The OTHM Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Employability and Workplace Skills develops workplace knowledge, personal effectiveness, communication, career planning, and practical employability skills fo...
This Ofqual regulated Level 3 qualification is designed to build workplace knowledge, employability, and personal effectiveness through six mandatory units assessed by coursework.
Ofqual regulated OTHM qualification
60 credits in total
600 Total Qualification Time (TQT)
240 Guided Learning Hours (GLH)
6 mandatory units
Pass/Fail grading with coursework assessment
The OTHM Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Employability and Workplace Skills is designed to provide learners with knowledge, understanding, personal skills, and attributes essential for successful performance in working life. It develops practical capability for career planning, communication, teamwork, and working effectively in different business environments.
Develop knowledge about workplace employment and employability across a range of sectors
Build knowledge, facts, theories, ideas, skills, terminology, practices, and techniques linked to workplace skills
Strengthen self-confidence and interpersonal skills for employment
Improve communication skills and personal effectiveness
Gain practical understanding of business functions, resources, and workplace expectations
Prepare for both workplace and academic progression
This qualification helps learners build core employability and workplace capabilities through career planning, performance management, professional development, employment skills, business understanding, and resource management.
How to access careers information and plan a realistic career pathway
How to manage your own performance, priorities, and work-life balance
How to support personal and professional development through review and planning
How employability skills, customer service, teamwork, coaching, and mentoring support workplace success
How businesses operate, organise functions, communicate, and manage accountability
How organisations manage resources, technology, workforce needs, health and safety, culture, values, and diversity
This qualification is suitable for learners preparing for employment or further study who want to build broad workplace knowledge, practical employability skills, and confidence for a range of sectors.
Learners aged 16 and above
Individuals preparing for their first job or early career pathway
Learners who want to strengthen workplace communication and teamwork skills
Individuals planning progression to further study, including Level 4 programmes
Learners seeking better understanding of business environments and workplace practice
Those wanting to improve personal effectiveness, professionalism, and employability
OTHM does not specify formal entry requirements for this qualification. Centres must ensure learners have sufficient capability to undertake the learning and assessment, and the qualification is delivered in English.
Learners can be offered OTHM Level 3 qualifications from age 16
Learners from non-majority English-speaking countries must provide evidence of English language competency
All units in this qualification are internally assessed by the centre and externally verified by OTHM. Assessment is criterion referenced and based on achieving all learning outcomes and assessment criteria for each unit.
Assessment method is coursework
All units are internally assessed by the centre
All units are externally verified by OTHM
Learners must achieve all learning outcomes and assessment criteria to pass each unit
Successful completion of this qualification supports both workplace and academic progression. Learners may progress to employment opportunities or continue into relevant higher-level study.
Progress to workplace roles requiring employability and workplace skills
Progress to further study in related subject areas
Progress to relevant undergraduate programmes
Progress to OTHM Level 4 diplomas
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