APL

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APL
Accreditation of Prior Learning (in Dutch of
competencies acquired)
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Lifelong personal development plan
APL - INDIVIDUAL
- P.D.P.
- Portfolio / APL
- Career advice
- Jobhunting
- Training / certificate / (APL)
- Information / orientation /portfolio
- Detection of the problem situation
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First find out relevant knowledge/skills by means
of portfolio
Competency measurement practice test for
everyone??
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Portfolio
Product
Process (methodology)

• Personal information
• Survey of relevant experiences
• Survey of prior learning
• Conclusion

• Inventorying
• Choosing
• Making explicit
• Comparing
• Finding evidence
• Creating a personal development plan

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Construction of a practice test (1)
Occupation
Preferably take a standardized description as a
point of departure
Occupational competencies What do I have to do?
Core tasks (maximum 10 per
occupation)
Key skills How do I need to do it? (maximum 5
per occupation)
Competences
Competency knowledge, skills and attitudes
In view of activities
Activities concrete utterances of a
Activities
competency, often involve a chronological order
A criterion is the angle from which an activity
is evaluated. Criteria
Criteria
involve the key skills
Max. 4 to 6 per key skill. Relevant
Weighed
Indicators indicate whether or not the criterion
is fulfilled
Indicators
Max. 2 or 3 for each criterion
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Construction of practice test (2)
Occupation
The occupational competencies are concretised in
several assignments which Represent the
competences that are essential in the profession
Competences
Activities
Criteria
The key skills (how do I need to do it?) are the
general evaluation criteria, converted in
concrete performance indicators
Indicators
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Example

• Skills- dismantle a cable
• strip a cable
• attach cable lugs
• connect a cable
• assemble a cable

Knowledge- material knowledge cable - Colour
codes
To be able to connect an energy cable
COMPETENCY
Attitude safety equipment, tools, no tension,
firm connections
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We developed APL tests in 2004 for the following
occupations(1)Hydraulic excavator
operatorTower crane operatorCentral heating
installerPainter-decoratorPlastererFloorer-tile
r
Competency measurement realizations
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We developed APL tests in 2004 for the following
occupations (2)ScaffolderCar body worker
Electrician (residential, industrial)Forklift
driverWelder
Competency measuremenet realizations
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Outline database
Welkom Algemene uitleg

• Decree
• State of affairs

• Fields
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• Template
• Meth. Guide
• Portfolio

Link to SERV Occupational profile
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• Domein X
• Occupation 1
• Occupation 2
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Link to URL CO.BR.A file
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• Beroep 2
• certificate A
• Certificate B
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Link to URL MOTO ( modularization of training)
flow occupation
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Fiche certificate A

• 3 groups of users
• Administrator full access
• PO user access through password
• VDAB user no access to test and evaluation form

Code Date of validity Name of the
certificate Short explanation Person
responsible State on date

• Occupational standard
• Content of certificate

• Description of practice test
• Evaluation form

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In 2005 and 2006 we will develop APL tests for
the following occupations in collaboration with
the sectors- general clerk- car mechanic and
assistant-mechanic- refrigeration technician-
lift technician- call centre operator- showroom
salesman- rigger- mounter- weaver
Competency measurement planning
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When to involve the sectors?

• The sectors were already involved by SERV in the
  development of the occupational standard!
• Several possibilities
• After elaboration of a practice test by VDAB
• During the development process
• Provision of source material, definition of
  competencies and key skills
• Description of activities, behavioural indicators
• Standardization
• Validation of the APL test by companies, supplied
  or suggested by the sector

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When to involve the sectors?

• VDAB submits a finished product to the sectors
• From a complete file to a fully elaborated APL
  practice test
• From a complete file to the concept of the
  practice test
• The sector account knows the habits and
  sensitivities of the sector
• The sector account is in the best position to
  know in which phase the sector should be involved
• VDAB pursues validation by and with the sectors
  because that allows the base of APL to be
  broadened.

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E-applications

• For everyone visualization of the occupation for
  an occupational film. Short version on the
  internet (4 min.), longer versions on CD-ROM in
  all VDAB buildings.
• For those who want to measure their knowledge!
  About the occupation there are validated online
  knowledge tests (50 tests available)
• For all VDAB collaborators info about procedure
  and occupational profiles through the database on
  the intranet
• For the assessors practice tests on a protected
  part of the database