Technical Certificates in the Plumbing Framework

2 Craft Qualifications.

Crafts: Plumbing/Heating, Gas, Electrical, Refrigeration, Air

Con. & Ventilation.

Summit Skills: SSCStrategic - UK Wide:

National Regional Sub Regional

Levels 2, 3 & 4 ?No L1 – milestone for 1st Yr.

3 Plumbing Qualifications

• TECHNICAL CERTIFICATE L2 & L3

• Key Skills: Communications & Number

• NVQ L2, 3, 4• Employers Rights & Responsibilities• Water Regs, Un-vented, Gas & acs

4 Emphasis on Learner Experience

• The Partnership between employers, colleges and learners is essential if achievement & success are to be registered within the time scale.

• Both parties need to support the learner to achieve• competence across the ‘systems’, standards & range• Assessment, management and leadership needs to

be effective.

5

Curriculum

Qualifications for the Sector and its workforce

• Building Services Engineering Qualifications are industrial related qualifications.

• Qualifications provide a comprehensive framework to enable progression within Plumbing and Building Services Engineering

6 Introduction : Plumbing.

Plumbing FoundationBasic skills – Key SkillsProgress onto Level 2

Number/Comms. and ERRTechnical Certificate & or

National Vocational Qualification Level 2

7 Technical Certificates

• TECHNICAL CERTIFICATE L2 & L3

• 11 Theory Assessments• End Tests• 56 Practical Assessments• 4 Installation Assessments

8 NVQ -What is involved?

Training for the New Entrants in the Plumbing Qualification Framework

• Work Based 75%

• Centre Based 25%

9

Teaching

• Technical Certificates at Level 2 & L 3 An essential integral part of the NVQ.

• Tech. Cert assesses 11 area’s/systems• Includes 50 practical assessments• Has phase and end exams

10

Assessment

• The core and systems are assessed eg:• Health & Safety, Principles & Processes• ERR & working with others• Hot & cold water, sanitation, BGD conn’s,

heating, sheet work, Elect., Environment.• Incl. Energy efficiency, Basic gas safety

awareness, water Regs, Un-vented sys.

11 key points

These should have assisted in identifying

• Partnership development between

• Training Providers (incl. Colleges)/ Managers

• Employers

12

Learning

• How much progress students have made during the apprenticeship/lessons, taking into account their starting point ?

13 Common Inspection Framework- the key questions

• How well do learners achieve ?• How effective are teaching, training and learning ?• How are achievement and learning affected by

resources ?• How effective are the assessment and monitoring of

learning ?• How well do courses meet the needs and interests of

learners ?• How well are learners guided and supported ?• How effective is tutoring & support in raising

achievement and supporting learners ?

14

Attainment

• Standard of work produced by learner during a period (a term or year) relative to where they would be expected to be on the course

15 What about the learner ?

• The learner needs to be supported as • A unique individual, both in the work

place and in college, in order to effectively succeed.

16 What makes for good practice?

• Adequate Range of assessment opportunities:

• Needs of learners, includes practical experience.

• Re: H&C W, Un-vented, Htg. Gas, Sheet work, Sanitation, etc.

17

Improvement

• Adequate Training and Assessment Resources

• Linked with Employer training in workplace

• Linked with Training Providers where they carry out assessment

18 Hurdles

• Over Assessment• Full framework• To many partners• To much admin.• An overcrowded ladder

of progression

19 Things to do

• Sound recruitment strategy

• Planned Training & Assessment

• Good range work opportunities

20 Scheme of work

•Start with Unit,Module, Syllabus, Exam Curriculum etc•Use College template to plan learning & assessment schedule

21

Plan

• Plan - use college format• “What are students going to do ?”• Organise• Target• Assess• Feed-Back

22

Induction

• Establish positive and welcoming ethos –use humour

• Identify and share learning outcomes• Link with previous activities• Reinforce H&S• Share procedures etc.

23 The lecturers objectives

• Know your subject• Be interesting and enthusiastic• Varied and appropriate activities• Pace it well• Regular monitoring and feedback –

focussed questions• Address individual needs• Good quality handouts

End

Thank you for listening, any questions ?

Questions

• Why are we cramming so much into the Plumbing apprenticeship ?

• Why so much summative (end) assessment ?

• Are any formatively assessed assignment

• Why so many additional units, why not optional ?