Skills for Further Study

Trade Union Representatives

Agored Cymru Level 1 Award for Trade Union Learning Representatives (C00/5024/5)

The Agored Cymru Level 1 Award in Trade Union Representatives qualification will contribute to ensuring workers in the sector have fair access to training and opportunities required for professional development by providing a specific qualification covering the knowledge and skills to enable them to continue to carry out their role effectively.

This qualification provides an introductory course for trade union learning representatives (ULRs) who are new to their role or who have not undertaken training before.

It seeks to support ULRs to be effective in carrying out this role and supporting the wider work of the branch by covering the following knowledge and skills:

• The role of trade unions in learning and skills
• The role of the ULR
• Trade union approaches to workplace learning and relevant best practice models
• Key policies and programmes relevant to the adult skills system in Wales
• How to promote learning in own workplace
• How to identify learning needs
• How to work with own union branch and employers to remove barriers to learning and in-work progression

The key objective of this qualification is that ULRs leave the course confident and equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to carry out their role effectively in the workplace. 

This qualification is aimed at learners over 16.

Royal College of Nursing Healthcare Connect

This qualification is for learners wishing to progress onto graduate nursing programmes. It offers a comprehensive pathway that includes academic support, while undertaking work experience, and familiarisation with higher education institutions (HEIs).

The content includes essential knowledge and skills for this role ranging from infection prevention and control to promoting person centred approaches. This qualification is particularly appropriate for learners from Health and Social Care level 3 and Access to Nursing courses who possess the intrinsic values and commitment necessary for nursing but currently lack certain academic qualifications or experience.

This qualification is aimed at learners over 18.

Empowering Social Impact and Business Responsibility

The Agored Cymru Level 3 Award in Empowering Social Impact and Business Responsibility: Future Wales is aimed at personnel at all levels within an organisation. It is particularly suitable for individuals involved in social value delivery, strategy, marketing, sales, procurement and any roles related to the organisation’s impact and value. It is also suitable for individuals wishing to develop their career in the field of social value.

The qualification is suitable for individuals working in any sector, including third, private and statutory.

The qualification includes an understanding of relevant legislation and the rationale behind embedding a responsible framework for social delivery and its implementation. Skills include the use of logic models when planning social impact initiatives and SWOT analysis to align commercial and social strategies for long-term sustainable impact.

It embeds empowerment within businesses to drive social impact and business responsibility.

The qualification is aimed at learners over 18.

Agored Cymru Level 3 Award in Empowering Social Impact and Business Responsibility: Future Wales (C00/5056/3)

🚫 Agored Cymru Level 3 Diploma in Business and Management for International Students (C00/4283/0)

🚫 Agored Cymru Level 3 Diploma in the Royal College of Nursing Cadet Programme (C00/3674/8)

🚫 Agored Cymru Entry Level Award in Welsh as a Second Language: Using Welsh in the Workplace - Requests and Needs (C00/0706/8)

🚫 Agored Cymru Entry Level Award in Welsh as a Second Language: Using Welsh in the Workplace - Understanding Health and Safety C00/0706/7

🚫 Agored Cymru Entry Level Award in Welsh as a Second Language: Using Welsh in the Workplace - Using Work-Related Terminology C00/0707/0

🚫 Agored Cymru Entry Level Award in Welsh as a Second Language: Using Welsh in the Workplace - Reception Skills C00/0706/9

🚫 Agored Cymru Level 2 Award in Bacterial and Viral Infections Related to Drug Use (C00/4505/7)

Agored Cymru is fully committed to the parity of treatment for learners taking Vocational and Technical Qualifications (VTQs) and wherever possible, Agored Cymru issues results in advance of General Qualifications (GQ) results so that the flexibilities, which are a valued aspect of VTQs, are not undermined.

Please note that claims will not be approved until a successful EQA activity has taken place i.e. where credit has been approved by an external quality assurer following scrutiny of evidence.

Introduction to Assessment

This is a two-and-a-half-hour interactive session designed as an introduction to the principles and practices of high-quality assessment. You are required to complete a short pre-course activity which will help you prepare for the session.
At the end of this session, attendees will:

☑️understand the basic principles of assessment;

☑️understand what assessment is, levels of assessment and the types of assessment methods; and

☑️ be equipped with the skills to assess Agored Cymru units and qualifications effectively.

Introduction to Internal Quality Assurance

This is a two-and-a-half-hour interactive session designed as an introduction to the principles and practices of internal quality assurance. You are required to complete a short pre-course activity which will help you prepare for the session.
At the end of this session, attendees will:

☑️ understand the basic principles of internal quality assurance;

☑️ understand the role of the internal quality assurer;

☑️ learn how to record outcomes of internal quality assurance; and

☑️ have the skills to  internally quality assure Agored Cymru units and qualifications effectively.

Queries regarding assessment, quality assurance and award of all non-access qualifications/units.

Queries regarding administration and how to register learners and submit claims.

Queries regarding content, review and development of qualifications/units.