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| WHAT
IS AN NVQ? |
NVQ
stands for National Vocational Qualification.
The main purpose of this award is to provide people with
a nationally recognised qualification relevant to their
current employment which they can train for and gain in
the workplace.
A qualification like this is valued because it shows a person
can do the job to the standard the industry requires and
it also gives the customer more confidence in the product
or service they are buying.
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| Who
can train for an NVQ?
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| Anyone
who is in a job/work placement which enables them to be
assessed on-site for competence in the various duties and
tasks defined in their personal training programme.
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| In
what form does the training take place? |
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Training
and assessing will take place on-site with additional
seminars on specialist
topics.
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| How
is my training programme decided? |
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Your training programme
will be developed to meet the needs of your particular
work area and will be made up of units that relate to
your work. To enable us to provide a programme which is
relevant to your position, you must select units from
the optional units available. These must then be completed
along with the
mandatory units to gain your award. Your training programme
will be agreed with your allocated assessor upon commencement
of the scheme.
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| How
does the assessment take place? |
You
will be assessed in the workplace to prove your competence
in routine work activities, work records and charts etc.
and assessment of your Portfolio of
Evidence. Your assessor, who will be either employed by
your own company or by Poultec, will be qualified and industry
competent.
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| How
do NVQ’s relate to other qualifications? |
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There are five levels of NVQ:
Level 1 is equivalent to 5 GCSEs at grades D-G
Level 2 is equivalent to 5 GCSEs at grades A-C
Level 3 is equivalent to 2 A levels/1 vocational A level
Level 4/5 is equivalent to HNC, HND and degree level
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| SO,
WHAT ARE KEY SKILLS? |
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Key
Skills are a life long qualification and form part of
the Apprenticeship framework to include an NVQ qualification
in your chosen profession.
Key skills are the
skills that are commonly needed for success in a range
of activities in education and training, work and life
in general. In this section you will find the key skills
standards, test specifications and example tests.
There are six key
skills. The main three are:
• Communication
• Application of number
• Information technology
Together these make up the
Key Skills Qualification.
The three wider key skills
are:
• Working with others
• Improving own learning and performance
• Problem solving
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| WHY
DO KEY SKILLS? |
Key
skills can significantly improve candidates:
• Motivation
• Progression
• Achievement
• Employability
Employers recognise the
value of key skills in recruitment and for promotion.
Higher education has recognised their worth, including
key skills in the UCAS tariff system.
Key skills
are increasingly essential in the workplace because employers
want people who are:
• Computer literate
• Able to relate well with customers
• Good team workers
• Flexible in their job functions
• Able to organise their work activities
• Decision makers and problem solvers
• Able to communicate effectively |
