Matthew Duncombe, an employee of The Lockwood Window Company
based in Lockwood, Huddersfield was congratulated recently on becoming North
Lancs Training Groups first GQA e-portfolio full apprentice. Matthew completed
his Fenestration level 2 NVQ, Level 2 Certificate in Glass Related Operations
technical certificate and his key skills using the GQA / Quals Direct e-portfolio
system. Matthew commented “I found it easier to use the e-portfolio because I
like to use computers and it also meant I didn’t have to carry my large
portfolio to site for my assessments, it was easy enough to log in and use the
system, even when I lost my password, I liked the fact that I could change the
layout to suit me and I will be requesting the same system when I sign up for
my Advanced Apprenticeship in a couple of weeks”.
NLTG assessor Paul Fairhurst commented “Matthew was the guinea
pig for the new system and it all seemed to work like a dream, I have used other e-portfolio in the past which can
sometimes be quite complicated for both assessors and learners, however the GQA
e-portfolio system is very effective and easy to use, it makes delivery more
efficient and guarantees that the learner portfolio is available at all times,
we are finding that more and more learners are now requesting e-portfolio as an
alternative. The assessment and verification team at NLTG
love it and the people at Quals Direct and GQA that run the system are also
easy to deal with; any technical issues are dealt with efficiently, we are now
offering the e-portfolio system to all GQA candidates through NLTG.
