Developing Qualification Routes

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Developing Qualification Routes

• Patricia Pugh, Careers Scotland
• Jackie Sadler, NICEC

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Qs 1 Level of Qualification

• Patchy across Europe
• Need minimum standards/ level of training
• Need to look to the future

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• Different perspectives ideal vs reality
• Level 6 minimum standard but.
• Duration of postgraduate courses
• Bachelor degrees with specialisation enough?
• Non HE courses parity of esteem

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• Importance of career guidance to policy makers
• Professional status cf other professions
• Subsidiary part of job role visibility
• Boundaries not protectionism
• Legislation licence to practise?

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• Link to Competency Framework
• Definition of professional and sub professional
  roles ( link to EQF)
• Qualifications Framework other network players
• Competencies should define qualifications
• Common Occupational Standards

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• Variations in training reasonable
• Different qualification routes acceptable if
  professional standards maintained
• Generic competencies with other professions
  should be recognised

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Qs 2 Professional Specialisation

• Body of specialist knowledge yes!
• Initial training common base
• CPD contextual, specialisation
• Competencies generic and specialist
• Range of providers if quality assured
• LMI unique selling point?

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Qs 3 Other Issues

• Definition of career guidance
• Integration of academic study and experience in
  the field added value
• Importance of Practice Based Learning
• Requirement to update knowledge and skills CPD/
  Reflective Practice
• Personality traits?