BTEC International Level 3 Land Based Studies

Unit 39: Unit 39 — assessment criteria

BTEC International Level 3 Unit 39 (Unit 39) — 60 Guided Learning Hours.

Internal / Optional60 GLH12 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 the requirements for the production of two contrasting commercial outdoor horticultural crops, one of which meets approved organic guidelines.
A.P2Explain the factors affecting the management of plant growth and establishment for the production of two contrasting commercial outdoor horticultural crops, one of which meets approved organic guidelines.
B.P3Competently carry out tasks to establish outdoor horticultural crops.
B.P4Competently carry out tasks to maintain outdoor horticultural crops.
C.P5Competently carry out a crop harvesting and grading task for outdoor horticultural crops to meet objectives.
C.P6Competently carry out an outdoor crop monitoring task to meet objectives within given storage facilities.

Merit

3 criteria
A.M1Compare the requirements of two contrasting commercial outdoor horticultural crops, one of which meets approved organic guidelines, analysing the factors affecting their growth and establishment.
B.M2Efficiently carry out tasks to establish and maintain outdoor horticultural crops.
C.M3Efficiently carry out outdoor crop harvesting, grading and monitoring tasks to meet objectives, relating the results of monitoring to crop harvesting, grading, and cleaning requirements within the given storage facilities.

Distinction

3 criteria
A.D1Assess the requirements for two contrasting commercial outdoor horticultural crops, one of which meets approved organic guidelines, evaluating the factors that affect their successful growth and development.
B.D2Carry out, with a high degree of accuracy, tasks to establish and maintain outdoor horticultural crops.
C.D3Carry out the harvesting, grading and monitoring of outdoor horticultural crops with a high degree of accuracy, evaluating the impact of growing, harvesting and storage of the crops on the quality of the final product.

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.

ExplainCompetentlyCompareEfficientlyAssessCarry
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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