Course Overview
Life in the public services can be challenging, rewarding, interesting, and exciting and you will require a variety of skills, knowledge, and expertise to succeed. This course/programme will help you develop all these qualities and give you an introduction to careers within this sector, whilst providing you with many other attributes such as communication and leadership skills, teamworking skills and confidence, that are vitally important in all uniformed public service roles.
You can expect you learn through class work, team sports/activities and other practical’s, visits and outdoor activities, lectures, oralpresentations, tutorials, individual research and group work that will help develop your communication and team-working skills.
What You Will Study
Examples of some of the units you may study are:
- Participate in Adventurous Activities
- Well-being and Physical Fitness
- Team Working Skills
- Employment Opportunities for Public Services
- How You Will Be Assessed
There are continuous assessments throughout the course. These consist of projects, presentations, physical demonstrations and written assignments. You may also be required to sit a controlled assessment as part of the course requirements; this will aid and develop your time management and rational thinking skills that will help you in your future career.
- Entry Requirements
Predicted 3 GCSEs at Grade 9-1.
AND
A good reference from Head of Year 10 or Headteacher.
- Further Study
On completion with the appropriate pass and English and Maths grades you can progress to the next level of this programme or potentially to other areas of study within the College.
