Your organisation may be impacted in the following ways:
With the introduction of these new Level 2 and 3 qualifications in construction and building services engineering in Wales from September 2021, many qualifications which are currently eligible for public funding will stop being funded. If an existing qualification is found to have similar purposes, aims and content it will no longer be available for use in further education or within the Specification of Apprenticeship Standards Wales (SASW) framework. At level 1, Qualifications Wales are looking at the current offer and will amend what will be funded to ensure that there is clear and complementary progression for learners.
From September 2021, the new suite of vocational Level 2 and Level 3 qualifications will be awarded by City & Guilds or EAL and will be funded for 16 to 19 year olds, and apprentices. The GCSE, AS and A Level will be awarded by WJEC. Level 1 qualifications are currently under review by Qualification Wales.
The subject content, structure and size of the new vocational qualifications will differ from the ones you currently use which is likely to require some of your centre delivery staff to upskill.
External verification and the balance between internal and external assessment may change to reduce the burden of admin and volume of assessments on centres in comparison to the existing qualifications. For example, the volume and frequency of summative assessment will lessen and a more holistic and synoptic approach will be taken. This will effect assessment methods, particularly for the apprenticeship. The employer will have a new responsibility to sign off an apprentice as competent against the national occupational standard to allow the apprentice access to the final assessment.