A person can start working towards an NVQ even at old age (we know some 65-year-olds who have qualified), and at any time (you don’t start in September, and finish the following June like typical school). You could either do your NVQ in the workplace or at colleges/ training centres, or by studying at home.

Your employer assigns to you a trained assessor, who looks for evidence that you can consistently carry out different jobs to the required standards. Your assessor will observe you at work and ask you some questions, to establish that you know what you are doing and why. There’s no catch and there is no pass or fail, you are simply assessed when you and your assessor think you are ready.

You are expected to gather evidence using a few of the different methods such as:

Direct observation at work
Reflective accounts
Witness testimony
Work products
Case study
Training certificat
Written oral questioning

NVQs are about meeting standards of competence

More and more industries are developing increasing numbers of National Vocational Qualifications (NVQ). People need to know what this qualification is all about and the benefit they can enjoy from it.

At one time, GCSEs, O Levels and GCSEs were jargon: now, like NVQs, they’re common household terms. Over the past few years, many people who work in the health and Social Care industry have gained NVQ Certificates and many more are well on their way.

Most jobs, whether in cleaning, security services, office administration, retail and health and social care require practical skills and knowledge? For some jobs, people have to pass exams; for a lot of others, there have been no formal qualifications for people to achieve.

Exam results generally do not tell an employer how competently someone can do a job: they simply measure their ability to remember things and write them down. People go on courses; they return to work, and there’s often little follow-up or assessment of how their t

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