Humanoid Policies for your reference.
The purpose of this policy is to protect our integrity as a business and the integrity of our services.
A conflict of interest is a situation in which an individual, or organisation, has competing interests or loyalties.
This policy applies to all staff and contractors that work with Humanoid
1. All Humanoid staff and contractors shall be made aware of the conflict of interest policy during induction.
2. Humanoid shall align and abide by any conflict of interest policy that is implemented by the client. In the event that the client has no conflict of interest policy Humanoid policy shall be implemented.
3. Assessors shall possess information in reference to conflict of interest policy in their induction pack.
4. Learners shall be made aware of this conflict of interest policy.
5. The staff member or contractor must disclose any activity that might give rise to a potential conflict of interest. This potential conflict of interest should be reported to the operations manager or relevant control agent of the client.
6. In the event that conflict of interest is established the person involved shall be redeployed from the conflicted task and the action tested if it breaches the malpractice policy
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The purpose of this policy is to ensure the function of Humanoid following any adverse circumstances.
This policy applies to all candidates registered along staff and contractors affiliated with Humanoid
Humanoid shall maintain and offsite record of all candidate data. All data shall be backed up on multiple redundant systems that are at multiple locations. This system shall be accessible to multiple staff at different locations.
After recovery of from an adverse event, communications will be issued to candidates regarding the status of the data retained. All systems shall be restored as earlier as possible.
Additionally Humanoid Shall align fully with the contingency and adverse effect policy of our clients.
This policy shall be reviewed in March 2020.
The purpose of this policy is to ensure that all learners receive the necessary advice, guidance and support in order to optimise their achievement
This policy covers all learners and personnel who are involved in learner guidance and support.
The operation of this policy is monitored and evaluated through:
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This policy concerns our responsibility to:
Learner recruitment and selection procedures should facilitate learners taking responsibility for their own learning.
All staff involved in initial assessment will be properly qualified and skilled and have the relevant up-to-date knowledge.
The centre will fully align to the recruitment processes of our clients. All learners nominated by our client will be pre qualified before being nominated to our course. We will only process nominations from the client’s authorised person.
During course registration candidate information will be verified with at least 1 photo ID and will be crossed checked with the client’s authorised person to ensure that the correct candidate is attending the course.
1. The course information that will clearly explain: progression routes, content, outcomes, teaching methods and materials that learners may need to reference. The learner will also be made aware of the possibility to claim recognition of prior learning (RPL) in accordance to our RPL Policy.
2. All teaching staff will assess their learners ability / skills, relevant to the area of learning, in order to identify their learning and support needs at the start of the course.
3. All teaching staff will ensure that all learners receive an induction appropriate to the course to include, for example: course content, teaching methodologies, tutorials, individual learning plans and methods of assessment.
8. Humanoid will ensure that the outcomes of learners individual skills assessment and induction will be documented in way that is transparent.
9. Humanoid will ensure that information from initial assessment is incorporated in an individual and group learning plan.
10. At the enrolment stage, learners will have the opportunity to identify any learning support needs. Assessors will also monitor learners throughout the course to identify any specific learning support needs.
11. If the Service does not have the resources to meet the needs of a learner then that learner will be advised on how else to proceed or be referred to alternative provision.
This policy will be reviewed on Jan 2020 by the BTEC Course Team.
In order to achieve this Humanoid will:
This policy will be reviewed annually by the BTEC Course Team
This policy has been extra derived from examples of other BTEC centres and edited to suit local needs .
We will influence our clients using our services to adopt the same policy.
This policy will be reviewed on Jan 2020 by the BTEC Course Team.
To ensure that internal verification is valid, reliable and covers all assessors and programme activity.
To ensure that the internal verification procedure is transparent, fair and free from bias.
To ensure that there is accurate and detailed recording of internal verification decisions.
To ensure that risk are identified and address to protect the quality of the program.
In order to do this, Humanoid will:
a) Set tasks which allow students to demonstrate what they know, understand and can do so that they have opportunities to achieve the highest possible grades on their BTEC courses.
b) Ensure that learners are clear about the criteria they are expected to meet in their assignments and that they are fully briefed on the skills which need to be demonstrated in the coursework / portfolio components of a subject.
c) Encourage students by giving accurate and factual feedback in a timely manner and guidance on how to improve work that also encourage learning.
d) Set interim deadlines for coursework and advice to learners on the appropriate amount of time to spend on the work, ensuring it is commensurate with the credit available.
e) Adhere to the Awarding Body’s specification in the assessment of student assignments.
f) Record outcomes of assessment using appropriate documentation. Outcomes will be held secure until after Standard Verification.
g) Ensure each candidate signs to confirm that the work is their own and that it is endorsed by the Assessors after marking the work. A completed original document must be securely attached to the work of each candidate and to that of each sample request.
i) Provide accurate records of internally assessed portfolios in a timely manner for transfer to the Awarding body.
h) Adhere to the new assessment rules implemented by Pearson on September 2014.
a) The Internal Verifier is at the heart of quality assurance on our Certificated programmes. The role is to ensure that internally assessed work consistently meets the approved standards but can also lead to staff development and quality improvement.
b) Each course will have an identified Internal Verifier (IV) who is not otherwise involved in the assessing or setting of work for the course.
c) Internal Verifiers will have the knowledge and qualifications relevant to the qualification(s) and other competence-based award(s) for which they are responsible to enable accurate judgment to be made regarding candidate performance in relation to competence criteria.
d) Provision will be made for communication between course teams to share ‘best practice’ and areas of concern. Typically, this will be achieved through quarterly meetings of the course team.
e) Adhere to the additional roles of the lead internal verifier as stipulated in the new rules implemented by Pearson in September 2014.
The internal verifier will:
Follow up:
This policy will be reviewed on Jan 2020 by the Course Team.
This policy has been derived from examples of other BTEC centres and edited to suit local needs.
We will influence our clients using our services to adopt the same policy.
In order to Achieve this Humanoid Will :
Definition Of Malpractice By Learners.
The following are examples of malpractice by the students. This list is not exhaustive and other instances of malpractice may be considered by this centre at its discretion:
Definition Of Malpractice By Centre Staff
The following are examples of malpractice by centre staff. This list is not exhaustive and other instances of malpractice may be considered by this centre at its discretion:This policy will be reviewed on Jan 2020 by the BTEC Course Team.
This policy aims to give a guideline as to how Humanoid will avoid discrimination of any manner to students. And to ensure open and fair access for students to participate in our course.
Humanoid shall not discriminate in race , age ,gender or religion in for student to access to courses and assessments.
Humanoid shall take into account the special needs of students to ensure access to courses information and assessments.
Humanoid Shall comply to the anti discrimination acts of the country that it operates.
Humanoid shall comply to any anti discrimination policies in place as stipulated by our clients.
This policy will be Re reviewed on Jan 2020 by the BTEC Course Team.
Our primary consideration is to ensure that no learner is at risk of abuse or is harmed.
Our key objectives are:
Humanoid Training and Consultancy has developed a Learner Protection Policy (10th July 2019) and as part of that policy, we have defined a set of procedures to follow as well as guidelines on other issues. We will also signpost other policies and procedures that are complementary to leaners protection.
This policy will be Re reviewed on Jan 2020 by the BTEC Course Team.
1. Ensure that Humanoid Provides a Safe and Harm free environment for all stakeholders.
2. Guide the behaviour of Humanoid employees to ensure that no harm is done by their actions to themselves ,the environment, other stakeholders and Humanoid assests.
Humanoid shall align fully with the HSSE policy of our clients.
Humanoid Shall comply with the Health Safety Security and Environment Policy of that is required by the law.
All areas of training that is being used by Humanoid shall be certified as safe by the relevant statutory bodies.
Before the commencement of a course a safety briefing will be conducted by the HSSE officer.
Humanoid Employees shall wear seatbelts when traveling in vehicles.
Humanoid Employees shall not use mobile phones while operating a vehicle.
Humanoid as in organisation shall endeavour to reduce and recycle waste when applicable.
This policy will be reviewed on Jan 2020 by the BTEC Course Team.
Humanoid is committed:
In the event that leaner wishes to appeal on his assessment grading, learner may follow the following procedures. Appeals procedures may subject to change according to learner’s company policy procedures.
In order to do this, the centre will:
This policy will be reviewed on Jan 2020 by the BTEC Course Team.
RPL enables recognition of achievement from a range of activities using any appropriate assessment methodology. Provided that the assessment requirements of a given unit or qualification have been met, the use of RPL is acceptable for accrediting a unit, units or a whole qualification. (Ref: Pearson Recognition of Prior Learning Policy and Process Sept 2013 Issue 1.1)
The learner, will be made aware the possibility that they may be able to claim credit for some of their previous learning.
The Assessor will require the leaner to provide evidence that satisfy the following RPL qualification criteria:
Current:
RPL evidence must be current and still valid.
Authentic:
Proof must be show that the RPL evidence has been authenticated.
Relevant:
RPL Evidence presented must be relevant and applicable to the
Sufficient :
Sufficient RPL evidence should be presented
After accepting a learner for assessment of prior learning, registration should be made in the usual way and RPL achievement may then be reported and graded where appropriate using normal methods.
RPL records completed, should be retained for the standard three year period following certification.
The assessor must ensure that all learning outcomes and assessment criteria being claimed for each unit are achieved and that the records of assessment are maintained in the usual way.
This policy will be Re reviewed on Jan 2020 by the BTEC Course Team.
Plagiarism is defined as the use of evidence or work that has been generated by a person other than the candidate with out using reference.
Humanoid Takes a serious view of plagiarism and will fully investigate all cases.
If plagiarism is proved the candidate portfolio will be withdrawn for certification consideration. The candidate will need to produce a new portfolio if he or she wish to proceed with certification. The candidate is able to consider the use of the appeals policy if they feel that further investigation is required.
All candidates are informed of the Humanoid plagiarism policy during course workshop and are required to declare that their evidence is authentic.
All Assessors are made aware of Humanoid Plagiarism policy and are instructed to not accept evidence where Plagiarism is detected. If Plagiarism is detected at assessment the candidate portfolio shall be referred to the lead internal verifier for “portfolio retake processing.” All assessors are required to declare authenticity of the evidence before submitting their portfolio for certification
All assignments and all candidates will be internally verified at least once during the course of the candidates time in generating their evidence portfolio. Plagiarism detection is part of the internal verifier normal function.
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To assure the quality of assessments at Humanoid Distance learning Centres.
Humanoid utilises information technology tools to increase access to assessment and learning tools and to accommodate diverse candidate needs. The following procedures should be adhered to for distance learning courses to ensure consistency and quality in the qualifications offered by Humanoid.
All candidates , Assessors and Internal Verifiers will be registered through the Humanoid skills matrix system.
All registrations will need to accompany an offical document with photo identification.
All Assessors will require to complete the skills matrix profile record and be qualified in their area of assessment.
Assessments conducted via E learning system will undergo internal verification according to the organisational IV Plan
To be reviewed February 2020