Can NICATS accredit experience in the workplace?
NICATS is not an awarding body, however the NICATS model for designing programmes of learning can be used by anyone who is involved in delivering learning. If your employer wanted to offer work-based courses using the NICATS model, the courses would have to be written using the principles and guidelines recommended by NICATS and submitted to an awarding body for approval. More and more people are asking for their work experience to be recognised/accredited and institutions are now developing procedures for the accreditation of Prior and Experiental Learning (APEL). The accreditation of both experiential and certificated learning will be made easier as NICATS becomes embedded.
