whole year failed level 3 exam!?! (tech cert)

[drips'n'shiz]

WTF just found out that last years group all failed the exam, so my college has a 0% pass rate! From what i hear a lot of the questions in the exam were not in the revision books followed by the course. Surely all the questions would be in the Viper or Corgi?. I just dont understand how no one passed, id chatted to a couple of the lads and they seemed pretty clued up. Is this happening in other colleges?

 

[fuzzy]

which exam mate?

 

[fuzzy]

oh i see tech cert, is that tech cert plumbing or gas?

 

[Gray0689]

If a hole class failed then it has to be on the head of the teacher he should know what he needs to teach on an exam!!!!

 

[fuzzy]

sounds odd to me

 

[oldplumber]

did you guys spend a few hours at home reading your text books or just do the work in class, if the latter thats where the problem lays, if the former, prehaps you sat the wrong papers, can happen but unlikely.

 

[CarlH]

Same here, everyone I've kept in contact with from my Final mod from BTSC has failed it too?!? Some questions we've never covered...

 

[madlad56]

something defo wrong then, not your fault you ant been taught it. get it looked into.

 

[kay-jay]

i studied at btsc also, i agree that the exam is a tough one and a lot of people did fail it!
but come on guys do you really expect to be spoon fed all the answers before hand? i can't comment about other institutions but btsc definately describe their course as 'self study' the name says it all really.

KJ

 

[CarlH]

Belive me I studied one helluva lot. But when some of the questions do not relate to the course or anything you have been taught, studied or in fact aren't in any of your study books it can be quiet annoying.

 

[Garryaca@yahoo.]

I found that on the questions we had for out level 2...there where some questions that looked as if they where just thrown in for a laugh..nothing at all in the text books and nothing on the sylabus...just obliquely connected to the subject...

 

[fuzzy]

if its like as you say, how does anyone pass?

 

[kay-jay]

people pass fuzzy - by knowing their stuff and revising like a madman! the inclusion of silly, seemingly unrelated questions is a ploy to prevent anyone scoring too highly and thus leaving c&g open to accusations of cheapening the qual.

however

if you study everything you need to, it is quite possible to achieve more than the pass rate as the marks for the daft q's are only worth 7-10 percent at most.also they only seem daft if you don't know the answers

KJ

 

[kay-jay]

as a matter of fact i have the q's to the exam i sat. (i have a near photographic memory) and as soon as i left the exam i sat in the car and wrote them all down. i can't remember the exact wording for all the questions but i can accurately depict what knowledge each question was trying to get from the students.

KJ

 

[fuzzy]

so it cannot always be the fault of the training provider?

 

[kay-jay]

not in my opinion no.
the training provider teaches the syllabus as required by the awarding body, in this case c&g.
the awarding body then issues the exam based on the teachings that were given to the students. the exam often includes misleading questions and questions that seem downright crazy but it just seperates the wheat from the chaff because as said above anyone who studies their stuff and more importantly fully understands it and can demonstrate that knowledge will ultimately be able to pass the exam regardless.

KJ

 

[Garryaca@yahoo.]

people pass fuzzy - by knowing their stuff and revising like a madman! the inclusion of silly, seemingly unrelated questions is a ploy to prevent anyone scoring too highly and thus leaving c&g open to accusations of cheapening the qual.


KJ

I fooled them then I scored 100% in the final Gola

 

[kay-jay]

i don't think its the multiple choice exams thats being discussed here as they are straightforward and lets face it not very taxing.
many fellow trainees struggled with the 3hr written which needs to be done before the multiple choice/guess gola exam and it was my understanding that this is what people have been failing with alarming regularity.

KJ

 

[CarlH]

Like I said I revised loads - never said I failed becuase of these unrelated questions I failed cuase I made stupid mistakes so wasnt trying to shift blame just making a point about how it was annoying when youve been revising so hard for them then to throw questions in that arent in the revisions books. It could be intimidating if youre a nervous type (which thankfully Im not) when you get something like that it could throw you into a panic! Cant see a whole classroom being a panacy type to be honest.

 

[drips'n'shiz]

hello everyone, sorry i have been busy with drips n shiz! i have not failed it was last years lot that did, my final gola is nxt June, i must say im dreading it from what ive been hearing, im revising loads and wondering if i should shell out another £60-90 on the learnatrade book?! expensive business this lark!

 

[kay-jay]

the gola is multi choice and its pretty hard to fail it to be honest. save your money.
jtl books are the best for revision

 

[drips'n'shiz]

no its the written 3 hr exam, you can take a viper in apparantley