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NVQ

Reading Stef1's review on NVQ's I decided that I'd give you my experience of this qualification as I have carried mine out at college for the last 2 years. What are NVQ's? Introduced in 1988. National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) are work-related, competence-based qualifications. They ... Read review

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NVQ's. Are they worth it?

Advantages: Useful for practical jobs
Disadvantages: lots of questions to be answered

...the area of work the NVQ represents.

What NVQs can I do?
There are NVQs for almost all jobs.
NVQs cover general, industrial and commercial sectors. They are divided into eleven groups:
Tending animals, plants and land
Extracting and providing natural resources
Constructing
Engineering
Manufacturing
Transporting
Providing goods and services
Providing health, ...
...development.
Getting an NVQ shows you can do a job to national standards and have the up-to-date skills employers are looking for. In terms of work, a qualification which proves you can do a job well is a valuable possession and which makes it worthwhile.
With NVQs the practice is as important as the theory - they show what you can do as well as what you know.
You don't have to sit through hours, days, weeks or even years ... more

welshgal17 21.06.2005 (21.06.2005)
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Train and gain evidence of competance

Advantages: Makes getting a job as a carer easier, proves competence, raises care standards in all settings
Disadvantages: A bit repetitive

NVQ In Care Train and gain evidence of competence The awards to be achieved are: National Vocational Qualifications in Care. Levels 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 Mine is a City and Guilds qualification. For each unit there is a certificate then a certificate on completion with all units on. Work at a qualification while you earn at your place of employment. Gain relevant qualifications to gain promotion and better working practises. Level 2 is for Care Assistants/Support ...
...years now. I remember when NVQ first became available and was really interested. I completed NVQ level 2 in Care in April 2001 and have been chasing level 3 since then. Hopefully I will complete it by the middle of next year. NVQ In Care level 2 assesses the care that you deliver. We were told at our induction day that it would change the way we work. Well, for me I don’t think it changed the way I worked, but it did change the way I thought about ...

solamarie 06.07.2004 · Read full review
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NVQ do or NVQ don't?

Advantages: Something many people have to do, can be a useful stepping stone.
Disadvantages: Far too much complex paperwork for a vocational qualification, lack of support.

...the National Vocational Qualifications or NVQ are vast and wide-ranging. NVQ's are becoming a vital part of the workplace particularly in the manufacturing and service sectors were they are slowly becoming a prerequisite before starting work in such fields. In my field, the health profession 50% of care assistants/nursing auxiliaries etc were supposed to have their NVQ 2 in care by the end of 2005. There are several reasons why this became an impossibility ...
...reasons for this. The NVQ is described as a vocational qualification to be completed in the workplace. You are assigned an assessor who can either be shipped in from an external body such as a college or has been trained as an NVQ assessor by the workplace. The idea is that your assessor observes your work and documents how you behave, be it towards your clients/service users in the care sector, customers in the retail sector etc. They also observe ...

Shortsharpshock 18.04.2005 · Read full review
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NVQ 2 and 3 In Care

Advantages: Got a pay rise!
Disadvantages: Got a head ache! but had fun

...my work by completing my NVQ 2 in care. As I passed level 2 I was asked to do level 3, this meant another pay rise so I started almost straight away. I have completed level 3 now and am waiting for my results, I think NVQ's are a great way to further your career or just gain more confidence in your work, I have gained so much from doing my NVQ's and could now get a job in any nursing home of community care projects and they would be a great start ...

janemain 14.04.2005 · Read full review
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Could you NVQ?

Advantages: Recognised by employers, relevant to work
Disadvantages: None that I can think of.

...I have recently passed my NVQ level 4 in Accounting with the AAT, so I thought that I would write and tell you all a little bit about NVQ’s (or SVQ’s (Scottish Vocational Qualification's) if you are in Scotland). NVQ stands for National Vocational Qualification which, as the name suggests, means that the qualification received is suitable for the Vocation (work) you are doing, or wish to do. I decided to have a look for NVQ on the web and was directed ...
...is an NVQ? An NVQ is a qualification based on National Occupational Standards and often requiring “insider knowledge” to enable completion. NVQ’s are in 5 levels, starting at 1 and going to 5. They fit into the work place:- Level 1 - Foundation skills in occupations Level 2 - Operative and semi-skilled occupations Level 3 - Technician, craft, skilled and supervisory occupations Level 4 - Technical and junior management occupations Level 5 ...

claireydeacon 07.09.2004 · Read full review
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GO FOR GOLD

Advantages: Good stepping stone into employment
Disadvantages: Doesn't pay well.

...awarding bodies. How an NVQ is made up. A typical level 2 qualification consists of 9 units of competence, usually 6 mandatory and 3 optional, although some of the older ones are 8 mandatory and 1 optional. These units are then broken down into elements, i.e. unit 1.1, 1.2 & 1.3, all these elements are needed to complete unit one. To achieve an element you must fulfil the Performance Criterion (PC’s), the Range and the Knowledge and Understanding ...
...what you need to do i.e. use correct software, the Range covers the type of tasks you must complete i.e. produce a letter. The K&U’s cover the knowledge required to do the job, i.e. Data Protection Act & etc. This then is the makeup of the qualification, is it worth the effort? There are two answers to this (guess what they are :o} )and there are two types of unemployed people who seek qualifications: The dodger who comes to keep the employment ...

carpathian 05.08.2001 · Read full review
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