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Overview
The LASER Level 3 Award in Notetaking Skills for Support Staff Working with Sensory Impaired Learners is designed for teachers, tutors, lecturers and support assistants in a Higher Education setting. Furthermore, these qualifications would also be appropriate to those working with younger learners. The Department for Education has approved the qualifications for inclusion on the Quality Assurance Framework for Disabled Learners Allowance for Higher Education Institutions.
Two pathways are available, each consists of two units:
one mandatory 3 credit unit: Notetaking Skills for Support Staff Working with Sensory Impaired Learners
one specialist 2 credit unit from the chosen pathway.
The two pathways available are:
Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Vision Impairment.
Key Benefits
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Approved by the Department for Education for inclusion on the NonMedical Help Quality Assurance Framework for Disabled Students’ Allowances
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Each pathway is free-standing, and learners choose one subject to study in more detail, allowing them to specialise in one area of expertise either supporting individuals with vision impairment or with hearing impairments
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Learners may choose to study both pathways. The unit Notetaking Skills For Support Staff Working With Sensory Impaired Learners is common to both pathways
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Particularly suitable for teachers, tutors, lecturers and support assistants in a Higher Education setting, but would also be appropriate to those working with younger learners
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A mix of knowledge and skill-based learning outcomes and assessment criteria
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Registrations can be made at any time during the year.
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This qualification attracts 8 UCAS points*
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* Universities and colleges set their own entry requirements and do not have to accept a qualification simply because it is included in the UCAS Tariff tables.
| Qualification Title | Ofqual Code | Credit Value | Guided Learning Hours | Total Qualification Time |
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| LASER Level 3 Award in Notetaking Skills for Support Staff Working With Sensory Impaired Learners (Deaf and Hard of Hearing) | 603/1155/1 | 5 | 30 | 54 |
| LASER Level 3 Award in Notetaking Skills for Support Staff Working With Sensory Impaired Learners (Vision Impairments) | 603/1155/1 | 5 | 30 | 54 |
Learners must be aged 18 years or older. There are no formal entry requirements, but students would usually be expected to have attained good standard of English and Maths (minimum GCSE A to C or equivalent).
Range of assessment methods
Tasks designed by centres
Portfolio of evidence compiled by learners to show they have met each unit assessment criteria
Internally assessed
Internally quality assured
Externally quality assured
Direct Claim Status available
