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NVQ for IT Users

• Companys name
• Presenters name

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Agenda

• Who is ITQ for?
• How does it work?
• ITQ Calculator
• Why choose ITQ?
• How it relates to your organisation
• What we can do for you
• Any Questions

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1. Who is the qualification for?

• Anyone who uses IT (including students)
• Beginners to advanced learners
• Flexible design for learners wanting to progress
• Recognises varying individual abilities
• Bespoke units for in-house software

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2. How does ITQ work?

• A lighter more relevant way of doing an IT User
  qualification
• Spiky Profile Structure
• Level 1 40 points (30 Level 1 UVs)
• Level 2 100 points (65 Level 2 UVs)
• Level 3 180 points (110 Level 3 UVs)
• At least 50 of the optional unit values must be
  achieved at the level of the qualification (ie
  the same level as the mandatory unit)

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3. e-skills UK ITQ Calculator

• The ITQ Calculator can be used to
• create an ITQ profile
• view the standards behind each area of
  competence
• understand what kind of activities the learners
  will be undertaking
• ensure that they will achieve the right number
  of credit values
• To experiment with making up an ITQ profile use
  the ITQ Calculator online http//www.e-skills.com/
  cgi-bin/orad.pl/231/ITQ_calculator2.exe

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ITQ Calculator
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4. Why choose ITQ

• Improved staff morale and motivation
• Greater staff retention
• Reduced recruitment costs
• Job Satisfaction
• Improved customer service
• Nationally recognised qualification for staff

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5. How it relates to your organisation

• ITQ can be customised to your staff training
  needs
• Bespoke units cover the specific applications
  that your company uses
• Units can be dropped in from other sectors to fit
  the work that your organisation does
• Core IT application units eg word processing
  and using e-mail
• Fundamental IT skills rather than phoning the
  IT helpdesk

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6. What we can do for you

• We can map what you are currently doing in
  training to the ITQ standards
• We can help you craft an ITQ to suit your
  business needs
• Your staff can get national recognised
  qualifications for what they are already doing at
  work
• We can deliver the ITQ with minimal disruption to
  the everyday running of your workplace/college
• We can provide progression routes to other awards
  

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7. Any questions?