BTEC International Level 3 Business

Unit 30: Career Planning — assessment criteria

Learners research and plan for potential careers, completing personal skills audits and developing interview techniques, in order to improve their employment prospects.

Internal60 GLH13 criteria3 learning aims
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Assessment criteria

Reproduced verbatim from the Pearson specification — the same grid the assignment brief carries. A unit grade is the highest band where all criteria in that band (and every band below it) are met.

Pass

6 criteria
A.P1Carry out appropriate research into career progression opportunities
A.P2Explain the effectiveness of methods used to identify and research career progression opportunities
B.P3Produce a simple skills audit identifying career-related skills and skills-gaps
B.P4Explain reasons for decisions taken in the preparation of a personal career development plan
C.P5Explain the effectiveness of own appropriately prepared job application documentation
C.P6Explain the effectiveness of own competent skills used in a simulated job interview

Merit

4 criteria
A.M1Analyse the effectiveness of methods used to identify career progression opportunities based on own detailed research
B.M2Assess decisions taken in own career development plan in relation to own detailed audit of career-related skills and skills-gaps
C.M3Assess the effectiveness of own competently prepared job application documentation
C.M4Analyse the effectiveness of own suitable skills used in a simulated job interview

Distinction

3 criteria
A.D1Evaluate the effectiveness of methods used to identify career progression opportunities based on own comprehensive research
B.D2Justify decisions taken in own personal career development plan in relation to own comprehensive audit of career-skills and skills-gaps
C.D3Evaluate the effectiveness of own proficient job application and interview performance including rationale for improvements

Command verbs in this unit

The verb decides the depth expected — that is what separates Pass from Merit and Distinction work on the same learning aim.

CarryExplainProduceAnalyseAssessEvaluateJustify
Pearson's ladder runs Identify → Describe → Explain → Compare / Analyse → Evaluate / Justify / Assess. A Merit or Distinction criterion on the same aim always implies the Pass beneath it: an “evaluate” answer that never first “explains” fails, however polished it reads. Hover a verb for what it demands.

Learning aims

  • A.
  • B.
  • C. Develop communication and interview skills to improve employment prospects

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