Question 4

 Share how one non-WSQ competency-

based training model can be applied to
your workplace.
 Relate your answer to at least 2
operating principles.
 Professional Action
Competency (PAC)

HANDLUNGSKOMPETENZ
 Takes into account 4 distinct areas

 Technical Competency – knowledge and skills

required for the job
 Methodological Competency – take
information and respond with appropriate
procedures
 Social Competency – apply collaborative and
communication skills
 Individual Competency – reflect for self-
knowledge to take on responsibility
 Job Role: Lecturer

Professional Outcome:
To impart Knowledge and
Inspiration to learners in a
degree programme
 Job Role: Lecturer

PAC JOB Requirements

 Technical  Knowledge - Must be

Competency Subject Matter Expert
 What knowledge and (SME) in the field -
skills does the Qualification
individual need to  Skills – Ability to use
carry out their job role? and LMS, Effective
delivery Method
 Job Role: Lecturer

PAC JOB Requirements

 Methodological  Uses different effective

Competency teaching strategies
 How does the  Adapts to different
individual show ability learning
to take in new
information and styles/environment
respond with the  Deals with
appropriate procedure disruptions/changes
needed for the job?
 Job Role: Lecturer
PAC JOB Requirements

 Social Competency  Able to collaborate in a

 How does the community of practice
individual show that  Asks for and shares
they can collaborate effective teaching
and communicate i.e. strategies with
work with others? colleagues
 Co-Train or Co-Author
papers
 Job Role: Lecturer

PAC JOB Requirements

 Individual  Reflect on their

Competency practice based on
 How does the learners’ feedback and
individual show that observations from
they are able to reflect colleagues
for self-knowledge in
order to take on  Considers how to
responsibility for their improve delivery
role?
 Question 4

 Relate your answer to at least 2

operating principles.
 Operating Principles

Holistic Approaches PAC

 Does Professional  YES

Acton Competency  In addition to
(PAC) cover the Technical
affective (emotional) Competency, it
element in addition to considers Social and
the knowledge and Individual
skills? Competency which
considers the individual’s
emotional aspect
 Operating Principles
Adaptability PAC

 Does Professional  YES

Acton Competency  Methodological
(PAC) emphasize skills Competency ensures
that ensure people are the individual can
adaptable and ready to respond with
embrace change? appropriate
procedures, indicating
adaptability
 Operating Principles
Reflection for
PAC
Improvement

 Does Professional  YES

Acton Competency  Individual
(PAC) include the Competency
development for considers the
competence based on individual’s ability to
reflection of reflect for self-
knowledge to take on
experience? responsibility for their
role
 Question 5
 Share at least 3 differences and/or
similarities between the WSQ and 1
other National Training System
UK’s Regulated Qualifications
Framework (RQF)

KEY FEATURES
 What is UK’s RQF?

 Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) is a new

framework for recognising and accrediting England,
Wales and Northern Ireland.
 It is to help people understand all the
qualifications that are regulated, general and
vocational in England, and vocational in Northern
Ireland, and how they relate to each other.
 To improve consistency around how awarding
organisations describe the size and challenge, or
demand, of the qualifications they offer.
Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF)

 RQF have level descriptors for Entry 1−3 and

Levels 1−8 in the knowledge and skills categories
and which applied to general and vocational
qualifications
 Level descriptors are more outcomes-focused,
covering both academic and vocational
qualifications, and setting out the ‘skills’ and
‘knowledge and understanding’ expected of someone
with a qualification at that level
 Similarities between WSQ and RQF

WSQ RQF

 An occupational and  Based on recognised

competency-based occupational
system, designed to standards, work-
build industry- based and/or
specific capabilities simulated work-based
assessment and where
they confer
occupational
competence.
 Similarities between WSQ and RQF

WSQ RQF

 Recognition of  There is Recognition

Prior Learning of Prior Learning
(RPL) is available to
those with similar
qualifications
 Differences between WSQ and RQF

WSQ RQF

 Qualifications are NOT  Qualifications HAVE

equivalent to the ones
awarded by the equivalency and are
Polytechnics or related by their levels
Universities  E.g. Level 7 Diploma in
 E.g. Level 6 Graduate
Diploma in Community
Translation is
Social Services is NOT equivalent to a
equivalent to any Master’s Degree
University Master’s degree
or Graduate Diploma
 Differences between WSQ and RQF

WSQ RQF

 GCE O and A levels, are  GCSEs, A and AS

NOT included in the levels, HAVE
WSQ framework and comparison with the
have NO comparison levels in the RQF
framework
with the levels
 E.g. GCSE (A*-C
grades) is at level 2 and
AS and A levels are at
level 3 of the RQF