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Step-Up
Skill Towards Enabling Progression: Step-UP
Step-UP is a suite of qualifications designed by NOCN to address the needs of learners from the age of 14. The nesting of units within the three progression qualifications of Step-UP: Award, Certificate and Diploma, allow for different sizes/length of programmes as well as flexible delivery over different time periods according to the needs of both the learner and provider.
This leads to the easy design of a personalised curriculum for each learner and gives the opportunity to meet the needs of a wide range of learners using units covering:
Personal development - e.g. Assertiveness and Decision Making, Using Teamwork Skills
Vocational tasters - e.g. Construction, Business, Childcare
Employability skills - e.g. Personal Career Planning, Work Based Placement
These qualifications can also have a spiky profile - Units at entry, Level 1 and Level 2 can be combined in a single qualification according to the needs of the learner.
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To be recognised and respected as the leading credit based learning and development body in Ireland, promoting social inclusion, wider participation and community transformation.
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