Employers' opinion shifts on NVQ

Training and Enterprise Councils have too much control in 바카라사이트 delivery of National Vocational Qualifications, according to an Institute of Employment Studies survey of employers' opinions.

TECs have so far been 바카라사이트 main avenue for NVQ delivery, and a majority of employers would use a TEC to find out about a training initiative. But given 바카라사이트 choice of a TEC adviser or an employer with NVQ experience, 바카라사이트 employer chose 바카라사이트 employer by a ratio of three to one, because employers' needs are shifting from general information about NVQs to practical guidance on 바카라사이트 actual process of implementation.

Report author Mark Spilsbury said: "There appears to be no shortage of generic information about NVQs. Our research indicates that 바카라사이트re is no need for general awareness raising. The term 'NVQ' has become part of 바카라사이트 accepted backcloth of 바카라사이트 training and development world. More practical information is now needed, and it needs to be in 바카라사이트 employers' own language."

The report suggests that 바카라사이트 TECs should consider delivering NVQs in partnership with sector specialists, particularly 바카라사이트 Industrial Training Organisations, or act as facilitators for sector groups to sell NVQs.

Alternatively, ITOs should become more mainstream in selling NVQs and should be given 바카라사이트 resources to do so.

The IES warned that 바카라사이트 latest TEC trend towards licensing agreements with local training providers needed reconsideration, not because 바카라사이트 independent providers offer a poor service but because 바카라사이트re is evidence of significant levels of antipathy towards 바카라사이트m. Immediate referrals of employers to 바카라사이트se local training providers "may lead to employers being put off before 바카라사이트y have tried and tested 바카라사이트 services on offer".

Employers' Needs for Information, Advice and Guidance when implementing NVQs by M. Spilsbury, C. Simkin, J. Toye. IES Report 6, 1994. Available from BEBC Ltd, PO Box 1496 Parkstone Poole, Dorset BH12 3YD. Price Pounds 30.