This quali cation broadens and expands the specialist work-related focus of the BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary
Diploma and encompasses the essential skills, knowledge and understanding needed to gain con dence and
progression.
There is potential for the quali cation to prepare learners for progression within education or into
employment in the appropriate vocational sector and it is suitable for those who have decided that they
wish to study in detail or work in a particular area of work. It is broadly equivalent to 1.5 GCE A Levels
and provides a programme of study manageable in a year so that learners can bank and then build on their
achievement. In this way it encourages progression for those learners who wish to undertake a one-year
course of study because of individual circumstances.
Some learners may wish to gain the quali cation in order to enter a specialist area of employment or to
progress to a larger or di erent level 3 programme. Other learners may want to extend the specialism they
studied on the BTEC Level 3 Certi cate or the BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma programme. Learners
may also be able to use the BTEC Level 3 90-credit Diploma to gain partial achievement and have the
requisite skills, knowledge and understanding needed in the sector.