Mapping of Competence against Common Induction Standards
What Managers Should Do
Who is this aimed at?
Any member of your staff team who has not completed one or more of the
Induction Training Modules. The workbooks can also be used for refresher
courses.
What do I need to do?
1. Check which courses staff have not completed.
2. Check what each of the courses cover and what the key learning
outcomes of each course is. These are in the back of each workbook.
3. Decide if your member of staff clearly shows, through their work
practice and understanding, that they already have the knowledge and
practical ability in their job.
If you feel they have not – you should book them onto the relevant training
course.
If, however, you feel your member of staff does already demonstrate they
have the knowledge and practice that the Training is designed to provide,
then, as an alternative to attending the course, you can choose to follow the
following competency mapping route instead.
You need to request the relevant workbooks.
Workbooks must be completed and submitted to the Moorfoot Learning
Centre within 6 months of the date issued. Please note; workbooks that are
not submitted within 6 months will not be accepted.
Using the Competency Mapping Route
For each Induction Training course there is a Workbook to be completed by
the member of staff.
Each workbook consists of a number of written questions or exercises that the
member of staff will need to complete. These are based on the key learning
outcomes for that particular course.
Staff may need some support to complete the workbook. Once the member
of staff has completed the workbook they will need to sign the Statement of
Authenticity.
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It is the manager’s responsibilities to assess your member of staff’s
competence based on the work submitted and their current work practice.
Your judgements will be based against the learning outcomes for that course
and the national minimum standards. All questions must be answered.
If the Learning Outcomes are met and competency is demonstrated
If your member of staff has shown that they meet the learning outcomes and
you feel they have sufficiently demonstrated their competence, you should
sign and date the workbook at the back. The workbook can then be sent to
the Moorfoot Learning Centre for standardisation. The workbook should be
sent to the Training and Development Consultant for your service area at the
Moorfoot Learning Centre.
What if my member of staff has not demonstrated the required level of
competency?
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If the member of staff has not met the learning outcomes of the workbook
through this process, you will need to review the situation.
You will need to clearly record this on the workbook.
You will also need to record on the workbook that you will follow this
process up by now booking the member of staff onto the training for this
module.
They would at this point be expected to attend the training, as the work
practice route has shown them not to have the knowledge and practice
that is required.
You do not need to send the workbook for standardisation.
Standardising of completed Workbooks
Workbooks will be held at the Moorfoot Learning Centre until the next
standardisation dates. Standardisation will be at regular intervals through out
the year.
Workbooks will be 100% standardised if the manager has not assessed the
Module previously. If a manager has consistently assessed workbooks then a
sampling system will be implemented. A decision will be made and clearly
recorded. After standardisation books and feedback will be sent back.
If the standard is met
The workbook will be returned with a certificate. The achievement will be
added to the staff’s training record.
If the standard is not met
The workbook will be returned with a feedback sheet asking for any additional
information or clarification. The manager needs to support the staff then resubmit the workbook before the next standardisation.
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Support for Managers
Training and Development consultants for service areas will offer advice and
support to assist managers where they have queries.
Where there are concerns around the consistency of managers’ assessments,
this will be raised with them by the appropriate Training and Development
Consultant.
Retention of workbooks after Standardisation
Once the standardisation process has been completed workbooks will be
returned to the manager. The manager must store these securely. The
completed workbooks must not be given back to members of staff.
All staff undertaking Competency Mapping using this route will have full
access to the Moorfoot Learning Centre complaints procedure. If you are
unhappy with how the accreditation is being done, or with the decision made
you can challenge this by putting a complaint in writing to the Workforce
Development Manager, Moorfoot Learning Centre, Floor 1, West Wing,
Moorfoot Building, Sheffield, S1 4PL
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