OCR is responsible to the Government as one of the UK's leading awarding bodies providing qualifications to students at school, college, in work or through part-time learning programmes.
OCR was formed in 1998 from the University of Cambridge Local Examination Syndicate and RSA, which means that OCR offers an extremely broad range of qualifications, with the integrity, quality and assurances that you would expect from an organisation with such a respected heritage. Over 600 staff work for OCR on sites in Cambridge, Coventry, Birmingham and in six Regional Offices. Add to this the thousands of examiners, verifiers and consultants that mark, assess and write qualifications, and it will be recognised that we are one of the major organisations in the country.
The Text Production (Intermediate)
The OCR Level 2 Certificate in Text Processing has been designed for those candidates who have sufficient skill and underpinning knowledge to produce a variety of business documents without supervision. The Text Production (Intermediate) Unit requires candidates to produce three business documents (a letter, a memorandum and a short report or article, one of which will require a continuation sheet) from a variety of handwritten and typewritten draft material, to a standard that meets the business document production requirements of employment.
The Text Production (Advanced)
The OCR Level 3 Certificate in Text Processing has been designed to assess candidates' ability to apply advanced processing and production skills to produce a variety of complex business documents. The Text Production (Advanced) Unit requires candidates to produce three business documents (a letter, a memorandum and a report or article, one of which will be a multi-page document) from a variety of handwritten and typewritten draft material, to a standard that meets the business document production requirements of employment at a senior level.
Assessment takes the form of an OCR-set and marked examination. The examination will be 1 hour 15 minutes, in which time candidates are required to carry out all assessment tasks within the stated error tolerance. In order to subject candidates to realistic disruptions that may be encountered in the workplace, the invigilator will interrupt the candidates during the exam to announce items of information that must be included at a later stage. Results will be graded Distinction, Pass or Fail and the grade achieved will be stated on the candidate's certificate.
The Mailmerge (Intermediate)
The Mailmerge (Intermediate) Unit requires candidates to create, maintain and print datafiles and standard documents, and print selected merged documents using merge facilities. Candidates may use word processing and/or database/spreadsheet software or integrated packages for this examination. It has been designed for those candidates who have sufficient skill and underpinning knowledge to produce a variety of business documents without supervision.
Assessment takes the form of an OCR-set and marked examination. The examination period is 1 hour 30 minutes, in which time candidates are required to carry out all assessment tasks within the stated error tolerance. Results will be graded Distinction, Pass or Fail and the grade achieved will be stated on the candidate's certificate.
The Word Processing (Basic)
The Word Processing (Basic) Unit requires candidates to produce three business documents (one notice for display, one article and one three-column table with single-line column headings) using a word processor, to a standard that meets the business document production requirements of employment. Candidates will work from a draft containing handwritten/typewritten material and recalled text. It has been designed to develop and recognise candidates' ability to produce a variety of straightforward business documents.
Assessment takes the form of an OCR-set and marked examination. The examination period is 1 hour 30 minutes, in which time candidates are required to carry out all assessment tasks within the stated error tolerance. Results will be graded Distinction, Pass or Fail and the grade achieved will be stated on the candidate's certificate.
The Word Processing (Intermediate)
The Word Processing (Intermediate) Unit requires candidates to produce four business documents using a word processor, to a standard that meets the business document production requirements of employment. The documents for production are a notice for display, an article/report, a table with columns, subdivisions and multi-line headings and a standard document (letter or memo) which includes stored phrases selected from a phrase file. Candidates will work from a draft containing handwritten/typewritten material and recalled text. It has been designed for those candidates who have sufficient skill and underpinning knowledge to produce a variety of business documents without supervision.
The Word Processing (Advanced)
The Word Processing (Advanced) Unit requires candidates to produce four business documents using a word processor, to a standard that meets the business document production requirements of employment at senior level. The documents for production are: a multi-page report/article; a ruled A4 landscape table; a two-column article (newspaper style) and a letter or memo. Candidates will work from a draft containing both handwritten/typewritten material and recalled text. It has been designed to assess candidates' ability to apply advanced processing and production skills to produce a variety of complex business documents.
Assessment takes the form of an OCR-set and marked examination. The examination period is 1 hour 45 minutes, in which time candidates are required to carry out all assessment tasks within the stated error tolerance. Results will be graded Distinction, Pass or Fail and the grade achieved will be stated on the candidate's certificate.