Work Placement

Work Experience boy with hard hat and plans

Our Work Placement units are designed to recognise the valuable learning and development that takes place as a result of participating in a work placement.

Candidates will review career aspiration(s) and abilities as part of the unit. They will also review their own progress and learning gained in the workplace.

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Alternative assessment guidance 2021-22

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Work Placement alternative assessment approaches (140 KB)

Update - July 2020

Mandatory information

Unit Specifications

These provide an outline of what each Unit will cover within the Course and detail the Outcomes and Assessment Standards.

This provides an outline of what the Unit will cover and details the Outcomes and Assessment Standards.

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Resources

Assessment support

Unit Assessment Support

These confidential documents contain details of Unit Assessment task(s), show approaches to gathering evidence and how the evidence can be judged against the Outcomes and Performance criteria. They also provide examples of possible candidate responses.

Unit Assessment support is held securely and teachers / lecturers can arrange access to these documents through their SQA Co-ordinator.

Internal Assessment Report