1. Classification of Business Primary Secondary Tertiary
BTEC BUSINESS LEVEL 2 UNIT 1
PASS 3 ACTIVITY

2. Learning Objective Describe the primary sector
Describe the secondary sector
Describe the tertiary sector

3. Primary Secondary Tertiary
Planet Earth – where all products start
In business to get a product to a consumer it has to start somewhere on this planet of ours (cannot fall from the sky!)
4 min video on PST (pearl)

4. Global chain of production (trade)
2 min video on trade
Primary – secondary and tertiary businesses all inclved in getting the product to you.
Tree is cut down
Tree is made into paper
Paper made into book
You buy and read the book

5. Primary Sector
tree felling primary sector activity
The primary sector produces goods using natural resources
Extracted from the ground
Grown
Collected
Diamond mining

6. Primary Activity on your sheet
General examples (write on your sheet)
Mining
Fishing
Hunting
Chopping down trees
Gathering fruit
Drill for oil
Stone quarry
Real examples (your turn to research!)
In pairs use the Internet to look for 2 examples of real companies that are PRIMARY SECTOR in the UK
Company name?
What do they do?

7. Secondary Sector The secondary sector manufactures goods
video on book binding a secondary sector business
The secondary sector manufactures goods
Capital goods used to make other goods and services
Consumer goods
Utilities and construction

8. Secondary Activity on your sheet
General examples (write on your sheet)
Factories
Car manufacture
Firing pottery
Stitching cloth
Baking bread
Making TVs
House construction
Real examples (your turn to research!)
In pairs use the Internet to look for 2 examples of real companies that are PRIMARY SECTOR in the UK
Company name?
What do they do?

9. Tertiary Sector All shops and banks are tertiary
The tertiary sector provides services
To other businesses
Directly to consumers
All shops and banks are tertiary

10. Tertiary Activity on your sheet
General examples (write on your sheet)
Insurance
Retailing (shops)
Hairdressing
Gardening
Cleaning
Banking
Real examples (your turn to research!)
In pairs use the Internet to look for 2 examples of real companies that are TERTIARY SECTOR in the UK
Company name?
What do they do?

11. To recap….. Tertiary Primary Secondary Tertiary Primary? Secondary?