CMI Level 3 Award/Certificate/Diploma in First Line Management

If you are thinking about building on and developing your existing management and skills, you can choose to gain the Award, Certificate or Diploma in First Line Management. The Award is an ideal qualification as a foundation for formal development in your role. The Certificate will broaden your skills and knowledge in line management. The Diploma gives you the widest choice for your formal development looking at a range of management skills.

The unitised format of this course offers you a highly flexible approach to distance learning. This course is ideal for home study as it allows you the freedom to can pick and choose the units you wish to study and add on to this at any time.

The number of units taken will award a number of credits and this determines the qualification gained. Candidates need to complete any combination of units to a minimum of 6 credits to achieve the Award and 13 credits to achieve the Certificate. For the diploma candidates must complete all core units from Group A plus any other two units from Group B to a total of at least 42 credits.

CMI Level 3 Award/Certificate/Diploma in First Line Management helps you:

• improve your management skills
• gain knowledge of line management

Topics include:

• Unit 3001 - Personal Development as a first line manager: 6 credits (Group A)
• Unit 3002 - Resource Planning: 6 credits (Group A)
• Unit 3003 - Meeting Stakeholder needs: 6 credits (Group A)
• Unit 3004 - Managing and communicating information: 6 credits (Group A)
• Unit 3005 - Developing individuals and teams: 6 credits (Group A)
• Unit 3006 - Recruitment and selection: 6 credits (Group B)
• Unit 3007 - Maintaining quality standards: 6 credits (Group B)
• Unit 3008 - Improving team performance: 7 credits (Group B)
• Unit 3009 - Management communication: 6 credits (Group B)
• Unit 3010 - Being a leader: 6 credits (Group B)

Entry requirements & Hours of study:

• There are no formal entry requirements but you should be working as a first line manager or thinking of becoming one.
• There are approximately 20 hours of study per unit, plus additional time for completing assignments.
• One NEC assignment and one CMI assignment per unit.

Specification:

CMI

Assessment:

The number of units taken will award a number of credits and this determines the qualification gained. To achieve the Award you need to successfully complete at least one unit to a minimum of 6 credits. To gain the Certificate you need to successfully complete any combinations of units to a minimum of 13 credits. For the Diploma candidates need to complete all core 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004 and 3005 plus any other two units to a total of at least 42 credits.