Edexcel BTEC Level 2 Extended Certificate in Business The Edexcel BTEC Level 2 Extended Certificate in Business is a 30-credit and 180-guided-learning-hour qualification (GLH) that consists of two mandatory units plus optional units that provide for a combined total of 30 credits (where at least 16 credits must be at Level 2 or above). Edexcel BTEC Level 2 Extended Certificate in Business Unit
Mandatory units
Credit Level
1
Business Purposes
5
2
2
Business Organisations
5
2
Unit 3
Optional units choose EITHER 4 x 5 credit units; OR 2 x 10 credit units; OR 1 x 10 and 2 x 5 credit units to total 20 credits Financial Forecasting for Business
5
2
4
People in Organisations
5
2
5
Using Office Equipment
5
1
6
Providing Business Support
5
2
7
Verbal and Non-verbal Communications in Business Contexts
5
2
8
Business Communication Through Documentation
5
2
9
Training and Employment in Business
5
2
10
Personal Selling in Business
5
2
11
Customer Relations in Business
10
2
12
Business Online
10
2
13
Consumer Rights
5
2
14
Business Ethics
5
2
15
Bookkeeping for Business
5
2
16
Business Enterprise*
10
2
17
Starting a Small Business*
10
3
18
Working in Business Teams
5
2
19
The Marketing Plan
5
2
20
Managing Personal Finances
5
2
21
Promoting and Branding in Retail Business
10
2
22
Visual Merchandising and Display Techniques for Retail Business
10
2
23
Lean Organisation Techniques in Business
5
2
24
Business Improvement Tools and Techniques
5
2
25
Enterprise in the Workplace
10
2
26
Sourcing and Buying in the Supply Chain
5
2
27
Technology in the Logistics Sector
5
2
28
Warehousing Skills in Logistics
5
2
29
Transport, Distribution and the Storage of Goods within the Logistics Industry
5
2
* A learner may choose either unit 16 or 17, but not both
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