HNC/D Administration and IT

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HNC/D Administration and IT
Quality Review Team Update
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Mandatory Units for HNC/D

• ITiB Word Processing and Presentation Skills (2)
• ITiB Spreadsheets (1)
• Office Administration (1)
• Office Technologies (1)
• Recording Financial Transactions (1)
• Communication (1) unchanged
• Personal Development Planning (1)
• ITiB Databases (1) awaiting core skill
  validation

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Mandatory Units for HND

• ITiB Advanced Word Processing (1)
• ITiB Advanced Spreadsheets (1)
• ITiB Advanced Databases (1)
• Presentation Skills (1)
• Office Management (2)
• ICT in Business (2)
• Developing the Individual within a Team (1) at
  level 7 or 8
• in final stages prior to validation and core
  skill validation

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Graded Units

• Graded Unit 1 retained as an exam-based unit (1)
• Minor change made to timing of papers (45 minutes
  paper 1 and 2 hours 15 minutes for paper 2)
• Graded Unit 2 retained as an exam-based unit (1)
• Graded Unit 3 retained as a project-based unit
  (1)
• Minor changes made to content of all the Graded
  Units to ensure knowledge matched that of the
  revised mandatory units
• Still subject to validation

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Core Skills HNC Exit Profile

• HNC should have the following core skills
  embedded
• Communication at level 6
• ICT at level 5
• Problem solving at level 5
• Working with Others level 5 or 6 (DIWAT)
• Significant effort was made to ensure that core
  skills were clearly signposted and/or embedded
  across all units where the opportunity arose
• DIWAT Awaiting core skill validation

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Core Skills HND Exit Profile

• Communication at level 6
• ICT at level 6
• Numeracy at level 6
• Problem-solving at level 6
• Working with others
• - again, significant work spent identifying
  opportunities for signposting/embedding across
  all units
• awaiting core skills validation

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Credit Transfer

• Just a reminder Credit Transfer is ultimately
  the responsibility of the Centre.
• However, we are currently looking at
• Straight route into HND year 2 from current HNC
• Producing a table to show where content of the
  mandatory units have changed although this will
  only include the current HNC/D units
• It is likely that units from the older HNC/D
  would need to be mapped to the new units on an ad
  hoc basis issues of currency come into play
  here.
• BUT, details have yet to be finalised.

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Review of Optional Units

• A number of units have expired/will expire in the
  near future
• Replacement units have been produced
• BUT, there may be some optional units that are
• No longer relevant
• Absolutely necessary for articulation purposes
• Knowledge/skills not currently available in unit
  form (ie new knowledge/skills)
• We are looking for guidance from you on what the
  list should look like more later

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Recent Market Research

• Another survey questionnaire was issued in
  September 2009 to Employers whose staff members
  had recently completed the HNC/D AIT award
• 100 considered HNC/D AIT was relevant for both
  recruitment AND staff development
• 100 agreed that the qualification developed the
  appropriate skills (63.3 strongly)
• 100 agreed that the qualification helps prepared
  staff for work (45.5 strongly)
• 70 agree that routes into professional body
  recognition are important (30 strongly)
• All core skills are necessary in administration
  posts

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Result

• Increased flexibility statement of what to
  do,not how to do as long as centres adhere to
  the Evidence Requirements Centres have much more
  freedom on the HOW
• Reduced assessment load (able to assess across
  units, eg spreasheets and RFT)
• Instead of identifying just one unit for core
  skill embedding/signposting all units were
  considered
• DDA compliant

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Whats next . . .

• Currently working on the Validation Proposal
  Document
• Date for Validation Event is 28th January 2010
• E-assessment this award is well placed to take
  full advantage of e-assessment opportunites
• Look forward to seeing you at the Launch Event