BTEC International Level 3 Construction

Unit 18: Unit 18 — assessment criteria

BTEC International Level 3 Unit 18 (Unit 18) — 60 Guided Learning Hours.

Internal / Optional60 GLH9 criteria4 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

4 criteria
A.P1Explain how your own preparation for work experience focuses on the development of personal skills and attributes.
A.P2Explain how your own preparation provides opportunities to reflect on career choices in the construction sector
D.P7Review own strengths and areas for development in response to feedback on work experience placement.
D.P8Produce a personal development plan that identifies improvements to personal and professional skills

Merit

3 criteria
A.M1Discuss your own preparation for work experience in the construction sector.
B.M2Discuss your own planning for work experience in the construction sector.
D.M4Discuss how self-reflection can contribute to personal and professional development and future planning, following a work experience placement

Distinction

2 criteria
AB.D1Evaluate your own preparation and planning for work experience in the construction sector.
D.D3Evaluate how reflecting on skills developed during own work experience placement can inform plans for personal and professional development.

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.

ExplainReviewProduceDiscussEvaluate
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. Examine the benefits of work experience in construction for own learning and development
  • B. Develop a work experience plan to support own learning and development
  • C. Carry out work experience to meet set objectives
  • D. Reflect on the development of own personal and professional skills and practices.

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