City and Guilds:information needed please.

[amummyinwaiting]

Am trying to convince my work to pay for me to do a City and Guilds qualification that will be beneficial for them-but also for me if I go for another job so want to get my facts right first!
If they are vocational does that mean tey are on the job?Or would I be college based?
When they say 6 months- two years do they mean you can do them as quick as you can manage?
Do companies accept them as a qood qualification (I mean as good as, for example, a cache nvq?)
Thanks!!

Depends what it is really. C & G is often part time, so can be done while working, and the number of teaching hours varies. Vocational means that they are for a specific role ie. floristry or teaching adults, and classes may be college based (some courses require dedicated facilities) or taught at a community venue. The length of the course may reflect how many hours a week you are required to attend to meet the guided learning hours, so the same course may be taught over 6 months or 2 years but the total hours will be the same and you would take the same exam and/or assessment, sometimes with a portfolio.

Hello would like advice on the new qcf qualifications that are coming in, i have been working 3 days as a teaching assistant and would like to become qualified in the position but have recently discovered that the n.v.q s' and cache courses are being phased out,

sorry just put that message in the wrong place.x