Advice

[Angel 24]

Hi I just came across this website & hope I can get a lot of advice.
I am currently a childminder & doing my NVQ 3. However once I have my qualification I would like to go on & become an NVQ assessor. I have spoken to my local council who I am doing my NVQ through but the information they gave me is a little confusing. They told me that you have to have your NVQ for 3 years before you can go on & train for the A1 award it used to be a year but now it is changed. They said I will need to have two candidates to assess & this is best in a nursery setting. I told them that if I get a job now in a nursery how can I guarentee that there will be people there for me to assess as most nursery nurses already have a NVQ.
They didn't seem to understand that if I stopped childminding to go into a nursery I may have to end up leaving there as there is no one to assess. I am so confused & don't know what to do for the best. I have been a childminder since Feb 08. Does this not count towards experience as well.
If anyone could give me some advice I would be most grateful. Also what area's of assessing in childcare to do other that assessing childminders. Many Thanks

[tutu]

you can certainly be a cm and assess both other cms and nursery practitioners but you would only be suitable to assess level 2. contact your local adult college and see what they say they are the best people to speak to.

[Titch79]

If you go on the City and Guilds website it gives you the A1 Award training providers in your area. I had a similar problem in that I had no access to NVQ students, but I managed to find an independent training provider that had a private nursery attached, so I am using two of their students.... Hope that helps - good luck.

[Angel 24]

Thxs for the feedback