Nvq2 test whats involved?

[b30 villain]

hi people i was just interested in what the NVQ2 test/exam involves. after browsing the site i cant seem to find any details. any help and advice would be great thanks in advance

[Wingn]

What's involved is turning up to class, writing down what you're told to write down, and going home at lunchtime without any further knowledge of anything except how to dupe the tax man. That's how my NVQ went anyway.

[b30 villain]

sounds good to me bud when did you do yours

[b30 villain]

and its the tiling im interested in fellas

[mikethetile]

theres no exam with nvq its continual assessment

exams went out with city and guilds

you can attend a nvq college course or get on site assessment

go on the citb site for details

[Sir Ramic]

If you are time served then you can fast track, which means getting assessed on site. They will come out and see your work, take photos of you at work, photos of safety ie power tools and clean working area. How rubbish is removed or stored.
You will have basic questions to ask and if you are going for funding then 2 written tests literacy and maths.

[TF Ed]

if you have 5 proven years in the tiling industry, then you can do a ewpa route, where you attend a place of work or training center, produce work based evidence, have a recorded interview answering questions about tiling and your work history, and do a set task (usually a archway with diamond set insert) and a bit of floor tiling and thats it!! 1 day in total..

[b30 villain]

cheers fellas im doing a level 2 diploma and was told i could do it in a year instead of 2 if i got me head down. now im well ahead of others they seem to just be gettin me to go over the same things over and over again so a bit narked with it at the mo. so was wondering whether to bin it off and do the plumbing course but i aint got the 5 years experience to do the quick NVQ so looks like im stuck with the 2 year thing thanks anyway

[deanotile]

If you are on the diploma not the NVQ then there is an end on examination and a practical assessment. the practical is being looked at as the cost of every student tiling a full bathroom scenario in part stone part porcelain and part mosaics is not going to be a viable option for collages as it is not just the assessment but you will have to be trained in the use of the materials for the year. I have not been at the collage for over a year now so I may be a bit out of date. How ever the dip is not an NVQ and you will still need to do the NVQ for you to be able to work on site.

[timeless john]

You will also have to pass a Health And Safety test - 40 questions in 40 minutes!

[brinkley]

the health and safety is very easy though

[mikethetile]

You will also have to pass a Health And Safety test - 40 questions in 40 minutes!

40 questions in 11 minutes and one gobsmacked invigilator

he checked my score as he reckoned I couldnt have read the questions in that time let alone answer them

100%

[deanotile]

if you have 5 proven years in the tiling industry, then you can do a ewpa route, where you attend a place of work or training center, produce work based evidence, have a recorded interview answering questions about tiling and your work history, and do a set task (usually a archway with diamond set insert) and a bit of floor tiling and thats it!! 1 day in total..

Its actually 3 days one day for the initial interview, one day professional discussion and one day practical test. And this can still take six months as it is not done on 3 consecutive days.

[timeless john]

40 questions in 11 minutes and one gobsmacked invigilator

he checked my score as he reckoned I couldnt have read the questions in that time let alone answer them

100%

40 questions in 40 minutes is the allocated time!
I answered all the questions before the computor was switched on and the assessor was still walking me to the seat!

[deanotile]

40 questions in 40 minutes is the allocated time!
I answered all the questions before the computor was switched on and the assessor was still walking me to the seat!

now thats fast

[mikethetile]

now thats fast

cant beat that mate

[andy8758]

40 questions in 40 minutes is the allocated time!
I answered all the questions before the computor was switched on and the assessor was still walking me to the seat!

Call that quick? When I was a lad we answered all the questions twice before they were written. Then they invented paper. Compuetrs? Pah!

[mikethetile]

Call that quick? When I was a lad we answered all the questions twice before they were written. Then they invented paper. Compuetrs? Pah!

[timeless john]

Call that quick? When I was a lad we answered all the questions twice before they were written. Then they invented paper. Compuetrs? Pah!

Paper! - we had to take a cintride hand held tile cutter and score the surface of the slate with the multiple choice answer - and within the 40 minutes allocated!

[Scott]

and the winner is......TJ!

[TilerBhoy]

theres no exam with nvq its continual assessment

exams went out with city and guilds

you can attend a nvq college course or get on site assessment

go on the citb site for details

Things must be a bit different up here.

Our apprentices do SVQ's here, and they have to do a practical test, that includes quantifying and tiling a set bay from rendering to grouting, at the end of their second year at college.
That does, however, get them an SVQ level 3. The colleges here dont stop at level 2.

[Sir Ramic]

Just received my NVQ2 certificate today... well chuffed.....Only took me 33 years

[Phil Hobson]

Congrats Neale, I noticed earlier in this thread TJ says he used a cintride chisel. I had to make do with flint

[Sir Ramic]

I have cut 4 1/4" Johnsons witha 6" nail before now .
My dad used to give all the lads a xmas box of Spreading trowel, nippers and scriber..........He still gives me stuff like that for xmas now