Talk:National Vocational Qualification

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Removed the reference about Great Britain as this is nonsense. NVQ's are not awarded in Scotland SVQ's are. --Pandaplodder 22:47, 5 January 2007 (UTC)


Beefed up the academic equivalent section, in order to help people know where they theoretically stand in the jobs market.

I noticed a previous edit by '86.3.39.219', changing National Vocational Qualification to 'Not Very Qualified', which gave me a good laugh. That's true of most qualifications these days, as the education and training sector in the UK is simply not delivering the skills that employers need. --Beefy_SAFC 13:47, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

The sad thing is that the person who made the change thinks they are being incredibly witty and original. The JPStalk to me 16:31, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Does the academic equivalent section provide a realistic view of how NVQs are valued by employers? Having worked in recruitment for some years, I have never heard an employer say they are willing to accept NVQs of any level as being equivalent to an academic qualification, therefore some people may say they are equivalent, but generally they are not treated as such by employers. Indeed the only employers I've seen who attach value to NVQs are those who receive government funding to provide support for NVQs and/or those organisations forced through government requirements to have a certain proportion of their workforce qualified to NVQ level (e.g. the care industry). It can be argued that the government is forcing high take-up and then using that high take-up as proof that NVQs are valued by employers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.12.106.130 (talk) 14:14, 25 September 2007 (UTC)