City And Guilds 2365 Level 3

[westwood1985]

hi all,

I recently completed eal level 2 nvq at my local college and want to study level 3, theonly level 3 the college offers is the city and guilds 2365. would I be able to do this course with my eal level 2 or would I need to do the city and guilds 2365 level 2 first?

thanks in advance

 

[Zeespark]

NVQ and C&G are totally seperate for the 2365.

Andy Guinness

 

[westwood1985]

thanks for your reply. I should've said, I meant the city and guilds 2365 level3 diploma, i was told I need a level 2 first but they didnt know if I had to do the 2365 level 2 or if my eal level 2 would be enough.

 

[Zeespark]

You would need to do both level 2 and 3 for the 2365 along side the NVQ3.

 

[westwood1985]

thats what I feared, doing the eal level 2 was probably a waste of time then. thanks for your help.

 

[mikel]

Not necessarily, in the 2365 I'm sure you can have accreditted prior learning which exempts you from some of the units.  Check city and guilds website and have a look at the handbook for the 2365

 

[westwood1985]

thanks mikel, I'll have a look at that in the morning and see what I can find.

 

[msb2003]

Both EAL and C&G qualifications are of equal standing with the QCF standards. This means you should be able to carry on to the level 3 as Mikel stated (you may need to do a `bridging assignment` to cover topics not included in both qualifications though). I work in a college where we are delivering EAL and are asking them to recognise C&G L2 and would assume (I know thats dangerous!) that C&G would do the same.

Be careful when describing your qualifications as the C&G 2365 and EAL equivalent are college based, whereas the NVQ`s are work evidence based (the C&G 2357 and EAL QELTK, the apprenticeship programmes include both elements)

I hope this helps

 

[westwood1985]

that sounds good, I'll phone the college and city and guilds on tuesday and see what they say. thanks for all your help everyone.

 

[Zeespark]

Good luck contacting C&G Westwood, no one appears to be at their end of the phone call when you try to ring them. Your college would be your best bet initially.

Andy Guinness

 

[westwood1985]

thanks for the info Andy, I'll just ring the college tomorrow, hopefully they will be able to tell me.