29 Nov 2021
Key Facts
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
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
Learners must achieve the single mandatory unit.
Infection Prevention and Control
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 requirementsFunding 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.