BTEC International Level 3 Land Based Studies

Unit 47: Unit 47 — assessment criteria

BTEC International Level 3 Unit 47 (Unit 47) — 60 Guided Learning Hours.

Internal / Optional60 GLH11 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.P1Identify the types of waste produced in agriculture or horticulture.
A.P2Explain how waste products are processed in agriculture or horticulture.
B.P3Outline renewable energy strategies.
B.P4Plan a renewable environmental strategy for energy and production.
C.P5Outline passive and active energy reduction technologies in agriculture or horticulture
C.P6Explain the feasibility of implementing reduction technologies

Merit

3 criteria
A.M1Analyse the types of waste produced and how it is processed in agriculture or horticulture.
B.M2Assess renewable energy strategies and renewable environmental strategies for energy production.
C.M3Explain energy reduction technologies and the feasibility of implementation in agriculture or horticulture.

Distinction

2 criteria
A.D1Justify the types of waste produced and how it is processed in agriculture or horticulture
BC.D2Evaluate renewable strategies for energy production and energy reduction technologies, and the feasibility of implementation in agriculture or horticulture.

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.

IdentifyExplainOutlinePlanAnalyseAssessJustifyEvaluate
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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