Prepare for further learning or training and/or develop knowledge and/or skills in a subject area
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This suite of qualifications will enable learners to progress to further study, apprenticeships or other employment. Learners can study core skills for the sector complemented by employability skills to ensure they are ready to face the challenges of the workplace.
Learners must complete the single mandatory unit from Group M, totalling 3 credits. In addition, they must complete a minimum of 13 credits from Group O1 (Optional units: Music and Music Technology) and 9 further credits from either Group O1 or Group O2 (Optional units: Employability Skills). At least 12 credits from Groups O1 and O2 combined must be at level 1 or above, with at least 5 credits at level 1 or above coming from Group O1. Learners cannot include more than one unit with the same or similar title. For full details see list of barred units.
Learners must achieve the single mandatory unit totalling 3 credits.
Learners can achieve a maximum of 9 credits from this group.
Learners must complete a minimum of 13 credits from this group.
This qualification provides a range of introductory skills, as well as core knowledge, relevant to the music industry, alongside generic employability skills which are needed both in the music industry and across other sectors.
Learners must complete the mandatory unit: Working in the Music Industry. Optional units include knowledge and skills relevant to different job roles in the sector (such as Music Arrangement, DJing skills, Music Marketing and Promotion) alongside generic employability skills (such as time-management and solving work-related problems).
This qualification is part of a suite which includes an Award, Certificate and Diploma. Learners should take the Certificate if they need a broad introduction to the sector, as well as more generic workplace skills, before progressing to employment (with further training where possible), to a level 2 Apprenticeship or to a Level 2 qualification, as illustrated in the target learner profiles provided above.
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