NCVQ
National Centre for Vocational Qualifications

Learning diaries are likely to be a key element in contributing towards NCVQ accreditation.

In the rest of the UK it is published by NCVQ.

Nevertheless, NCVQ is considering the accreditation of 'stand-alone' units in response to a strong demand.

We intend to continue to strongly support the Government in NCVQ in their endeavours to achieve the national targets.

National Council for Vocational Qualifications (NCVQ)

NCVQ require testing at supervisory/management level to achieve 'a balance between tested practical competences and assessed knowledge, understanding and application'.

Successful candidates will receive certificates bearing the NCVQ mark - their guarantee that they have won an award qualifying for the status of National Vocational Qualification.

A joint statement has been agreed by the Councils of both NCVQ and SCOTVEC.

Both NCVQ and SCOTVEC has adopted unit based systems to facilitate credit accumulation and transfer.

In the rest of the UK, these functions are carried out separately by the National Council for Vocational Qualifications (NCVQ) and a variety of awarding bodies.

In November 1992, the Languages Lead Body submitted to SCOTVEC and NCVQ the national standards for general language learning purposes.

FLAW has already been cited by the National Council for Vocational Qualifications (NCVQ) as the scheme most compatible for transfer to a language NVQ.

Subsequent to the Minister's announcement, NCVQ and SCOTVEC held discussions which aimed to ensure that an individual's vocational achievements would receive recognition throughout the United Kingdom.

During 1990-1991, national standards for assessors and verifiers were drafted by a working group of representatives from SCOTVEC and NCVQ, supported by the major English awarding bodies.

NCVQ and SCOTVEC will establish procedures to ensure consistent interpretation of the criteria for SVQs and NVQs based on common standards.

To this end, SCOTVEC officers will participate with NCVQ and the Training Agency in the review of potential NVQs at various stages of their development.

Mr Lang stressed the importance of SCOTVEC working together with NCVQ 'so that all students can obtain full recognition for their vocational achievements throughout the United Kingdom'.

A formal statement, issued jointly by SCOTVEC and NCVQ, now acknowledges the feature of mutual recognition accorded to SVQs and NVQs.

The focus will be on assisting the Employment Department and NCVQ to increase the recognition and penetration of NVQs in the workplace - an are where the Chamber's Examination Board has real strengths.

SVQs will therefore not only be recognised within that industry but will also be regarded as a counterpart of the NVQs accredited by NCVQ in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

And in the end it would be national government which was expected to sort them out (TES 1990): Parity of esteem depends on more than assertions about which NCVQ level equals an A Level.

For this reason, NCVQ and SCOTVEC do not approve training courses leading to NVQs and SVQs or the training materials supporting these courses.

Other areas of work include liaison with other education and professional bodies, such as CGLI and NCVQ and design of the NVQ framework with the lead body (HCTC).

Discussions are currently taking place with NCVQ to identify mechanisms which will ensure that holds of SVQs and NVQs can move freely within the UK and have their qualifications recognised without difficulty.

Although the flow and use of information about TVEI and NCVQ have been patchy and limited, the aims, in contrast, of Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) are all-embracing.