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Health

Course Code: TLHTH
  • Level: 3
  • Qualification: T Level
  • Awarding body: Northern Council for Further Education (NCFE)
  • Duration: Two years
  • Course type: Full-time
  • Time of day: Daytime
  • When you'll study: Three days per week

What's it all about?

If you see your future career as having a positive impact on the lives of others, this is the course for you.

This course will give you a broad understanding of health and science, including how the sector operates, key health, safety and environmental requirements, and how to handle information effectively. You will explore essential scientific and clinical principles, alongside core topics such as cell structure, genetics, microbiology, immunology, and the building blocks of the human body.

You will also focus on health-specific areas, developing an understanding of the healthcare sector, how to deliver person-centred care, and ways to support health and wellbeing. In addition, you will deepen your knowledge of human anatomy and physiology, explore common diseases and disorders, and learn the importance of infection prevention and control.

Course information

On this course, you will cover:

  • the healthcare sector
  • health, safety, and environmental regulations in the health sector
  • managing personal information and data within the health sector
  • principles of good scientific and clinical practice
  • providing person-centred care
  • health and wellbeing
  • safeguarding
  • core science concepts
  • advanced science concepts in health.

To be successful on this course, you must have five GCSE’s at grade 5 or above, including English and maths.

You will be assessed through a combination of exams, assessments, and a project set by an employer.

Upon successful completion, you could progress to:

  • an Apprenticeship
  • a related degree programme.

Please note fees are quoted for one year only.

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Future careers

What you could earn:

Social Workers

£52,923.56

Potential salary

£23,998.02

Entry level salary

£41,199.00

Average salary

16

Annual openings in Plymouth

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