BTEC International Level 3 Land Based Studies

Unit 13: Unit 13 — assessment criteria

BTEC International Level 3 Unit 13 (Unit 13) — 60 Guided Learning Hours.

Internal / Optional60 GLH14 criteria

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.P1Explain a production system for beef cattle.
A.P2Demonstrate competent selection of animals for market and end of use using performance indicators.
B.P3Explain the importance of diet management and feeding practices throughout the beef production cycle.
B.P4Demonstrate competent diet and grazing management of beef cattle to maintain health and production targets.
C.P5Demonstrate competent routine husbandry of beef cattle to meet health and production targets.
C.P6Demonstrate competent routine husbandry tasks required for care of young stock

Merit

5 criteria
A.M1Analyse the impact of a beef cattle production system and accurate selection of stock on overall performance and production outcomes.
A.M2Demonstrate effective selection of animals for market and end of use.
B.M3Analyse the impact that nutrition, diet management and feeding have on health and production targets.
B.M4Demonstrate efficient diet and grazing management of beef cattle to maintain health and production targets.
C.M5Demonstrate efficient routine husbandry of beef cattle to maintain health and production targets and meet requirements for care of young stock.

Distinction

3 criteria
A.D1Demonstrate proficient selection of animals for market and end of use, evaluating the impact of a beef cattle production and housing system and accurate selection on overall performance and production outcomes.
B.D2Demonstrate, with a high degree of accuracy, the feeding and grazing management of beef cattle to maintain health and production targets, evaluating the impact of nutrition and feeding and diet management tasks
C.D3Demonstrate, with a high degree of accuracy, routine husbandry of beef cattle to maintain health and production objectives and meet requirements for care of young stock.

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.

ExplainDemonstrateAnalyse
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.

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