Level 2 Leadership and Team Skills

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The skills you need to lead, organise and motivate a team

Who are these qualifications for?

These qualifications are designed to help you boost your performance as a team member and help you make the transition from working in a team to leading a team. If you are a practising team leader, they will help you be more effective and confident in your role.
Results for you
  • Learn core leadership and management skills
  • Put these skills into practice in your workplace
  • Improve your team’s performance
  • Get a nationally recognised qualification
Impact for your employer
  • Effective team leaders and motivated teams 
  • Increased productivity
  • Customise this qualification to suit organisational and individual needs
  • Workplace-based assessment ensures new skills are effectively transferred to the job
Focus on the skills you need

You can take this qualification as an Award or a Certificate. The units in this qualification cover a wide range of skills, knowledge and understanding. These include units that focus on:
  • Communication, with units that cover getting your message across and how to brief a team
  • Working with people, including helping your team improve
  • Providing direction and leadership, such as how to self-manage and develop as a team leader
  • Essential competencies and getting results, from problem-solving to planning and monitoring workloads
If you take the Certificate, you can also take units that make up Level 3 qualifications in leadership and management, to help your future career progression.

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Award

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Qualification level
Credit Value

The range of credits a learner must undertake to gain this qualification

3 - 12
Structure

Details of the qualification, learning time involved and criteria a learner must satisfy

There are 2 unit groups. At least 1 hour of induction and 2 hours tutorial support are required. A minimum of 3 credits, and no more than 12 credits are required to achieve this qualification.
Certificate

We have different sizes of qualification in increasing order of size

Qualification level
Credit Value

The range of credits a learner must undertake to gain this qualification

13 - 36
Structure

Details of the qualification, learning time involved and criteria a learner must satisfy

There are 2 unit groups. At least 1 hour of induction and 2 hours tutorial support are required. There is a choice of optional units from group 2. A minimum of 13 credits (a maximum of 6 credits from group 2), and no more than 36 credits are required to achieve this qualification.

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Award

Level 2 Award in Leadership and Team Skills

Level 2 Award in Leadership and Team Skills
  • Time commitment: minimum 6 hours of structured learning, plus self-study, project work and assignments.
  • A minimum of 3 credits and a maximum of 12 Credits. 
  • All units must be taken from Group 1.

Level 2 Certificate in Leadership and Team Skills
  • Time commitment: minimum 28 hours of structured learning, plus self-study, project work and assignments.
  • Minimum of 13 credits, maximum of 36.
  • Choice of units from Groups 1 and 2. Maximum of 6 credits from Group 2.
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Group 1

    Unit Title CV GLH
  • 8000-250 Level 2 Developing Yourself as a Team Leader 1 6
  • 8000-251 Level 2 Improving Performance of the Work Team 1 6
  • 8000-252 Level 2 Planning and Monitoring Work 2 8
  • 8000-253 Level 2 Developing the Work Team 1 6
  • 8000-254 Level 2 Induction and Coaching in the Workplace 2 8
  • 8000-255 Level 2 Meeting Customer Needs 2 6
  • 8000-256 Level 2 Working Within Organisational and Legal Guidelines 1 6
  • 8000-257 Level 2 Providing Quality to Customers 1 6
  • 8000-258 Level 2 Using Information to Solve Problems 1 5
  • 8000-259 Level 2 Understanding Change in the Workplace 2 8
  • 8000-260 Level 2 Maintaining a Healthy and Safe Working Environment 1 8
  • 8000-261 Level 2 Diversity in the Workplace 1 6
  • 8000-262 Level 2 Using Resources Effectively and Efficiently in the Workplace 1 7
  • 8000-263 Level 2 Communicating with People Outside the Work Team 1 6
  • 8000-264 Level 2 Briefing the Work Team 1 6
  • 8000-265 Level 2 Workplace Communication 1 5
  • 8000-266 Level 2 Workplace Records and Information Systems 1 5
  • 8000-267 Level 2 Business Improvement Techniques 2 10
  • 8000-268 Level 2 Leading Your Work Team 2 6
  • 8000-269 Level 2 Managing Yourself 1 4
  • 8000-270 Level 2 Enterprise Awareness 3 18
  • 8000-271 Level 2 Working with Customers Legally 1 5
  • 8000-272 Level 2 Setting Team Objectives in the Workplace 2 6
  • 8000-273 Level 2 Gathering, Interpreting and Utilising Data in the Workplace 1 3
  • 8000-274 Level 2 Methods of Communicating in the Workplace 1 3
  • 8000-275 Level 2 Satisfying Customer Requirements 1 3
  • 8000-276 Level 2 Understanding Effective Team Working 1 3
  • 8000-277 Level 2 Building an Awareness of Waste Management 2 9
  • 8000-279 Level 2 Understanding Sales in the Workplace 2 7
  • 8000-280 Level 2 Understanding the implications of working in an enterprise 3 6
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Certificate

Level 2 Certificate in Leadership and Team Skills

Level 2 Award in Leadership and Team Skills
  • Time commitment: minimum 6 hours of structured learning, plus self-study, project work and assignments.
  • A minimum of 3 credits and a maximum of 12 Credits. 
  • All units must be taken from Group 1.

Level 2 Certificate in Leadership and Team Skills
  • Time commitment: minimum 28 hours of structured learning, plus self-study, project work and assignments.
  • Minimum of 13 credits, maximum of 36.
  • Choice of units from Groups 1 and 2. Maximum of 6 credits from Group 2.
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Group 1

    Unit Title CV GLH
  • 8000-250 Level 2 Developing Yourself as a Team Leader 1 6
  • 8000-251 Level 2 Improving Performance of the Work Team 1 6
  • 8000-252 Level 2 Planning and Monitoring Work 2 8
  • 8000-253 Level 2 Developing the Work Team 1 6
  • 8000-254 Level 2 Induction and Coaching in the Workplace 2 8
  • 8000-255 Level 2 Meeting Customer Needs 2 6
  • 8000-256 Level 2 Working Within Organisational and Legal Guidelines 1 6
  • 8000-257 Level 2 Providing Quality to Customers 1 6
  • 8000-258 Level 2 Using Information to Solve Problems 1 5
  • 8000-259 Level 2 Understanding Change in the Workplace 2 8
  • 8000-260 Level 2 Maintaining a Healthy and Safe Working Environment 1 8
  • 8000-261 Level 2 Diversity in the Workplace 1 6
  • 8000-262 Level 2 Using Resources Effectively and Efficiently in the Workplace 1 7
  • 8000-263 Level 2 Communicating with People Outside the Work Team 1 6
  • 8000-264 Level 2 Briefing the Work Team 1 6
  • 8000-265 Level 2 Workplace Communication 1 5
  • 8000-266 Level 2 Workplace Records and Information Systems 1 5
  • 8000-267 Level 2 Business Improvement Techniques 2 10
  • 8000-268 Level 2 Leading Your Work Team 2 6
  • 8000-269 Level 2 Managing Yourself 1 4
  • 8000-270 Level 2 Enterprise Awareness 3 18
  • 8000-271 Level 2 Working with Customers Legally 1 5
  • 8000-272 Level 2 Setting Team Objectives in the Workplace 2 6
  • 8000-273 Level 2 Gathering, Interpreting and Utilising Data in the Workplace 1 3
  • 8000-274 Level 2 Methods of Communicating in the Workplace 1 3
  • 8000-275 Level 2 Satisfying Customer Requirements 1 3
  • 8000-276 Level 2 Understanding Effective Team Working 1 3
  • 8000-277 Level 2 Building an Awareness of Waste Management 2 9
  • 8000-279 Level 2 Understanding Sales in the Workplace 2 7
  • 8000-280 Level 2 Understanding the implications of working in an enterprise 3 6

Group 2

    Unit Title CV GLH
  • 8000-300 Level 3 Solving Problems and Making Decisions 2 9
  • 8000-301 Level 3 Understanding Innovation and Change in an Organisation 2 9
  • 8000-307 Level 3 Giving Briefings and Making Presentations 2 4
  • 8000-308 Level 3 Understanding Leadership 2 6
  • 8000-312 Level 3 Understanding Conflict Management in the Workplace 1 4
  • 8000-313 Level 3 Understanding Stress Management in the Workplace 1 7
  • 8000-314 Level 3 Understanding Discipline in the Workplace 1 5
  • 8000-316 Level 3 Understanding the Induction of New Staff in the Workplace 1 3
  • 8000-317 Level 3 Understanding Training and Coaching in the Workplace 2 7
  • 8000-320 Level 3 Managing Workplace Projects 2 7
  • 8000-322 Level 3 Understand the Organisation and its Context 2 7
  • 8000-327 Level 3 Understanding Negotiation and Networking in the Workplace 1 6
  • 8000-337 Level 3 Understanding Security Measures in the Workplace 2 7
  • 8000-343 Level 3 Understanding Mental Health in the Workplace 2 5
  • 8000-359 Level 3 Understanding Good Practice in Coaching within an Organisational Context 3 9
  • 8000-360 Level 3 Undertaking Coaching within an Organisational Context 4 12
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