VRQ - Vocationally-Related Qualification
For information on the approval of qualifications for funding in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, see the links to DCSF, DIUS, DCELLS, DELNI and DENI below.
When undertaking a qualification that does not appear on the governments' lists as eligible for funding for specific age ranges, users must be aware of legal requirements. Not all qualifications are suitable for all age ranges.
Germany - Guernsey - Isle of Man - Jersey - United Arab Emirates
The qualification allows individuals to seek employment as a lifeguard in the leisure industry with the opportunity to progress to senior lifeguard, supervisory or duty management levels.
Each Approved Training Centre Coordinator manages the assessment process with clear criteria regarding independent assessment in IQL's Approved Training Centre Manual. Text taken directly from manual as follow regarding assessment below:-
Assessors MUST be wholly independent of the training of the candidates and the trainer. The test of independence is whether or not, when asked, an independent person, knowing of any link between the Assessor and the Trainer / candidates might see the possibility of bias.
The following examples are an indication of the circumstances where an assessor would not be deemed to be independent:
-the spouse, partner, child, brother or sister of the Trainer or candidate.
-a person who works at the same facility as the Trainer or candidate.
The above is checked by the External Verification process that each Approved Training Centre undertakes on an annual basis.