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Key Skills (Skills for Life)Application of Number/Cymhwyso Rhif Levels 1 - 4 - 1712/3902W
Notice
Reduction of Key Skills Level 1 and 2 paper-based test opportunities
Key Skills Level 1 and Level 2 paper-based test opportunities have been reduced to 6 test sessions a year. September, December, January, March, May, June test sessions will be available from September 2011.
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(PDF, 32 KB).
Key Skills Level 3 paper-based test opportunities have been reduced to 3 sessions a year which will be available in September, March and May in 2011-2012 academic year. Key Skills Level 4 sessions have been reduced to one test opportunity a year and will be available in June 2012.
Last accreditation and certification dates
Key Skills will be extended until September 2012 for use in Apprenticeship Frameworks. This means that learning providers will be able to offer either Functional Skills or Key Skills until 30 September 2012.
For further information, please visit www.apprenticeships.org.uk
Popular documents
- Specification - Welsh mediumPDF, 191 KB
- SpecificationPDF, 82 KB
- Key Skills qualifications standards and guidance 2004PDF, 1 MB
- Topic references for Key Skills and Basic Skills testsPDF, 72 KB
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Overview
The aim of the application of number qualification (available at levels 1 to 4) is to encourage candidates to develop and demonstrate their skills in interpreting information involving numbers, carrying out calculations, interpreting results and presenting findings. This qualification is essentially concerned with developing and recognising the ability of candidates to select and apply numerical, graphical and related mathematical skills in ways that are appropriate to their particular context.
To gain certification at levels 1 - 4 candidates must successfully complete a portfolio of evidence and pass a test. Candidates in Wales are not required to pass the test. The portfolio is internally assessed and moderated, and externally moderated by OCR. The test is taken under supervised conditions and it is externally set and marked.
Key skills are skills that are commonly needed for success in a range of activities in education and training, work and life in general. The key skills qualifications aim to develop and recognise candidates' ability to apply these skills in ways that are appropriate to different contexts in order to improve the quality of learning and performance. The key skills qualifications are designed to recognise candidates' progression in terms of both techniques and skills of application.
Apprenticeships and Advance Apprenticeships
The following qualifications at levels 1 and 2, can be used as the key skills components for all Apprenticeship/Advcanced Apprenticeship frameworks in England.
Centres in Wales will need to use Essential Skills Wales. Please see relevant frameworks for level/combination required.
Key skills are currently accepted in Apprenticeship frameworks until 31st March 2011.
