Vocational qualifications Career Guidance and Development Level 6 Diploma - 04664

Specification at a glance

Qualification overview

To achieve this qualification, learners must achieve a total of 60 credits made up as follows:

48 credits from the 7 mandatory units in Group A
a minimum of 12 credits from the optional units in Group B.

This qualification is internally assessed by centre assessors and quality assured by internal quality assurance personnel and externally verified by OCR.

Group A mandatory units

Unit	Credits	Level	GLH*
Unit 01: Preparing to work in the career development sector	6	4	40
Unit 02: Reflecting on practice and continuous professional development	6	6	40
Unit 03: Career guidance theory career guidance and development theories and models	12	6	90
Unit 04: Agree the purpose of client-centred career interactions and maintain communication with clients	6	6	40
Unit 05: Explore and agree the career guidance and development needs of clients	6	6	40
Unit 06: Use career-related information with clients	6	6	40
Unit 07: Work with other organisations for the benefit of clients and own organisation	6	6	40

Group B optional units

Unit 08: Use diagnostic and assessment tools with clients	6	5	40
Unit 09: Source, evaluate and use Labour Market Intelligence (LMI) with clients	3	6	20
Unit 10: Understand how to support specific client groups to overcome barriers to learning, training and work	6	6	40
Unit 11: Engage with other relevant people to help clients to meet their career development needs	3	4	20
Unit 12: Assist clients to apply for learning, training and work	3	4	20
Unit 13: Provide ongoing support to clients	3	4	20
Unit 14: Promote career-related learning to clients	6	4	40
Unit 15: Negotiate on behalf of clients	6	5	40
Unit 16: Undertake research on behalf of the service	6	6	40
Unit 17: Lead and manage career development work in an organisation	9	6	60
Unit 18: Continuously improve career development work in an organisation	6	6	40
Unit 19: Plan and design career-related learning programmes	9	6	60
Unit 20: Manage a personal caseload/work responsibilities in the career development sector	4	4	20
Unit 21: Enable clients to develop and evidence their employment-related skills&	6	6	40
Unit 22: Use digital technology in the career development sector	6	6	40
Unit 23: Plan, deliver and evaluate presentations	6	4	40
Unit 24: Publicise and negotiate career development provision with external agencies or other departments within the same organisation	6	6	40
Unit 25: Use the expertise of employers and other organisations in the delivery of career learning/development activities	6	6	40
Unit 26: Plan, deliver and evaluate career-related learning in groups	6	6	60

*GLH (guided learning hours) is the approximate time that the teacher will spend supervising or directing study time and assessment activities.

Specification at a glance

Qualification overview

Group A mandatory units

Unit 01: Preparing to work in the career development sector

Unit 02: Reflecting on practice and continuous professional development

Unit 03: Career guidance theory career guidance and development theories and models

Unit 04: Agree the purpose of client-centred career interactions and maintain communication with clients

Unit 05: Explore and agree the career guidance and development needs of clients

Unit 06: Use career-related information with clients

Unit 07: Work with other organisations for the benefit of clients and own organisation

Group B optional units

Unit 08: Use diagnostic and assessment tools with clients

Unit 09: Source, evaluate and use Labour Market Intelligence (LMI) with clients

Unit 10: Understand how to support specific client groups to overcome barriers to learning, training and work

Unit 11: Engage with other relevant people to help clients to meet their career development needs

Unit 12: Assist clients to apply for learning, training and work

Unit 13: Provide ongoing support to clients

Unit 14: Promote career-related learning to clients

Unit 15: Negotiate on behalf of clients

Unit 16: Undertake research on behalf of the service

Unit 17: Lead and manage career development work in an organisation

Unit 18: Continuously improve career development work in an organisation

Unit 19: Plan and design career-related learning programmes

Unit 20: Manage a personal caseload/work responsibilities in the career development sector

Unit 21: Enable clients to develop and evidence their employment-related skills&

Unit 22: Use digital technology in the career development sector

Unit 23: Plan, deliver and evaluate presentations

Unit 24: Publicise and negotiate career development provision with external agencies or other departments within the same organisation

Unit 25: Use the expertise of employers and other organisations in the delivery of career learning/development activities

Unit 26: Plan, deliver and evaluate career-related learning in groups