A new curriculum..?

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NOTE: This post is not intended to start any 'flaming' against the current system of assessments, awarding bodies or any existing curriculum!

 

OK, here goes...

 

I have to write a paper as part of my Certificate in Education on either evaluating an existing curriculum, or inventing a new one. I'd like to invent a new one for tree work.

 

I'd also like to hear about your ideas on what form this new curriculum would take. If you are interested please read on...

 

I'd like to put together a curriculum that would enable a business to take someone on board and know that the training and education they have received will be of real-world use. That's not just skills, but background knowledge too. Would it be a full-time course? Part-time course(s)? Or perhaps some form on formalised on-job-training?

 

So how would you set about taking someone with little or knowledge of arboriculture, and bring them up to a standard where you trust their level of workmanship, safety and customer service? What sort of things should be covered? How would they be assessed - continuously, or 'on the day'?

 

The great thing about this is, for the sake of this paper, there is no LANTRA, C&G, NPTC or anything - just a clean slate waiting to be filled.

 

I realise that this is a big ask - and I'm not necessarily looking for hugely in-depth answers - I'm trying to get a feel for a consensus about what this new beast would look like.

 

Feel free to reply here, PM me or email me at [email protected]

 

Thank you,

David.