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  • 47 of 48 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 welshgal17

    Member since 26/02/2005

    Reviews written: 63

    5 Stars NVQ's. Are they worth it? 21/06/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Useful for practical jobs

    Disadvantages Disadvantages lots of questions to be answered

    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 reflect the skills and knowledge needed to do a job well , and show that the person is able in 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 ... more
  • 34 of 34 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    solamarie

    5 Stars Train and gain evidence of competance 06/07/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Makes getting a job as a carer easier, proves competence, raises care standards in all settings

    Disadvantages 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 Workers and equivalent Level 3 is for Care Officers/ Senior Support Workers and equivalent Level 4 is for Assistant Managers and equivalent ... more
  • 44 of 44 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Shortsharpshock

    2 Stars NVQ do or NVQ don't? 18/04/2005
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Something many people have to do, can be a useful stepping stone.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Far too much complex paperwork for a vocational qualification, lack of support.

    The reasons for doing 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 and the date is being forever changed. The NVQ is a relatively new qualification and was seen by the government as a ... more
  • 67 of 67 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    janemain

    5 Stars NVQ 2 and 3 In Care Review with images 14/04/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Got a pay rise!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Got a head ache! but had fun

    I work as a Social Care Worker (well that's my job title) you will probably know me better as a Carer and before that we were called Home helps. These days we all have to have a fancy job title to make us feel important don't we. My employer, a large care company that has several nursing homes and operates several community care departments invited all the staff to do their NVQ's.They would pay for it and we would get a pay rise for each level we attained, so most of us said yes. I think if you pay for your own course it is abut £300 We attended an induction day, we were told what standard of ... more
  • 27 of 27 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    claireydeacon

    5 Stars Could you NVQ? 07/09/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Recognised by employers, relevant to work

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None that I can think of.

    As some of you will know, 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 to www.des.gov.uk/nvq. This site has information relating to all NVQ’s and some of the information in this review has ... more
  • 46 of 46 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    carpathian

    5 Stars GO FOR GOLD 05/08/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Good stepping stone into employment

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Doesn't pay well.

    So you want to be a ? Training for Adults I am a Trainer/Assessor and work with the adult unemployed. One of the most popular qualifications is the NVQ, these are National Vocational Qualifications. NVQ’s cover almost every work discipline there is, the standards for these qualifications are set by the industry concerned and co-ordinated by the NTO for that industry. National Training Organisations. The standards for NVQ’s are determined and laid out by the NTO concerned, i.e. the IT-NTO sets the standards for the IT sector. These standards are then written up by the awarding ... more
  • 23 of 23 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    jodytyper

    5 Stars When GCSE's aren't enough! 05/09/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Good Basic Training, relevant to course

    Disadvantages Disadvantages expensive lots of coursework

    Before I get started I want to admit that I am not a curricular person by any means. I couldn't wait to get out of school. That meant no A levels and I soon dropped out of my BTEC at college, prefering to get what I then called 'work experience', but looking back I guess it was more like slave labour! So, I carried on working in underpaid jobs until I fell pregnant at 18. I enoyed being at home with Lauren but having worked since I was 14 and being a 21st century independant women I decided that I wanted a job with meaning, a career perhaps? I knew before I even started looking for employment ... more
  • 44 of 44 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Harryslarry

    4 Stars N.V.Q. = Best on the Job Training! 30/09/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Motivational.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages self discipline.

    I was lucky enough to be enrolled on one of these by, my then employer as a gift! (The cost was £140). N.V.Q. or National Vocational Qualification in full, is a training method which allows the candidate to gain knowledge through use of observation, projects, oral and written questions, testimony of others, assessment of prior achievment and candidates own explanations at their place of employment. There are different courses for different vocations and there are usually 5 levels which one can achieve. I, being a carer was enrolled for N.V.Q. Level 2 in care. The course was to last for nine ... more
  • 19 of 19 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    wonder1607

    4 Stars If the Light Is On... 15/08/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages better understanding

    Disadvantages Disadvantages can be hard in places

    I have done both my NVQ level 2 and just finished my level 3, unlike others at my work place I got mine free as I was under 25 at the time, were as our employer has to pay. I wanted to have level 2 and 3 under my belt so I could move up the ladder and one day be the boss ( if only!! ) I work with clients that have acquired a brain injury through an accident or stoke so when I was choosing my units it was very hard as they were all to do with care and that isn't my job. We support these wonderful people in becoming independent again and to one day live in the community with support. So I had to ... more
  • 16 of 16 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    charkai

    4 Stars NVQ Business Administration. 18/07/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Work focused, competence based

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Repetitive, heavy paperwork to lug about

    Many people thought I was mad last September, when I decided to go back to the local College to do a Business Admin NVQ. Even some of my tutors thought I was mad.... "You've got a degree, what do you need an NVQ for? You're going backwards, it's a Masters you're after!" Actually, NO you're all wrong! So what if i've got a degree. That only means I know the subject, not the practical side of things!! My degree: BA Modern Language Studies: 4 years at Leicester Uni doing French, German and supplemenatry Sociology. Upon graduation, there's me thinking the world is mine! Ohhh how wrong was I. I ... more
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