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January 2007 ITeC NEWS Where will an Apprenticeship lead? An Apprenticeship can be the fi rst step to further or higher education. Hull The Results are in! The Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI) is the inspectorate for skills, workforce development and preparation for employment. The ALI works with employers Where will an Apprenticeship lead? National Vocational Qualifications Equivalency Chart ITeC and training providers and they are a key part of the government’s drive to increase skills and productivity and help adults and young people reach their full PGCE Masters Degree Docorates (PhD’s) NVQ Level Three Equivalent to 2 “A” Levels Annual potential. Newsletter / 1 Vocational A Level In November 2006 our training provision was inspected by the ALI who found the overall Degree NVQ 5 effectiveness of HCCT to be good. The report stated that leadership and management NVQ Level Two Equivalent to 5 GCSE’s 2007 are good as are our arrangements for quality improvement. Equality of opportunity is at grades A* - C outstanding. Provision is good in Engineering and Signmaking, in ICT – Practitioner Foundation Degree HND / HNC NVQ 4 Welcome to our and User, Administration, and in preparation for life and working (includes Catering & Hospitality). Advanced Apprenticeship - NVQ 3 NVQ Level One Equivalent to 5 GCSE’s third annual Hull ITeC Newsletter at grades D - G The inspection lasted for 4 days and involved 8 ALI inspectors, 73 learner interviews, Apprenticeship - NVQ 2 providing 68 staff interviews, 21 employer interviews and 26 visits to different employers and information for training sites. All the different areas of our provision were graded 2 with the exception young people of Equality and Diversity which was awarded a grade 1. The inspectors use a four and employers. point scale to summarise their judgements about the quality of provision: Grade 4 We want to know what The newsletter is An Exceptional Young – inadequate, Grade 3 – satisfactory, Grade 2 – good, Grade 1 – outstanding. produced yearly you think! to give you a brief Apprentice We would like to say a massive thanks to all learners overview of the and employers who took part in the inspection process Congratulations to ITeC Young Apprentice Luke Headon, ITeC Voice – the consultation group events and results who has won the Humber EBLO Award for “Pupil as it was a very rigorous procedure. If you would like to in 2006. who has performed exceptionally Well on the Young Would you like to have a say on Equality & Diversity view a copy of the inspection report please contact our Apprenticeship Programme.” Luke was nominated for and Citizenship? Join the ITeC Voice and give your reception who will send out a copy or you can download the award by his ITeC Tutor, Roberta Coxhead, who opinion on important matters. All consultation is by email The Hull ITeC is a copy of the report from the ALI website:http://data.ali. praised his motivation and enthusiasm. “Luke is a or post, so you won’t need to attend meetings. If you part of Hull City gov.uk/htm/reports.asp A copy will also be available on helpful, friendly and likeable young man…always keen to are interested, send your email address to Fiona Joy: Council Training the ITeC website. complete his work and to offer help to others,” she said. (HCCT) which is [email protected] one of the region’s Luke had this to say about his success: “I was full of largest training Employers - are you looking to expand your workforce? joy and proud to win this award. I was up against more providers. HCC people than I thought I would be and I didn’t expect to Training is made Hull ITeC works closely with local Business and Administration win. My family were overwhelmed and very pleased employers and we are very proud that IT Users Coming Soon…. up of Refurbit, for me. I couldn’t have won we have been able to offer quality IT Practitioners the award without the Engineering Centre Catering and Hospitality We are in the process of updating the employer CD. We Apprentices to businesses in and around people I work with, (Hull TEC), Career Signmaking will be sending the Updated CD to all employers. If you Hull for over 20 years. We have many especially Roberta, Choices and the would like to reserve a copy let us know and we will get employers who return to us time and as she explained Hull ITeC. HCC For further information please contact: everything to me so one out to you as soon as they are available. The CD time again as their business grows. Michelle Hazelwood Placement Training works Offi cer Telephone: 01482 325576 well and made the will hold the NVQ standards for all apprenticeships along Hull ITeC can supply your business with in partnership Mobile: 07970575439 Email: work more interesting quality Apprentices in: with details of key skills, technical certifi cates and other with the Hull [email protected] and easy to learn.” useful documents. City Council and the Humberside Learning and Skills This document can be made Council to provide available in alternative 84, Goulton Street, Tel: (01482) 325576 Email: [email protected] formats (large print, audio quality training. Mission Statement Hull, HU3 4DL Fax: (01482) 586101 www.hullitec.co.uk and Braille). Quality Control To deliver quality training to meet the needs of local business Code: 000653 Key Skills Software application In 2006, the ITeC continued to improve its Key Skills provision by introducing new, vocationally relevant training Learner Activities!! projects, and by perfecting the onscreen testing The ITeC continued to offer software application training Apprentices have the opportunity to attend a variety and shopping as well as a Beatles tour, a visit to the procedure. to organisations and individuals during 2006. We trained of activities which are aimed at complementing museum and a ferry across the Mersey. Simon over 200 people at the centre on a range of applications Business Administration students now produce evidence their main training programme. There were a variety Rosenquest thought the trip was great: “All in all I have from basic Microsoft Word through to Advanced Visual for their Application of Number portfolios by completing Basic. of additional activities organised during 2006 and to say I enjoyed the trip a lot and would do it again and I projects based on time management and budgeting. IT some of them are detailed below. would recommend it to anyone. It’s good if you want to students complete an internet survey and a file sizes We have also delivered accredited courses including go round Liverpool and even better if you’re a Beatles project. Sign students continue to complete a project Advanced ECDL and NVQ IT User at Level 2 and Level Windmills and Chocolate! – March 2006 fan.” based entirely on Signmaking. 3. If you are interested in accrediting your skills or In March a group of ITeC learners and their tutors developing your existing ones funding may be available Onscreen tests have proved so popular and successful enjoyed a mini-break in Bruges with a view to raising to assist you or your organisation. We cater for all levels that there are now no plans to hold paper-based group of ability, courses can be “off the shelf” or custom built their awareness of European culture. The group took the tests unless students request them. Onscreen tests are ferry to Zeebrugge on 19th March and returned on the to match your company’s and staff’s requirements. For held in the ITeC’s Skills Suite, using laptops with wireless further information please contact Lisa Shepherdson. 21st March. During their stay they took a city tour, visited Internet connections. Students practice first with support various historic buildings and windmills and experienced from their tutor, and then sit the test onscreen, receiving a trip around a chocolate factory. the result the next day. If you have any queries or suggestions regarding Key Al-Noor Citizenship Iain Taylor enjoyed the trip: “The couple of days away Skills, contact Fiona Joy: [email protected] were well organised and thought out. In Bruges we achievers went on a city tour, which was very educational and gave a good insight into the history and the architecture. In October and November 2006, the Al-Noor women’s Overall, the trip was excellent and definitely well worth group completed a course of 3 Citizenship sessions at the Hull ITeC. The course was run in conjunction with taking part in!” Employer Feedback the Al-Noor project at the Hull Mosque & Islamic Centre, On a continual basis we seek feedback from young which aims to support women from ethnic minorities by Left to right: S Rosenquest, B Holtby, E Findlay, M people on our apprenticeship programmes and Hazelwood, K Rogers, D Carmichael, D Bailey providing advice, guidance and training courses to help employers we work with. We use this feedback to them gain confidence and independence. continually improve the service we give. If you would like to give us comments, feedback or to request an Employer Visit to Hull Truck Theatre – July 2006 The seven women studied and researched the Questionnaire please email: [email protected] following subjects, by group discussion and using On 26 July a group of IT students and their tutors, the Internet: Kathryn Rogers and Melisa Money, went to see Satin ‘n’ The world – origins and connections Steel at the Hull Truck theatre. The play was about Vince Europe – the European Union, countries in Europe and Tina, who meet at a Karaoke competition and seek Images of Britain, what is Britishness? Taster Days for Schools stardom together as a double act.

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