Licentiateship in Youth Leadership and Training
Award Overview
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.