Work Place Core Skills
Each apprentice is required to achieve the following Work Place Core Skills:
| Core Skills | SCQF level | SCQF credit points | |
| Communication | 5 | 6 | |
| Working with others | 5 | 6 | |
| Problem Solving | 5 | 6 | |
| Information and Communication Technology | 5 | 6 | |
| Numeracy | 5 | 6 |
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For pathways 1 – 6 all Core Skills need to be separately certificated at level SCQF 5 or above For pathway 7 ICT and numeracy need to be separately certificated at level SCQF 5 or above. |
Core Skills are skills and abilities which everyone needs in their work. This is true for every job in every workplace. Core Skills also feature in National Qualifications such as National 5s and Highers and from 2000, Scottish candidates have been issued with a Core Skills profile on their Scottish Qualifications Certificate. Candidates who have already been certificated as achieving Core Skills at the levels given above – either in the workplace or at school or college - do not need to repeat these Work Place Core Skills as part of the Apprenticeship Framework.
Do you agree with the level of Core Skills and the requirement for separate certification?