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Rachel Searle, Business Development Manager, NationsSkills for Justice
Sergeant Helen Coles, Team Leader IPLDP Dyfed Powys Police
Nicola Thornton-Scott, Assistant Principal SkillsSkills Academy Wales
ESSENTIAL SKILLS IN THE MODERN WORKPLACESGILIAU HANFODOL YN Y GWEITHLE
What is Essential Skills Wales?
Qualifications from Entry Level 1 to Level 4 in:• Communication• Application of Number• Information Communication Technology (ICT).
ESW has been implemented in Wales since the 1st September 2010. ESW superseded Key Skills.
Level 3 Communication. This qualification helps the learner to improve their communication skills. Learners are required to demonstrate their skills in:
• speaking and listening
• reading
• writing
in familiar and less-familiar contexts, some of which must be formal, connected with education, training, work and social roles.
Level 2 Application of Number - This qualification used to help improve their number skills. Learners are required to demonstrate their skills in:
• understanding numerical data
• carrying out calculations
• interpreting results and presenting findings
in order to tackle problems or tasks that they meet in education, training, work and social roles.
Level 2 Essential Skills Wales in Information & Communication Technology. Learners are required to demonstrate their skills in:
• using ICT systems
• finding, selecting and exchanging information, using ICT
• developing and presenting information, using ICT
in familiar and less familiar situations connected with education, training, work or social roles.
Other Flavours:
• England – Functional Skills
• Scotland – Core Skills
• N. Ireland – Essential Skills
More info about ESW here: http://wales.gov.uk/topics/educationandskills/qualificationsinwales/qualificationtypesinwales/essentialskillswales/eswqa/?lang=en
Embedding ESW into Police Forces
• Via Apprenticeship in Home Office Policing– Dyfed Powys Police– Gwent Police– South Wales Police
Cost Benefit Ratio (baseline)
“Every £1 spent on the
Essential Skills development
of Police Officers, could potentially
create £3.17 in savings”
p.32 Bridge Learning Resource
How Calculated?
• Cost of Delivery of ESW– Police Time (p28)– Provider Costs (p28/29)
• Potential Costs Avoided– Reduction in Cracked or Ineffective Trials (p32)
Essential Skills in Workplace (ESiW)
“The Essential Skills in the Workplace (ESIW) addresses the high proportion of adults without basic literacy, numeracy and ICT skills within the employed workforce in Wales.”
http://wales.gov.uk/topics/educationandskills/allsectorpolicies/europeansocialfund/projects/basicskillsworkplace/?lang=en
ESiW1
Between February 2012 and 31 December 2014 the programme will aim to:
• provide training to employed people in literacy, numeracy and ESOL up to and including level 2 with access to essential skills qualifications.
• engage employers in the Employer Pledge programme to raise awareness of the need for a skilled workforce and to commit to supporting essential skills training for their workforce
ESiW2
• Currently going through Procurement Stage
• Should be in place for April 2015
• Criteria for involvement not yet determined