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4  \nWho is this guidance for? 5  \nThe role of the centre Quality Nominee 6  \nQuality Assurance of Pearson Work-based Learning Qualifications 7  \nGeneral Conditions of Recognition June 2017 (updated September 2023) (Ofqual) and  \nSQA Accreditation’s Regulatory Principles (2021) 7  \nCentre Recognition and Qualification Approval 8  \nRecruitment and Learner Support 10  \nInternal Quality Assurance 10  \nAssessment 12  \nRecords 12  \nUse of Language 13  \nMalpractice 14  \nThe External Quality Assurance Model 15  \nLead Standards Verifier 15  \nSector Standards Verification 17  \nStandards Verifier Report Forms 20  \nCertification release 21  \nDirect Claims Status and Verification Outcomes 22  \nGuidance to Centres on Complaints 23  \nPurpose/Scope 23  \nDefinitions/Terminology 23  \nResponsibilities 23  \nProcedures 24  \nExample: Complaints Policy 25  \nComplaints Procedure 25  \nFurther Support 27  \nTraining providers and employers 27  \nFurther Education Colleges, Sixth Form Colleges, Private Colleges or UTC 27  \nLearners 27  \nAppendix 1: Centre Approval for NVQs and Sector Standards Verifier Reports 28  \nAppendix 2: Minimum Data Requirements 34  \nAppendix 3: Application of Assessment Methodology 35  \nInternal verification 36  \nAppendix 4: Approved Centre Criteria 39  \nManagement Systems 39  \nResources 40  \nCandidate support 41  \nAssessment and verification 43  \nRecords 45  \nAppendix 5: Sanction and Centre Approval Criteria 46  \nIntroduction 46  \nThe tariff of sanctions 46  \nSanctions and centre approval criteria 48  \nTariff levels 1–3 48  \nTariff levels 4 and 5 48  \nGuidance on interpretation 48  \nCombinations 48  \nPersistence 48  \nRecurrences 49  \nMalpractice 49  \nAppendix 6: Realistic Working Environments 53  \nDefinition of a Realistic Working Environment (RWE) 54  \nAppendix 7: Quality Assurance for Education & Training 56  \nAppendix 8: Qualifications requiring face-to-face centre visits 57  \nAppendix 9a: Qualifications in scope ofthe LSV model 59  \nAppendix 9b: Qualifications that are not in scope ofthe LSV model 62  \nIntroduction  \nWhat is this document about?  \nThis document describes Pearson’s requirements for the delivery of and the quality assurance model for Work-based Learning qualifications.  \nWork-based Learning qualifications are defined as:  \n• Level 1 – 7 Pearson Edexcel and Pearson NVQsand competencebasedqualifications regulated by Ofqual.  \n• BTEC Apprenticeship Frameworks(except the Functional skills suite)  \n• BTEC Security and Fire qualifications  \n• Foundation Learning (excluding Entry Level Functional Skills and some legacy sector-specific Foundation Learning programmes):  \n• Personal and Social Development  \no BTEC WorkSkills  \no BTEC Entry Levels 1–3  \no BTEC Introductory Level 1  \n• BTEC specialist qualifications including:  \no Cleaning, facilities, and hospitality  \no Goods, warehousing, transport and logistics  \no Business Admin, Team Leading, Customer Service and Management  \no BTEC Teamwork, Personal Skills and Citizenship in Youth Organisations (CiYO)  \no Health and Social Care (old framework qualifications, including Dementia and End of Life Care)  \no Construction Occupations, Health and Safety in a Construction Environment, BTEC Level 1 Construction  \no Sport Industry Skills  \n• On programme qualifications for the new apprenticeship standards  \no Advanced Manufacturing Engineering and other Apprenticeship Standards Engineering  \n• Standalone BTEC Specialist (where you do not offer BTEC Firsts or Nationals)  \n• Technical Occupational Entry Qualifications (TOEQs) (first registration Aug 2025) For the purpose of this document, qualifications listed above will be collectively referred to as ‘Pearson Work-based Learning qualifications’. There will be instances where  \npolicies only apply to ‘NVQs and competence-based qualifications’, where this is the case, the guidance will refer to the","cbCaipVtvkk7WbeI","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipVtvkk7WbeI","pdf",666830,63,"English","# Introduction\n## What is this document about?\n## Who is this guidance for?\n## The role of the centre Quality Nominee\n## Quality Assurance of Pearson Work-based Learning Qualifications\n## Centre Recognition and Qualification Approval\n## Recruitment and Learner Support\n## Internal Quality Assurance\n## Assessment\n## Records\n## Use of Language\n## Malpractice\n## The External Quality Assurance Model\n## Lead Standards Verifier\n## Sector Standards Verification\n## Standards Verifier Report Forms\n## Certification release\n## Direct Claims Status and Verification Outcomes\n## Guidance to Centres on Complaints\n## Responsibilities\n## Procedures\n## Further Support\n# Appendices\n## Minimum Data Requirements\n## Approved Centre Criteria\n## Sanction and Centre Approval Criteria\n## Realistic Working Environments\n## Quality Assurance for Education & Training","[{\"question\":\"What does the document describe about Pearson Work-based Learning qualifications?\",\"answer\":\"The document sets Pearson’s requirements for the delivery and the external quality assurance model for Work-based Learning qualifications. 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