Emergency First Aid at Work – There is a new assessment pack for learners and assessors to complete this is available on on the Qualitas shop. All centres must migrate over to our assessment pack no later than the end of June 2024. This has been created to ensure all centres are assessing learners in the same method. Focus Awards do not allow exams as a method of assessment, this includes tests and multiple choice questions. Assessing learners through only multiple choice questions doesn’t allow the learner to show the depth of their knowledge.
Gym Based Exercise and Personal Training – We are working towards developing new resources for this qualification. Currently, we have workbooks for the overall qualification, we know it can be quite daunting for learners to receive a huge 300+ workbook, so we’re taking steps to reduce this.
The following were made live on your Qualitas Shop Tuesday 2nd April 2024:
- H 600 9013 – Anatomy and physiology for exercise
- D 617 8589 – Anatomy, Physiology and Kinesiology for Exercise and Health
- K 617 8594 – Anatomy, Physiology and Kinesiology for Exercise and Health
- M 617 8595 – Applying Nutritional principles to Personal Training
- R 617 85900 – Know how to support client’s lifestyle management and enhance client motivation for exercise and physical activity
- F 617 8598 Business acumen and the use of information technology for a personal trainer
The following were made live on your Qualitas Shop Monday 15th April 2024:
- D 600 8779 Maintaining Personal Health and Well being
- T 601 4569 R 601 4448 Provide manicure treatments & Provide pedicure treatments
- A 601 4457 Client care and communication in beauty-related industries
- R 600 8780 Monitor and maintain health and safety practice in the salon
The following will be live on your Qualitas Shop from Tuesday 7th May 2024:
- T 600 8769 – Promote and Sell Products and Services to Clients
- A 600 8773 – Salon reception duties
- A 617 1018 – Apply Make up
- T 601 5334 – Enhance nails using electric files
- T 617 3379 – Provide facial skin care treatment
As an Awarding Organisation, we do not approve the use of exams for fitness qualifications, Centres must migrate across to workbooks. Centres may create their own assessments, but they must be approved by your EQA.
If a Centre wanted to create an assessment with a combination multiple choice questions and shorter answer questions to assess the ‘identify’, ‘define’, and some ‘describe’ questions then this could be approved, however, this assessment method does not allow for the higher order command verbs to be met such as ‘explain’, ‘evaluate’ or ‘analyse’ so those elements must be met in the workbook or other appropriate method of assessment.