Teachers and Trainers: Qualification Standards, Training Standards

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Teachers and Trainers Qualification Standards,
Training Standards

• Towards a community model of definition of
  competences

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GARF

• How are our jobs changing
• Government policy
• Impact of new technology
• Upstream training v training further down the
  company

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GARF towards competency

• Management
• Labour legislation
• Budget management
• Communication and negotiation
• Recruitment and career management
• Development of training (policy, plans, etc)

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Strategic competencies

• Company context (e.g. culture)
• Learning strategy
• Cost-benefit analysis of training
• Information management (supply database)
• Project leadership

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Developing towards competencies

• Self evaluation tools
• Knowledge
• Values
• Strategic competencies

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Competencies reference framework

• Detailed list of competencies against tasks
• Individual development plans mapped against
  competencies
• Helps companies set up training routes

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Competency drivers?

• UK/Ireland (national top down)
• Italy (regional top down)
• France (local/company bottom up)

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Gender and Standards
Standards of Competence
Best Practice
Trainers gender awareness
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Key competencies gender specific?

• General key competencies
• Learning
• Social
• Attitudes/values (including gender stereotypes)
• Work content
• Methodological

VET reinforces stereotypes
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Training Standards

• To include equality standards
• Quality training equality training

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Issues for the future

• Language (competency/capability/Standards .)
• Trans-national competency model?
• Trans-national core competency model?
• Trans-national lessons process of introducing a
  model
• Top-down v bottom up?
• Other issues gender