IT Practitioners

BTEC National

Qualification To Start The Course

GCSE ICT – C grade (or above), English (C or above)

BTEC ICT – Merit grade (or above), mathematics (C or above)

Description Of The Subject

A more hands-on approach to ICT and in-depth coverage of ICT where students investigate ICT systems and problems for their assignments.

What You Will Do

• Unit 1 – Language and commiunications (internally assessed)
• Unit 2 – Computer systems (internally assessed)
• Unit 3 – Business systems (internally assessed)
• Unit 4 – Database management systems (externally assessed)
• Unit 5 – Business calculations (internally assessed)
• Unit 6 – Applications software development (internally assessed)

Future Prospects

Higher education. Enter careers in many IT related disciplines as technicial support. Can progress to professional status in their chosen field.