REGIONAL QUALIFICATIONS SYSTEM REGIONAL SYSTEM OF FORMALIZATION AND CERTIFICATION OF COMPETENCES Main aspects: logic of the system constituent parts

REGIONAL QUALIFICATIONS SYSTEM

REGIONAL SYSTEM OF FORMALIZATION AND CERTIFICATION OF COMPETENCES

Main aspects: logic of the systemconstituent parts

Bologna, 5th May 2011Bologna, 5th May 2011Bologna, 5th May 2011Bologna, 5th May 2011

Training standards for the courses designed to acquire a qualification

2004

2005

2006

Regional Qualifications System

System of Formalization and Certification of competences

Accreditation of training Institutions2003

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Background reference

Devices and systems for the policies of Education, Training, Employment

National Framework MD 12/03/1996; MD 174/2001 L 53/200; L. 131/2003; L. 30/2003L.D gs276/2003 e I.D. 10/10/2005Agreements CU, CP, social partners on Education, Training, EmploymentRegulations implementing Education reformAgreement among Government, Regions, Social Partners 25/02/2010

Community FrameworkDecision 2241/2004/CE - EuropassCommunity Guidelines from 1999 to 2005 on recognition of certificates and professional qualificationsESF RegulationsEQF

Regional FrameworkRL 12/2003; RL 17/ 2005Deliberations RQS/Accreditation/ Training standards/RSFCDeliberation 105/2010Regional planning documents

Shared cultureInstitutions (Ministries, other regions, Provincial Administrations) Social PartnersTraining subjects

The system of education and training in Italy

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REGIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

SYSTEMIN EMILIA ROMAGNA

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Revision of the Regional List of the Recognized Qualifications based on the following criteria :

Low recoursing ObsolescenceNo AttendanceStationing/InterruptionSuperimposition

Revision of the Regional List of the Recognized Qualifications based on the following criteria :

Low recoursing ObsolescenceNo AttendanceStationing/InterruptionSuperimposition

Comparison with the research performed by different bilateral organisms (industry-craftmanship- small and medium enterprises–co-operative enterprises-tourism-transport-agricolture)

Comparison with the research performed by different bilateral organisms (industry-craftmanship- small and medium enterprises–co-operative enterprises-tourism-transport-agricolture)

Analysing the training projects referring to any qualificationAnalysing the training projects referring to any qualification

The work route for the definition of the RQSMethodological criteria 1/2

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Comparison with other European countries qualifications

Comparison with other European countries qualifications

Analysis of other Regions works concerning this topicAnalysis of other Regions works concerning this topic

Check with the qualifications

of the vocational education system

Check with the qualifications

of the vocational education system

Study of experiments and researches performed in Emilia-Romagna

Study of experiments and researches performed in Emilia-Romagna

Direct survey : interviews to experts Direct survey : interviews to experts

The work route for the definition of the RQSMethodological criteria 2/2

150 experts appointed by the social parts

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50 experts appointed by the vocational training organisms

for each of the 38 identified professional areas

Three half days of discussion in order to confirm

the professional standards of qualifications in each area about 190

meetings Three half days of discussion in order to confirm the training standards of qualifications in each area

Regional officials

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Expert consultants

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The work route for the definition of the RQSThe participants

Professional

figures constituting the

regional economic and

productive system

Professional figures

constituting the regional

economic and productive

system


relevant to specific regional sectoral policies


relevant to specific regional sectoral policies

Professional figures in

expectation to

development

Professional figures in

expectation to

development

QUALIFICATIONS

INVENTORY

SOURCE

PROCEDUREPROFESSIONAL

STANDARDS

The work route for the definition of the RQSThe system components

It can be registered into the

“Libretto formativo

individuale” (individual

training booklet)

IT’S A FORMAL CERTIFICATE

It’s given to an individual

Points out and assures that the individual owns all the typical competences of a

defined professional figure

It’s assigned through a PROCEDURE

REGULATED by the Region

It can be obtained through the addition

of partial certifications (certifications of

“competency unit” which can be gained

through different ways of learning,

during different periods of life)

the RQSthe RQS QUALIFICATION is:QUALIFICATION is:A group of working roles,

operating on working processes which are similar

and characterized by professional and homogeneous

competences

It 'a "joint" between the vocational training and the labour system

It is not "prescriptive" neither for the one nor for the other system

A qualification is not a working role

The SRQ doesn’t represent the system of working roles inside the enterprises

A qualification can be a reference to the one and the other system

A qualification is not a training course

The SRQ is not the system of training offer

The qualification reflects professional figures “trainable" and "present" in the world of work

A register of qualifications expressed in standards of professional

competences

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At present the Regional Inventory is consisting of At present the Regional Inventory is consisting of 126 126 qualifications referred to qualifications referred to 3838 professional areasprofessional areasAt present the Regional Inventory is consisting of At present the Regional Inventory is consisting of 126 126 qualifications referred to qualifications referred to 3838 professional areasprofessional areas

Access to a professional areaAccess to a professional area

Of these, in accordance with the construction of THE TRAINING STANDARDS, can be distinguished :

Either access and deepeningEither access and deepening

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Deepening/specializationDeepening/specialization86

3rd EQF level

4th EQF level

5th-6th-7° EQF lev.

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System of Qualifications in comparison with EQF levelsSystem of Qualifications in comparison with EQF levelsSystem of Qualifications in comparison with EQF levelsSystem of Qualifications in comparison with EQF levels

Q. of access to a professional areaQ. of access to a professional area

On the basis of their professional and training standards, the Regional qualifications can be inserted between the 3rd and 7th EQF level

Q. of either access and deepeningQ. of either access and deepening

Q. of deepening/specializationQ. of deepening/specialization

1st EQF level

2nd EQF level

3rd EQF level

4th EQF level

5th EQF level

6th EQF level

7th EQF level

8th EQF level

Broad general practical and theoretical knowledge

Field-specific practical and theoretical knowledge

Relevant knowledge to a particular field of learning or occupation

Detailed knowledge connected to a field of learning or work

Specific knowledge in a specialised field as a basis to develop ideas

THE PROFESSIONAL THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDSSTANDARDS

THE INVENTORY OF REGIONAL QUALIFICATIONS IN EMILIA ROMAGNAThey represent the essential elements defining the

professional figures and the key skills needed to

perform the related professional activities

They represent the essential elements defining the

professional figures and the key skills needed to

perform the related professional activities

Competency Unit – clusters of skills and knowledge needed to perform sets of tasks that produce an observable and measurable result

Competency Unit – clusters of skills and knowledge needed to perform sets of tasks that produce an observable and measurable result

Abilities –cognitive and implementing processes to be acted in professional activitiesAbilities –cognitive and implementing processes to be acted in professional activities

Knowledge –professional knowledge related to the professional activityKnowledge –professional knowledge related to the professional activity

EXAMPLE

Библиотекарь

EXAMPLE

EXAMPLE

It 's a procedure for updating and maintaining the

qualifications and the competences contained in the

Inventory

It 's a procedure for updating and maintaining the

qualifications and the competences contained in the

Inventory

THE REGIONAL QUALIFICATION SYSTEMIN EMILIA ROMAGNA THE SOURCE THE SOURCE

PROCEDUREPROCEDURETHE SOURCE THE SOURCE PROCEDUREPROCEDURE

THE SOURCE PROCEDURETHE SOURCE PROCEDURE THE SOURCE PROCEDURETHE SOURCE PROCEDURE

1. Proposition

Social PartnersSocial Partners

Bilateral OrganismsBilateral Organisms

VocationalTrainingOrganisms

VocationalTrainingOrganisms

Educational InstitutionsEducational Institutions

Technical Inquiry, interviews

QUALIFICATION?

The FLOW and the The FLOW and the PHASESPHASES

2.Inquiry

NO

Qualification Description

YES

Subcommittee CRT 3. Check up

Confirmed?NO

YES 4. Approval

The proposersThe proposers

Personal and professional identity: THE LIFE OF PEOPLE READABLE AS LEARNING TO "SPEND" IN THE SYSTEMS: WORK, TRAINING

AND EDUCATION

TRAINING STANDARDS

Integrated Training System

CERTIFICATIONRecognition Recognition

TRAINING CREDITS

QUALIFICATIONS UNIT OF COMPETENCE

CONTRACTSROLES

CLASSIFICATIONS

COURSES PLANNING PROFESSIONAL SYSTEM

ORGANISATIONAL PLANNING

Regional Qualifications

System

Labour Market

IL THE REGIONAL SYSTEM OF FORMALIZATION AND

CERTIFICATION OF COMPETENCES

IN EMILIA ROMAGNA

The significant components of the

system:OBJECTOBJECT

BENEFICIARIESBENEFICIARIES

PROCESSPROCESS

THE SUBJECTS INVOLVED IN THE THE SUBJECTS INVOLVED IN THE PROCESSPROCESS

THE REGIONAL SYSTEM OF

FORMALIZATION AND CERTIFICATION OF

COMPETENCES

THE PROCESSPerson who’s

attending a course

yes

no

Administrative procedures

Form onAbilities and knowledge

Is he/she supposed to take the exam?

Does he/she need an individual consulence?

yesno

yes no

Is he/she interested in obtaining a qualification or a Competency Unit Certificate?

Acquiring the demand

Checkthrough evidences

Check through exam

Administrative procedures

Qualificationor Competency Unit

Certificate

individual consulence

QUALIFICATIONS QUALIFICATIONS INVENTORY INVENTORY

Person who’s got a working experience or various types of

certificates (formal or non-formal) interested in obtaining a

qualification

Is he/she appropriate? yes no

Object

Object for formalization and certification are the professional standards of qualifications.

The minimum certifiable unit consists of the competency unit.

In the perspective taken competences are the reference and communication code :

for the world of work where competences are a factor for efficiency, quality and competitiveness

for the educational and training system where competences become prevalent and relevant training objectives

for the protection of individual rights where the competences form factor of employability and individual capital to value and recognize

The RSFC allows to formalize and certify the competences of:

people who took part (partially or fully) to a training course which provides as a result the issue of a document of formalization and certification

people with experience in the workplace, and/or informal situations and/or with certificates obtained in relation to formal learning situations involved in obtaining a document of formalization and certification

Beneficiaries

The subjects involved in the process

Responsible for the formalization and certification of competences

Expert on the evaluation processes

Experts in professional area/qualification

Examination Examination CommitteeCommittee

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Organizational and procedural reference for the delivery of the whole process

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The RSFC is characterized by two essential conditions:• defined and strict procedures,• professional competence of its authors .

These two conditions make:• sure the path - each one (beneficiaries, actuators, external actors interested ...)

knows the stages of the route;• homogeneous and transparent the contents;• the same criteria for analysis and evaluation of skills (for evidence or for

examination) in any place-any time;• The results/outcomes of the process used in different contexts and

authoritative.

The use of reliable procedures and visible by "experts" makes the results stronger and facilitating the use in different contexts

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The outputs of the process of formalization and The outputs of the process of formalization and certificationcertification

The outputs of the process of formalization and The outputs of the process of formalization and certificationcertification

QualificationQualification -- document in which you certify, always after passing an examination, abilities and knowledge corresponding to a qualification.

Certificate of competenceCertificate of competence- document in which you certify, after passing an examination, abilities and knowledge corresponding to one or more Unit of Competence

FormForm on abilities and knowledge on abilities and knowledge - document that will formalize the individual knowledge and abilities if they do not cover the whole expected for one or more UC (Unit of competence)

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