Level 5 Diploma in Airline, Airport and Aviation Management

What is the Level 5 Diploma in Airline, Airport and Aviation Management?

The objective of the OTHM Level 5 Diploma in Airline, Airport and Aviation Management is intended to develop learners’ understanding of policy, management theory and practice in airline, airport and aviation management.

The qualification provides learners with an opportunity to engage with the challenges facing professionals and policy makers in their own country and provides knowledge that underpins the ability to work as an effective manager in the sector.

Learners will develop and enhance knowledge and skills in the areas of airline and airport operations, air transport marketing, sustainability, airline commercial planning, digital marketing, risk management and safety and security management for airports, and also learn about the ways in which the contemporary global context affects management in these areas.

Successful completion of this qualification will allow learners to work in a variety of roles within airline, airport and air transport management and to progress to further study.

Who is this qualification for?

This Level 5 diploma suits learners who hold a Level 4 qualification or equivalent experience and want second-year degree-level knowledge in airline, airport and aviation management.

• Study fully online with tutor support from LSIB, with no fixed timetable.
• Assessment by assignments, so you can evidence learning from your own workplace.
• Each level carries 120 credits, so you can progress one level at a time.

Entry requirements

The OTHM Level 5 Diploma Airline, Airport and Aviation Management qualification can be offered to learners from age 19. It is recommended that learners hold a Level 4 Diploma in Airline, Airport and Aviation Management or equivalent qualification.

OTHM centres must ensure learners are recruited with integrity onto appropriate qualifications and that they possess the required knowledge, understanding and skills to enrol and successfully achieve this qualification. The qualification is offered in English.

English requirements: If a learner is not from a majority English-speaking country must provide evidence of English language competency. For more information visit the OTHM English Language Expectations page.

Qualification structure and units

The OTHM Level 5 Diploma in Airline, Airport and Aviation Management qualification consists of 6 mandatory units for a combined total of 120 credits, 1200 hours Total Qualification Time (TQT) and 600 Guided Learning Hours (GLH) for the completed qualification.

Source: OTHM qualification specification (PDF) · Ofqual qualification number 610/6601/1.

Duration and delivery

The qualification is designed to be delivered over one academic year for full-time study, but it is also flexible in its delivery in order to accommodate part-time and distance learning.

The qualification is delivered face-to-face, through lectures, tutorials, seminars, distance, online by approved centres only.

At LSIB the qualification is delivered online: you receive the unit materials, assignment briefs and tutor support through the learning platform and submit assignments when you are ready. There are no fixed lecture times, so you can start in any month.

How you are assessed

All units within this qualification are assessed and internally quality assured by the centre and externally verified by OTHM. The qualifications are criterion referenced, based on the achievement of all the specified learning outcomes.

To achieve a ‘pass’ for a unit, learners must provide evidence to demonstrate that they have fulfilled all the learning outcomes and meet the standards specified by all assessment criteria. Judgement that the learners have successfully fulfilled the assessment criteria is made by the assessor.

Specific assessment guidance and relevant marking criteria for each unit are made available in the Assignment Brief document. These are made available to centres immediately after registration of one or more learners.

The assessor should provide an audit trail showing how the judgement of the learners’ overall achievement has been arrived at.

Progression and career routes

Successful completion of the OTHM Level 5 Diploma in Airline, Airport and Aviation Management qualification enables learners’ direct entry into Year 3 of a three-year UK Bachelor’s degree.

As this qualification is approved and regulated by Ofqual (Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulation), many universities acknowledge the ability of learners after studying Level 5 Diploma in Airline, Airport and Aviation Management and consider for direct entry into a range of their Degree programmes. For more information visit the OTHM University Progressions webpage.

Fees and how to apply

The enrolment fee is £10 when you submit your application. It is separate from the course fee above.

1. Apply and pay the £10 enrolment fee Use Apply now to open the application form with this programme pre-selected. Complete the form, upload your ID and qualification certificates (or a CV showing relevant experience), and pay the £10 enrolment fee to submit.
2. Application review and course-fee link Admissions review your application within one working day. If you are approved, we email you a secure link to pay the course fee in full or on an instalment plan.
3. Start your course As soon as your course fee (or first instalment, if you chose a plan) is paid, you receive your learning-platform login and can begin the first unit. There is no fixed intake date.

Additional requirements

Centre Requirements

To deliver a Airline, Airport and Aviation Management Qualification a Centre must provide evidence that staff hold, as a minimum, a Level 6 or higher qualification in one or more of the following subjects:

• Aviation
• Logistics
• Travel and Tourism

Progression path

1. Level 4 Diploma
2. Level 5 Diploma
3. Level 6 Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety

Related OTHM qualifications

• Level 5 Extended Diploma in Airline, Airport and Aviation Management
• Level 5 Certificate in Health and Safety
• Level 5 Extended Diploma in Contemporary Skin Rejuvenation

Other OTHM Airline, Airport and Aviation Management qualifications

• Level 4 Diploma in Airline, Airport and Aviation Management — 120 credits
• Level 5 Extended Diploma in Airline, Airport and Aviation Management — 240 credits