Retail Skills (Visual Merchandising) - Work-bBased

Course Overview

Type of Course and Awarding Body

NVQ Diploma - OCR

Level

Level Three

What's it all about?

This qualification is about working in a retail environment. You will find it appropriate if you are already competent in a significant variety of retail work activities. For example:

senior sales assistants
team leaders
supervisors and managers.

Progression

Upon successful completion, you may progress to the NVQ in Management Level 5 offered at the College.

Entry Requirements

You must:

be employed in the retail environment
be in a mangement role
have support from your line manager
have the opportunity to collect evidence in work and undertake work place observations.

Duration

One year

Business Benefits

This diploma provides a framework to ensure your staff are competent in a range of skills, knowledge and understanding of the functions required in their job role.

Roll On Roll Off?

Yes

Are there any exams?

There is no exam. However, you will need to collect a variety of evidence such as statements, observations and testimonies to build a portfolio. All of this will be under the guidance of an assessor. Once the criteria for each unit have been met, the unit will be signed off as competent.

It is a requirement of enrolment that you submit work, contact or meet with your assessor at least once a month in order to avoid being withdrawn. Before enrolling you need to consider this point carefully in order to be sure that you are able to commit to participating on this basis.

Course Content

What does the course involve?

This pathway is in the area of visual merchandising, however, other pathways are also available in sales professional and management. To achieve the full award, you must complete 43 credits (selection shown below) which can be selected in accordance to your specific job role.

Mandatory Credit

Work effectively in your retail organisation.

Additional Credits

Organise the receipt and storage of goods in a retail environment.
Choose merchandise to feature in visual merchandising displays.
Plan, monitor and control how graphics are used in visual merchandising displays.
Monitor the effect of visual merchandising displays and layouts.
Allocate, monitor and control visual merchandising project resources against budgets.
Contribute to developing and putting into practice the company’s visual merchandising policy.
Create plans, elevations and drawings to realise visual merchandising ideas.
Help to manage a retail team.
Contribute to the continuous improvement of retail operations.

When can I study?

Work-based

Course Facts

This course is run on a roll on roll off basis, enrolments available throughout the year. Please contact us for further information on 01752 305300 or e-mail info@cityplym.ac.uk.