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I was most surprised to read your Letter of the Week ('NVQ 3 training derailed by lack of assessors', 19 April). The writer has been misinformed by her college.

The writer has been misinformed by her college.

Approved centres do not 'find' external verifiers - they are assigned to them by the awarding body, such as Edexcel, City and Guilds, CACHE, and so on. All the candidates have to be registered for their award by the centre at least ten weeks prior to submission.

Ms Cannons needs to retrieve her portfolio from the college, demand a registration fee refund and submit her portfolio through another centre. The awarding body will assist her with this.

I wish her every success and trust that there will be a happy ending to her story.

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