BTEC National Diploma – Public Services

Year 2

Dealing with Accidents

Unit: 8 – The Uniformed Services.

Title: The Uniformed Services Assignment 2

        Assignment number: 2

BND Public Services Year 2

Unit 8 – The Uniformed Services Assignment 2

Introduction

You are a careers advisor at your local college and have been asked to produce a written brief for a group of students interested in entering the services.

Task 1

Identify one management and one operational occupation within a uniformed service of your choice.

Task 2

Outline the terms and conditions of service for both occupations taking into consideration the following factors:

  1. Starting Salary
  2. Holiday entitlement
  3. Benefits, e.g. gym use, private medical insurance.
  4. Retirement age.
  5. Pension arrangements
  6. Sick Pay
  7. Maternity or paternity provisions.
  8. Minimum length of service.
  9. Postings
  10. Shift patterns
  11. Contracted hours
  12. Access to training and education.

Task 3

Identify an alternative employment opportunity within the same field on a part time basis and outline the entry requirements.  Identify any differentiation between management and operational employment opportunities.

Contents

Assignment Brief

Page 4 – Contents Page

Page 5 – Introduction

Page 6 to 17 - Main Content

Page 18 - Evaluation

Page  19 - References

Introduction

For this assignment we have been given the position of a careers advisor at a college.  I have been tasked to produce a brief for the students showing one Managerial Job in the public services and one at an operational level.

I have been asked to look at the terms and conditions of each job and make sure I outline the following to the students,

1.  Starting Salary

2.  Holiday entitlement

  1. Benefits, e.g. gym use, private medical insurance.
  2. Retirement age.
  3. Pension arrangements
  4. Sick Pay
  5. Maternity or paternity provisions.
  6. Minimum length of service.
  7. Postings
  8. Shift patterns
  9. Contracted hours
  10. Access to training and education.

Main Content

Task 1 - Identify one management and one operational occupation within a uniformed service of your choice.

Two occupations which I have looked into, one being at management level and one at an operational level are,

  • Army Officer – Management
  • Police Constable – Operational

The role of an Army Officer acting both as leaders and managers are the people in the Army who are responsible for the welfare of the soldiers.  Officers are to get the most out of their team’s talents, especially when the pressure is on and there is no room for errors.  

The role of a Police Constable is to serve the public.  It is the main security public forces we have.  Police constable’s are on the front line to stop crime, whether it is on the beat, traffic cars, horse back or armed.

Task 2 - Outline the terms and conditions of service for both occupations taking into consideration the various factors.

The terms and conditions for the Army as an officer are,

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Salary – Depending on whether you would like to join the army as an undergraduate and get sponsored through university the salaries are as follows,

As the table shows, the salaries offered for Officers in the army are very welcoming.  As well as being paid highly, there are lots of other benefits to take advantage of like training, adventure training in England and Overseas, skills acquisition and a huge variety of different sports to get involved in.  As an officer the standard of living is very high.  The army subsidises most things, so your cost of living is ...

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