Vocational

This series provides graded assessments for progression in practical oral communication skills for candidates in vocational and professional training or employment at Levels 1-5.

These qualifications are included on the LSC Learning Aim Database which records details of all learning aims for further education, work based learning provision and adult and community learning. Each qualification has an individual LSC code, to be quoted by providers.

ESB Vocational Qualifications are appropriate for:

• Candidates following GNVQ, NVQ or BTEC programmes (or similar) with generic or specific requirements for developing communication skills in context.
• Candidates following a free-standing Communications course or module.
• Candidates in employment requiring evidence of communicative competence, in particular in one of the sector specific contexts indicated on the equivalence chart.
• Candidates following a key skills course in Communication.

ESB Business & Management qualifications are appropriate for:

• Candidates following business or management courses at Levels 2-5 with generic or specific requirements for recognising communicative competence.
• Candidates in business or management positions of authority (from Level 3).
• Candidates seeking progression from ESB's generic or specific vocational qualifications at Level 3 to Professional Communication grades 4-5.
• Candidates following a free-standing communications course.
• Candidates requiring evidence of professional communication skills as part of their continuing professional development (CPD).

Business and Management

Click here to download a PDF copy of the Vocational syllabus.

Click here to download a PDF copy of the Business and Management syllabus.

Click here to download a PDF copy of the Speaking and Listening for Adult Learners (SLAL) syllabus.

Click here to download a PDF copy of the SLAL Vocational Specific Examples. These examples are intended to help tutors / learners who wish to focus their use of SLAL tasks in particular vocational areas, while maintaining the specification integrity. Please note: these suggested examples are not prescriptive and many wider alternatives are acceptable provided they meet the necessary task descriptors and learning outcomes. Please contact ESB for guidance if required.

Click here to download a PDF copy of the Pre-Vocational syllabus.

Click here to download a PDF copy of the Youth Training syllabus.