Joint seminar EQAVET/EQF/ECVET

Joint seminar
EQAVET/EQF/ECVET
Using units within professional
qualifications
Lycée hôtelier Guillaume Tirel PARIS
1st and 2nd of October 2012
Using units to support learner’s progression to
Higher VET and Higher Education
Sylvie Bonichon, Bologna Expert
A EQF level 5 qualification : BTS
Context
BTS : a higher technician diploma
2-year post secondary profession-oriented
programme
Short cycle higher education diploma, EQF level 5
120,000 students each year taking the exam
Highly recognised by the labour market
Under authority of the HE sector in France
Specificity : Provided in upper secondary schools
A EQF level 5 qualification : BTS
Organisation
Units based on learning outcomes
Profession-oriented units including work
placement periods
General education units
120 ECTS allocated
Pilot project
Objectives
To create pathways between universities
and BTS courses :
- university students => BTS courses
- BTS students => university courses
To facilitate mobility at a national and
European levels
Pilot project
Technical aspects (1)
A design to meet the needs of both Higher
Education and Vocational Education Sectors
A move
- from learning outcomes related to the needs
of a profession (ECVET principle)
- to learning outcomes related to a study
programme (ECTS principle)
Pilot project
Technical aspects (2)
A certification
- based on assessment of learning outcomes
linked to tasks and activities related to a job
profile (ECVET principle)
- facilitating the validation of prior experiencebased learning
Pilot project
Technical aspects (3)
A study programme
- in a modular format and allocating ECTS credits
to each module (ECTS principle)
- facilitating the continuation of studies
Pilot project
Technical aspect (4)
Format based on 2 types of Units
-
Certification Units (UC) related to the job profile
defined in Activities and Tasks (ECVET principle)
=> the successful assessment of these units will enable
students to get a professional diploma (BTS)
-
Study Units (Unités de Formation – UF), composed of
Modules related to the study programme
=> the successful assessment of these units will enable
students to receive ECTS credits
-
BTS CI (International Trade) example
Import / export commercial assistant
A training course designed from the job profile of
An Import / Export sales assistant
described with job- related activities and tasks
Activities
Tasks
A1 Études et veille commerciales
internationales
1- Mener une veille commerciale permanente
(recherche documentaire)
2- Recueillir de l’information à l’étranger (recherche
terrain)
3- Préparer la prise de décision
A2 Vente à l’export
1- Prospecter afin d’élaborer une offre adaptée
2- Vendre à l’export
3- Assurer le suivi des ventes
A3 Achat à l’import
1- Élaborer une base de données sur les fournisseurs
potentiels
2- Participer au processus de négociation à l’achat
3- Assurer le suivi des achats
A4 Coordinnation des services support à
l’import/export
1- Effectuer le montage des opérations import export
2- Assurer le suivi documentaire des opérations
import - export
3- Coordonner le contrôle de qualité et garantir
l’utilisation de pratiques loyales et
éthiques
A5 Gestion des relations dans leur contexte
pluriculturel
1- Produire des messages en intégrant les éléments
interculturels
2- Animer un réseau relationnel pluriculturel
BTS CI, Import/export commercial assistant
Focus on unit 52 related to job activity 2
ACTIVITE 2
VENTE A
L’EXPORT
UC 51
Prospection et
suivi clientèle
UC52
Négociation
Vente
UF 52 Negocation Vente 10ECTS
UF 52 M1
Offre commerciale à
l’international
72h – 3ECTS
UF52M2
Négociation vente à
l’export
108h – 7ECTS
Certification
components
to get the
Diploma
ECVET approach, BTS CI example
Focus on a Certification Unit UC52
Job profile
Activity 2 –
Export Selling
Task 1 Selling
abroad
Task 2 Ensuring
following-up of
sales
LO
Certification
Draft a proper
Unit UC52
offer
Prepare and
Negotiation in a
organise a sales
foreign
mission
language taking
Negotiate in a
into account
foreign
different
language
cultural
Communicate,
contexts
use and develop
professional
networks
Relative
weight
Factor 4
Diploma
components
ECTS approach, BTS CI example
Focus on a Study Unit, UF52
Study
programme
Intended LO
Analyse foreign
markets
Collect data
Use appropriate
selling techniques
Adapt in
different cultural
contexts
Communicate in
a foreign language
…
LO
Teaching Unit
UF52M1
UF 52
Price (export
Negotiation and
context)
sales
Analyse an offer
UF52M1
Export
commercial offer
UF52M2
Export sales
negotiation
10 ECTS
UF52M1 : 3
UF52M2 : 7
inquiry
Present an offer
UF52M2
Use negotiation
techniques
Draft
international
commercial
contracts
ECTS
ECTS Certificate
Pilot project
Difficulties and constraints
Methods of certification unchanged (French rules
and regulations for national diplomas /
recognition by the labour market))
Assessment of modules by teaching teams
(unusual in France => no autonomy/external
control)
Heavy work for only few BTS/University
mobilities
Interest in Professional Bachelor/ BTS
International Trade shift but not in the course of
the training programme
Pilot project
First results
BTS well appreciated by universities
Existing bilateral agreement university/ upper
secondary schools
Difficulties due to the unbalanced relation
At the regional level some initiatives have been
made between the rectorate and the local
university
Employability rate and wages higher for
graduates with a BTS + Bachelor diplomas ( Céreq
survey April 2012) in comparison with traditional
study path
Pilot project
Implementation
A national initiative
Started in 2011, evaluation planned in 2013
Concerns 5 BTS courses in different fields
Implementation for all the BTS diplomas
possible from 2015 on
To sum up : ECTS / ECVET
Commonalities and differences
Domain of studies
Study program
Subject
Module
Intend
ed L.O.
Subject
Module
Subject
Module
DIPLOMA
Qualification profile
Student
L.O. workloa
ECVET Relative Unit of
points weight
L.O.
ECTS
d
Student
L.O. workloa
ECTS
d
Student
L.O. workloa
ECTS
E
Q
F
ECVET Relative Unit of
points weight
L.O.
Occupa
-tion
Tasks
&
ECVET Relative Unit of
weight
L.O.
points
activitie
s
d
ECTS
ECVET
POINTS
DIPLOMA
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