OCR Nationals

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OCR Nationals are vocationally related qualifications which were officially launched by the OCR Board in September 2004. The qualifications are designed to meet the needs of those seeking vocational education in place of the traditional, theory-intensive, academic route. Although the target audience are teenagers (14-19), the qualifications are also suitable for adult learners, much like the GNVQ. The OCR Nationals are being phased out, and replaced by the Cambridge Nationals.

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OCR Nationals are available at Levels 1, 2 and 3.

They are available in the following subject areas:

ICT

OCR National ICT Level 2

The OCR Level 2 Nationals in ICT have been developed to recognise learners' skills, knowledge and understanding of Information and Communication Technology functions, environments and operations.

The learners carry out a range of tasks that have been designed to recognise their achievements in a modern, practical way that is relevant to the workplace.

They do not certificate competence on the job but are work-related qualifications which will support progression to an NVQ once a candidate is in the workplace. Specification aims

These qualifications specifically aim to:

All units are centre-assessed and externally moderated by OCR. There are no timetabled exams for this qualification; candidates may complete units at a time that suits the centre. The full award and units from this qualification are graded as Pass, Merit or Distinction.

The units are split into three sections A, B and C.

A=1 B=2-18 C=19-23

Equivalently
1 GCSE2 GCSEs3 GCSEs4 GCSEs
As1111
Bs1256
Cs1225

There are other ways to do it for example 2 fewer units from the C and one extra from B.

List of Unit Titles

Mandatory

  • Unit 1 ICT skills for business

Optional

  • Unit 2 Webpage creation
  • Unit 3 Digital imaging - plan and produce computer graphics
  • Unit 4 Design and produce multimedia products
  • Unit 5 Desktop publishing
  • Unit 6 Spreadsheets - design and use
  • Unit 7 Databases - design and use
  • Unit 8 Technological innovation and e-commerce
  • Unit 9 Customer support
  • Unit 10 Planning and supporting telecommunications
  • Unit 11 Career planning for IT
  • Unit 12 Work experience in IT
  • Unit 13 IT systems and user needs
  • Unit 14 Installation of applications
  • Unit 15 System testing and maintenance
  • Unit 16 Repair and decommission of IT equipment
  • Unit 17 CAD and CAM
  • Unit 18 Application of computer control
  • Unit 19 Application of data logging
  • Unit 20 Creating animation for the WWW using ICT
  • Unit 21 Creating computer graphics
  • Unit 22 Creating sound using ICT
  • Unit 23 Creating video

Source: OCR [1]


Qualifications

QualificationNumber of units requiredEquivalent GCSEs
National First Award1 Mandatory, 2 optional1 GCSE (Equiv A* - C)
National Award1 Mandatory, 4 optional2 GCSEs (Equiv A* - C)
Nationals First Certificate1 Mandatory, 6 optional3 GCSEs (Equiv A* - C)
Nationals Certificate1 Mandatory, 8 optional4 GCSEs (Equiv A* - C)

See also

References

  1. "Find qualifications by type - OCR".