CIPD Course - Foundation Certificate in People Practice Level 3

This module considers the impact of external influence and how the digital and commercial environment shapes businesses and the culture within which they operate.

The module also considers how diversity and inclusion principles are built into organisational practices. How organisational assessments of people’s skills and capabilities and the strategic importance of workplace learning contributes to achieving competitiveness and high performance.

Planning and managing change within the workplace and the importance and role that people professionals play within change.

Learning Outcomes (LOs)

Upon successful completion of this unit learners will:

Module unit code: 3CO01     Module credit value: ECTS: 5

Having regard to the legal context for record and data management (including employment law requirements and GDPR elements); this module examines: 

The importance of using data, including why it is essential for timely, ethical and accurate analysis and evaluation of personal information. 

How the application of agreed procedures, policies and sources of evidence helps to make choices and informed decisions.

Learning Outcomes (LO)

Upon successful completion of this unit learners will:

 Unit code: 3CO02     Module credit units ECTS: 4

This module introduces the core behaviours for people professionals, focusing on ethical practice to create value. It explains the range of stakeholders with whom people professionals work and examines:

• How working as a people professional benefits other people in an organisation.
• Ethical principles and professional values, feeding approaches to work.
• Ways of demonstrating positive working relationships with colleagues.
• Processes and habits of effective reflection.
• Proactive approaches to developing, recording and reflecting on professional knowledge, skills and experience

Learning Outcomes (LOs)

Upon successful completion of this unit learners will:

 Module Unit code: 3CO03    Module credit value ECTS: 4

In this modules you will gain the skills around effective recruitment, selection and appointment of individuals through the assessment of employee lifecycles, including where you are placed within this and attracting talented individuals. Examining different selection methods and when it is appropriate to use them.

You will also learn how to participate effectively in a selection interview and the decision-making process for an identified role. The importance of work-life balance and the concept of wellbeing in the workplace and why it is important.

Understand the main points of discrimination legislation and what diversity and inclusion mean and why they are important.

Learning Outcomes (LOs)

Upon successful completion of this unit learners will:

Module unit code: 3CO04     Module credit units  ECTS 11

The assessments will evaluate the learner’s attainment of knowledge, understanding and skills through real-life scenarios which are employer-driven and what learners may encounter in their current or future careers.

• You will complete assessments for each module that you study, enabling you to demonstrate the new knowledge you’ve gained and the skills you’ve mastered.
• The assessments are submitted online and are marked by our IV/Moderator when all 4 units have been successfully completed. Following this, they are up-loaded onto the CIPD portal for Moderation.
• Provisional results will be issued by Dorset College, however, the result that leads to the award of the CIPD Certificate will be confirmed and released after CIPD Moderation. The qualification is not graded and learners will receive a pass or fail.

The Award
Level 3 CIPD Foundation Certificate in People Practice Qualification. (Credit Value: 24 Credits).
The designation of CIPD Membership at Foundation Level - “Foundation CIPD” after your name.

This qualification is equivalent to Level 5 on the Irish National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) and Level 3 in the UK's Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF).