Childcare and Education EYE Certificate level 3

Assessment is split between assignments: work placement competency assessments and the externally-assessed assignment that is completed under supervised conditions. It is important to note that awarding organisation rules state only two attempts can be made with externally-assessed work and should you fail both attempts, you will have failed the entire course. The units all have assignments. On average you can expect one unit to have three assignments, meaning in the certificate you can expect to have to write 21 assignments on a variety of subjects. Please remember, these are level 3 and so will all be graded the same as an A level piece of work. In the workplace you will be expected to perform specific tasks on a regular basis. You will then be observed by our assessors to determine if you are competent/not yet competent. If you are not yet competent, an action plan will be drawn up between the student and assessor with a new date set for a further observed assessment. The final aspect is the supervised controlled assessment. This is when CACHE will set an assignment-style question. You will have one week to write your assignment, only in college under supervised conditions. These are similar to an exam except you are permitted access to the web, text books and your notes. Full details on this will be provided at induction or if you are concerned about it, please contact the programme lead.