Learning and Development NVQ at Level 5

IMPORTANT: The Awarding Body for the Learning and Development NVQs has not sought to have the standards re-accredited for the LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT  NVQ at LEVEL 5 ONLY, at the renewal date of 31st October 2009. This means that the Level 5 NVQ in Learning and Development no longer exists.

We recommend looking at the Management NVQ at the correct level and choosing the appropriate Optional Units to develop your qualification.

Your work situation must give you the opportunity to be involved in a range of strategic level learning and development related tasks, which may include:

• developing a strategy and plan
• identifying the learning and development needs of the organisation
• responding to changes in the learning environment
• developing a strategy and plan to provide all people resources for an organisation
• managing the performance of teams and individuals.

To achieve the qualification the candidate must complete twelve units in total. These are drawn from eight mandatory units and four optional units.

Mandatory Units

• L1 Develop a strategy and plan for learning and development
  • L1.1 Develop a plan for learning and development
  • L1.2 Produce a learning and development programme for the organisation
  • L1.3 Evaluate how effective the learning and development process is
• L2 Identify the learning and development needs of the organisation
  • L2.1 Review how capable the whole organisation is of meeting its development needs
  • L2.2 Develop a learning and development programme for the organisation
• L18 Respond to changes in learning and development
  • L18.1 Research the ways people learn
  • L18.2 Develop learning and training methods
  • L18.3 Test and change proposed training and development methods
• G2 Contribute to the development of learning within the organisation
  • G2.1 Ensure the contribution of learning to the organisation
  • G2.2 Contribute to the learning strategies and processes of the organisation
  • G2.3 Assist the organisation to sustain learning processes
• G3 Evaluate and develop own practice
  • G3.1 Evaluate own practice
  • G3.2 Identify self-development needs
• P8 Develop a strategy and plan for the promotion of equality of opportunity and diversity
  • P8.1 Review and develop a strategy for promoting equality of opportunity and recognising diversity
  • P8.2 Gain support for equal opportunity and diversity policies and processes
  • P8.3 Take responsibility for implementing equality of opportunity and diversity plans
  • P8.4 Evaluate the effectiveness of the equal opportunity and diversity strategy
• A7 Establish strategies to guide the work of your organisation
  • A71 Create a shared vision and mission to give purpose to your organisation
  • A7.2 Define values and policies to guide the work of your organisation
  • A7.3 Formulate objectives and strategies to guide your organisation
  • A7.4 Gain support for organisational strategies

Either

• B3 Manage the use of financial resources
  • B3.1 Make recommendations for expenditure
  • B3.2 Control expenditure against budgets

Or

• B5 Secure financial resources for your organisation’s plans
  • B5.1 Review the generation and allocation of financial resources
  • B5.2 Evaluate proposals for expenditure
  • B5.3 Obtain financial resources for your organisation’s activities

Optional Units

Choose four (4)

• L4 Design learning programmes
  • L4.1 Choose options for meeting learning needs
  • L4.2 Design learning programmes for learners
• L8 Manage the contribution of other people to the learning process
  • L8.1 Agree roles and resources with contributors
  • L8.2 Co-ordinate the activities of contributors
  • L8.3 Monitor and review how effective contributors are
• L17 Evaluate and improve learning and development programmes
  • L17.1 Choosing how to evaluate programmes
  • L17.2 Analyse information to improve learning and development programmes
  • L17.3 Make improvements to learning and development programmes
• P13 Design, deliver and evaluate changes to organisational structure
  • P13.1 Review the current organisational structure
  • P13.2 Make appropriate recommendations for changes to organisational structure
  • P13.3 Implement recommended changes to organisational structure
  • P13.4 Develop the processes and evaluate the changes to organisational structure
• A8 Evaluate and improve organisational performance
  • A8.1 Develop measures and criteria to evaluate your organisation’s performance
  • A8.2 Evaluate your organisation’s performance
  • A8.3 Explain the causes of success and failure in organisational strategies
• C11 Develop management teams
  • C11.1 Assess the effectiveness of management teams
  • C11.2 Improve the effectiveness of management teams
• C13 Manage the performance of teams and individuals
  • C13.1 Allocate work to teams and individuals
  • C13.2 Agree objectives and work plans with teams and individuals
  • C13.3 Assess the performance of teams and individuals
  • C13.4 Provide feedback to teams and individuals on their performance