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Why do i need an nvq by 2010?
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[QUOTE="tiler burden, post: 99202"] heres my take.... 1.nvq's are compulsary on site as of 2010 whether we/you like it or agree with it, so the easiest thing to do is accept it and get one..as i have said before, its better to pay £500 to get an osat or experienced workers route than to lose months of work because you havent got an nvq. if your only other way is to do a 6 week ica and then osat over 6-10months then do it!! if you act between now and xmas, then you should be ok for 2010. 2. nvq's are like anything else in life, they can have 2 meanings. A) you could have worked hard at gaining it. putting in the hours with a reputable trainer or employee/ college and working meticulously at your goal of becoming a competent professional tiler or B) blag it by getting phoney portfolios, references, work history etc and making out you know what your doing by learning the nvq criteria parrot fashion and then handing over the £500 to a less than credible assessor/trainer who is only interested in creaming the pie while the grant money is there for the taking.......so in other words, the nvq isnt really what important, its your own integrity and standards of HOW you achieve in that matters. 3. i honestly dont think an an nvq 2 syllabus ALONE!! is a good indicator of a good tiler you are. i really think you should have 3 years college, with 3 years employment as a tiler. and i think the nvq3 should be the new grade, with less emphasis on managerial structure and more relevance of advanced techniques. i also believe the nvq should be assessed at colleges over a term structure rather than at a training center....lets make an exam that you can actually fail hey!!! too much emphasis is on course work/portfolio now. we should go back to exams. the idea of applied knowledge is being able to rely on it when its called upon. if you can't remember it in an exam situation, then what chance have you got on a job.... this countries standards have dropped dramatically over the last 20-25 years. ever since the yts came about, everything has gone down hill...everything is fast tracked, streamlined and disposable...lets go back to apprenticships if possible..they proved to be the only way to regularly produce quailty skilled tradesman, that were the eny of the world.... [/QUOTE]
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