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Title: I want to know
Post by: jermsta on July 25, 2009, 01:08:02 AM: i want to know.....when you walk into the exam,do you walk in thinking you are already a craftsman or you want to become a craftsman,i mean when answering questions do you answer them as if you are a craftsman or a tradesman trying to become 1????!!!!!
Title: Re: I want to know
Post by: worker on July 30, 2009, 10:52:09 AM: You walk in with the knowledge of your learning, be confident in that if you are well studied, you must also accept the incompetence of the marker , the ineptitude of the question writer and the absolute irrelevance of many of the question to craftsmen of the trade. accept also that the language is of importance ie; there is a particular language that gets better marks and its not necessarily the language of the trade.
How do I know this?, I took it upon myself to locate the craftsman exam papers of many candidates, I had them examined by educational and trade academics. There was a shocking level of inconsistency in the marking, the substandard language used in the questions often misled candidates.
The craftsman examinations are not reflective of the craftsman plumbing and gasfitting industry.
This is only my take on things, but I know what I see.