Why choose a BTEC in Land and the Environment?
The environmental sector is projected to grow by 42%*. A BTEC in Land and The Environment is an ideal first step to a rewarding career in this sector. Widely recognised and respected, our Land and the Environment BTECs are easy to teach, alongside, or instead of, GCSEs. The focus is working with animals, or with crops, or working out-of-doors. They are suited to a range of talents and abilities giving learners the chance to use all their energy and enthusiasm.
*Source: Salary and Careers Survey 2007, Environmental Data Services (ENDS)
Progression for learners
A BTEC in Land and the Environment can help your students achieve their full potential. Learners are rewarded along the way for consistent hard work and demonstration of their knowledge. A BTEC in Land and the Environment offers active learning in a vocational context and builds confidence, competence and motivation in your learners.
Teaching the key skills
Our BTECs in Land and the Environment are engaging. Motivating study programmes are designed to develop the underpinning knowledge and specific skills, including business skills, that are required to work in the diverse land-based industries.
Flexible to fit around your curriculum
Some learners are incredibly focused, determined to make an success of their chosen career in Land and the Environment. For others, it’s not so clear cut. A BTEC is a flexible qualification, made up of a number of units, which are determined by the level and size being studied. These units can be taken independently or alongside more traditional qualifications, to suit the interests and the aspirations of the learner. Teachers and tutors can work together to plan and create their own resources or use our new and improved range of support materials.
Freedom to explore individual interests
The optional units allow for a high degree of specialisation to cater for a learner’s individual interests and abilities. Units cater for those wishing to work in a variety of contexts including specialist countryside roles such as gamekeeping, forestry and fishery management, or eco-friendly roles in environmental conservation, for example, sustainable environments.
Engaging for everyone
Students, of all abilities, often fail to see the link between what they learn in an academic sense and the world of work. BTECs in Land and the Environment change all that. The vocational learning style is
completely different from the more traditional routes. Students may research their topics and present results in a wide variety of ways other than written text. They don’t have to work alone – group interaction can often play a part, for example through teamwork and role-play. BTECs can engage and enhance the performance of all learners, who recognise that the skills they are developing are those that employers will value. They are learning in a practical way without the need to commit to an apprenticeship.
Rewarding hard work and effort
Students learn best when they can apply their own knowledge, skills and enthusiasm to a subject. In a subject like Land and the Environment, and in others, it’s often the case that learners are already motivated, knowledgeable and enthusiastic. It’s right that this natural energy can be focused and rewarded. A BTEC in Land and the Environment allows it to happen. Hard work is rewarded. Assessment is ongoing, motivating students to analyse and improve their own performance.
A clear progression pathway
Learners have the foundation to progress potentially to NVQs and Higher Education, HNs, Foundation Degrees, or Degrees in land-based subjects.
Courses to support part-time and workplace learners
Our BTECs in Land and the Environment are not only for those in full-time education. Those already employed in the Land and the Environment sector can study for the level 2 or BTEC Level 3s on a
part-time basis. Knowledge and expertise gained in the workplace is valued and can play a part in the assessment methodology. School leavers and adults alike can continue to pursue an interest in the
environment and a desire to learn through the BTEC Level 3 Nationals in Land and the Environment. These courses are designed to motivate, building on the achievements from Key Stage 4 or other level 2
qualifications for those that wish to explore a vocational route at level 3.
Unrivalled help and support
If you are new to BTECs, you can feel reassured in the knowledge that a robust support structure is set in place. We’re here to offer curriculum and qualification updates, local training and network opportunities, plus advice, guidance and support.