WELSH LEARNING & CARE SKILLS CONSORTIUM

NOVEMBER 2010

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News Bulletin

Asreportedelsewhereinthisnewsle/er,WLCSCachievedtheGreenDragonEnvironmentalStandard@Level2.WearedelightedtooﬀerourcongratulaBonsandthanksto:TrainingChampion

:SamanthaWilson

Deputy

:TracyParkes

oththesemembersofstaﬀworkedveryhardtogetusthroughthispresBgiousawardandareconBnuingtoprepareusforthenextachievementlevel(3)during2011.

AnotheryearhasgonebyinseeminglyrecordBmeand,onceagain,itismyverypleasantdutytowelcomeyoutothefourthediBonoftheWLCSCnewsle/er.Italwaysgivesmegreatpleasuretore-latewhattheconsorBumhasachievedwithbothlearnersandstaffoverthepastyearandtoannouncenewsofforthcom-ingchangesandeventswhichIknowwillbeofinteresttoyouall.FirstlyIamdelightedtoannouncethatthe200910contractyearhasbeenaverysuccessfuloneforallthelearnersregisteredwiththeconsorBumwithbet-terthaneverachievementsbeingre-corded,detailsofwhichyouwillbeabletoviewonpagetwo.SecondlythestaffhasenjoyedaverysuccessfulyearinundertakingfurthertrainingandachievingqualificaBonswhichwillfurtherimprovethedeliveryoftrainingtolearners.ThirdlytheconsorBumwasawardedtheGreenDragonEnvironmentalStandardatleveltwoearlierintheyear.ThisachievementhasbeenlargelyduetoourESDGCChampionandherdeputywhohaveworkedBrelesslytoensurethatweachievedthisstandardandtheyconBnuetoworktowardsouraimofachievingthehigherlevelawardduring2011.Youper-hapshavenoBcedthatwearenowabletofeaturetheGreenDragonlogoonallourpaperwork!Wehavealsobeenveryfortunatethatseveralnewmembersofstaffhavejoinedourteamandwearedelightedtowel-comethem.Thisnextyear201011willbeoneofsubstanBalchangebringinggreatandexciBngnewchallengesforthestaffofWLCSC.InSeptemberwesawtheintro-ducBonofEssenBalSkillsWaleswhichreplacedtheKeySkillsawardsandinJanuary2011weawaittheintroducBonoftheQCF(QualificaBonsandCreditFramework)awardswhichreplacetheNQF(NaBonalQualificaBonsFramework)awards.

NEWSLETTER

ThesenewawardsaretheGovernment’snewframeworkforrecognisingvocaBonalachievementthroughtheawardofcreditsforunitsandqualificaBonsacrossEngland,WalesandNorthernIreland.Thenewawardsaimtoprovidemoreflexiblequali-ficaBonsandcareerroutes,enablingpro-gressiontobeachievedinsmallsteps.Learnerswillbeabletotransfersomeoftheircredits(throughunits)acrosslevelsandqualificaBonstherebyavoidingrepeB-Bonoflearning.IamawarethatallthissoundsrathercomplicatedbutoverthenextfewweekswewillbedevelopingourstrategiestomeettheintroducBonofthisnewimprovedqualificaBonsystemandwillkeepeveryoneinformedofourpro-gressalongtheway.OnceagainIwouldliketotakethisoppor-tunitytothankallthelearners,employersandinparBcular,thestaffofWLCSCformakingourconsorBumsuchanotablesuccess.Iamveryproudofthecommit-mentanddedicaBonwhichisveryevidentinallaspectsoftheconsorBumenter-prises.IremainconfidentthatWLCSCwillrisetothenewchallengesbeingbroughtaboutbytheintroducBonofthenewawardsthisyearandwewillconBnuetobeseenas‘afirstclasstrainingprovider’surpassingallthetargetsandbenchmarkssetbytheWelshAssemblyGovernment.

ValerieJones

ContractManagerWLCSC

NEWSLETTER

WELSH LEARNING & CARE SKILLS CONSORTIUM

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LEARNER ACHIEVEMENTS

LEARNERACHIEVEMENTSACROSSCONSORTIUM

Thishasbeena

superb

yearforachievements.WLCSCisdelightedtoannouncethefollowingresultsfromAugust2009toJuly2010.Inour

FMAprogramme

atotalof52learnerslewith

81%

achievingtheirApprenBceshipFrameworkofqualiﬁcaBonsconsisBngofanNVQLevel2,aTechnicalCerBﬁcateatLevel2and2KeySkillsatLevel1.Inour

MAprogramme

atotalof12leaverslewith

80%

achievingtheirApprenBceshipFrameworkofqualiﬁcaBonsconsisBngofanNVQLevel3,ATechnicalCerBﬁcateatLevel3and2KeySkillsatLevel2.Inour

MSDprogramme

atotalof11leaverslewith

100%

achievingtheLeadershipandManagementAwardLevel4orHealthandSocialCareLevel4.

Theaboveﬁguresrepresentexcellentgradesacrossallawardswiththeaverageacrossallthreeprogrammesbeing87%.ThebenchmarkforachievementsissuedbytheWAGforeachoftheseawardswas70%.

Aspartofour‘valueadded’programmemostofthelearnersa/endedother‘oﬀthejob’(nonNVQ)coursesnamely:

•

asicFoodHygiene-CerBﬁcatedbytheRoyalSocietyforthePromoBonofFood

•

FirstAidAwareness–aonedaycoursevalidatedbytheriBshRedCrossSociety

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LoadManagement(AllWalesPassport)schemedeliveredbyAllWalesAmbulance

Thedirectorsoftheconsorumwouldliketotakethisop-portunityofcongratulangeachofthelearnersontheirsplendidachievements.Wealsooﬀerasincerevoteofthankstoeachtutor,assessorandveriﬁerforthesupporttheyhavegiventhelearnerstohelpthemachievetheawards.Verywelldonetoall!

STAFF ACHIEVEMENTS

9297BasicSkillsTutorAwardLevel2

WLCSCareproudtoannouncethefollowingsuccesses:TwomembersofstaﬀfromCymruCareTrainingandtwomembersofstaﬀfromSafeHavenTraininghavecompletedtheaboveawardinLiteracy.CongratulaBonsto:• RomainePerego• ChrisBneJones• TraceyJones• SamanthaWilson

7303PreparingtoTeachintheLifelongLearningSector(PTTLS)

WearealsopleasedtoreportthatfivemembersofstaffachievedtheaboveawardinApril:CongratulaBonsto:• GayleParker(Level4)• ValerieJones(Level4)• TraceyJones(Level3)• AmandaPlank(Level3)• HelenMarBn(Level3)Afurtherfivemembersofstaffarecurrently‘oncourse’tocompletetheawardduringDecember:• CarolCarter• CrystalNelson• SusanMarBn• AvrilJones• YasminRiley

AllWales(Passport)MovingandHandlingAssessorcourse

WLCSCoﬀercongratulaBonsto:• TraceyJones• SamanthaWilsonTraceyandSamanthaarenowabletodelivertheabovecourseforlearnersinSafeHavenTraining.

7317A1–Assesscandidatesusingarangeofmethods