EU Qualifications
ENTER: Entrepreneurship towards Employment
Final Valorisation Seminar - 27 June 2014
Brian Hobbs, ASDAN Deputy CEO
The QCF provides a structure within which:
•unit-based qualifications can be located
•achievements are recognised through the award of credits and qualifications
•the level and size of achievements can be easily identified
•the mechanism necessary to allow the accumulation and transfer of credits between qualifications and awarding organisations operate
•learners are given the maximum flexibility and range of opportunities to progress and receive recognition for their achievements
Enterprising Skills Unit at Level 1 with value of 1 creditLearning Outcome - The learner will: Assessment Criterion - The learner can:
1 Understand the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs and how these are important in business situations
1.1 Describe what is meant by the term entrepreneur
1.2 Identify the skills that are needed to be a successful entrepreneur
1.3 Identify attitudes and qualities that are needed to be a successful entrepreneur
1.4 Give examples of situations where having entrepreneurial skills, attitudes and qualities would be important factors in contributing to business success
2 Understand own strengths as an enterprising person and ways to develop own enterprising characteristics
2.1 Describe how an enterprising person behaves
2.2 Identify own strengths in terms of enterprising skills, attitudes and qualities
2.3 State how enterprising skills, attitudes and qualities can help achieve own work related goals
2.4 Agree activities to develop own enterprising skills and attitudes
The EQF aims to relate different countries’ national qualifications systems to a common European
reference framework
EQF
European Qualifications Framework
EQFEuropean
QualificationsFramework
QCFQualifications
CreditFramework
(England/NI)
CQFWCredit and
QualificationsFrameworkfor Wales
SCQFScottish Credit
andQualifications
Framework
8 8 8 12
7 7 7 11
6 6 6 10/9
5 5/4 5/4 8/7
4 3 3 6
3 2 2 5
2 1 1 4
1 E3 E3 3
E2 E2 2
E1 E1 1
England EQF NCP:•Ofqual (www.ofqual.gov.uk) •Contact Simon Perks at: [email protected]
Northern Ireland EQF NCP:•CCEA Accreditation (www.ccea.org.uk)•Contact Caroline Egerton at: [email protected]
Scotland EQF NCP: •Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework Partnership (www.scqf.org.uk)•Contact Aileen Ponton at: [email protected]
Wales EQF NCP: •ColegauCymru / CollegesWales (www.collegeswales.ac.uk)•Contact: Adrian Sheehan at: [email protected]
UK EQF NPC (National Co-ordination Points) Contact Information
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