Embedding Vendor Qualifications

Allen KayeQualifications Leader ICTEdexcel

Jane SeddonCOVE Manager

NESCOT

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Commitment•Existing mappings already in place•As new qualifications developed - mappings

are to be negotiated and then formed at the design stage

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Benefits

•Vocational emphasis of students experience further emphasised via focus on current vendor products, systems and procedures

•Motivation of students increases •Students gain additional qualifications•Centres access funding and expertise.

Currently available ….

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Diploma in Digital Applications - Macromedia

Unit Number Mapped to Associatequalification

D203 Fireworks and Graphics

D204 Dreamweaver WebCommunicator

D206 Flash Interactive Design

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BTEC Nationals (IT Practitioners) - CISCO

Unit BTEC Unit Name Networking Academymapping

34 Internetworking Basics Semester 1

35: Networking Routers andRouting

Semester 2

36 Networking Routing,Switching and

Virtual LANs

Semester 3

37 Wide Area Networking Semester 4

Note - Not 100% mapping

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BTEC Nationals (Practitioners) - CompTIA

BTEC Unit CompTIA A+ area23 Computer Hardware Core Hardware

26 – PC Specifications OS Technologies andCore Hardware

27 Operating Systems OS Technologies

15 Network Essentials Network +

Note - Not full mappings - gap analysis available

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Advanced Vocational Certificate ICT - CISCO

Unit̀ Networking Academy

25 Some aspects of semester 1

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HND - Microsoft Office Curriculum

Unit Unit Title

20 Internet Server Management

31 Networking Infrastructure

35 Distributed Design and Development

37 VB Enterprise Development

38 Visual Programming Development

39 Visual Programming Fundamentals

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Jane Seddon - Cove ManagerNESCOT

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