Diploma120 credits
Level 5 diplomas in Project, Risk and Safety Management
Three programmes with two purposes. The OTHM Diploma and Extended Diploma in Project Management are general project qualifications with a strong sustainability and digital-practice thread in their Level 5 units. The Qualifi Extended Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety is a 240-credit safety-management route with a longer, centre-assessed entry process. None of these replaces a professional body qualification such as those from APM or IOSH, and the programme pages say where they sit alongside them.
Diplomas and Extended Diplomas in this sector
Extended Diploma240 credits
2 Extended Diplomas
The Project, Risk and Safety Management programmes as data
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| Compare | Ofqual no. | Open | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level 5 Diploma in Project Management6 units · Not listed in our source data | OTHM | Diploma | 120 | Project, Risk and Safety Management | 610/1781/4 | ||
| Level 5 Extended Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety12 units · Assessed by the centre; see specification · facts only | Qualifi | Extended Diploma | 240 | Project, Risk and Safety Management | 610/6564/X | ||
| Level 5 Extended Diploma in Project Management12 units · Level 3 qualification or equivalent · facts only | OTHM | Extended Diploma | 240 | Project, Risk and Safety Management | 610/1776/0 |
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Choosing within Project, Risk and Safety Management
Start from what you hold
A Level 4 qualification in a related subject points to a Diploma; a Level 3 qualification points to an Extended Diploma. This decides more than anything else on the page.
Then read the unit lists
Where both awarding bodies offer a programme in this sector, the unit titles show how each frames the subject. Open two programme pages in separate tabs, or use the compare tool.
Then check the hours
Total qualification time is published for most OTHM programmes and not for most Qualifi ones on their web listings. Where the figure is missing, the specification PDF linked from the programme page has it.
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Tell us your highest qualification and we will say which of the 120-credit Diploma and the 240-credit Extended Diploma LSPM's entry criteria open to you, and how to start the application.