Qualification: Level 3 Award, Certificate and Diploma in Leadership and Management
ILM VRQ Level 3 Award, Certificate and Diploma in Leadership and Management
Who are these qualifications for?
The Level 3 Award, Certificate and Diploma in Leadership and Management are ideal for individuals who have management responsibilities but no formal training, and are serious about developing their abilities. They particularly support practising team leaders seeking to move up to the next level of management, and managers who need to lead people though organisational change, budget cuts or other pressures.
Benefits for individuals
- Gain a range of key management skills and put them into practice in their own role
- Build their leadership capabilities – motivate and engage teams, manage relationships confidently
- Develop their leadership and management skills using their own knowledge, values and motivations.
Benefits for employers
- Effective and confident first-line managers
- Better relationships and communication in teams
- Proven skills – to get this qualification, managers will need to show that they can transfer their new skills to your organisation
- Managers with the tools to develop their own skills and abilities.
The qualifications are made up of a wide range of units covering core management skills – such as understanding how to organise and delegate – plus skills in communication, team leadership, change, innovation and managing people and relationships. This flexibility in unit choice allows the qualification to be tailored to meet the needs of the individual and employer.
ILM Level 3 Award in Leadership and Management
| Credit Value: | minimum 4 and maximum 12 credits |
| Induction: | At least 1 hour |
| Tutorial Support: | Minimum 2 hours |
| Guided Learning Hours (GLH): | The overall guided learning hours for the programme depends on the specific units selected, combined with the additional induction and tutorial support cited above. |
| Duration: | To be completed in 3 years |
| Rules of Combination: | Learners are required to attain a minimum of 4 credits from units 300-341 in group 1 in order to achieve this qualification.
Note: Unit 8600-342 is out of the scope of this qualification. |
| Assessments: | Criterion assessment applies to all units within this qualification (i.e. the learner must adequately evidence each assessment criterion). For further details see the ILM recommended Mark-Sheet for each unit. |
ILM Level 3 Certificate in Leadership and Management
| Credit Value: | minimum 13 and maximum 36 credits |
| Induction: | At least 2 hours |
| Tutorial Support: | Minimum 4 hours |
| Guided Learning Hours (GLH): | The overall guided learning hours for the programme depends on the specific units selected, combined with the additional induction and tutorial support cited above. |
| Duration: | To be completed in 3 years |
| Rules of Combination: | Learners must gain a minimum of 13 credits from a choice of optional units (200-230, 300-341, 400-408) within groups 1 and 2, of that no more than 6 credits can be taken from group 2 units (200-230 and 400-408).
Note: Unit 8600-342 is out of the scope of this qualification. |
| Assessments: | Criterion assessment applies to all units within this qualification (i.e. the learner must adequately evidence each assessment criterion). For further details see the ILM recommended Mark-Sheet for each unit. |
ILM Level 3 Diploma in Leadership and Management
| Credit Value: | minimum 37 credits |
| Induction: | At least 2 hours |
| Tutorial Support: | Minimum 7 hours |
| Guided Learning Hours (GLH): | The overall guided learning hours for the programme depends on the specific units selected, combined with the additional induction and tutorial support cited above. |
| Duration: | To be completed in 3 years |
| Rules of Combination: | Learners must gain a minimum of 37 credits from a choice of optional units (200-230, 300-342, 400-408) within groups 1 and 2, of that no more than 18 credits can be taken from group 2 units (200-230 and 400-408). |
| Assessments: | Criterion assessment applies to all units within this qualification (i.e. the learner must adequately evidence each assessment criterion). For further details see the ILM recommended Mark-Sheet for each unit. |
Overview of Units
Group 1
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Level | CV* | GLH** |
|
8600-300 |
Solving Problems and Making Decisions |
3 |
2 |
9 |
|
8600-301 |
Understanding Innovation and Change in an Organisation |
3 |
2 |
9 |
|
8600-302 |
Planning Change in the Workplace |
3 |
2 |
9 |
|
8600-303 |
Planning and Allocating Work |
3 |
2 |
9 |
|
8600-304 |
Writing for Business |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
8600-305 |
Contributing to Innovation and Creativity in the Workplace |
3 |
2 |
9 |
|
8600-306 |
Understanding Customer Service Standards and Requirements |
3 |
2 |
7 |
|
8600-307 |
Giving Briefings and Making Presentations |
3 |
2 |
4 |
|
8600-308 |
Understanding Leadership |
3 |
2 |
6 |
|
8600-309 |
Understand How to Establish an Effective Team |
3 |
1 |
5 |
|
8600-310 |
Understanding How to Motivate to Improve Performance |
3 |
2 |
9 |
|
8600-311 |
Developing Yourself and Others |
3 |
2 |
9 |
|
8600-312 |
Understanding Conflict Management in the Workplace |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
8600-313 |
Understanding Stress Management in the Workplace |
3 |
1 |
7 |
|
8600-314 |
Understanding Discipline in the Workplace |
3 |
1 |
5 |
|
8600-315 |
Understanding Recruitment and Selection of New Staff in the Workplace |
3 |
2 |
7 |
|
8600-316 |
Understanding the Induction of New Staff in the Workplace |
3 |
1 |
3 |
|
8600-317 |
Understanding Training and Coaching in the Workplace |
3 |
2 |
7 |
|
8600-318 |
Understanding Quality Management in the Workplace |
3 |
2 |
6 |
|
8600-319 |
Understanding Organising and Delegating in the Workplace |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
8600-320 |
Managing Workplace Projects |
3 |
2 |
7 |
|
8600-321 |
Understanding Health and Safety in the Workplace |
3 |
2 |
7 |
|
8600-322 |
Understand the Organisation and its Context |
3 |
2 |
7 |
|
8600-323 |
Understanding Performance Management |
3 |
2 |
7 |
|
8600-324 |
Understanding Costs and Budgets in an Organisation |
3 |
1 |
7 |
|
8600-325 |
Understanding How to Manage the Efficient Use of Materials and Equipment |
3 |
2 |
7 |
|
8600-326 |
Understanding the Communication Process in the Workplace |
3 |
2 |
7 |
|
8600-327 |
Understanding Negotiation and Networking in the Workplace |
3 |
1 |
6 |
|
8600-328 |
Understand How to Lead Effective Meetings |
3 |
2 |
4 |
|
8600-329 |
Understanding Workplace Information Systems |
3 |
1 |
6 |
|
8600-330 |
Understanding Marketing for Managers |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
8600-331 |
Understanding Support Services Operations in an Organisation |
3 |
3 |
7 |
|
8600-332 |
Understanding Sustainability and Environmental Issues in a Organisation |
3 |
3 |
10 |
|
8600-333 |
Understanding Procurement and Supplier Management in the Workplace |
3 |
2 |
7 |
|
8600-334 |
Understanding and Developing Relationships in the Workplace |
3 |
2 |
8 |
|
8600-335 |
Understand How to Manage Contracts and Contractors in the Workplace |
3 |
2 |
8 |
|
8600-336 |
Understanding Incident Management and Disaster Recovery in the Workplace |
3 |
2 |
7 |
|
8600-337 |
Understanding Security Measures in the Workplace |
3 |
2 |
7 |
|
8600-338 |
Understanding How to Manage Remote Workers |
3 |
2 |
7 |
|
8600-339 |
Understanding Good Practice in Workplace Coaching |
3 |
3 |
9 |
|
8600-340 |
Understanding Good Practice in Workplace Mentoring |
3 |
3 |
9 |
|
8600-341 |
Leading and Motivating a Team Effectively |
3 |
2 |
7 |
|
8600-342 |
Developing Own Leadership Capability Using Action Learning |
3 |
10 |
30 |
Group 2
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Level | CV* | GLH** |
|
8600-200 |
Developing Yourself as a Team Leader |
2 |
1 |
6 |
|
8600-201 |
Improving Performance of the Work Team |
2 |
1 |
6 |
|
8600-202 |
Planning and Monitoring Work |
2 |
2 |
8 |
|
8600-203 |
Developing the Work Team |
2 |
1 |
6 |
|
8600-204 |
Induction and Coaching in the Workplace |
2 |
2 |
8 |
|
8600-205 |
Meeting Customer Needs |
2 |
2 |
6 |
|
8600-206 |
Working Within Organisational and Legal Guidelines |
2 |
1 |
6 |
|
8600-207 |
Providing Quality to Customers |
2 |
1 |
6 |
|
8600-208 |
Using Information to Solve Problems |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
8600-209 |
Understanding Change in the Workplace |
2 |
2 |
8 |
|
8600-210 |
Maintaining a Healthy and Safe Working Environment |
2 |
1 |
8 |
|
8600-211 |
Diversity in the Workplace |
2 |
1 |
6 |
|
8600-212 |
Using Resources Effectively and Efficiently in the Workplace |
2 |
1 |
7 |
|
8600-213 |
Communicating with People Outside the Work Team |
2 |
1 |
6 |
|
8600-214 |
Briefing the Work Team |
2 |
1 |
6 |
|
8600-215 |
Workplace Communication |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
8600-216 |
Workplace Records and Information Systems |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
8600-217 |
Business Improvement Techniques |
2 |
2 |
10 |
|
8600-218 |
Leading Your Work Team |
2 |
2 |
6 |
|
8600-219 |
Managing Yourself |
2 |
1 |
4 |
|
8600-220 |
Enterprise Awareness |
2 |
3 |
18 |
|
8600-221 |
Working with Customers Legally |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
8600-222 |
Setting Team Objectives in the Workplace |
2 |
2 |
6 |
|
8600-223 |
Gathering, Interpreting and Utilising Data in the Workplace |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
8600-224 |
Methods of Communicating in the Workplace |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
8600-225 |
Satisfying Customer Requirements |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
8600-226 |
Understanding Effective Team Working |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
8600-227 |
Building an Awareness of Waste Management |
2 |
2 |
9 |
|
8600-228 |
Effectively Selling to Customers |
2 |
1 |
7 |
|
8600-229 |
Understanding Sales in the Workplace |
2 |
2 |
7 |
|
8600-230 |
Developing Yourself as an Effective Team Member |
2 |
3 |
9 |
|
8600-400 |
Understanding the Management Role to Improve Management Performance |
4 |
4 |
15 |
|
8600-401 |
Planning and Leading a Complex Team Activity |
4 |
4 |
6 |
|
8600-402 |
Managing Equality and Diversity in Own Area |
4 |
4 |
12 |
|
8600-403 |
Managing Risk in the Workplace |
4 |
3 |
6 |
|
8600-404 |
Delegating Authority in the Workplace |
4 |
3 |
3 |
|
8600-405 |
Developing People in the Workplace |
4 |
5 |
21 |
|
8600-406 |
Developing Your Leadership Styles |
4 |
4 |
10 |
|
8600-407 |
Understanding Financial Management |
4 |
3 |
12 |
|
8600-408 |
Management Communication |
4 |
4 |
18 |
*Credit Value
** Guided Learning Hours
