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As someone who dipped his intellectual toes in the waters of NVQ level 3
(and before you ask - its for Records Officers - people who do the routine
work rather than level 4 which is for people who plan it) I found the NVQ
rather unsatisfactory. The NVQ uses a complicated and elaborate system of
evidence gathering of the "This is what I do" nature, to try and generate a
sense of professional awareness. It's a lot of work for little gain. I knew
what I did but needed a sense of why and this was absent in the rather
abstract NVQ coursebook.
The training that is most beneficial is the sort that gives a context to the
occasionally bizarre practices that we as fledgling records managers are
asked to perform. Short courses in a introduction to RM from tfpl and ASLIB
do pretty much this, as does the rm3 module B1. The rm3 course can take the
whole thing further as required.
I like the sound of looking up OU courses in RM that run as part of business
administration courses. Does it work?
Chris Elliott
TRIM Administrator
Records Management Centre
> http://cmswire/Departments/policycomms/rmc/
Tel 020 7641 3243 Fax 020 7641 2475
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