Introduction
Peter Primrose
Qualifications Officer
Agenda
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10:00
Welcome & Introduction – Peter Primrose
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10 10
Experienced Workers Practical Assessed Route (EWPAR) – Peter Primrose
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10:15
Introduction to SQA Construction Qualifications – John Carr
Qualification Overview
Approval Visits
Pre and Post Approval Development Visits
Additional Development Visits
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10:45
Web site walk through – Peter Primrose. (Apprentice Frameworks - Optional)
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11:30
(Workshop 1) – Sample EV Report
(How would you resolve the issues)
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12:30
Lunch
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13:30
(Workshop 2) - Training and Assessment Programmes – All EV’s
Review and discuss with relevant EV’s
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14:30
Plenary
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15:00
Close
Todays Team
 Peter Primrose – Qualification Officer
 Diane Anderson – Qualification Manager
 BDM – Business Development Manager
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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
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.
Plant Operations
Experienced Worker
Practical Assessed Route
Plant Operations
 3 Parts
Centre Information Pack
Candidate Application Pack
19 Practical Assessments
 Available to see today
 Any other EWPAR materials we could provide
Construction Qualifications
John Carr
Senior E.V.
Construction Qualifications
 Competence Qualifications (NVQs)
135 Level 2 and 3, NVQ Certificate and
Diploma’s covering 39 suites.
 Knowledge Qualifications
52 Qualifications Certificates and Diplomas.
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
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.
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.
Construction Qualifications.
Support Materials
 Assessor Guidelines.
 Learner Guidance and Portfolios.
 Training and Assessment Programmes (TAPs)
- training materials.
- practical assessments.
- knowledge assessments
Construction Qualifications
Added 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.
Construction Qualifications
Added 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.
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.
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 centre’s 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 identified“issues with verification.
 Sanctions 0%
Consolidate.
SQA Approach
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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”
Questions?
Web site walk through
(Apprentice Frameworks)
Peter Primrose
Qualifications Officer
Web site walk through
www.sqa.org.uk/construction
Apprenticeship Frameworks
 Contact information
Contacts within ConstructionSkills SSC
 Purpose of the framework
Definitions of Apprenticeships
Labour Market Information for the next 2 to 5 years
Priorities for the sector
Aims
Apprenticeship Frameworks
 Entry conditions
 Ways in which learners can enter an apprenticeship
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)
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
Apprenticeship Frameworks
 Personal learning and thinking skills (PLTS)
assessment and recognition (England)
Creative thinking
Independent enquiry
Reflective learning
Team working
Self management
Effective participation
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.
Apprenticeship Frameworks
 Wider key skills assessment and recognition (Wales)
Improving own learning and performance
Working with others
Problem solving
 Additional employer requirements
Questions?