2. SVQ Business & Administration Network Event 30 th September 2009

3. Qualifications Officer: Tony Hamilton 0845 231 5467 Tony.Hamilton@sqa.org.uk

4. Programme Update SQA Senior Verifier Report Best Practice in Assessing and Internal Verification workshops Plenary

5. CfA National Occupational Standards (NOS) Review – projected milestones May 2009 (complete) Functional mapping of job roles complete October 2009 National Occupational Standards (NOS) finalised December 2009 SVQ Unit and SVQ Group Award structures finalised December 2009 Credit and Levelling of CfA SVQ Units

6. SQA Update 2009 Incremental Change Frameworks unchanged until new SVQ in 2010 NOS frameworks based on – no change Assessment Guidance levels 1- 4 Updated versions now available on SQA website

7. CfA National Occupational Standards Review – projected milestones January 2010 NOS to UKNOS panel (UKCES) for approval SVQ Units, SVQ Structures and Assessment Strategy to UKCES for Approval March 2010 Finalised SVQ Units, SVQ Structures and Assessment Strategy available to Awarding Bodies

8. SVQ Business & Administration review – SQA projected milestones Re-accreditation submission complete June 2010 for 1 st August 2010 start date March – May 2010 Begin work on new Assessment Guidance and Candidate Portfolios Market research to evidence demand Letters of Support from SQA centres

9. DRAFT NOS – an example

10. Senior Verifier Donnie Carthew