PDA Toolkit

Part A - Introduction and overview

• Introduction
• Design principles, main changes and additional information
• Summary of processes and procedures for centres

Part B - Scoping

• Establishing the need
• Notifying SQA of proposal

Part C - Designing the qualification

• The Qualification Design Team
• Further market research
• National Occupational Standards

Part D - Development phase

• Key tasks in development phase
• Unit Writing

Part E - Validation

• Preparing a Validation Proposal Document
• The Validation Panel
• The Validation Event
• The Validation Report

Part F - Approval

• Approval

Part G - Implementation and Maintenance

• Producing an Arrangements document
• Review

Part H - PDAs at SCQF level 9+ 

• Information and contacts

SQA forms

• Validation report (Form HN V2)

Shells and checklists

• SQA's validation criteria (Appendix 1)
• PDA Arrangements document template
• Arrangements document template - instructions for use
• Checklist for use in the validation of PDAs
• Example of a validation meeting programme

 

 

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