Classification of Business
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
BTEC BUSINESS LEVEL 2 UNIT 1
PASS 3 ACTIVITY
Learning Objective
• Describe the primary sector
• Describe the secondary sector
• Describe the tertiary sector
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
• 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)
• Planet Earth – where all
products start
Global chain of production (trade)
• 2 min video on trade
• Primary – secondary and
tertiary businesses all
inclved in getting the
product to you.
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Tree is cut down
Tree is made into paper
Paper made into book
You buy and read the
book
Primary Sector
tree felling primary sector activity
• The primary sector produces goods using natural
resources
– Extracted from the ground
– Grown
– Collected
Diamond mining
Primary Activity on your sheet
• General examples (write
on your sheet)
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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?
Secondary Sector
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
Secondary Activity on your sheet
• General examples (write
on your sheet)
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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?
Tertiary Sector
• The tertiary sector provides services
– To other businesses
– Directly to consumers
• All shops and banks are tertiary
Tertiary Activity on your sheet
• General examples (write
on your sheet)
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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?
To recap…..
• Primary?
• Secondary?
• Tertiary?