College of the Sea


Licentiateship in Youth Leadership and Training

Award Overview

CVQO
This is a vocational award run in conjunction with City & Guilds.

The Licentiateship provides distinctive and formal recognition of personal achievement and the application of professional and technical expertise within the Sea Cadet Corps.

Learners must demonstrate through their written work, a knowledge and competency equivalent to that which could be expected of a graduate at Foundation degree level or someone who has gained a vocational qualification or NVQ at Level 4.

Eligibility

This award is suitable for those with a supervisory/first line management skills level and is available to any instructor who has completed a minimum of five years adult service.

Personal Skills and Performance Criteria

The Licentiateship award requires candidates to demonstrate how they meet the key criteria. As part of the award process candidates will write a reflective report based upon:

  • Self Management & Development
  • Managing Tasks
  • Communicating clearly and effectively
  • Working with and relating to others
  • Applying Knowledge
  • Applying initiative in work problems
  • Reflection on own learning outcomes

  • and
    give three detailed examples of when you have had to carry out original research.

    Delivery

    Two routes are available for completing this award and candidates have two years in which to complete it:

    Reflective Route

    Open to instructors who have attended the Command Course (SCC). You will be required to complete a reflective report based upon what you learnt on the above course and how you have since applied these skills to your SCC role. Your OC will be required to endorse, in writing, your abilities to demonstrate the necessary competencies before your report is returned to CVQO for assessment.

    Portfolio Route

    Open to any instructor who meets the criteria, but has not attended one of the above courses. For this route, you'll be required to provide a portfolio of evidence (material that supports your claim), a SCC / civilian CV and complete a reflective report on how you feel you meet the required criteria. Your OC will be required to comment on your report before this is returned to CVQO for assessment.

    Assessment

    Your report will be internally assessed by a subject specialist. They will assess your work against City & Guilds criteria. The assessor will feed back your results to CVQO, who in turn will notify you of the result.

    Fees

    The cost of this award is £130.

    To register, please download an application form which is available from the CVQO Downloads page.

    CVQO offer an ‘Easy Payment’ method by instalments.
    MSSC/Open University Foundation Degree
    or the CVQO Adult Awards programme.
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