Deliver timely and effective people management services to meet the needs of the business and its staff members.
  • Reflect on personal and professional skills in people management and be able to implement and maintain a personal development plan to enhance these skills.
Managing Employees and their RightsReal unit · SFEDI Enterprises Ltd. T/A SFEDI Awards
You'll gain knowledge of employment law and its impact on recruitment, employee rights, and workplace procedures. The unit covers legal requirements for recruitment, disciplinary actions, redundancy, and the protection of employee rights throughout employment.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the impact of employment law on the employment relationship, particularly at the start of the employment relationship, including recruitment and selection.
  • Understand the main individual rights that employees have during the employment relationship, including rights related to pay, working hours, and discrimination.
  • Understand the correct procedures for disciplinary action and redundancy, ensuring compliance with employment law and best practice.
Managing Personal Information within a BusinessReal unit · SFEDI Enterprises Ltd. T/A SFEDI Awards
You'll develop knowledge and skills to manage personal information in business settings, ensuring compliance with legislation and policies. The unit includes data collection requirements, recording, storage, analysis, and confidentiality principles.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand what data needs to be collected to support people management practices within a business
  • Know how people's personal information should be recorded, managed and stored within a business, in accordance with relevant legislation and organisational policies
  • Analyse people's personal information and present findings to inform decision making within a business
Managing the Risk of Aggressive and Challenging Behaviour in the WorkplaceReal unit · SFEDI Enterprises Ltd. T/A SFEDI Awards
This unit equips learners with skills to recognise and manage aggressive and challenging behaviour in the workplace. You'll identify escalation indicators, understand contributing factors, and apply strategies to avoid, decelerate, and de-escalate such behaviours.

What you'll be able to do

  • Recognise behaviour that indicates an escalation towards aggressive and violent behaviour in the workplace
  • Understand the factors that can contribute to aggressive and violent behaviour in the workplace
  • Take appropriate measures to avoid aggressive or violent situations in the workplace
  • Decelerate aggressive situations in the workplace
  • De-escalate aggressive or violent situations in the workplace
Performance Management in a BusinessReal unit · SFEDI Enterprises Ltd. T/A SFEDI Awards
This unit focuses on performance management systems and their role in business success. You'll understand appraisal systems, their benefits, alignment with business objectives, and how to contribute to effective performance and incentive management.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the importance of appraisal systems in driving forward the success of a business
  • Explain how appraisal systems contribute to business objectives
  • Explain the relationship between performance management and incentive schemes
  • Analyse the impact of performance management on employee motivation
  • Contribute to effective performance and incentive management in a business
  • Practise contributing to the development of performance management strategies
  • Conduct a performance review
  • Evaluate a performance review and identify areas for improvement
Recruiting People for a BusinessReal unit · SFEDI Enterprises Ltd. T/A SFEDI Awards
You'll study the factors influencing recruitment and selection processes, including legislation and organisational culture. The unit covers recruitment stages and teaches you to contribute to interview preparation and selection decisions.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the influencing factors that affect the selection and recruitment of staff
  • Analyse the impact of legislation on recruitment and selection processes
  • Understand the processes involved in the selection and recruitment of staff
  • Describe the stages of the recruitment process
  • Contribute to the recruitment and selection interviewing process for a job role
  • Practise contributing to interview preparation
  • Understand the importance of an effective induction programme
  • Explain the benefits of a well-structured induction programme
Supporting Change within a BusinessReal unit · SFEDI Enterprises Ltd. T/A SFEDI Awards
You'll understand why businesses need to change and how change affects operations and people. The unit covers change management models, factors driving change, and methods to support employees through organisational transitions.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand why a business may need to change and how this can affect its operations
  • Analyse the reasons for change within a business environment
  • Understand the key factors involved in the change process and the different ways change can be managed
  • Explain different change management models
  • Understand the impact of change on people within a business
  • Describe how to support employees through periods of change
The Role of HR in Encouraging Innovation and Creativity Within BusinessReal unit · SFEDI Enterprises Ltd. T/A SFEDI Awards
This unit explores innovation and creativity within business contexts and the role of HR in fostering a supportive culture. You'll define key concepts, examine how innovation contributes to business success, and describe HR strategies to encourage creative practices.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand what is meant by innovation and creativity
  • Define innovation and creativity in a business context
  • Understand how a culture of innovation and creativity is developed within an organisation
  • Explain the characteristics of an innovative and creative organisational culture
  • Understand how the HR function can support the development of a culture of innovation and creativity
  • Describe HR strategies that promote innovation and creativity
Understand a Business and the Role of People ManagementReal unit · SFEDI Enterprises Ltd. T/A SFEDI Awards
This unit provides a comprehensive understanding of business aims, environment, structure, culture, and functions. You'll explore how people management supports organisational objectives and employee engagement within different business contexts.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the aims and objectives of a business and the environment in which it operates
  • Understand the structure, culture and functions of a business
  • Understand how people management activities support a business in achieving its aims and objectives

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Delivering Learning ActivitiesDigital and Information Technologies for HREvaluate and Develop Own Practices in People ManagementManaging Employees and their RightsManaging Personal Information within a BusinessManaging the Risk of Aggressive and Challenging Behaviour in the WorkplacePerformance Management in a BusinessRecruiting People for a Business

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One-to-one, on your real workNo lectures, no past-papers. Every unit is practised on the actual tasks your job throws at you, a tutor beside you, not a video in front of you.
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Delivering Learning ActivitiesLevel 3

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Learners will develop skills to create safe, inclusive, and supportive learning environments. The unit includes planning and delivering learning activities for individuals and groups, managing disruptive behaviour, and evaluating the effectiveness of learning sessions.

How the thinking builds
  1. Remember
  2. Understand
  3. Apply
  4. Analyse
  5. Evaluate
  6. Create
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Built for SFEDI Awards Level 3 Diploma In Effective Human Resources

11 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by SFEDI Enterprises Ltd. T/A SFEDI Awards.

  1. Delivering Learning Activities
  2. Digital and Information Technologies for HR
  3. Evaluate and Develop Own Practices in People Management
  4. Managing Employees and their Rights
  5. Managing Personal Information within a Business
  6. Managing the Risk of Aggressive and Challenging Behaviour in the Workplace

and 5 more in the full unit list below.

These are the real units of this credential, in its own order. Nothing here is marked done, because this plan has not been started by anyone yet. Yours would fill in as you go.

One to one, not one to many

No two people run this the same way

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  1. Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.

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  4. 3ApplyThe Coach
  5. 2UnderstandThe Connector
  6. 1RememberThe Builder

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The value

Why the companion is worth £70 a month

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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.

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