Hello, this is a short introduction to the
redeveloped Tech Award in Travel and Tourism.
My name is Steve Ingle and I'm a Standards
Verifier and Team Leader for Pearson.
I've been supporting BTEC Travel and Tourism
qualifications for the last 20 years.
I'll update you briefly on each component
that makes up the qualification and what
changes have taken place to the content and
assessment from the existing Tech Award.
The redeveloped Tech Award in Travel and
Tourism has retained the same three component
structure as the current Tech Award.
Components one and two are each
36 guided learning hours and worth
30% of the qualification grade.
They are assessed using the new Pearson Set
Assignments or PSAs marked internally by you,
the teacher and assessor,
and moderated by Pearson.
PSAs are released in February of each year
and assessed in May or June from 2023,
so you have plenty of flexibility
within your programme to prepare for,
administer and mark the assessments.
The final component three is 48.
guided learning hours worth 40%
of the qualification grade and is
externally assessed by Pearson.
Is a two hour written examination
available twice a year in the January,
February, and May June assessment series,
each assessment in the qualification
is marked out of 60 available marks.
If you teach the current tech award
in travel and tourism,
all content will be familiar to you with
only the following small updates.
Component One travel and tourism
organisations and destinations.
Minor updates and expansions have
occured to clarify content and enhance
the delivery of various topics.
Learners will investigate travel and
tourism organisations. In the UK.
Their ownership aims,
key products and services and how
they work together.
They will explore the role of
different consumer technology in the
travel and tourism industry.
Learners will understand the
different types of tourism,
different types of visitor and will
investigate the features of and routes
to popular tourist destinations.
We've made some slight revisions to
the wording of the learning outcomes
to better align with the new grouping
of content and added content areas.
New content has been added to all aims,
such as key products and services to A1
Examples of organisational ownership
for A2, simplified common names
in A2 and provided examples to
reflect industry trends and changes.
A3 is new content which links with
current developments around consumer
technology and reflects the direction
of the industry in the future.
In B2,
we have removed types of accommodation
as this is covered under multiple other
headings and expanded more on transport.
This LA was refreshed to meet
current industry terminology.
For clarity,
we have added expansions on rider
statements and bullet points.
We've removed the E.gs and replaced with
include to make it clearer what should
be taught in relation to assessment.
Component 2 Customer Needs in Travel
and Tourism in the current tech award.
Component two is influences on global
travel and tourism destinations.
The component number has changed
from three to two.
Here, learners will investigate how
organisations use market research to
identify travel and tourism trends and
identify customer needs and preferences.
They will apply their understanding by
exploring how specific needs are met by
organisations and by travel planning to
meet customer needs and preferences.
Minor updates and expansions have
been made to clarify the content,
enhance the delivery of various topics.
This is no longer the synoptic unit
we've made some slight revisions to
the wording of learning outcomes to
better align with the new grouping
of content and added content areas.
Content in learning Aim A now
reflects identification of customer
needs as well as trends.
A1 covers advantages and disadvantages
of the two types of market research,
making it more valuable.
A2 and A3 include how organisations use this
research for identifying needs and trends.
B3 from the current specification
has been removed to make way for
needs and preferences of customers and
how these can be identified and met.
Again,
we've removed the E.gs and replaced
with include to make it clearer
what should be taught in relation
to the assessment. Expansion on
rider statements and bullet points
has also been added for clarity.
Due to the new technical requirements
from the Department for Education,
there have been some changes to the
assessment of these components that will
be slightly different to what teachers of
the current tech award have been used to.
Assignments used for summative assessment
must now be set by the awarding
organisation so the old authorised
assignment briefs have been replaced
by Pearson Set Assignments or PSAs.
These will be released in February each year.
Additionally, under the new requirements,
all assessments must be marked through
numerical means using a mark scheme.
In the new mark scheme,
students can gain up to 12 marks across
four bands ranging through limited,
adequate good and comprehensive
knowledge and understanding.
A consistent set of descriptors
help you understand which band
fits the quality of the evidence.
Overall,
with three marks available in each bound to
give you more scope for differentiation.
Component one Travel and Tourism
Organisations and Destinations.
This internally assessed component has
had a complete rewrite and it now consists
of new tasks and vocational context.
There is one Pearson Set Assignment
that consists of three tasks.
This PSA is formally supervised and
has monitored preparation of five
hours and contains new marking grids.
Task One A focuses on different
types of organisations in the travel
and tourism sector.
Ownership, aims, products and services.
Task 1B focuses on how different types
of travel and tourism organisations
may work together.
Task two is conducting research on consumer
technologies in travel and tourism.
Task 3A is conducting research on popular
tourist destinations for visitors.
And task 3B reflects travel routes.
This is internally assessed
and externally moderated.
Component Two Customer Needs
in Travel and Tourism.
This internally assessed component has
also had a complete rewrite and now
consists of new tasks and vocational context.
There is one,
Pearson Set Assignment consisting
of three tasks.
Task 1A is reporting how organisations
identify customer needs.
Task 1B is reporting how organisations
identify travel and tourism trends.
Task two is researching how travel and
tourism organisation meet customer needs.
And task three is conducting a
travel plan for meeting the needs
and preferences of customers.
This PSA is formally supervised and
has monitored preparation of six
hours and contains new marking grids.
This is internally assessed
and externally moderated.
Externally assessed Component Three
Influences on Global Travel and Tourism.
To note the component number here has
changed from component two to component 3.
Learners will explore the different
factors that may influence global
travel and tourism and how travel
and tourism organisations in
destinations respond to these factors.
Learners will examine the potential
impacts of tourism at global
destinations and how destinations
can manage the impacts of tourism
and control tourism development
to achieve sustainable tourism.
Component three is now the synoptic unit.
There have been minor updates and
expansions to clarify content and
enhance the delivery of various topics.
Learning assessments have changed.
All content has been added through
the aims that now reflect current
trends and issues in
the industry.
AO1 demonstrate knowledge of facts,
terms process is an issues in
relation to travel and tourism.
AO2 is demonstrating understanding of facts,
terms, process is, and the issues
in relation to travel and tourism.
AO3 applying understanding of facts,
terms, processes and issues in relation
to travel and tourism and finally a 04
make connections with concepts, issues,
terms and process is in travel and tourism.
The external synoptic assessment for
component three is a written assessment
that requires learners to demonstrate that
they can identify and use affectively,
an appropriate selection of skills,
techniques, concepts,
theories and knowledge from across the
whole qualification in an integrated way.
The supervisor assessment period
is a maximum of two hours.
It should be arranged in the
period timetable by Pearson.
The assessment availability is January,
February and May, June,
with first assessment in January,
February 2024.
This component has had a complete
rewrite as this is now the synoptic unit,
but the purpose and nature of assessments
is the same as the current tech award.
And reminded the assessment
is 2 hours 60 marks.
Currently the assessment is 70 marks.
New questions have been
added to reflect this.
Now, being the synoptic component,
similar items such as multiple
choice questions, short,
medium and extended response questions
have been used to form the assessment.
We encourage you to look through
the draft specification,
Pearson Set
Assignments and sample assessment materials,
which are available on the Pearson website.
If you have any further questions
or are preparing to deliver
and need further support,
please don't hesitate to
get in touch with us.
You can contact the subjects advisor
Jon Wolton by using the Contact Us form.
You can also attend one of our upcoming
Getting Started events early next
year where we will be covering the
qualification and assessments in more
depth and answering more questions.
You can book by visiting the training
from Pearson page on the Pearson website.
Thank you very much and I hope to see
you in one of our upcoming live events.