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Gateway Qualifications Level 1 Award in Infection Prevention and Control

Key Facts

Level:
Level 1
Subject Sector:
1.3 Health and Social Care
Credits:
3
Qualification No:
603/6519/5
GLH:
30 hours
Total qualification time:
30 hours
Price:
£18.50 per learner
Age Range:
Pre 16 & 16-18

Whilst some of our qualifications are regulated for pre 16 learners our minimum age is 14.

Qualification purpose

Prepare for further learning or training and/or develop knowledge and/or skills in a subject area

Qualification Grading Type

Pass

Assessment Methods

  • Portfolio of Evidence

    • Why choose this qualification?

    These single unit qualifications are designed to find out how infection spreads and ways to prevent and control infection. While they can easily be offered as stand-alone bite-sized awards, the new qualifications could also be usefully combined with other units or qualifications into meaningful packages of learning.

    The single unit within each qualification is also included within Health and Care qualifications.

    Rules of Combination

    Learners must achieve the single mandatory unit.

    Units

    Mandatory

    Learners must achieve the single mandatory unit.

    Infection Prevention and Control

    Level:
    Level 1
    Guided Learning Hours:
    30
    Credits:
    3
    Unit No:
    J/618/3480
    Click here to view full unit details

    What is the purpose of this qualification?

    In this Award learners will find out how infection spreads and ways to prevent and control infection.

    What skills, knowledge, or understanding does this qualification develop?

    Learners will develop knowledge and understanding of the core areas of Infection Prevention and Control

    Progression & entry requirements

    There are no entry requirements

    Funding information

    There are now two main sources for funding information, a straightforward ESFA Qualification Search and the more detailed Find a Learning Aim website.

    The new Find a learning aim (FALA) service provides a search tool that you can use to check the funding status of any qualification, framework, unit, standard or T Level:

    View this qualification on the ESFA’s Find a learning aim website

    The Education and Skills Funding Agency search provides funding information on qualifications. It does not provide funding information for units, non-regulated activity and work placements, for this information please use Find a learning aim (FALA).

    View this qualification on the ESFA Qualification Funding Search

    How to find a learning aim

    If you’re not sure how to use the new find a learning aim website, we’ve created a handy walkthrough to help you:

    How to Use: Find a learning Aim

    We have done our best to collate and summarise the key information, and wherever possible we alert our providers to changes in funding policy.

    This funding information is provided in good faith and it is always advisable to check directly with the funding agencies before committing to delivery.

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