TV magician and 1980s star Paul Daniels recently had cause to give himself first aid following an accident making stage props for his act.

Working alone with a power saw Paul slipped and severely injured his had and severed a finger.  He drove himself to hospital whilst clutching the injured hand to reduce the bleeding.  Luckily medics were able to reattach the finger (not with magic but with conventional medicine)  and patch up the rest of his injuries.

How much work is involved with the Assessor awards ?

To achieve the ‘Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement’ (the qualification that enables Assessors to work in any assessment environment using a wide range of assessment methods) you have to succeed in three Units:

Unit 1 The theory behind assessing, the role of the Assessor and what good assessment practice consists of.

Unit 2 A practical unit that involves being observed assessing in the Workplace.

Unit 3 A practical unit that involves being observed assessing in a Classroom or Workshop environment.

The Carlton Training three day training course, which covers the theory necessary for the qualification. During the three days the evidence for Unit 1 will be collected and candidates will be prepared for Units 2 and 3.

Following the course each Assessor candidate is expected to prepare Assessment plans for Units 2 and 3. Once these are in place the Assessor candidate will be observed assessing learners in the workplace and in a classroom or workshop environment to gain the rest of the evidence for Units 2 and 3 and thus complete your award.

Do I need to renew my exisiting PTLLS qualification to gain the new 6302 qualification ?

If you already hold, or are already working towards the PTLLS 7303 award then you do not need to gain the new award.

Think of it as a bit like a driving licence, even if you passed your test a while ago its is still valid.

We now offer the latest version of the PTLLS award (Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector) which has been given the course code 6302.

This qualification now gives sucessful candidates 12 credits – double the number of the award it replaces (PTLLS 7303) and is available at both PTLLS Level 3 and PTLLS Level 4

The launch of this new award followed consultation by the sector owned bodies LLUK and it’s sucessor body LSIS Learning and Skills Improvement Service

The new qualification includes an number of compulsory and mandatory units.