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The Levels Explained…
ENTRY LEVEL
These courses are for beginners and are designed to assist you in gaining the basic skills needed to progress to other areas of learning at a higher level.
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ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
No formal qualifications are required, but a keen interest in the area is essential.
BEGINNERS 1
These courses are designed to allow you to gain the basic knowledge of jobs, business and industry and are the first steps to gaining a vocational qualification.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
No formal qualifications are required, but you will be assessed on basic maths and English skills.
INTERMEDIATE 2
These courses include a diverse range of work activities and allow you to take more responsibility for your own studies.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
4 GCSEs at different grades depending on the course of your choice, or alternatively a Level 1 qualification. Some courses don’t have direct entry from GCSEs; please refer to each individual course for further information.
Advanced 3
These qualifications develop the specialist skills required for your chosen career. Level 3 courses prepare you for employment and are also recognised by universities, offering a great alternative to A-Levels.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
GCSEs at different grades depending on the course of your choice, or alternatively a Level 2 qualification. Some courses don’t have direct entry from GCSEs; please refer to each individual course for further information.
Working in partnership with Teesside University
– many of our courses are accredited by the university, so whether you are looking to enhance your career prospects, study for a degree course or get back into education after a break, we have a course to suit you.
With such a wide range of qualifications available, we want to ensure you choose the right course and the right level. To start with you need to decide what you want to do to start your career. Look at the range of courses available and choose the right level.
POSTGRADUATE 7
HIGHER EDUCATION 4
These courses include a variety of complex, technical, specialised, and professional activities that can help you develop the skills required for your chosen career. It is possible to study higher education and professional courses here at the college.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
If you have a Level 3 qualification, you are generally eligible to pursue studies at this level.
HIGHER EDUCATION 5
This level increases your depth of knowledge and understanding of an area of work or study, so you can respond to complex problems and situations. You will need a high level of work expertise and competence in managing and training others. These qualifications are appropriate if you are working as a higher-grade technician, professional, or manager, e.g. Business Management Foundation Degree, Mechanical Engineering HND, and Counselling Foundation Degree
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
If you have a Level 3/4 qualification, you are generally eligible to pursue studies at this level.
Honours Qualifications 6
Studying an honours qualification will allow you to develop a specialist, high level knowledge of an area of work, enabling you to use your own ideas and research in response to complex problems and situations. Level 6 qualifications are appropriate if you are working as a knowledgebased professional or in a management position, e.g. Education and Training ProfGradCertEd, and Procurement and Supply Professional Diploma.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
If you have a Foundation Degree or equivalent Level 5 qualification, you are generally eligible to pursue studies at this level.
Level 7 qualifications recognise highly developed, advanced, and complex levels of knowledge that enable the development of in-depth and original responses to complicated and unpredictable problems and situations. Learning at this level involves the demonstration of high-level specialist professional knowledge and is appropriate for senior professionals and senior managers. Level 7 qualifications are at a level equivalent to Master’s degrees, postgraduate certificates, and postgraduate diplomas.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
If you have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent Level 6 qualification, you are generally eligible to pursue studies at this level.
Course Availability Guide
A single-coloured square indicates that this course begins and ends within this term such as a short course. Where there is an unbroken coloured row of squares through more than one term, this indicates that this course runs from the term the row starts until the term the row ends.
Access
Access to HE Diploma (Computing)
Level 3 Access to Higher Education Diploma: Health
Darlington College often add new learning opportunities during the academic year that may not be reflected in this guide or make changes to existing courses based on demand, so we encourage you to visit our website by scanning the QR code adjacent to course/s of interest or visit Darlington.ac.uk for the latest dates and times.
AutumnTerm*
Access courses are designed specifically for people who may not have the conventional educational requirements to enter on to a higher education course. The aim of the course is to enable you to acquire the skills, knowledge, and confidence to compete on an equal footing with those students starting degree programmes.
Digital Creative Design, Arts and Photography
Level 2 NCFE Award in Digital Promotion for Business
Level 2 Certificate in Photography
Level 2 Certificate in Photography
Level 2 Creative Digital Arts & Design
Level 3 Diploma & Extended Diploma Creative Practice
Level 4 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
AutumnTerm*
SpringTerm* SpringTerm*
SummerTerm* SummerTerm*
OnDemand** OnDemand**
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Level 1 Cert Vehicle Maintenance (7290)
Level 1 Award Vehicle Systems Maintenance (3902)
Level 2 Award Hazard Management of Electric Vehicles (7290)
Level 2 Award Safe Maintenance of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles (7290)
Level 2 Diploma Vehicle Maintenance & Repair (7290)
Level 3 Diploma Vehicle Maintenance & Repair (7290)
Level 2 Autocare (499) Apprenticeship
Level 3 Heavy Vehicle (HV) Technician (068) Apprenticeship
