NVQs and How to Get Them
Written in a clear and down to earth style, making full use of checklists, summaries and illustrations, this highly practical book explains all aspects of NVQ qualifications to potential NVQ candidates.
This well-respected practical guide for would-be NVQ candidates cuts through the jargon that surrounds the NVQ system. In a clear and down-to-earth style, this new edition of NVQs and How to Get Them demystifies all aspects of the qualifications. Explaining what NVQs are about and how to get them, the book is packed with checklists, summaries and useful definitions. It answers in detail questions such as:
- What is an NVQ?
- What is a portfolio of evidence and how is it prepared?
- What are the functions of assessment centres and assessors?
- What changes lie ahead in the NVQ system?
- What does the candidate do?
All potential NVQ candidates and their advisors will find this an essential handbook. It explains the system and the processes clearly, and gives useful advice on where to look for further help and support.
BOOK DETAILS :Paperback, 112 Pages, Dimensions 234 x 142 MM Language English.
1. What is a NVQ?
2. Why take an NVQ?
3. How to become an NVQ candidate
4. What is an assessment centre?
5. What does the assessor do?
6. What does the candidate do?
7. How to find your way around an NVQ
8. Focus on an NVQ unit
9. Spotlight on a very different NVQ unit
10. The wider world of NVQs
11. A portfolio?
12. What next?
13. The NVQ framework
14. Persuading your boss about NVQs Where to find out more Abbreviations and jargon Which NVQ is for you?
Hazel Dakers is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP). She managed the development of Information and Library Services NVQs and later, as a consultant and External Verifier, assisted organizations in introducing them. Her enthusiasm for NVQs led her to study for an MSc in Training. Now on the staff of the British Library, her most recent project has been to pilot the introduction of Electronic Records and Document Management (ERDM).