toots wrote:
JD wrote:
toots wrote:
JD can I point out that the NVQ probably won't teach experienced drivers a whole lot
Well what will it teach them? Has it ever occured to you that these so called trainers have not an ounce of the experiance and knowledge that many in the taxi trade have accumulated?
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but it will extract knowledge that they already have and make them more aware of it and the proper time to use this knowledge.
I don't understand your statement extract knowledge they already have and make them more aware of it? If the trainers aren't as knowledgeable as the drivers how hell will they be able to extract their knowledge. Shouldn't the drivers be teaching the trainers in that case?
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JD
I already said it wasn't going to teach them anything they didn't already know as experienced drivers. I also raised the question of how many of these trainers are actually taxi drivers. With regard to the statement I made that you don't fully understand perhaps that wasn't a particularly good example of what I meant and I can't think how best to describe it, but, perhaps if I say the NVQ is designed to get on paper what is already in our heads that may be clearer
I must agree that the drivers would probably make better teachers than the trainers but we don't have the paper qualification to do it so they won't give us that job
As a qualified assessor and an experienced driver of over 15 years I can tell you without a shadow of doubt what the NVQ is all about.
The NVQ is awarded to those people involved in an industry who prove their professional competance via evidence gathered during assessment.
The only "learning" is decided by the candidate during initial assessment which determines whether any "skills for life" or other individual learning needs are identified.
The reason some providers insist on learning is solely down to the fact that more funds can be drawn down from the Learning and Skills Council through Train 2 Gain funding.
NVQ's should be INDIVIDUAL and should NEVER be conducted in a classroom enviroment.
The work and gathering of evidence should be done in the drivers down time and should definately NOT take the driver off the road when he/she would normally be working.
I have just returned home from visiting a candidate between 8pm and 9pm, because thats when it suited HIM.
There are private training providers who are in it for the money and nothing else ................... they can make a profit and a very good one without offering anything in return.
I would warn people that some training prioviders are being looked at by the awarding bodies, and anyone who suggests that they can deliver a NVQ in a few days is leaving candidates open to refusal of the award.
B. Lucky
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