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joe brown
Hey everyone, I have read on the forum t6hat they are doing away with the 6129 course . I am currently on my first year of 6129 level 2. If they stop it whats happening to level 3
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Please be carefull as this technically isnt a PLUMBING Qual it is a Heating and Ventilation Qual which are seen very differently in the industry.
Although they are linked, if you go for a 6128 you would be classed as an industrial fitter who specialises in Heating and ventilation and not domestic plumbing.
When they bring out the new qual, from what i have heard it will not be to different than now. But it will be a QCF diploma and not an NVQ as we kow it. It will be structured differently but the end result will be the same.
EAS Mechanical Ltd (co.uk)
The evidence you are gathering for your 6129 L2 will be used by whatever replaces the NVQ2 so no need to worry.
i think rules of combination refers to which units you need to make a full qualification
for instance a qual may require 12 units, it may require 6 mandatory and 6 optional from say 15. you couldnt do any 12 as they must be part of the rules of combination in order to create a certificate
performance etc im not sure about yet, ill be having a good look soon though
Thanks Fuzzy,
I understand this bit thanks to your help. However, there will be 'knowledge units' and 'performance units'. Can the knowledge units be taken before the performance units and vice verca, or is it totally flexible in that any unit of knowledge or performance can be done without the other.
What I am getting at is: can a candidate sign up for a certificate, do all the practical tasks and then do the knowledge bits a year or so later? I accept that the candidate will not have the full certificate or diploma, but they might want to transfer to say electrical installation from plumbing and want to take some of the transferrable units with them.
Is this the case or will it be delivered as per traditional courses, to groups of trainees over a period of weeks/months/years?
The other issue are the skills that have mandatory simulated assessment such as for electrical and gas, or for technicaly specific subjects.
These have to be assessed in QCF in simulated environments. Can the trainees do these performance units before the knowledge units. What I am getting at here is that people may just buy the units they need and not bother with the qualification. They may specifically want gas units and electrical training and sod the rest.
Level 2 has 12 units, 10 are 'college based' units, 2 are 'on-site' performance units (assessed at work as old nvq). Out of the 10, 7 are 'combination units' (assessed by theory exam + practical assignments in workshop) and 3 are theory only. Need all 12 to get a diploma.
Level 3 has 7 'Mandatory' units + option units from either, gas, oil, solid fuel or environmental (solar etc). Out of 7, 1 is performance unit, other 6 are college based of which only one is theory only.
Wont get full qualification unless all 7 mandatory units + at least 1 fuel option units are satisfied and wont get accreditation without full diploma qualification as far as I know. This means if someone 'picks' out just a few units, it wont get them far with accreditation etc.
The theory units that do not involve practical 'are' transferable to other similar level qualification. The
Mandatory units have to be done prior to options, this used to be called 'pre-requisite' but not sure what the advantages will be to skip a load of units!
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