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PDAS
Centre name: PDAS
Centre contact: Geoff Warren FCILT
Which CILT(UK) qualifications are offered by your organisation? Level 2 Introductory Certificate, Level 3 Certificate, Level 4 Professional Diploma and Level 5 Advanced Diploma.
What pre-course guidance is given? Initial competence analysis (ICA), which consists of four stages:
Stage 1: Self-assessment questionnaire, which sets out a range of task- based competence criteria for logistics activities matched to the criteria within CILT(UK) qualifications. The candidate completes the questionnaire and a comparison of the responses against benchmark criteria establishes a skills profile and identifies any performance gaps.
Stage 2: Assessor moderation, which highlights any inconsistencies or apparent misinterpretations, prior to a one-to-one meeting between the assessor and the candidate.
Stage 3: ICA report, which shows: overall level of competence; areas where evidence can be generated; areas where prior learning and experience is indicated; any activities nor currently undertaken; and list of competence shortfalls/gaps.
Stage 4: A Personal Development plan is produced identifying: proposals for dealing with shortfalls/gaps, including identification of solutions to give the individual the opportunity to get the necessary evidence; and training and development needs with identification of the options for meeting them.
What method of study is used? Workplace assessment and verification.
How long has the organisation been a CILT(UK) centre? Four years.
How long have you been at your organisation? Seven years.
What is your professional experience? I am an experienced commercial management practitioner with 25 years' experience in various commercial roles in logistics, supply chain management, contract management and project procurement. I was Chair of the Purchasing and Supply Lead Body (PSLB) from 1995 to 1998 and the Procurement NVQ Chief Verifier for the Awarding Body OCR from 2000 to 2002. I am a qualified NVQ Assessor (D32/33), Internal Verifier (D34) and External Verifier (D35). I have managed the setting up and running of a number of Procurement NVQ Approved Centres and have assessed and verified numerous Procurement NVQ Level 3 and Level 4 awards.
Who are the key logistics and transport personnel in your organisation and their professional experience? Rod Brooke FCILT: an experienced professional trainer, vocational training manager and consultant with a proven record of designing and delivering training courses; represented BT on the PSLB from 1989 to 1994. He is Chair of the CILT(UK)'s Qualifications Development Assessment Committee; a qualified NVQ Assessor, Internal Verifier and External Verifier and has assessed and verified candidates in procurement, logistics and learning and development; Chief External Verifier for the CILT(UK) and UK President of the European Logistics Association, in which capacity he is responsible for some 35 centres with over 2,000 candidates and many assessors and verifiers. He is an IV for PDAS.
David Ockleton FCILT: has extensive military logistics experience, including the operation of deployed warehouse and distribution centres in the Balkans and the development of defence supply chain management and consignment tracking policy; experience in logistics training and development, at the CILT(UK) Certificate, Diploma and Advanced Diploma levels and is a member of various CILT(UK) standards committees; a qualified NVQ Assessor (D32/33) and External Verifier (D35); Logistics qualifications include the CILT(UK) Advanced Diploma (Level 5). He is an Assessor for PDAS.
Cedric Spiller CMILT: educated to postgraduate level at London University; a commercial professional with over 30 years' experience in transport, supply chain management, procurement, contracts and purchasing and supply; commercial career with the British Railways Board, where he became Supplies Controller and finally Head of National Marketing; since 1989, has undertaken commercial training and consultancy projects for major clients across the world – currently working in Africa, the Middle East, India, the West Indies and Europe; Chief Examiner for CIPS at Professional Level and a qualified and practising NVQ Assessor for Procurement NVQs; an Assessor for PDAS.
How important to you feel professional qualifications are in the logistics and transport sector? Professional qualifications are one category of criteria that are taken into account when assessing levels of competence in the logistics and transport sector. Professional qualifications must always be considered in an individual's CPD plan and programme.
What other relevant training courses do you offer? Procurement NVA; Distribution and warehousing NVQ; Assessor and Verifier awards (A&V UNITS).
What future developments are planned within your organisation in relation to logistics and transport qualifications? Implementation of new National Standards for Supply Chain Management and International Trade.
What advice would you give to someone who is considering entering the logistics and transport profession? Review the opportunities for progression and professional development and create and operate an individual CPD programme.
Further information: Tel: +44 (0)1285 850505. Fax: +44 (0)1285 850516. Email geoff@grwbuylines.com
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