Units

Mandatory units

• Unit 01: Working as a team in business and ICT
• Unit 02: Investigating businesses and the impact of ICT
• Unit 03: Introducing practical business and ICT skills
• Unit 04: Investigating options for work in business and ICT*
• Unit 05: Communication skills in business and ICT**
• Unit 06: Problem solving in business and ICT***

Optional units

Business specialist pathway

• Unit 07: What is a business?
• Unit 08: Communication in business
• Unit 09: Office administration
• Unit 10: Working in distribution
• Unit 11: Working in manufacturing
• Unit 12: Working in retail and services
• Unit 13: Introducing e-commerce
• Unit 14: Developing a new business idea

ICT specialist pathway

• Unit 15: Introduction to ICT systems
• Unit 16: Managing files and using the computer
• Unit 17: Desktop publishing
• Unit 18: Electronic communications
• Unit 19: Presentation software
• Unit 20: Using the Internet
• Unit 21: Uses of ICT in industry and society
• Unit 22: Software skills for collecting data

* To achieve the OCR Level 1 National First Award, candidates must achieve mandatory units 1-4.
** To achieve the OCR Level 1 National Award, candidates must achieve mandatory units 1-5.
*** To achieve the OCR Level 1 National Certificate, candidates must achieve mandatory units 1-6.