Sector Qualifications Strategy - Construction Skills
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Sector Qualification Strategies are evolving over time, in response to the changing needs of the sector and the changing policies and regulations in England, Northern Ireland (NI), Wales and Scotland. Thus, the published Strategy is a working document, subject to review and a 'moving' annex to the Sector Skills Agreement
The first consultative version of this strategy was published in summer 2005 with an audit of existing qualifications, strategy recommendations and actions to take the CQS forward. This first version was developed considering a range of government agencies’, regulatory authorities’, Credit and Qualifications Framework for Wales (CQFW), Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF), Skills for Business (SfB) network of Sector Skills Councils (SSCs), ConstructionSkills SSA and other source labour market documents. Feedback was obtained in autumn/winter 2005 from twenty-five, employer-focused, consultation workshops in England, Wales, Scotland and NI. The first version was also discussed at a range of sector meetings. Employers and training providers responded on the ConstructionSkills website.
From the feedback a high-level strategy plan with priorities, success criteria and nineteen revised recommendations/’strands’ was developed and endorsed by the ConstructionSkills’ standards and qualifications committees. The second version strategy was been mapped against the first version’s recommendations and reflects changes that have taken place since the first version. The CQS is now in style of the pilot version of the Sector Skills Development Agency’s (SSDA) ‘Guidance Notes on the Preparation of Sector Qualification Strategies’ and format of the ‘Quality Standard Template’.
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