New NVQ Standards

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New NVQ Standards

• J.Marshall

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Introduction

• Has anyone done an NVQ before?
• This session will tell you what is involved

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Agenda

• Mandatory Units
• Optional Units
• Knowledge

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Overview

• NVQs are made up of lots of things
• Like a jigsaw different pieces make up the full
  qualification

What you know
competent
you
work
Other quals
products
tasks
obs
witness
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Vocabulary

• Mandatory units
• Optional units
• Competence
• Work product
• Observation
• Witness testimony
• Personal statement
• Questions and answers

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Level 3

• 6 units of competence to complete       
• 2 Mandatory units
• a mixture of either 1 from Group A and 3 from
  Group B
• or 4 from group B
• at least 3 must be chosen from Group B

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Mandatory units

• Carry out your responsibilities at work
• Work within your business environment

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Group A Options

• Manage diary systems
• Organise business travel and accommodation
• Use IT to exchange information
• Use presentation software (IT User)
• Use specialist or bespoke software
• Produce documents from own notes

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Group B options

• Supervise an office facility
• Procure products and services
• Manage and evaluate customer relations
• Monitor information systems
• Run projects

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Group B options

• Research, analyse and report information
• Plan, organise and support meetings
• Make a presentation
• Organise and co-ordinate events
• Use word processing software
• Design and produce documents
• Prepare text from shorthand
• Prepare text from recorded audio instructions
• Provide administrative support in schools

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You should choose the optional units which best
suit your work situation and job role.
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What if I cannot complete enough units to claim
my NVQ?

• NVQs are very flexible qualifications. They allow
  you to achieve recognition for what you have
  already achieved even if you do not finish the
  full qualification.
• We have systems in place which allow you to be
  awarded a certificate listing the unit (or units)
  you have achieved even if you are unable to
  complete the full NVQ.

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Each unit describes exactly

• what you need to do
• what you need to know and understand and
• the evidence you need to provide to prove you are
  competent to the standard specified.

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What is evidence?

• Evidence is your proof that you meet the
  requirements of this NVQ.

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Evidence can be anything that proves

• what you can do
• how well you do it
• the level of knowledge you have in relation to
  what you do and
• the level of understanding you have about what
  you do, how you do it, and why you do it.

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Types of evidence

• Observation
• video recordings or records of your assessor
  observing you carrying out your work.
• Product evidence
• schedules and diaries you use to manage your work
• information you have researched, processed and
  presented

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• Question and answers
• Your assessor can also supply evidence (through
  their records of assessment for example,
  observations they have carried out and/or your
  responses to questions they have asked you).
• Witness testimony
• statements from witnesses
• Personal statements/storyboards
• Things that you describe

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People involved in the process

• The most important person is you
• I am your assessor and will guide you
• Cheryl Hine is the Internal Verifier
• Kath Jasper is your External Verifier
• Penny is always on hand to help
• Your supervisor and colleagues play a very
  important part in the process

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Proxy quals

• Proxy qualifications are certificates you may
  have achieved in other subjects that you may be
  able to use to claim a unit
• proxy quals

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The next step Is up to you