am i expecting too much

[dij]

hi, bear with me this is my first posting.i've been doing my nvq ccld3 for 2 months now and not sure how much work i should be doing.sounds daft but i dont feel i'm doing enough to get finished in a year.my assessor doesn't want me to answer any knowledge questions,all my evidence will be based on observations etc. is this normal.sitting here not doing anything is driving me nuts.

[tutu]

YES it is absolutely right. MOSt of your evidence should be gained through observations and reflective accounts. lazy assessors get people to write answers for the K questions which directly contradicts the CACHE guidelines which you will find in the front of the handbook. you could do some RAs but the focus should be on obs and then the work generated from that. read read and read some more and be grateful you have a good assessor because some of the stories i read on hear make me shudder, anyone can write answers to questions it doesnt guarantee knowledge at all. demonstrating it in practice is the absolute core of NVQs

[daisypops]

I agree with you 100%... I must have had lazy assessors!!!!

[dij]

thanks you've given me something to think about.surely doing some knowledge questions wouldn't hurt, even if its just research!!!
It probably sounds daft but how would prospective employers see from just my assessors evidence that i do know what i'm talking about.having done another well known qualification about 17 years ago and finding that this no longer seems to be recognised makes me nervous about how we prove to others that we know what we are doing.sorry its a garbled message

[tutu]

they dont look at your portfolio just your certificate. i am an employer and value it way over the `DPP which is a written course because like i said writing it isnt doing it. you will do written work to fill in the gaps, reflective accounts etc which you can do research for. the whole point of NVQs is being assessed doing it.

[dij]

thanks for your advice.it would be nice though to have some work to do,still waiting for email with questions etc.oh well can't complain there'll come a point when i'm snowed under with work.

[twinthing]

forgive me for replying to an old thread...I am new to the forum and am working my way though! I have to say I am so confussed over the nvq.....I am 4 months into my level 3, no visits from assesser as of yet, and I have been told by my tutor to work on the units that I have choosen as the mandatory ones will be covered in tutorials ( which I attend once a month) I cannot see how I will ever get it finished if I did not spend time writing about the knowledge questions, wriiting relfective accounts and doing research on the internet for vairous things...I have included observations into my evidence. I completed a level 2 qualification that was essay based....with a distance learning course and I realise that does not show how good you are in practice...but with only 3-5 visits being offered, I am worried that its just not enough! it also seems to me that the NVQ 3 is offered by different certification boards...( mine is cache) and that it is dependant of who your tutor is as to how they like it done! any one esle in the same boat as me?
thanks, Catherine .

[dmc]

just starting nvq level 3 confused already help

[dmc]

Originally Posted by dmc

just starting nvq level 3 confused already help