OCR Level 3 Certificate in Sustainability

This course allows students to develop underpinning knowledge and understanding of the subject, preparing you for progression into employment or undergraduate study. It will also equip students with the practical, research skills, where they investigate an organisation and recommend how it can adopt more sustainable working practices.

You will have the opportunity to apply what you learn to real-life contexts, such as:

• Using primary research to investigate the practices used by an organisation.

• Analysing collected data to draw conclusions about how sustainable the practices used by an organisation are.

• Creating a showcase that presents the conclusions of your investigation into sustainable practices and recommends how the organisation’s practices can become more sustainable.

This qualification will help you develop independence and confidence in using skills that are relevant to the sector and that prepare you for work or further study.

You will spend time independently researching sustainability practices in a chosen industry, using this research to interpret findings, draw conclusions and make recommendations.

• Critical thinking and problem solving. You will explore best practices in sustainability and use critical thinking to recommend those that will result in the best outcomes for an organisation.

• Time management. You will learn techniques to complete research projects on time. 

Through a combination of theoretical study and hands-on experience, you will develop the necessary knowledge and skills that can support progression to higher education study in areas that have a relationship with sustainability and environmental conservation. In the examined unit, you will study key knowledge and understanding relevant to sustainability. In the non examined assessment (NEA) unit, you will demonstrate knowledge and skills you learn by completing an applied practical assignment.