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The Level 4 Design Erection and Verification results were abysmal. 170 candidates sat the exam and around 106 failed. I had eight candidates, all passed bar one. You can imagine how he is feeling. He is a very capable guy in a supervisory role for a company specialising in the installation of industrial control systems. He comes from a solid electrical installation background. He has just emailed me seeking feedback as to why he might have failed. Unfortunately I cannot do that as I don’t know the questions he was asked, they are a closely guarded secret in City and Guilds. The Chief Examiners Report is of little use as it does not reveal the questions posed in the exam.  Its  a little bit like a restaurant critic assessing  a meal but not saying what was ordered! 
I am an advocate of encouraging lads to go beyond the normal level three, it’s good for them and for our industry. However, if City and Guilds are not prepared to provide example questions with exemplar answers, how in heavens name can tutors provide well-founded feedback to encourage lads to have another go!

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  • Examinations per se have to be set to a standard, there must be winners and losers. There is some consulation in that a repeat is usually available. The candidate usually has to swat, swat, swat or get a tutor body. As I remember from the time that I sat the exam around 2002 I think, I failed the first time, not in the theory exam but ....... in the practical. I had returned from overseas where I was employed as an Electrical Engineer. I had initially served a 5 year apprenticeship in the steel industry and progressed further academically.

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  • Examinations per se have to be set to a standard, there must be winners and losers. There is some consulation in that a repeat is usually available. The candidate usually has to swat, swat, swat or get a tutor body. As I remember from the time that I sat the exam around 2002 I think, I failed the first time, not in the theory exam but ....... in the practical. I had returned from overseas where I was employed as an Electrical Engineer. I had initially served a 5 year apprenticeship in the steel industry and progressed further academically.

    Jaymack    

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