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Certification end date: 31/07/2026

Qualification summary

This qualification is ideal for senior managers with strategic responsibility for managing budgets, allocating work to team members and/or colleagues as part of project management, achieving specific results and autonomous decision making. The qualification aims to give learners an opportunity to develop their management performance, become more effective and to progress in their career.

Learners take four mandatory units covering the provision of leadership and management, contributing to the development of a strategic plan, managing strategic change and designing business processes. They then choose from a diverse range of optional units to complete the qualification, tailoring their learning to meet their individual and organisational needs.

This qualification is a ‘cross-sector’ qualification, which means that it can be taken by team leaders and managers across a wide variety of work areas in both the public and private sectors.

Learners who achieve this qualification could progress onto the:

• Level 5 Diploma in Operational and Departmental Management (RQF)

or similar vocationally-based qualifications.

Related Documents:

VTCT (Skillsfirst) Level 5 NVQ Diploma in Management and Leadership (RQF) Handbook

 

Qualification structure

A minimum total of 53 credits must be achieved to gain the qualification as follows:

All 22 credits must be achieved from the mandatory Group M.

A minimum of 23 credits must be achieved from Group A

A maximum of 8 credits can be achieved from Group B

A minimum of 30 credits must be at Level 5 or above.

Guided Learning Hours (GLH) are 237

Total Qualification Time (TQT) is 530

Qualification number	Qualification reference
MAND5	601/3524/4

Group M – mandatory units

RQF unit no.	Skillsfirst unit no.	Unit title	Unit Level	Credit Value
L/506/1953	ML26	Provide leadership and management	4	5
A/506/2046	ML45	Contribute to the development of a strategic plan	5	5
D/506/2055	ML49	Design business processes	5	5
H/506/2056	ML50	Manage strategic change	5	7

Group A – optional units

RQF unit no.	Skillsfirst unit no.	Unit title	Unit Level	Credit Value
J/506/1949	ML25	Develop and maintain professional networks	4	3
Y/506/1955	ML27	Develop and implement an operational plan	4	5
M/506/1962	ML28	Encourage learning and development	4	3
A/506/1981	ML31	Discipline and grievance management	4	3
F/506/1982	ML32	Develop working relationships with stakeholders	4	4
L/506/1984	ML33	Manage a tendering process	4	4
K/506/1989	ML34	Manage physical resources	4	4
J/506/2907	ML35	Manage the impact of work activities on the environment	4	4
K/506/1992	ML36	Prepare for and support quality audits	4	3
T/506/1994	ML37	Conduct quality audits	4	3
A/506/1955	ML38	Manage a budget	4	4
R/506/1999	ML40	Manage a project	4	7
L/506/2004	ML41	Manage business risk	4	6
A/506/2032	ML42	Manage knowledge in an organisation	4	5
R/506/2909	ML43	Recruitment, selection and induction practice	4	6
M/506/2044	ML44	Manage redundancy and redeployment	4	6
J/506/2048	ML46	Establish business risk management processes	5	5
R/506/2053	ML47	Promote equality of opportunity, diversity and inclusion	5	5
T/506/2059	ML51	Develop and manage collaborative relationships with other organisations	5	5
F/506/2064	ML52	Optimise the use of technology	5	6
Y/506/2068	ML53	Manage product and/or service development	5	5
L/506/2293	ML54	Manage strategic marketing activities	5	7
D/506/2959	ML64	Lead the development of a knowledge management strategy	7	7
J/506/2101	ML65	Lead the development of a quality strategy	7	4
F/506/2114	ML66	Lead the development of a continuing improvement strategy	7	5

Group B – Optional units

RQF unit no.	Skillsfirst unit no.	Unit title	Unit Level	Credit Value
A/506/1950	BUS64	Contribute to the design and development of an information system	4	5
F/506/1951	BUS65	Manage information systems	4	6
M/506/1959	BUS69	Manage events	4	6
M/506/2898	CUS34	Manage customer service operations	4	7
F/506/2176	CUS36	Review the quality of customer service	4	4
D/504/4056	HSR4	Manage health and safety in own area of responsibility	4	5
D/502/8651	SA401	Prioritising information for sales planning	4	3
A/502/8656	SA403	Developing sales proposals	4	5

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