14-19 Diplomas
SummitSkills has worked in conjunction with partner Sector Skills Councils to develop two new diplomas for 14-19 year olds, which launched in September 2008.
These new qualifications will provide a chance for young people to find out about and develop skills of use in broad industry sectors before they make a commitment to a specific career.
Many employers, as well as representatives of schools, colleges and universities, made valuable contributions towards the initial development of outline content, to ensure the qualifications will meet industry needs. Employer input will continue to be important to ensure learners have access to appropriate work related learning, including work experience.
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Employers' guide - help for building services engineering employers
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ASL Units - building services engineering units
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Diploma Development Partnership - how to help with delivery
Employers' guide
SummitSkills has produced a guide specifically for building services engineering employers to help them understand and support the two new diplomas.
ASL Units
SummitSkills has worked in partnership with ABC Awards to develop a set of building services engineering units for Additional Specialist Learning.
Diploma Development Partnership
The Diploma Development Partnership (DDP) is looking for companies to help with the delivery of the Diploma in Construction and the Built Environment (C&BE). If your company can assist, please register by emailing Jenny English at ConstructionSkills.
Registered company’s details will be made available to consortia, enabling them to quickly identify help that is available. The DDP Employers group suggests sharing resources such as:
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Providing marketing materials
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Support for projects and assignments
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Speakers
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Work experience for learners, teachers and lecturers
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Company site and premises visits
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Taking part if careers fairs and taster days
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Work shadowing
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Mentoring
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Giving access to equipment
The DDP are tasked with ensuring that there are enough employer resources available to consortia to make delivering the C&BE Diploma successful.
Find out more
Much more information is available on the diploma websites www.engineeringdiploma.com and www.cbediploma.co.uk or alternatively you can email Catherine Elliott at SummitSkills.
Further information about the 14-19 diplomas is available from the Department for Children, Schools & Families website:
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Diploma Support Programme (resources for teaching staff)
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Government Diploma information for young people
Useful links
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Diploma Support - offers support for organisations delivering the Diploma, from teaching and learning resources and infiormation for support staff, to one-to-one coaching for line leads
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Nuts and Bolts Guides - help for local authorities and consortia with issues regarding delivery of the Diploma
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Functional Skills Support Programme - a range of functional skills training and support to help you prepare for functional skills teaching. Includes materials, resources, on-site standard and bespoke support sessions. Support is available for schools (provided by National Strategies) and for the post-16 sector (provided by LSIS).
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IEBE - for information about how the Institute for Education Business Excellence is supporting consortia and how it is improving the quality of organisations who develop partnerships between education and business
