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ILM Level 3 Introductory Certificate in First Line Management |
| Summary: |
Get a foothold on the supervisory or managerial ladder and be ready to turn all future opportunities to your advantage as you build up both work experience and the knowledge you need to back it up. |
| Description: |
Since 1964, the National Examining Board for Supervision and Management (NEBSM) has ensured that UK based supervisors and managers are given every opportunity to increase both the professional competence and personal confidence to excel in their chosen professions. Today, NEBSM continue to be the UK’s largest provider of management qualifications.
Like NEBSM, at ICS, we have always understood that the most successful careers are built by getting the balance right between knowledge and experience. Which is why our specially designed NEBSM courses allow candidates to learn-to-earn, as they earn. The courses outlined here are open to candidates who are at least 18 years of age and who are committed to advancing their own careers.
Our distance learning courses let you work your way through our specially designed, NEBSM approved learning materials at the pace which suits your own schedule. Equally important, is the fact that considerable effort has gone into ensuring you get an extensive range of choice. The ICS-NEBSM Certificate is structured to give you as much flexibility as possible to pursue the personal objectives you have set for your career, while at the same time meeting the requirements that employers have come to expect.
Another essential advantage is that our courses follow a modular structure specifically designed to dovetail with your own career development. By breaking the material down into logical sections, the tutors have ensured that you will be in a position to apply your new skills as you learn, so that you – and your employer - can start feeling a positive impact on your career from the outset of the course. The ICS-NEBSM INTRODUCTORY AWARD Course Description: Getting a foothold on the supervisory or managerial ladder can be a frustrating Catch 22. You can’t move forward until you gain the knowledge and experience, but how are you going to gain the knowledge and experience without being given the chance of moving forward? Enter the NEBSM Introductory Award. By devoting a little time and energy now, you’ll be ready to turn all future opportunities to your advantage as you build up both work experience and the knowledge you need to back it up.
At ICS, we know that when you are starting out in your career, you need to devote as much time and energy to your job as possible. Which is why all ICS courses are designed to fit in with your life without taking it over. |
| Key Benefits: |
Some key benefits of this course are:
· Maximum flexibility of course options lets you tailor your qualification to your career objectives
· Modular approach designed to help you implement skills as you acquire them
· Opportunity of networking with other professionals at the residential workshops
· Professionally developed workbooks relating to each section of the course to support you in your studies, are provided at no extra cost
· Flexible access to your tutor |
| Topics: |
The ICS-NEBSM Introductory Award is structured to give help you open up career options for the future while consolidating the skills that you have already acquired. Your course will be made up of a composite selection of six choices from the NEBSM Super Series Training Units. This means that you can either opt for one of the three pre-selected NEBSM combinations, as follows:
General Industrial Service
· Leading Your Team· Communication in Management· Managing Lawfully· Understanding Finance· Managing Time· Marketing and Selling · How Organisations Work· Communication in Management· Understanding Quality· Understanding Finance· Improving Efficiency· Managing Lawfully · How Organisations Work· Communication in Management· Caring For the Customer· Working with Budgets· Improving Efficiency· Managing Lawfully
Or, alternatively, you can create your own NEBSM Introductory Award, by selecting six of the Super Series Training Units below. The only mandatory requirement, is that you must choose at least one unit from each of the umbrella categories: Managing Resources, Managing Activities, Managing Information and Managing People.
The complete NEBSM Super Series Training Units list is as follows:
Managing Resources Managing Activities Managing Information Managing People
· Controlling Physical Resources· Improving Efficiency· Understanding Finance· Working with Budgets· Controlling Costs· Making a Financial Case · Planning and Controlling Work· Understanding Quality· Achieving Quality· Caring for the Customer· Marketing and Selling· Managing a Safe Environment· Managing Lawfully (Safety, Health and Environment)· Preventing Accidents· Leading Change · Collecting Information· Storing and Retrieving Information· Information in Management· Communication in Management· Listening and Speaking· Communicating in Groups· Writing Effectively· Projects and Report Writing· Making and Taking Decisions· Solving Problems · How Organisations Work· Managing with Authority· Leading Your Team· Delegating Effectively· Working in Teams· Motivating People· Securing the Right People· Appraising Performance· Planning, Training and Development· Delivering Training· Managing Lawfully (People and Employment)· Commitment to Equality· Becoming More Effective· Managing Tough Times· Managing Time
Once you have successfully completed the NEBSM Introductory Award you may choose to stop at this level and enjoy the day-to-day benefits that greater competency gives you in your career. However, many ICS-NEBSM Introductory Awards students find that success can become addictive. So we wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if, as you gain work experience, you decide to build on what you have learned by working towards the NEBSM Certificate, which is open to existing and potential front line managers who have a minimum of two years full-time, or three years part-time, work experience. Especially since with the NEBSM Introductory Award on your CV, you are already well on your way to completing the NEBSM Certificate, not to mention, a more rewarding career. |
| Requirements: |
Students enrolling on this course from Monday 24th June 2002, will have one year only in which to complete their studies. There are no formal entry requirements, but participants should be practising or potential first line managers with 2 years full-time (or 3 years part-time) work experience, and a background which will enable them to benefit from the programme. Students must be aged 18 or over |
| Careers in the Field: |
Good man management can quite literally make or break an organisation. Which means that there is always going to be a demand for highly motivated individuals who can in turn bring out the best in others. Especially if they have a nationally recognised qualification to underpin and endorse their natural leadership qualities.
Obviously, starting salaries can vary between economic sectors, but a typical supervisory starting salary range outside the London area is £16,000 - £20,000, rising to between £22,000 - £30,000 when they are fully qualified and have the necessary experience.
The ICS-NEBSM courses are the most flexible and cost-effective way of gaining the wide range of expertise you need to advance in supervisory roles. |
| Qualification: |
NEBSM Introductory Award |
| Hours of Study: |
60 |
| External Exam Information: |
12 segment reviews (short answer questions), 1000 word work-based assignment (guidance provided for unemployed students), personal development record |
| Additional Exam Fees: |
Students must pay a £54 registration fee within 6 wks of enrolment (this went up from £48 on 1st Oct 2004). Students are also invited to take out ILM membership starting at £33.00, payable annually. This is not a requirement for certification. |
| Recommended Reading: |
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| Student Profile: |
Student will be interested in getting a payrise, improved benefits and job security. |
