AAT Award in Business Level 1

This qualification covers a range of skills and the relevant supporting knowledge in two mandatoryunits:• Working in the business environment• Using numbers in business.The qualification is assessed in one end-of-qualification assessment.Students completing this qualification will develop an understanding of how different organisationsoperate, across both the public and private sectors. They will learn how to contribute effectively inthe workplace by working with others, managing their time, behaving professionally andmaintaining security of data. Students will also gain an understanding of the ways in whichbusinesses process sales and purchases and the documentation and procedures used to movegoods and services between businesses.Studying this qualification will also equip students with the basic numerical skills needed in theworkplace, and in life outside work. These numerical skills range from simple calculations that areused most often in business to working with decimals, percentages and fractions, and applyingproportions and ratios. Students will also learn tools and techniques to enhance the presentation ofnumerical data.

For the best chance of success, we recommend that students begin their studies with a good standard of English and maths.

The course will be delivered in a classroom with an expectation that learners will complete some independent study online in their own time.

The skills developed by studying this qualification will give students a solid base from which to seek employment with greater confidence or enable them to progress to the next level of learning. The skills developed in this qualification can lead to employment in junior or supporting administrative roles in companies across a wide range of sectors, for example, as: • a data entry clerk • an accounts administrator • an administrative assistant • a receptionist • a retail assistant• a customer service advisor • a dispatch clerk/warehouse operativeOn completion of this qualification, students will also be equipped with a strong foundation from which to progress to further study with AAT in either accountancy or bookkeeping if they would like to do so.Students must successfully achieve one mandatory unit assessment to achieve this qualification. The proportion of this qualification assessed by externally marked assessment is 100%. The assessment in this qualification:• is a computer based test, set and marked by AAT • It is time-limited and will take place under controlled conditions. This qualification is not graded. To pass the qualification, students must pass one mandatory assessment.

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Free, if funding criteria is met or £225