EAL Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Business-Improvement Techniques

Overview:

The EAL Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Business Improvement Techniques qualification is made up of a number of units of competence, which EAL has derived from the National Occupational Standards (NOS), which set out the collective performance, skills requirements and underpinning knowledge requirements. EAL provides documents which allow both the learners and the assessor to record the progress through the qualification. The units contain the performance to be assessed, the knowledge to be assessed and the evidence required from the learner to demonstrate their skills.

This NVQ qualification is gained when all the necessary units have been achieved. 

The centre will then be able to apply for the learner’s NVQ certificate of achievement. 

The learner will also receive a certificate of unit credit, listing all the units they have completed, which can be used as accredited prior learning to complete a qualification.

Wales: Level 3 apprenticeship framework - Operations and Quality Improvement - FR03927 (Business Improvement Techniques)

The minimum age for registration is 16.

Detail:

A broad, cross-functional qualification designed to support the overall effective operation of businesses across a variety of sectors. Recognises competence in contributing to quality and process improvements in the workplace. Complement to existing skills and qualifications. Encourages practices that can maximise profit by eliminating waste, improving workflow and reducing cost and variation.

Qualification pre-requisites:

Centres should ensure that the learners have the potential to achieve the units selected within this qualification. Learners must have the minimum levels of literacy and numeracy to comply with the health and safety aspects of the scheme, the completion of the learning outcomes and the assessments.

Who is this qualification for?:

Anyone responsible for contributing to quality and process improvements in the workplace. Those employed as supervisors, team leaders or facilitators and are responsible for carrying out business improvement activities. Learners who wish to progress from EAL Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Business-Improvement Techniques. Those people who through Continuous Professional Development are being prepared to take on staff responsibilities in a business improvement environment.

How is this qualification assessed and delivered?:

This is a competence based qualification in which the evidence put forward by the learner can only be regarded as valid, reliable, sufficient and authentic if demonstrated in a real working environment, where work activities or work outcomes assessed are the learner

Relevant Links

Apprenticeships: Operations and quality improvement