Achievements (Reporting Period: 01 April 2006 – 30 June 2006)
Occupational Standards
The revision of 30 existing Occupational Standards was almost completed during this quarter by speeding up the execution of the work plan which had been suspended due to involvement of the Central Task Force (CTF) of nine MoNE staff in job analysis for about 400 occupations in new occupational areas not covered by the original ToR of the SVET project. During this quarter the second phase of the revision work was completed and the third phase is about to be completed The second phase consists of revision of the (first) draft of an OS through expert group meetings in which senior practitioners of enterprises well-acquainted with the occupation under consideration are involved. In the third phase of revision stakeholders are requested to validate the revised draft. This third phase could be completed for about 50%. 1347 enterprises and 28 social partner organisations, universities and institutions were involved to contribute to the finalisation of the occupational standards.
The members of the Central Task Force (CTF) participated in a two-day training seminar on occupational standards development and training standard and curriculum development in May. This provided also a platform for better understanding of the links between the activities of the training team and the CTF.
Lessons learned from the activity are the following:
Ø The methodology, resulting in an approach of three phases, is adequate although it is disputable whether the formulation of competencies and performance criteria should be an activity of the team developing occupational standards or the training team.
Ø The use of the DACUM method for development of the OSs is useful as it leads to results which are accepted by the social partners.
Ø Guidance of the work by a specialised Turkish expert for Quality Control has shown to be very effective.
Ø Although the revision work is not yet driven by the social partner organisations they have shown their commitment by facilitating the revision work. In the future, under an NQS system social partner organisations should, however, be the driving force in developing and revising Occupational Standards.
Ø It is necessary to redefine the roles of he members of the expert groups, especially the tasks of academic specialists versus members of the CTF. The number of days for an expert group meeting needs to be set at two or three days. Organising the expert group meetings in the region where specific occupations are well-represented makes the work more efficient.
Ø Further capacity building of the CTF members is necessary thereby focusing on the methodology of developing occupational standards.
Ø Special attention should be given to the drafting of competencies and performance criteria. International practices in this respect are to be studied and considered for introduction in Turkey.
Ø For comparison of international standards the Dutch ones have proven to be most useful. This does not take away that the use of other countries standards contributes to the quality of the work as well.
Work Plan for the next reporting period (Reporting Period: 01 April 2006 – 30 June 2006)
The revision of 30 occupational standards will be completed by the CTF during the summer period and in July a start will be made with the revision of additional 36 Occupational Standards. The lessons drawn during the first stage will be taken into account in the organisation of the work. Most probably the revision of OSs for some occupations in the aircraft industry will be omitted given the fact that they are permanently revised in a process driven by international safety regulations. This will be discussed with the training centre concerned.
A training will be organised for the CTF to enable them to discuss the issue of competencies and performance criteria. At the moment the task division between the CTF and the programme development group is unclear with regard to these issues.
The CTF will participate in further training if initiated by the TT team on the relationship between occupational and training standards.
It is envisaged that expert group meetings are to be held (in Ankara and the region) in September.
A one-week study visit to the Netherlands and UK of Germany is planned in order to give further training to the CTF. The objective of the visit is to give them first-hand insight in the methodological approach of developing Occupational Standards in these countries. A list of questions will be prepared by the CTF beforehand. One of the issues will be the drafting of competencies and performance criteria and another one the relationship between occupational and training standards.
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