YVS(Yuvak Vikas Samitee) provides, Skill for Life Qualification from Ascentis.  A full range of Skills for Life qualifications in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL together with ICT qualifications written to the ICT Skills for Life standards. They are all accredited by QCA to the National Qualification Framework.

These qualifications are designed for adults and young adults. The assessment arrangements and the context of the assessment materials are designed to be appropriate to their target learners.

Also available within this suite of qualifications is a pre-entry Literacy and Numeracy Award suitable for learners who are not yet ready to access entry 1 qualifications. Additionally a Life Skills qualification available at entry 1 and 2 compliments the provision and can be run alongside Skills for Life provision.

The National Tests for assessment of the Level 1 and 2 Literacy and Numeracy are currently available on-demand as paper based tests and will shortly be available on-line.

• These qualifications have been developed in line with relevant National Occupational Standards, ensuring they meet the needs of employers. The focus is on building up the skills needed through selection of appropriate units.

• The ITQs are built up of a number of units, which can be tailored to meet the needs of the individual learner and / or employer. This allows learning to be delivered in small bite-sized pieces.

• The large number of optional units available allows the learner to study topics which best meet their needs

• The inclusion of sector specific units allows centres to adapt the qualifications to meet specific learner and / or employer needs.

• Learners can complete additional units to progress them from the award through to the certificate and diploma if they wish. Credits can be carried forward between the qualification sizes for up to 3 years

• The ITQs allow for the recognition of prior achievement. Credits can be transferred, avoiding the requirement to repeat learning where appropriate.

• These qualifications allow learners to import existing QCF units and recognise exempt and equivalent units.

• The use of optional units allows different levels and sizes of qualification to be achieved. Spiky profiles are also permitted (within the rules of combination). This includes units at entry 3 – level 3.

In order to achieve the Award / Certificate / Diploma, learners must achieve a minimum number of credits (within the rules of combination)

All the following units are available through Ascentis. However, if you wish to offer units in shaded boxes, please contact Ascentis prior to commencing delivery

• The ITQs are internally assessed and internally verified. They will then be externally moderated in line with standard Ascentis procedures.

• Assessment of the ITQs is through a portfolio of evidence

• There is no requirement for assessors and internal verifiers to hold the A1/V1 awards as it is no longer an NVQ.

• All units can be assessed in a college or work environment.

The specification is now available, providing further details on these qualifications.

NEW Personal Development for Progression (500/3949/0)

This is a new qualification designed to prepare learners for progression from FE to HE. Equipping learners with a wide range of necessary skills, this UCAS recognised qualification has been designed to replace the existing Curriculum Enrichment Programme (CEP). The qualification is appropriate for learners aged 16+ and is offered with free learner and tutor resources.

Employment related qualifications include Conflict Management and Health and Safety that give the learner generic employment skills applicable across many sectors. There are a range of popular qualifications at entry level and above, suitable for learners from 14+ that prepare learners for further training or employment within a vocational area together with introducing general employability skills.

Some of these qualifications have learning materials to accompany them if the centre wishes to purchase the materials. These are particularly appropriate if the learning is being delivered by distance or blended learning. Where these are available details are found within the specification.

Overview

Food hygiene and safety training providers have identified a growing need to make food safety learning more relevant to specific business environments to increase effectiveness. Reflecting sector-specific needs these food safety qualifications are required to address new National Occupational Standards. In line with this demand, the CIEH Level 2 Awards in Food Safety have been designed to address the food safety and hygiene needs of the catering, manufacturing and retail sectors.

Outline food hygiene training programme

The qualifications cover the following topics:

• Legislation
• Food safety and hygiene hazards
• Temperature control
• Refrigeration, chilling and cold holding
• Cooking, hot holding and reheating
• Food handling
• Principles of safe food storage
• Cleaning
• Food premises and equipment

Qualification information

Designed for anyone working in a catering, manufacturing or retail setting where food is prepared, cooked and handled.

Course duration: One day programme

Assessment method: Multiple choice examination

This new qualification is designed to provide candidates with the essential knowledge about cleaning in food premises. From the importance of cleaning, to the preparation, methods and impacts, the syllabus covers the whole process of the cleaning activity and its effect within food premises.

Every one who wish to improve their life style.

Go on http://www.gateway2uk.com, down load admission form, fill it up, attach you qualification and experience documents if any to allow admission team to consider your admission.

Scholarship application are accepted from learners from financially backward family background subject to decision of Admission team.

Overview
This is Ascentis programme. Ascentis has worked closely with practitioners and leading subject experts to develop a new portfolio of flexible ESOL for Work qualifications. The programme has been designed to place an emphasis on ‘communicating the message’ and focuses on the vocabulary and contexts most often encountered in the workplace or when looking for work.

Content
The qualifications comprises of three units:

• Speaking  & Listening
• Reading
• Writing

Each unit has an option to study towards a ‘pre-work’ or ‘in work’ assessment making the qualification suitable for a range of learners. Uniquely, the Ascentis qualification allows the learner to take the writing unit at the same level as the Speaking & Listening and Reading units, or at one level below.

Assessment
Ascentis has aimed to keep assessment as flexible and unobtrusive as possible to allow centres to plan assessment around the busy schedules of learners in work. Assessments are available throughout the year and can be taken as and when learners are ready. Tutors can choose assessments appropriate to learners 'in work' or 'looking for work'.

Speaking & Listening is assessed through a tutor/ learner role play interview.

Reading is assessed through a test where learners respond to short answer and multiple choice questions on work related texts.

Writing is assessed through a written paper where learners answer an extended answer question.

Flexibility
Centres are provided with the option to write their own external assessments mapped to the assessment criteria. This means that assessments could be designed to meet the specific needs of large employers

All assessments are internally marked, internally moderated and then externally moderated. External moderation and certification are available throughout the year.

Our Teacher Training and related qualification specifications have been organised into several sub-sections. Click on the relevant link to be taken to the specifications that are of interest to you.

Teacher Training Qualifications
For all specifications related to the training and development of teachers and tutors in the Lifelong Learning Sector including PTLLS, CTLLS and DTLLS.

Summaries
A series of documents showing how the teacher training qualifications fit together and providing an overview of the assessment methodologies used.

Learning Support Qualifications  ~NEW~
A suite of nationallly recognised QCF qualifications designed to support the professionalisation of learning support practitioners in FE colleges, adult and community learning centres and work based training providers.

NQF Learning Support Qualifications
Learning support qualifications designed to support the development of Skills for Life learning support practitioners accredited until August 2010 when they are due to be replaced by a new suite of QCF qualifications.

Customised Teacher Training and Related Qualifications
Provision that has been developed by Ascentis for teachers that is not accredited to any national framework.

1. Hospitality National Certificate/ Level – 3
   
2. Certificate in Travel & Tourism Business- Level 3
   
3. Certificate in Travel and Tourism-Level 3
   
4. Travel & Tourism National Certificate / Level 3
   
5. Certificate in Facilities Management Level 3
   
6. Facilities Management PGD Level 5
   
7. Business Administration Level 4
   
8. Advanced Diploma in Management of Business Administration Level 5
   
9. Certificate in the Managing and Safe Handling of Medicines
   
10. Certificate in the Control of Infection and Contamination
    
11. Sage Instant Accounts Certificate & Sage Software
    
12. Computerised Accounts
    
13. Certificate in Customer Service Excellence
    
14. Certificate in Retail Operations
    
15. Stores Management Diploma Double Award
    
16. Certificate in Sales Executive Skills
    
17. Beauty Therapy Diploma Double Award Level I,II,III NVQ
    
18. Diploma In Retail Management
    
19. Structure Of Gateway2uk Level 5 Diploma In Retail Management
    
20. Diploma Multimedia Technology and Design
    
21. Certificate in Business Administration Level-3
    

The Diploma in Hotel Management aims to provide students with a broad understanding of the operational aspects of the international hotel industry, and a knowledge of the underlying principles involved. This programme has been devised on the basis that students will attend a course of study of not less than 450 hours. Private study will be required over and above this figure. Each of the modules has a two and a half hour examination, set and marked by CTH.

The aims of the course are to
Provide students with an understanding of the food and beverage operations within a hotel Provide students with basic knowledge of food hygiene and nutrition Provide students with an understanding of the role of the front office and reception in a hotel Provide students with an understanding of the facilities and accommodation services in a hotel Provide students with a basic knowledge of hospitality costing and control systems Provide students with an understanding of the staffing and supervisory aspects of the industry Introduce students to the basic principles of marketing and apply them to the hotel industry Provide students with an understanding of the role of tourism within the industry Provide students with knowledge of computers and their application and use within the industry Provide students with the opportunity to explore the scope of the industry, the various activities contained within it and its position in relation to the world market

Course of Study
This scheme has been devised on the basis that students will attend a course of study of not less than 450 hours. Private study will be required over and above this figure. The modules studied are as follows:

Syllabus
DHM 102: Food and Beverage Operations DHM 112: Food Hygiene, Health and Safety (*) DHM 122: Front Office Operations DHM 132: Facilities and Accommodation Operations DHM 142: Hospitality Finance (*) DHM 152: Introduction to Business Operations (*) DHM 162: Marketing DHM 172: The Tourism Industry DHM 182:Business Computing DHM 192: Understanding the Global Hospitality Industry

Entry Requirements
No specific educational qualifications are required, although it is desirable to have completed formal secondary education. If English is not the student's first language, we recommend you achieve a level equivalent to IELTS 5.0 / TOEFL 495.

Examinations
Each of the above modules will have a 21/2 hour examination. This will be set and marked by the CTH. Coursework assignments will also be set to monitor students' progress on the course.

Eligibility for entry to examination
Candidates for the Confederation's examinations must, at the time of entry, be undertaking (or have already completed) the respective course at an approved educational establishment, and be a member of the CTH.

CTH Management Course Pathways
The schematic below shows the flexibility of the CTH management programmes in the way that, in addition to being career-led, they also dovetail to the academic requirements for credit entry to British universities.

"Students who have completed the CTH Diploma and Advanced Diploma programmes have been accepted onto the final year of the Bournemouth University BA in Tourism and Hospitality Management".

Course objectives
This course will provide an understanding of the managerial, decision making and leadership aspects of the international hotel industry and to develop independent research and study skills which will be required when working at senior managerial level in the industry

Requirements
Applicants must have CTH Diploma in Hotel Management or equivalent qualification with required modules.

Food safety
We all expect that any food we buy, whether fresh ingredients, groceries, snacks or meals, will be safe and wholesome. We don't expect it to be contaminated, poorly cooked or badly handled in a way that threatens our health or the health of others. Everyone involved in food production and delivery, from manufacturers and retailers to caterers, has a moral and legal duty to know the principles and practices of food safety. The CIEH offers a comprehensive portfolio of qualifications to deliver the right knowledge to the right people at every level.

CIEH qualifications are accredited by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.

£3500 per student (Local students- 6 months course), University fees extra

Subjects/Modules

Unit 1 - HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (Mandatory)
Unit 2 - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (Mandatory)
Unit 3 - MANAGEMENT BEHAVIOUR (Mandatory)
Unit 4 - BUSINESS STRATEGY (Mandatory)
Unit 5 - MARKET RESEARCH (Optional)
Unit 6 - COMMUNICATION PROCESSES (Optional)
Unit 7 - BUSINESS GLOBALISATION (Optional)
Unit 8 – MACROECONOMICS (Optional

Progressing to an MBA
Students can now apply on a case by case basis for modular exemption from the MBA at Teesside University subject to making a formal application via the Teesside University website and proving that they have the necessary academic qualifications, reasonable English language skills through IELTS, have two years business work experience and have a telephone interview with the Programme Director.

Students can obtain an MBA at a UK recognized University by taking a dissertation on either part time or full time.