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Andrew Hill
November 2002

  What will I have to do to Pass?  
 

In order to pass the ICT Key Skills Qualification you have to

  • Pass a Test
  • Produce a Portfolio of evidence that shows the skills that you have
  • To pass the Key Skills Qualification in Information Technology you must pass both an internal assessment and an external assessment (which is set and marked externally). The internal assessment is based on a portfolio of evidence you have collected from your day-to-day work, studies or other activities.

The questions you will get in the test and the evidence that you have to produce depends on the Key Skill Level you are aiming for. You will be doing similar types of work regardless of the Level you are aiming for. This means that

  • You will undertake a short period of Skill teaching
  • You will then start your first Assignment that will produce evidence for your portfolio
  • During the lessons when you are doing your assignment you will also be taught skills relevant to the work that you are doing in the assignment,
  • You will then move on to the next assignment
  • You will have to do all of this in 24 hours of lesson time or less. Working on tasks at other times will be vital to completing the course and the work at home or in your space time will produce evidence for you portfolio. So you don't have much time and need to really focus on what you are doing and set yourself clear goals and stick to them