T Level Media, Broadcast, and Production – Creative Media Technician

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Key Facts

Level: 3

Attendance: Full Time (FT)

Duration: 2 Years

Course Code: HTH0021

Start Date: September 2024

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Code: HTH0021

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T Levels are a new, two-year qualification designed with employers to give you a head start towards the future you want. They follow GCSEs and are equivalent to three A Levels. T Levels offer an alternative to A levels, and apprenticeship or other post 16 courses and ensure that you gain the knowledge and skills you need to move into skilled work, an apprenticeship or further study.

The Media sector is strong internationally, nationally, and locally. Over 5,000 people work within Creative and Digital Media in Leicestershire and that number grows every year. Media content is consumed by nearly everyone on the planet and the need for people to create, capture, and edit that content is constantly rising.

The Media, Broadcast, and Production T Level will give you the skills and knowledge needed to enter the creative media workforce. You’ll learn the latest techniques and skills to plan, prepare, capture, finalise, then publish media assets. These skills will allow you to fit in with the smallest media companies to the largest big screen productions.

Features & Benefits

T Levels are designed to deliver world-class technical education and give you a new choice after GCSEs. The Media T level has been designed with leading businesses and employers in the media industry and gives you:

A thorough understanding of concepts and theories of the media industry.
The opportunity to solve real life problems in the media industry.
Valuable experience of learning from the experts through working side by side with those in the media industry on your industry placement so that you have the chance to learn what this career is like in the real world while you continue your studies.
Specialist knowledge and skills of the Media Industry, so that you can align yourself to the correct skills needed for a variety of contexts.
Your T Level will be worth UCAS points – a T Level Distinction* is worth the same as 3 A Levels at A* – and will be recognised by universities and other education providers so you can choose to continue studying if you wish.
T Levels involve more classroom study than apprenticeships, which means you can experience an industry whilst you continue your studies.

Course Content

Year 1:

1. Core knowledge and understanding of contexts, concepts and theories

Employer set project
Industry placement

Employer Set Project: A project set by media employers that requires you to apply your knowledge to a real-life problem in the industry

Industry Placement: You will have the opportunity to put the knowledge and skills you have learned in to action as you start your industry placement. You will work with an external media industry employer to apply your knowledge and develop your technical skills in a real-life media workplace.

Year 2:

1. Occupational Specialism

Plan, prepare, source and generate media assets
Assemble, edit, and finalise media assets
Prepare, package, and deliver edited media assets
Preserve media assets for future use/reversioning

2. Continuing your industry placement: You will continue to hone the knowledge and skills in the workplace.

Entry Requirements

GCSE English Language at grade 5 or above.
GCSE Maths at grade 5 or above.
A Media GCSE at grade 4 or above (preferable)
At least two other GCSE qualifications at grade 4 or above
Previous study in a media subject is not a requirement; however, you should have an interest in the media sector and be prepared to discuss this further at interview

Progression

T Levels offer many opportunities for progression:

Progress to University: You can use the UCAS points you achieve as a result of completing your T level to continue your studies at university.
Enter Employment: You can use the skills, knowledge and experience you have gained to start working in the media industry.
Apprenticeship: There are many opportunities offered through apprenticeships that allow you to carry on learning (20%) whilst spending most of your time (80%) furthering your skills in the workplace.