Course Details:

Qualification structure

The OTHM Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training qualification consists of 4 mandatory units plus 8 optional units, 1200 hours Total Qualification Time (TQT) and the recommended Guided Learning Hours (GLH) for this qualification is a minimum of 360. The maximum guided learning hours will be determined by the optional units selected.

To achieve the OTHM Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training, learners must achieve a minimum of 120 credits; 75 credits must be achieved from the mandatory units in Group A, plus a minimum of 45 credits from the optional units in Group B.

A minimum of 61 credits must be at Level 5 (therefore a minimum of 6 optional credits must be achieved at level 5)

The learner will need to meet the requirements before OTHM can award the qualification, i.e. achieve the appropriate mandatory and optional units, as well as satisfactorily complete teaching practice.

Mandatory units: Group A

• Teaching, learning and assessment in education and training (20 credits)

• Theories, principles and models in education and training (20 credits)

• Developing teaching, learning and assessment in education and training (20 credits

• Wider professional practice in education and training (15 credits)

Optional Units: Group B

• Develop and prepare resources for learning and development (6 credits)

• Develop learning and development programmes (6 credits)

• Equality and diversity (6 credits)

• Evaluating learning programmes (3 credits)

• Identify the learning needs of organisations (6 credits)

• Manage learning and development in groups (6 credits)

• Understanding and managing behaviours in a learning environment (6 credits)

• Action research (15 credits)