Procurement support officer
Business Studies, Business Studies and Psychology at GCSE, then a Level 6 apprenticeship or a degree.
the nearest apprenticeship standard, a bachelor’s degree · 7 standards and 10 school subjects share ideas with this job · Skills England, ESCO, DfE subject content
Level 6 — England’s qualification levels run 1–8: GCSE is 2, A level is 3, a bachelor’s degree is 6.
Which subjects build towards it?
Bar — strength of the overlap relative to the strongest subject (1.00); not a grade or an entry requirement.
DfE subject content · matched to the apprenticeship standards below by sch.today
Business Studies leads because the job and the course share the same ideas: employment law, risk, organisational structure, motivation.
All subjects and shared ideas10
| Subject | Match | Shared ideas |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE Business Studies | 1.00 | employment law, risk, organisational structure, motivation, customer need |
| A level Business Studies | 0.98 | added value, market analysis, risk |
| GCSE Psychology | 0.88 | neuroscience, qualitative data, quantitative data |
| A level Sociology | 0.80 | qualitative data, quantitative data, value |
| GCSE Sociology | 0.80 | qualitative data, quantitative data, value |
| GCSE Statistics | 0.73 | qualitative data, quantitative data, data source |
| GCSE English Language | 0.70 | listening, impact |
| GCSE Geography | 0.68 | qualitative data, quantitative data, resource management |
| A level Psychology | 0.55 | qualitative data, quantitative data |
| GCSE Physical Education | 0.55 | qualitative data, quantitative data |
Which apprenticeships lead here?
Apprenticeship standard — the official list of what an apprentice in one job must know and be able to do; the level says how advanced it is. Level 3 can start straight after GCSEs.
Skills England, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
Where are these subjects taken most?
Secondary schools with at least 30 pupils in Year 11, ranked by the share taking Business Studies, Business Studies and Psychology, weighted by how strongly each subject leads here.
Ranking — shows what pupils study, not how well a school prepares them for the job.
DfE subject entries
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What the job is
Procurement support officers assist the staff of the procurement team throughout the procurement processes, making sure all procurement documents are compliant with procedural, technical and legal requirements, and that meetings and other contacts are well organised.
Occupations and their descriptions: ESCO classification of the European Commission, © European Union.
This is a model of overlapping content, not careers advice or entry requirements, which employers and training providers set. Occupations and their descriptions: ESCO classification of the European Commission, © European Union. Apprenticeship standards: Skills England, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. School subjects and entries: Department for Education. Links between them are made by sch.today. Methodology.