Qualifications
Work Preparation for Land-based Industries
These qualifications are available at Entry 3, Level 1 and Level 2 and are suitable for those aged under 16 as well as those over the age of 16.
The aims of the qualifications are to:
- Prepare learners for the world of work in Land-based Industries
- Prepare learners for further work-related study
- Ensure learners have an understanding of values and attitudes relevant to employment in Land-based Industries
- Help learners develop the general employability skills needed for successful and fulfilling employment
- Help learners identify specific occupational areas in which they may wish to pursue a career
- Help learners develop the skills necessary to find and gain employment.
- Engage and motivate learners to identify their individual and personal strengths for progression to post-16 study and/or employment
- Provide learning opportunities that enable participants to realise their potential to progress to further and higher education
- Provide information and advice to learners on possible progression routes, including to higher education
- Recognise learning achievements through credits and other recognised qualifications to provide coherence and progression
- Provide learning opportunities that are stimulating and engaging
- Enable learners to develop their literacy and/or numeracy skills.
Progression for learners is likely to be:
- To higher level qualifications in the Work Preparation suite
- To a wide range of other training and qualifications.
- Directly to employment
- Onto Traineeships
- Onto Apprenticeships
Skills Towards Enabling Progression
The Skills Towards Enabling Progression qualifications are a flexible and adaptable range of general
and pre-vocational qualifications.
The qualifications have been devised to prepare learners for further learning and/or employment.
They are available for use with pre- and post-16 learners.
Popular Units
- Developing Personal Confidence and Self Awareness
- Developing Confidence Working with Animals
- Healthy Living
- Improving Own Learning and Performance
- Understanding Perimeter and Area
- Measuring Distance and Length
- Drug and Alcohol Awareness
- Health and Safety in a Practical Environment
EAQ
EAQ can create individualised learning programmes tailored to learners’ needs, enabling those learners to achieve single units or work towards a national qualification and improve their opportunities for their future training or employment.