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What is OCS all about
At the Operational level, the role simulated is that of an Entry level finance professional and the capstone Case Study Examination provides a simulated context, which allows candidates to demonstrate that they have acquired the required knowledge, skills, techniques and mindset for that role
The Case Study Examination provides a simulated context which allows learners to demonstrate that they have acquired the required knowledge, skills, techniques and mindset for that role. Those six core activities are:
- Prepare costing information for different purposes to meet the needs of management. 12-18% of syllabus weighting
- Prepare budget information and assess its use for planning and control purposes. 17-25% of syllabus weighting
- Analyse performance using financial and nonfinancial information. 17-25% of syllabus weighting. 12-18% of syllabus weighting
- Apply relevant financial reporting standards and corporate governance, ethical and tax principles.
- Prepare information to support short-term decision-making. 17-25% of syllabus weighting
- Prepare information to manage working capital. 7-13% of syllabus weighting
The core activities are linked to associated assessment outcomes expressed in terms of ‘I Can’ statements that speak directly to the skills and competencies that drive the employability of successful learners

5 Key Facts about the OCS exam
There are no calculations in the Case Study Exam
Technical knowledge of the theory from F1, P1 and E1 syllabi will be required
The Pre-Seen will be released 7 weeks before the exam
A balanced answer script is your key to success
There is no escaping the keyboard!
What do you need to PASS your OCS exam?
There are 2 main steps:

OCS Revisions
How do you start preparing for your upcoming Operational Case Study (OCS) exam? A typical student would start with revising the theory of E1, F1 and P1 papers. But how do you go about it? Like our tutor Pete says "you have already passed those OT exams" - now it is the time to review only the bits that could be useful for your Operational Case Study. Now it is the time to go through the theory and only concentrate on the topics, that you can use when you write your responses.
But which are those topics? Now this is where our video course comes handy! Our tutor, based on his enourmous experience with teaching Case Studies, has selected all the important pieces for you. Each video is between 47 mins to 1h 20 mins long.
What's included in the course?
Have a look at the video that we've prepared for you. It covers the introduction to OCS.
OCS Revisions package consists of 3 videos:
- E1 Revisions - which is the backbone of the OCS exam, covers all the important topics from the E1 (Managing finance in a digital world) paper. It lasts for 1h 19 mins.
- F1 Revisions - covers topics from the F1 (Financial Reporting) paper and lasts for 46 mins.
- P1 Revisions - covers topics from the final paper P1 (Management Accounting) and lasts for 53 mins.

Get your OCS February 2021 study materials!
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This newly updated packages for February 2021 Operational Case Study is all you need to get properly prepared and pass your OCS exam with confidence.