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From September 2007, all new entrants to teaching in the sector will be required to complete a new award which will prepare them to teach. This is a small introductory course which will give a threshold status to teach. It will be mandatory for any new teacher who teaches publicly funded provision. Those, for whom teaching/tutoring/training is their major role, will be required to progress to a further qualification appropriate to role.

The OCN Awards in Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector are made up of one unit. This unit is worth 6 credits on the Qualifications Credit Framework and is at either level 3 or level 4 to allow access to candidates with different abilities.

Progression - Candidates who successfully complete these awards can use the completed unit towards the Certificates in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector at either level 3 or level 4. If a candidate completes the level 4 award, the unit can be used towards the L5 Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector.

Target Audience: The OCN awards in Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector give a threshold licence to teach for all new teachers, trainers and assessors delivering publicly funded provision who are entering the profession from September 2007. The Award will be a requirement as laid out in the Dfes paper "Equipping our Teachers for the Future": Reforming Initial Teacher Training for the Learning and Skills Sector'.

Please note: 'Teacher' is used as a generic term to represent teachers, tutors, trainers, facilitators, instructors, lecturers, practitioners and assessors.

Total Credits Required for this qualifications is 6