Additional West Lothian College Courses
Two additional courses West Lothian College are offering for August. The course will go live on their website in the next few days and interviews will are provisionally arranged for August. The Next Steps course is for young people in S4 or S5 (most likely Winter Leavers). They will attend college part time and should stay on the school register and can take part in additional learning either in school or virtually where appropriate. The construction course is for school leavers who are interested in finding out more about the construction industry. This full time course will be made up of face to face and virtual learning.
Both courses will offer progression into a full time January course, a blended model where appropriate or employment.
Applications will be through the college website as usual. The Next steps course is under the part time schools provision and the Bridge to Construction course is with the other full time courses.
NEXT STEPS
· Part time College/School partnership Employability Course commencing 20th August 2020 (actual days would mean it wouldn't start until Monday 24th August)
· Maximum - 14 students
· Delivered 2 full days per week in college - some virtual learning will be required
· Mondays and Tuesdays - tbc?
· Purpose - to engage young people out with the school environment who plan to leave school to gain employment and would benefit from mapping out their next stage and identifying how to reach this.
· The course will focus on building confidence and resilience and will give access to some vocational experience to support young people in making decisions about their future, over the months they will identify their next steps and enabled to progress.
· The model will follow a similar pattern to Project Search where each individual identifies their strengths and area they need to work on to reach their goal - person centred learning model
· There will be no placement aspect but there will be the opportunity to find out more about vocational options in college and explore other opportunities available
· Certificated units will use Playback Ice awards and some SQA small group awards - list to be confirmed asap but could include -
§ Playback Ice award - Employability
§ SQA mental health awareness award?
Bridge to Construction (Working title)
· Engaging students in the construction industry preparing them for opportunities in the industry and the opportunity to return on a January start programme.
· Full time winter leavers programme two days per week - 1 day college 1 day self-directed/ supported learning.
· Will be open to all those currently on waiting lists crossed with the list of leavers from school and match them to the waiting list.
· Commencing Week beginning 21st September 2020 - Week beginning 4th January (14 teaching weeks)
· The students should be competed formal assessment by the Christmas break and the two weeks post-Christmas will be used to support progression into the January start programme or employment
· Maximum 14 students
Programme
Health and Safety
· IOSH working safely certification
· CSCS card health and safety training (SQA Accredited unit assessed on line)
· CSCS card test (Sibbald)
Practical
· Introduction to bench Carpentry and Joinery Skills
· Dry wall lining
· Personal development - Skills Zone development work
· No placement planned on this part of the programme due to logistics at this point and the lack of opportunities on site.
Progression
· January start programme - All students must apply
· With a CSCS Card candidates may have then opportunity to work on site is openings become available, the card is a good incentive when applying for site work.
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