Level 3 Certificate in Procurement and Supply - no exams necessary!

Level 3 Certificate in Procurement and Supply (QCF)

This is a vocational qualification where Learners have to produce evidence from their role to demonstrate their competence and prove their knowledge and understanding.

Learners are supported and guided through the Certificate by one of our professionally qualified Assessors who will 'hold their hand' throughout the qualification.

Ideal for procurement practitioners to prove their competency and demonstrate the application of knowledge and understanding in the workplace and an alternative to sitting formal theory based examinations.

The Level 3 Certificate in Procurement and Supply (QCF) has the support of major UK employers both in the Public and Private Sector and provides a significant amount of knowledge, understanding and skills development to underpin occupational competence in the Procurement and Supply Chain Sector.

Benefits to the Learner
• Increase your Procurement knowledge and understanding
• Develop new Procurement skills and techniques enabling you to make a difference at your place of work
• Enhanced career development opportunity by demonstrating you are competent in
Procurement
• No college attendance required on an evening (our existing clients with busy family lives and other commitments find this really helpful)
• No formal examinations to be taken (who enjoys exams?)
• No additional expenses (no out of pocket expenses such as text books, travel costs and parking fees etc.)
• Start whenever suits you - there is no 'academic' calendar (If you want to enrol now, you can!)
• You don't have any ongoing annual fees to pay

• APO will provide you with one to one personal support throughout and guarantee you the
same designated Assessor for the whole duration of the programme
• 24/7 access to our online user friendly software to manage the entire process (we have some
clients who have been working on their qualification during times of business travel, sat in
departure lounges or in a hotel bedroom!)
• APO will provide you will all the support templates required to assist you and to aid your
learning and development

Benefits to the Employer

• Learners will learn new skills that can be implemented in workplace making the organisation
more efficient
• Learners require less time away from the office
• Some staff may find exams stressful affecting their performance at work - this can be avoided
• Train and develop your staff to the next level which will enhance the performance of the
Procurement function
• Significant cost savings as the Learner would only do the level relevant to the scope of their role and will mean learning techniques that upon implementation could save the organisation lots of money!
• The content will be 100% relevant to the Learner maximising the return on investment for you the employer!
• Ensure staff are all benchmarked to the same National Standard

Accreditations
• The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport [CILT] have accredited the Diplomas
enabling the following membership grades to be applied for upon completion of your training
programme with APO
CILT will accept QCF Level 3 to 5 for membership (+ 3 years relevant experience) entitling
you to member status [MILT]

Qualification Structure (Rules of Combination & Unit List)

Level 3 Certificate in Procurement and Supply (QCF)

The Learner must achieve 21 credits in total. All three MANDATORY UNITS (13 credits)
and minimum 8 credits from the OPTIONAL UNITS

MANDATORY UNITS

1754 Stakeholder Relationships in procurement
and supply (Ref A/506/1754)

1755 The procurement and supply environment
(Ref F/506/1755)

1756 Analyse information about procurement and
supply (Ref J/506/1756)

OPTIONAL UNITS

1757 Determine requirements for procurement
and supply (Ref L/506/1757)

1758 Identify and appraise potential suppliers of
non- critical supplies
(Ref R/506/1758)

1759 Place and expedite orders with suppliers
(Ref Y/506/1759)

1761 Administer contracts (Ref R/506/1761) 4 3
1762 Manage a procurement in accordance with
EU Public Procurement Rules
(Ref Y/506/1762)

1763 Monitor the performance of suppliers
(Ref D/506/1763)

1764 Negotiate for supplies
(Ref H/506/1764)

1765 Administer a stock control system
(Ref K/506/1765)

1766 Manage own professional development within
procurement and supply (Ref M/506/1766)

1767 Customer service in own area of
responsibility (Ref T/506/1767)

These qualifications are typically suitable for trainee buyers just starting their career in a procurement and supply environment or for a purchasing/procurement assistant type role. They would also suit learners with delegated procurement responsibilities who work outside of a formal procurement and supply environment

There are no specific entry requirements for the Level 3 Certificate in Procurement and Supply (QCF), but learners should be in a suitable job role to enable them to prove their competency at the appropriate level – contact APO Training for a very quick and easy entry audit to make sure this programme is right for you.

Learners can progress onto the full Level 3 Diploma in Procurement or go onto the Level 4 Diploma in Procurement.