Nutrition / Diet

Course summary

The WJEC Level 3 Diploma in Food Science and Nutrition has been designed to provide learners with underpinning nutrition knowledge, understanding and practical skills to progress to further study and training in either a food based course, a science course or sports and nutrition studies. This course offers a unique opportunity for students to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding through work related tasks linked to the food production industry in a practical environment. The qualification is split into two sections; namely a Certificate for a one year course and the Diploma for the two year course. This will run alongside linear A Levels and would allow students to gain a qualification if they choose not to continue into a second year. The courses are split into 4 units; to gain the full Diploma students need to complete two Mandatory and one Optional unit. For the Certificate the candidates will complete Unit 1.