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Playworkers and nursery workers will soon be able to transfer between sectors without duplicating training, as Sue Sillitoe explains Whether the sector decides to call it a single qualifications framework or an integrated one, what everyone wants to know is - how will transitional awards function on a practical basis? For those asking this question, the development of the awards goes some way to providing the necessary insights.

Whether the sector decides to call it a single qualifications framework or an integrated one, what everyone wants to know is - how will transitional awards function on a practical basis? For those asking this question, the development of the awards goes some way to providing the necessary insights.

Over the past year, work has been progressing on new qualifications that will help workers in one sector make the switch to another without having to undergo a lengthy re-training process.

The sectors covered are Playwork and Children's Care, Learning and Development, which should receive accreditation from major examining bodies in the first half of 2006.

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