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Direct linkDi Maio, Gina; Graf, Lukas; Wilson, Anna – European Educational Research Journal, 2019
Educational institutions, especially those facilitating vocational education and training (VET), face the challenge of combining social goals, such as the provision of quality education for a large section of the population, with rising economic utility demands. However, we know little about how VET systems institutionalize these different demands…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies, Vocational Education, Educational Quality
Maurer, Markus; Spasovski, Ognen – European Education, 2022
This article contributes to the comparative literature on the growing role of "validation of prior learning," by analyzing the emergence and implementation of VPL in North Macedonia. Based on documents and qualitative interviews, the article provides an historical- institutionalist perspective on these processes. The article argues that…
Descriptors: Social Change, Social Systems, Cross Cultural Studies, History
Kis, Viktoria; Windisch, Hendrickje Catriona – OECD Publishing, 2018
This paper looks at the importance of mechanisms that give formal recognition to vocational skills acquired through work-based learning and how such mechanisms might be developed. It describes how skill recognition can benefit individuals, employers and society as a whole, and identifies in which contexts skill recognition has the highest…
Descriptors: Job Skills, On the Job Training, Skill Development, Professional Recognition
Filipczak, Bob – Training, 1996
On-the-job training (OJT) is enjoying a surge of interest because of ISO 9000, the certification standards of the European Community. Negotiating a balance between training staff and frontline supervisors who are often made responsible for OJT is one way to improve it. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, On the Job Training, Standards
Download full textBusiness and Technology Education Council, London (England). – 1994
Britain's National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) are work qualifications that measure what an employee or potential employee can do as well as how much he or she knows and understands about a particular job. Used as written proof of usable workplace skills that can be put to profitable use by an employer, NVQs range from basic Level 1, for…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Certification, Competence, Competency Based Education
Business and Technology Education Council, London (England). – 1994
Britain's National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) are work qualifications that measure what an employee or potential employee can do as well as how much he or she knows and understands about a particular job. Used as written proof of usable workplace skills that can be put to profitable use by an employer, NVQs range from basic Level 1, for…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Certification, Competence, Competency Based Education
Business and Technology Education Council, London (England). – 1994
Britain's National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) are work qualifications that measure what an employee or potential employee can do as well as how much he or she knows and understands about a particular job. Used as written proof of usable workplace skills that can be put to profitable use by an employer, NVQs range from basic Level 1, for…
Descriptors: Certification, Competence, Competency Based Education, Computer System Design
Business and Technology Education Council, London (England). – 1995
Britain's National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) are work qualifications that measure what an employee or potential employee can do as well as how much he or she knows and understands about a particular job. Used as written proof of usable workplace skills that can be put to profitable use by an employer, NVQs range from basic Level 1, for…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Business Administration, Certification, Competence
Business and Technology Education Council, London (England). – 1994
Britain's National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) are work qualifications that measure what an employee or potential employee can do as well as how much he or she knows and understands about a particular job. Used as written proof of usable workplace skills that can be put to profitable use by an employer, NVQs range from basic Level 1, for…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Certification, Competence, Competency Based Education
Business and Technology Education Council, London (England). – 1995
Britain's National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) are work qualifications that measure what an employee or potential employee can do as well as how much he or she knows and understands about a particular job. Used as written proof of usable workplace skills that can be put to profitable use by an employer, NVQs range from basic Level 1, for…
Descriptors: Certification, Competence, Competency Based Education, Credentials
Business and Technology Education Council, London (England). – 1995
Britain's National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) are work qualifications that measure what an employee or potential employee can do as well as how much he or she knows and understands about a particular job. Used as written proof of usable workplace skills that can be put to profitable use by an employer, NVQs range from basic Level 1, for…
Descriptors: Certification, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Child Development
Business and Technology Education Council, London (England). – 1994
Britain's National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) are work qualifications that measure what an employee or potential employee can do as well as how much he or she knows and understands about a particular job. Used as written proof of usable workplace skills that can be put to profitable use by an employer, NVQs range from basic Level 1, for…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Athletic Equipment, Athletic Fields, Athletics
Business and Technology Education Council, London (England). – 1995
Britain's National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) are work qualifications that measure what an employee or potential employee can do as well as how much he or she knows and understands about a particular job. Used as written proof of usable workplace skills that can be put to profitable use by an employer, NVQs range from basic Level 1, for…
Descriptors: Audiometric Tests, Biomedical Equipment, Certification, Competence
