THE BTEC EDEXCEL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIPLOMA IN ACCIDENT AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT
The Manchester College is leading the battle to reduce deaths on the roads with a unique professional training course that has been designed for people with a professional involvement in road safety, accident investigation or accident prevention.
The BTEC Professional Development Diploma in Accident and Safety Management is the professional qualification for those involved in road traffic and safety issues and is comparable to an NVQ level 4/5.
The Manchester College is the only college in the UK to offer the course, which has attracted many road safety officers, traffic accident investigators, police traffic accident investigation officers, traffic engineers and driving instructors.
This programme has run successfully for many years and MANCAT has been delighted to work in partnership with Institute of Road Safety Officers (IRSO) and Institute of Traffic and Accident Investigators (ITAI) in developing a programme of which we are richly proud.
The course is taught with a combination of distance learning packages, which means that students undertake their study at times and locations that are convenient to them, and residentials. There are 4 residentials, each lasting approximately 1-week, where module workshops and exams take place, the residential will be held within the Northwest.
Tutorial support is provided by letter, telephone and email so the student does not need to attend college. It usually takes approximately two years to complete the course but this is flexible because of the modular basis of the programme.
The minimum number of successfully completed modules needed to gain the award is eight, although individual modules may be studied if preferred. Students receive a Certificate of Achievement from Edexcel BTEC for each module studied.
The course content is made up of a mixture of mandatory (6 modules) and optional modules, which extend to
• Accident Analysis
• Psychological & Learning theory and development
• Road Traffic & Transportation Planning
• Road Traffic & the Environment
• Principals of English Law & Introduction to Management
• Aspects of accident and safety management – research document (Dissertation)
Plus a maximum of three optional units from:
• Accident investigation and reconstruction
• Human factors engineering
• Public relations and advertising
• Vehicle technology
Written assignment and an open book examination or extended assignments must be completed for each module to evaluate learning.
To enrol on the course students should be 21 years or over and hold one A Level or equivalent and ideally GCSE Maths and English. It is preferable that students have a minimum of three years relevant work experience. Applications are welcomed from potential students who are able to evidence comparable experience and qualifications.
For further information log onto The Manchester College’s website at www.themanchestercollege.co.uk or contact Andrea Leech – Programme Leader on 0161 920 3477/3085.
Click here to download pre-course handbook.
