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Employers' guide to qualifications
Employers' guide
Arming the workforce with the right skills and making sure that employers know how those skills can really benefit their businesses is one of the most important challenges facing industry today.
It's so important to invest in education and training to ensure that staff are motivated, increase their skills and so encourage retention/progress in their chosen job.
It isn't always easy to understand the way education works and the skills that qualifications can give to employers, and most importantly how this will benefit your business. In order to make this easier for you OCR and The British Chambers of Commerce have worked together to provide this easy to understand Employers' guide to qualifications.
Employers' guide to qualifications (PDF, 1 MB)
What types of qualifications are there?
Qualifications fall broadly into two categories – General and Vocational and come in different levels.
General qualifications
General qualifications are usually taken between the ages of 14 and 19 and include GCSEs, AS and A Levels – they always include tests/exams as part of their assessment and are broad in nature rather than focused on any particular work related area.
Vocational qualifications
Vocational qualifications are usually taken from the age of 14 and over and include NVQs and Key Skills – they are designed to have a much greater focus on learning practical skills.
View the Employers' guide to qualifications (PDF, 1 MB) for further information to help understand the education system.
Publisher resources for A Levels
Access teacher and student resources information for A Levels (from 2008).
