
Management - NVQ Diploma CMI Level 5 CMI (QCF)
This qualification is designed for managers, to support the development of their leadership and management skills in personal development, leadership, management resources, information, performance, customer and market awareness.
On completion of this qualification you will know how to:
- Develop and evaluate operational plans for own area of responsibility
- Provide leadership and direction for own area of responsibility
- Plan change effectively
- Work productively with colleagues and stakeholders
There will also be opportunities for students to gain knowledge of:
- Promote equality of opportunity, diversity and inclusion across an organisation
- Develop collaborative relationships with other organisations
- Manage health and safety across an organisation
- Monitor and review business processes
- Develop a customer-focused organisation
- Plan, allocate and monitor work in own area of responsibility
- Recruit staff in own area of responsibility
- Support learning and development within own area of responsibility
- Plan and manage a project
- Lead innovation within an organisation
- Manage a budget for own area or activity of work
We would require a pre-course interview to discuss the course and to establish that this level is suitable for the candidate. Also, that the candidate has the ability to demonstrate competence in working practices within their work role. There are no formal entry requirements for this qualification.
This is dependent on the combination of units selected by each individual candidate. However, between 165 and 195 hours of guided learning is expected.
Candidates will need to complete each unit to meet the indicative content requirements to the standard required by the awarding body. In addition to the specific assessment criteria in each unit, the learner’s work must be:
- Accurate, authentic, suitable and sufficient to meet the assessment criteria
- Relevant in depth and breadth and show the learner’s clear grasp of concepts; the ability to link theory to practice, and to provide work based evidence in support of narrative where and when necessary.
The learner’s work for Institute purposes is given either a ‘pass’ or ‘fail’ result.
In order to gain the CMI Level 5 NVQ Diploma in Management, candidates will need to complete all mandatory units to a credit value of 23.
- Develop and evaluate operational plans for own area of responsibility (6)
- Provide leadership and direction for own area of responsibility (5)
- Plan change in own area of responsibility (6)
- Work Productively with colleagues and stakeholders (6)
They will also be required to complete optional units to a minimum credit value of 15 from a range of titles, including those from the list below:
- Promote equality of opportunity, diversity and inclusion across an organisation (6)
- Develop collaborative relationships with other organisations (7)
- Manage health and safety across an organisation (6)
- Monitor and review business processes (3)
- Develop a customer-focused organisation (5)
- Plan, allocate and monitor work in own area of responsibility (5)
- Recruit staff in own area of responsibility (4)
- Support learning and development within own area of responsibility (5)
- Plan and manage a project (8)
- Lead innovation within an organisation (10)
- Manage a budget for own area or activity of work (7)
The qualifications provide opportunities for progression to other qualifications at higher levels, which could also be work based or more academically structured. The qualification also support learners in meeting the requirements for work and/or employment within all areas of management and leadership at this level
The faculty is represented by tutors who have all previously worked at management levels within industry. They are qualified in management principles and between them cover all major business management and marketing fields.
The team members are also qualified teachers who, between them, have over 35 years experience of teaching and training. The team currently work with a wide variety of organisations providing management training to the public, private and third sectors.
What our customers say...
"I thoroughly enjoyed my CMI Level 5 course in Leadership & Management at Gower College Swansea.
The course was not only beneficial to my team manager role but it was a big help in relation to other aspects of my work. I have to admit that a schooling or educational type environment for me when learning always fills me with a little anxiety, but the whole set up was really good.
The treatment from our tutors was superb from beginning to end and not only made the course informative but the help and support, as well as the encouragement, I received from Shelley made the whole experience an enjoyable one, not just a learning experience."
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| Flexi | Flexi | Flexi | Workbased | 18 months | £POA | ![]() |
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