I worked on a yard which ran them (I taught) and also in a college which offered them. To be honest, they seem pretty worthless; whenever employers phoned looking to employ a student, they were interested in BHS Stages competence, not NVQs (unless in racing, where they are valued). At a college, we ran them in conjunction with training yards - and the drop out rate was very high - as staff moved on so quickly, and the NVQ students didn't seem to rate them enough to try to complete. Sorry it's not more positive. S
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