Registering Courses

New Course Notification Form

A New Course Notification Form must be completed for each course you wish to run whether this is a NOCN Qualification or a course using OCN validated units.

1. Centre Details

These should be entered on the form so that the OCN can ensure the course is allocated to the correct Centre. Normally the Curriculum Development Contact will be the same person as shown on the Centre Recognition form and would be the person signing the New Course Notification Form. Where this is not the case you should discuss this with your OCN.

2. Course Details

In this section you need to complete the Course Title, if you need guidance on this please contact OCNSER.

You also need to identify the Approved Internal Verifier (AIV) for the course if one has been approved. The name of the AIV will then be attached to the course for recommending the award of credit and only their signature will be accepted. Where there are several staff with AIVS in this sector OCNSER will discuss with you how these staff are attached to courses.

If you do not have an AIV please leave this section blank.

You will need to indicate the target group for the course. This can be done following discussion with OCNSER and can be a broad target group or a more specific group depending on the nature of the course.

The Intended Credit Value is used to indicate the achievement aim for learners taking the course. Where there are more credits available than the total credit value of all the Units of Assessment on the course the Centre should indicate if there are rules of combination where some Units of Assessment are mandatory and other designated as optional.

OCNSER uses the credit target for full achievement to levy charges for the course and so it is very important that you complete this accurately.

Some Units of Assessment are not available for learners under 16. Please contact OCNSER for more guidance.

NOCN Qualifications are listed on the NOCN website www.nocn.org.uk and you should use this to confirm the title of the qualification and the accreditation number. This website also contains details of each Qualification in a Qualification Guide.

3. Units

These should be listed in the appendix to the Form. For each Unit of Assessment you will need the Unit Title, Unit Level, Credit Value and the NOCN or OCN Unit Code.
These details can be found in the Unit of Assessment report from the Curriculum Plan or can be supplied to you by OCNSER.

4. Confirmation

The form should be signed by the Curriculum Contact for the Centre unless otherwise agreed with OCNSER.

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