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VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAMME

• Applications currently being accepted from learners with

date of birth between 01.09.05 and 31.08.06

• Choose one of the following courses.
• Delivered one day per week over 2 years, starting in year 10.
• Please note Food and Business courses are delivered

alongside each other. Learners therefore achieve 2 qualifications.

• Check out frequently asked questions on the website.
• https://www.reaseheath.ac.uk/14-16-students/

VOCATIONAL COURSE OFFER FOR 2020

AGRICULTURE

City & Guilds Level 1 Certificate

• Working with farm animals and crops
• Maintenance of tools and equipment
• Moving and handling farm resources
• Tractor Operation and Maintenance
• Estate Maintenance (hedge-laying,

fencing, hardcore replacement)

• Maintenance of conservation areas
• Internal written and practical

assessments

• Health and safety exam

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

IMI Level 1 Certificate

• Health & Safety in the Workplace
• Vehicle Engines & Systems
• Routine Vehicle Maintenance

Processes and Procedures on Vehicles

• Maintenance and repair of

farming machinery

• External synoptic exam
• Written and practical

assessments

ANIMAL CARE

City & Guilds Level 1 Certificate

• Animal feeding and watering
• Maintaining animal

accommodation

• Animal handling, exercise and

restraint of animals

• Animal health and wellbeing
• Internal written and practical

assessments

• Health and safety exam

BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE

Delivered alongside Food NCFE Level 1 Certificate

• 1. Introduction to business and

enterprise

• 2. Marketing
• 3. Finance

4.Run an enterprise

• Build knowledge and confidence
• Builds skills and experience
• Internal assessments

CONSTRUCTION

Skills Level 1 Certificate

• Manual Handling and Health and Safety
• Emergency First Aid
• Brickwork
• Plastering
• Carpentry and Joinery
• Tiling
• Using and Maintaining Hand Tools
• Site Maintenance
• Practical assessment only

EQUINE

City & Guilds Level 1 Certificate

• Horse Care and Management
• Health and Condition
• Feeding and Nutrition
• Grooming
• Stable Management
• Internal written and practical

assessments

• Health and safety exam
• British Horse Society progress tests

FOOD

Delivered alongside Business NCFE Level 1 Certificate

• Preparing and cooking using

basic skills

• Understand food and its function

in the body and in recipes

• Understand balanced diets and

modifications of recipes for health

• Plan and produce dishes for a

purpose

• Written and practical

assessments

HORTICULTURE AND COUNTRYSIDE

City & Guilds Level 1 Certificate

• Establishing and maintaining trees,

shrubs and bedding

• Laying and maintaining lawns and

sports pitches by turf and seeding

• Maintenance and building of fences,

patios and paths

• Propagation of plants
• Wildlife and conservation
• Internal written and practical

assessments

• Health and safety exam

MOTOR VEHICLE

IMI Level 1 Certificate

• Health & Safety in the Workplace
• Vehicle Engines & Systems
• Fast-fit Operations
• Maintenance of Electrical

Systems

• External synoptic exam
• Written and practical

assessments

Home educated learners only… Delivered on Tuesdays. Entry level, functional skills or GCSE subject to initial assessments

MATHS AND ENGLISH

• Year 10 students attend on a Wednesday 9.30am – 2.30pm
• Year 11 students attend on a Thursday 9.30am – 2.30pm
• School approval is required
• There is a cost to schools
• Term time only to Reaseheath term dates
• PPE is needed for all practical sessions. No PPE means no
• participation. (Food course PPE is provided)
• Good conduct expectations
• Supervision and safeguarding – ID and yellow lanyards mandatory
• Applications made through; jan.berrington@reaseheath.ac.uk

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