Gateway Qualifications Level 1 Certificate in Skills for Logistics

Rules of Combination

Learners must achieve a total of 20 credits including 3 credits from the Mandatory Group. At least 9 credits must be taken from Group O1 Optional units: Logistics. The remaining credits can be taken from either Optional Group O1 or Group O2 Employability.

Learners cannot include more than one unit with the same or similar title.

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Units

What is the purpose of this qualification?

The objective of the Gateway Qualifications level 1 and level 2 qualifications in Skills for Logistics is to to give learners knowledge and understanding and an introduction to the skills required in logistics to support progression to employment to an apprenticeship or to further study at a higher level.

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What skills, knowledge, or understanding does this qualification develop?

Learners will develop knowledge and understanding of the core areas of logistics and an introduction to the skills required in the logistics sector.

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Progression & entry requirements

There are no entry requirements

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Funding information

There are now two main sources for funding information, a straightforward ESFA Qualification Search and the more detailed Find a Learning Aim website.

The new Find a learning aim (FALA) service provides a search tool that you can use to check the funding status of any qualification, framework, unit, standard or T Level:

View this qualification on the ESFA’s Find a learning aim website

The Education and Skills Funding Agency search provides funding information on qualifications. It does not provide funding information for units, non-regulated activity and work placements, for this information please use Find a learning aim (FALA).

View this qualification on the ESFA Qualification Funding Search

How to find a learning aim

If you’re not sure how to use the new find a learning aim website, we’ve created a handy walkthrough to help you:

How to Use: Find a learning Aim

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We have done our best to collate and summarise the key information, and wherever possible we alert our providers to changes in funding policy.

This funding information is provided in good faith and it is always advisable to check directly with the funding agencies before committing to delivery.

A free resource pack is available for this qualification.

We have pre-selected some of the most popular units used in short courses for adults and created a resource pack to support online, blended and face-to-face teaching and learning.

Units in this qualification with resources:

• Working in Logistics
• Picking and Distributing Goods
• Receiving and Storing Goods
• Route Planning
• Environmental Impact of Logistics
• Working in a Team
• Working Safely in Logistics

Each pack contains:

• Teacher Delivery Guide – This guide summarises the delivery of the units and helps provide a structured, blended approach to the delivery of the units for face-to-face, remote delivery, or a mixture of both. The teaching and learning activities included can be adapted to meet the diverse needs and profile of learners.
• Learner Pack – This pack includes guidance for learning activities which will help learners to think about what they have been discussing with the teacher and the rest of the group. There are also assessment tasks which can be used as evidence for the qualification. Finally, there are checklists where learners can assess their own skills development and progress and record sheets for activities observed by the teacher.
• Teacher Resource PowerPoint – a ready-to-deliver PowerPoint presentation for each unit, featuring videos and activities for learners, along with comprehensive notes for teaching staff.

These resources are available free of charge to Centres approved with Gateway Qualifications. They can be downloaded from our Prism system and can be found on the “Documents” tab of the relevant qualification.

Watch our short video for step-by-step guidance on how to access them.