Peter Primrose

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Introduction

• Peter Primrose
• Qualifications Officer

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Agenda

• 1000 Welcome Introduction Peter Primrose
• 10 10 Experienced Workers Practical Assessed
  Route (EWPAR) Peter Primrose
• 1015 Introduction to SQA Construction
  Qualifications John Carr
• Qualification Overview
• Approval Visits
• Pre and Post Approval Development Visits
• Additional Development Visits
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• 1045 Web site walk through Peter Primrose.
  (Apprentice Frameworks - Optional)
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• 1130 (Workshop 1) Sample EV Report
• (How would you resolve the issues)
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• 1230 Lunch
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• 1330 (Workshop 2) - Training and Assessment
  Programmes All EVs
• Review and discuss with relevant EVs

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Todays Team

• Peter Primrose Qualification Officer
• Diane Anderson Qualification Manager
• BDM Business Development Manager
• John McMillan Plant Maintenance and Operations
• John McGrath Plant Maintenance and Operations
• Neil Griffiths Occupational Work Supervision
• John Carr Construction Operations
• Charles MacLeod Roadbuilding, Highways
  Maintenance and Streetworks

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What is Quality Network about

• You the centres
• Enhancing quality.
• Improve the learner experience.
• Form your own Networks with peers.
• SQA
• Update you on any recent or forthcoming changes.
• Subject experts to support centres and this
  event.
• CPD Certification.
• All of us
• Share Best Practice.

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Plant Operations

• Experienced Worker
• Practical Assessed Route

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Plant Operations

• 3 Parts
• Centre Information Pack
• Candidate Application Pack
• 19 Practical Assessments
• Available to see today
• Any other EWPAR materials we could provide

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Construction Qualifications

• John Carr
• Senior E.V.

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Construction Qualifications

• Competence Qualifications (NVQs)
• 135 Level 2 and 3, NVQ Certificate and
• Diplomas covering 39 suites.
• Knowledge Qualifications
• 52 Qualifications Certificates and Diplomas.

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SQA Construction Qualifications Supportive
Role of E.V.

• All External Verifiers are Subject Specialists.
• Knowledge of the award, units, support materials
  and
• the issues.
• External Verification teams carry out
  verification duties
• in a consistent systematic supportive and
• developmental manner.
• Identify and sharing good practice .
• Compliance vs Support Development

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Types of External Verification Visits

• Qualification Approval
• Carried out by External Verifiers (EVs)
• staff qualifications and experience
• reference and learning materials
• assessment materials
• accommodation and equipment
• internal verification system
• Post Approval
• 1 Free consultation, support and advice.

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Types of External Verification Visits

• Development visit.
• Provide advice and support to centres on the
  delivery of internally assessed
  units/qualifications either pre or post approval.
  
• Qualification Verification - Free.

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Construction Qualifications. Support Materials

• Assessor Guidelines.
• Learner Guidance and Portfolios.
• Training and Assessment Programmes (TAPs)
• - training materials.
• - practical assessments.
• - knowledge assessments

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Construction QualificationsAdded Value

• External Verification.
• Compliance. Yes ! But a greater focus on ensuring
  national standards through support and
  development.
• High quality support materials to ensure a
  consistent approach to achieving and maintaining
  national standards.

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Construction QualificationsAdded Value

• Quality Networks
• (Centre Events delivered by External Verifiers)
• Senior E.V. Overview Reports.
• Identifying trends and agreeing solutions to
  develop centres
• Issues identified from previous year.
• Best practice disseminated.
• Developmental workshops.
• Networking.

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Construction Operations. Exemplar External
Verification. High Level Overview.

• Session 2008/09. A review of all external
  verification reports for Construction Operations.
• Inappropriate assessment planning continues to
  problematic for
• many centres, this leads to poorly informed
  candidates and an
• Ineffective assessment process.
• 28 of External Verifiers reports recorded
  issues at centres. Sanctions
• Support and Development from SQA implemented
• OSAT Quality Manual (ASPs)
• Quality Networks.

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General Construction Operations External
Verification. High Level Overview.

• Session 2010/11. Some quotes from the Senior EV
  Report
• Assessors at all OSAT centres verified in
  2009-2010 ,had an excellent working knowledge of
  unit specifications and instruments of
  assessment
• All centres had a clear and consistent
  understanding of evidence
• requirements
• One centre had implemented individual PLSPs (
  Personal
• Learning and Support Plans) to gauge candidate
  support needs.
• This should be viewed as excellent practice
• No centre had identifiedissues with
  verification.
• Sanctions 0

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Consolidate.SQA Approach

• Support Materials. TAPs focus of Workshop.
• Subject Specialist E.Vs.
• Developmental and supportive approach to
  verification.
• Identifying and sharing good practice.
• Quality Networks.
• Partnership
• Critical Friend

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• Questions?

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Web site walk through (Apprentice Frameworks)

• Peter Primrose
• Qualifications Officer

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Web site walk through

• www.sqa.org.uk/construction

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Apprenticeship Frameworks

• Contact information
• Contacts within ConstructionSkills SSC
• Purpose of the framework
• Definitions of Apprenticeships
• Labour Market Information for the next 2 to 5
  yearsPriorities for the sector
• Aims

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Apprenticeship Frameworks

• Entry conditions
• Ways in which learners can enter an
  apprenticeship

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Apprenticeship Frameworks

• Framework Details
• Pathways
• Number of Credits Guided Learning/Training
  Hours for Knowledge and Competence
• Credits for Functional Skills
• Job Roles
• Qualifications
• Transferable Skills
• Progression Routes - to and from
• Delivery and assessment of employee
• rights and responsibilities (ERRs)

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Apprenticeship Frameworks

• All Pathway Information
• How equality and diversity will be met
• Guide to GLH and Minimum Periods for each
  Apprenticeship Pathway and Qualification
• Minimum on-the-job guided learning/training hours
• How this requirement will be met
• Minimum off-the-job GLH
• How this requirement will be met

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Apprenticeship Frameworks

• Personal learning and thinking skills (PLTS)
  assessment and recognition (England)
• Creative thinking
• Independent enquiry
• Reflective learning
• Team working
• Self management
• Effective participation

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Apprenticeship Frameworks

• Personal learning and thinking skills (PLTS)
  assessment and recognition (England)
• SQA has mapped the PLTS to its knowledge
  qualifications, available through the SQA Secure
  web site. Whilst completing the knowledge
  qualification, candidates will be mentored and
  assessed on the PLTS by the centre and quality
  assured by SQA Evidence of PLTS achievement is
  the certificates for the knowledge qualification.

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Apprenticeship Frameworks

• Wider key skills assessment and recognition
  (Wales)
• Improving own learning and performance
• Working with others
• Problem solving
• Additional employer requirements

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• Questions?

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