By | December 15, 2017

Why Study with Center For Training and Projects Development (CTPD)

Seven (7) Solid reasons why you must study for Vocational & Professional Qualifications with CTPD

1.0 Industry focused Practical Qualifications

Employers all around the world are looking for individuals with a combination of relevant skills and knowledge to perform their duties and contribute towards finding solutions to challenges brought on them by the constantly changing environments in which they operate.

Our vocational and professional programs produce graduates who practically demonstrate that they have the relevant practical skills (focus on application of knowledge & theories) and knowledge linked with experience (to get the qualification you need both) and that they can practically handle their work in line with their area of specialization in any country in world with minimum supervision. All employers value a practical professional or vocational course that provides the specific skills needed for the job. Practical knowledge based education focuses on application of knowledge and theories linked with experience.

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2.0   Internal and External Assessments

Throughout your Internal Assessments, you will be required to practically demonstrate and apply knowledge and skills gained during your studies. If you are unemployed, you will be expected to assume or imagine you have a job role towards which your answers to the assessments will be aligned. In some cases, you will be required to visit industry sites and prepare reports which you will be expected to present to your tutors, internal verifiers and witnesses.

Our Internal Assessments are conducted through Assignments and Mock Examinations. Two Mock Examinations are conducted for the annual programs and one mock examination for the semester programs. The format and structure of mock examinations papers fully conform with the final external examination prepared and conducted by the respective examining bodies. Our Mock examinations are used to prepare students for the final external examinations except for Pearson (Business and Technology Education Council) BTEC programs which only uses assessments in form of assignments, projects etc. and not examinations. Students also take practical assignments per each unit/module. Students who fail to obtain a minimum overall pass rate of 60% is not allowed to register for the final external assessment/examination in that particular course until he/she is ready to do so by improving his/her internal performance. You must be registered as a student member of your respective examinations body and pay for your membership and examinations before being registered for the external examinations. Read More

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Why Study With Us?

3.0   Career Specific Qualifications

Professional & Vocational Educational Training (VET) Qualifications are career-specific; this means each course relates to a specific area of employment or industry sector. They tend to be practical and skills-focused, and many include work-related projects or work experience. Both types of qualifications were developed for industry by sector skills experts in partnership with employers. They are work and competence based qualifications, which demonstrate the employee’s skills, knowledge and understanding of their role within the workplace. They are qualifications that reflect the skills, knowledge and understanding an individual possesses in relation to a specific area of work. Professional & Vocational Qualifications are a practical based qualification and concentrates on real skills for real jobs. The Professional & Vocational Qualifications will signify that the person to whom it is awarded has met the established standards for an occupational or work role. The award is granted to persons who demonstrate the competences embodied in the standards for an occupational area. They are also proof that an employee can do his/her job effectively, is efficient and hold an internationally recognized qualification that demonstrates his/her competence to at national, regional and international standard level.

4.0 The fastest means of gaining your formal qualification

You don’t need to spend all your most productive youth age (five (5) years of University Education plus twelve (12) years of School Education = 17 plus your seven years of pre-grade one (1) = 24 years) before you can become productive, useful and supportive to your family and the nation at large.

Unlike academic course programs which require your five (5) years to complete the program before graduating and obtaining a formal qualification but still require you to spend three (3) and more years to gain the employers’ desired competency through work experience, with our vocational and professional courses, you will gain the employers’ needed skills and competency plus a formal qualification within a year after your successful completion of each qualification level which you can use to enter into the job market and proceed with a higher level of the qualification which will further enhance your skills and competencies. You don’t need to first complete all the levels of your desired line of study before you can enter employment sector or start your own business since, as part of our qualifications requirements, you will be expected to practically apply the learnt theory through various platforms.

 

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5.0 International Standards and Recognition

Worldwide prestigious qualifications (worldwide “seal” of approval/ recognition):

Although our qualifications are taught and assessed to meet the local industry needs, they are also internationally recognized by multinational, international, global, universities, professional bodies and all other employers world-wide.  Our qualifications have good standing and recognitions in their countries of origin and are certified and awarded by internationally recognized professional examinations bodies. With our qualification, you can effectively work within your own country at the same level as you would do in any other country irrespective of differences in work environments.

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 6.0   Work Ethics and Professional Conduct

To complete any professional qualification, a module on Professionalism or Ethics which is either directly taken or incorporated into other units must be successfully completed. Professionally qualified people are regulated by their respective professional bodies in terms professional code of conduct. They are expected to extemporary show their good ethical values and standard both in their personal and work daily lives. This attribute sets apart the professionals from Vocational Educational Training and Academic (Degree) qualified people in their work places. Professionally qualified people don’t require any supervision as they are themselves their own supervisors who are genuinely particular with meeting their work goals and routinely evaluate themselves

7.0   Employability

Employers are seeking for employees with rounded competencies and capabilities including practical knowledge, skills, professionalism and good ethics which are gained through professional and vocational training. Professional and vocational qualifications enable holders to advance within the industries and organizations or to make a career change along with personal development for an individual. Candidates gain an up to date recognized qualification which prove competence in their ability to carry out the job role. Students benefit from developing their skills and knowledge for a career in their chosen industries. These qualifications also enable individuals to increase their market value as skilled employees leading to promotions and pay rises either within their existing role or when looking for a new position elsewhere. Because these qualifications are internationally recognized, you will also have opportunity to be employable anywhere in the world should you find need to do so.

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