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Carole Brown, Senior Project Manager, International Consultancy

Carole Brown, Senior Project Manager, International Consultancy Dennis Dunne, Senior Project Manager International Consultancy. From Developing Occupational Standards to Qualifications and Qualification Frameworks. International Activities. International awarding of qualifications

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Carole Brown, Senior Project Manager, International Consultancy

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  1. Carole Brown, Senior Project Manager, International Consultancy Dennis Dunne, Senior Project Manager International Consultancy

  2. From Developing Occupational Standards to Qualifications and Qualification Frameworks

  3. International Activities • International awarding of qualifications • International consultancy • Training services • Study visits

  4. International Consultancy • Strong track record • Work with international governments, agencies and worldwide organisations • Services include: qualification framework development; quality assurance systems, curriculum & qualification development; National Occupational Standards development

  5. International Awarding • 77 SQA Approved Training Centres worldwide offering a variety of qualifications including HNCs/Ds and SVQs (based on NOS) • Complement local qualifications to expand international recognition (Customised Award and National Qualifications Frameworks) • Designed to suit the changing needs of different countries and industry providers

  6. NOS Development Cycle

  7. Transition from NOS to Vocational Qualification

  8. Vocational Qualifications The following is added to the NOS: • Evidence requirements – to prove competence and provide examples of possible evidence/types of evidence that can be used. • Evidence must be: - valid - current - authentic - sufficient - consistent

  9. Good practice in NOS development

  10. Steering Committee Sector Employer Validation Group Work Flow NOS Sign-off Occupational Summaries/Functional Maps and NOS Feedback / Revision Review of current Standards and international models of best practice Document knowledge and competences and prepare Occupational Summaries/ Functional Maps Mapping against Imported NOS Identification of gaps / specialisms Develop new Units as appropriate Format NOS into the agreed template Submit NOS for approval Quality Assurance

  11. Thank you for your attention Questions? carole.brown@sqa.org.uk Telephone: +44 (0)141 500 5410 Mobile: +44 (0)7894 251034

  12. Developing National Qualifications Frameworks Dennis Dunne, Senior Manager (International Consultancy)

  13. Why have a National Qualifications Framework?

  14. Why have a National Qualifications Framework?

  15. Approach

  16. Approach

  17. Challenges

  18. Challenges

  19. Thank you for your attention Questions? dennis.dunne@sqa.org.uk Telephone: +44 (0)141 500 5190 Mobile: +44 (0)7725757085

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