Construction Craft Quality Network

2. Construction Craft Quality Network Friday 2 November 2012. J.Carr SEV

3. PDA /TAPs. The Way Forward.

4. The Way Forward ? • Can we deliver the new PDAs using the old TAPs ? • “Must be able to map specialist content”. • The real issues are the new - Generic units. - Additional units. - Demands of the new ‘Assessment Methodology’ May 2012.

5. Changes to the Craft PDAs Generic & Additional Units.

6. The Way Forward. • Old PDA using old TAPs. No issues in terms of assessment. • New PDA using old TAPs. Gaps, some units have no assessment materials. • SEVs and the EV Team have discussed this at length, identified the issues and agreed an approach which addresses the gaps and allows a consistent quality assured external verification.

7. Mapping the new PDAs to the existing TAPs. Brickwork Example • 15 Specialist units – 14 covered by existing TAPs 1 unit not covered. Mix, Place & Finish Concrete. • 6 Generic Units -- 4 covered by Generic unit checklists. Conform to Productive Work Practices. Move , Handle & Store Resources. • 4 Additional Units. -- 1 covered by existing TAP. (Scaffolding) 1 covered by TAP syllabus (Associated Subjects) Construction Craft Employment Skills. (CREWs) Construction Craft Competence Assessment. (Phase Tests)

8. Mapping the new PDAs to the existing TAPs. • External Verifier Team will meet to draft a mapping sheet for each craft area. • Use the mapping as the assessment toolkit, thus ensuring a focused, consistent quality assured external verification approach.

9. External Verification Approach.

10. Generic and Additional Units.Could EVs sample all during each annual visit?

11. Generic and Additional Units. Some important questions discussed by EVs. 1 When should we verify each of these units? 2 Do any of these units need to be verified each year? 3 Can we verify each of these unit each year? 4 What do CSkills, SBATC and SPADAC expect of us? 5 What is our current approach to verifying ‘Appreciation of Access Platform and Equipment’? 6 Which of these units allows evidence to be generated when integrated with Specialist Units? 7 Which of these units need to be verified as stand alone units?

12. Externally Verifying Generic and Additional Units

13. Externally Verifying Generic and Additional Units

14. CREWs

15. CREWs Facts and Myths Some important FACTSto remember. Assessment Methodology May 12 • Candidatesneed to generate evidence from the workplace. (CREWs) as evidence for the Construction Craft Employment Skills Unit . • Centre staff will discuss the CREWs with the candidate and reference the evidence to the Checklist of Craft Experience. • The evidence requirements forcentresis Year 1 2 CREWs Year 2 2 CREWs Year 3 1 CREW Year 4 1 CREW • External Verifiers will sample and verify and sign candidate CREWs during each year of the qualification to confirm validity of evidence from the workplace.

16. CREWs Facts and Myths Myths • Centre staff (assessors) do not need to evaluate or assess the quality of the on site experience. • Candidates do not need to have every item on the Checklist of Craft Experience ticked to achieve the Construction Crafts Employment Skills Unit.

17. CREWs Workshop No 2. Making sure we are all on board with CREWs

18. Phase Tests

19. Phase Tests The main purpose of the craft phase tests is to. • Confirm competence at the end of each year of training. • Allow progression to the next year of training. • Assist in preparing candidates for the craft ‘Skills Test’. • Generate evidence for the Construction Craft Competence Assessment unit which is an integral unit in all craft PDAs.

20. Phase Tests Workshop No 3 1. Review the Phase test draft exemplar. 2. Consider what would constitute a Pass, a re- assessment or a complete re-sit. What are the criteria ? 3. Normal Assessment Appeals ?