Nursery World - Work Matters: New Level 2 Certificate

The new Level 2 Certificate and other training options are outlined by Pauline Jones, senior programme manager at the CWDC.

The Children's Workforce Development Council is well on its way to making qualifications for the children and young people's workforce easier to understand. Historically there have been over 300 qualifications available for the early years workforce. Now, for those delivering the Early Years Foundation Stage, there are 12 available at Level 2, just six of which carry occupational competence. At Level 3 there are 14 available, nine of which carry occupational competence. This can be checked on the Qualifications List.

Our aim to make qualifications much easier to understand is being realised through the development of one qualification at Level 2 (the Level 2 Certificate for the Children and Young People's Workforce) and one qualification at Level 3 (the Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People's Workforce, which has three pathways - early learning and childcare, learning development and support services, and social care). For new learners from September 2011, these qualifications will be the only ones that carry occupational competence.

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