VTCT Skills Level 1 Functional Skills Qualification in English

Functional Skills qualifications provide reliable evidence of a learner’s achievements against demanding content that is relevant to the workplace. They need to provide assessment of learners’ underpinning knowledge as well as their ability to apply this in different contexts, and to provide a foundation for progression into further study, or employment.

The VTCT Skills Level 1 Functional Skills Qualification in English has been developed for work, study and life. It gives learners the opportunity to demonstrate the ability at an appropriate level to read, write, speak, listen and communicate in English, and to apply these skills effectively to a range of purposes in the workplace and in other real-life situations.

This qualification has been designed to enable the learner to develop confidence and fluency in, and a positive attitude towards, English.

Learners should be able to demonstrate their competence in English by using it in real-world situations as well as demonstrating a sound grasp of basic English knowledge and skills.

The qualifications have also been designed to enable learners to:

• Listen, understand and make relevant contributions to discussions with others in a range of contexts
• Apply their understanding of language to adapt delivery and content to suit audience and purpose
• Read a range of different text types confidently and fluently, applying their knowledge and understanding of texts to their own writing
• Write texts of varying complexity, with accuracy, effectiveness, and correct spelling, punctuation and grammar
• Understand the situations when, and audiences for which, planning, drafting and using formal language are important, and when they are less important.

The units contained within this qualification will enable learners to use these functional skills autonomously, applying them to a range of formal and informal contexts, in the workplace and in real life. It will also allow them to develop the knowledge and skills to be able to communicate with confidence, effectiveness and with an increasing level of independence.

On completion of the Level 1 VTCT Skills Functional Skills Qualification in English, learners could progress onto the Level 2 VTCT Skills Functional Skills Qualification in English, or similar vocationally based qualifications.