Abstract
This chapter deals with professional qualification accreditation processes. We focus on the recognition of work experience and non-formal training paths recently developed in Spain. The chapter aims to provide a comprehensive view of the accreditation procedures and to what extent their promotion has changed the panorama and the set of rules that regulate the VET system. The author looks at the ways formal elements of the procedure are structured, their explicit functions, the rules and relations upheld by legislation, as well as the recognition of learning through the analysis of governance management. The findings are framed within European, Spanish and local legislation with regard to the accreditation of professional qualifications. The discussion focuses on the roles of the agents who take part in this procedure and on the conditions for its implementation.
This chapter is written in relation to the research project funded by the Spanish Government “Educational processes, accompaniment, qualification and personal development in work integration companies: innovation in social inclusion through employment” (ref. EDU2013-45919-R).
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Available at INCUAL: incual.mecd.es
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CNCP available at http://incual.mecd.es/web/extranet/cualificaciones
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The procedure introduces in its rules that the competence folder must include self-assessment of competences; personal, professional and training history; as well as the evidence corroborating this.
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I came to know this experience, thanks to my participation in a work group coordinated by the Spanish Federations of third sector companies Faedei and Aeress. This group had the purpose to make accreditation procedures accessible to staff in Work Integration Companies. It was within this framework that, with the support of the research project funded by the Spanish Government “Educational processes, accompaniment, qualification and personal development in work integration companies: innovation in social inclusion through employment” (ref. EDU2013-45919-R), a handbook was written towards this aim (Guillera-Marco and Chisvert-Tarazona 2018).
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Mercadona is a supermarket company with Spanish capital and is based in Valencia. It works in the food, personal hygiene, home care and pet care sectors. Currently, the company can be found in 50 provinces of the 17 autonomous communities with more than 1600 supermarkets.
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Chisvert-Tarazona, M.J. (2019). Accreditation of Learning and Vocational Qualifications. In: Marhuenda-Fluixá, F. (eds) The School-Based Vocational Education and Training System in Spain. Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, vol 32. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8475-2_4
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