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| 27 September, 2008 |
| The Driving Standards Agency is responsible for 2,541 staff, of which some 1,889 are driving examiners. In 2005/06 the Agency conducted more than 1.9 million practical tests for car drivers and 1.6 million theory tests. |
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| 25 September, 2008 |
| BT Fleet, a wholly owned subsidiary of BT, provides fleet solutions to BT and other fleet operators in the UK. Located in 85 Workshops throughout the UK, the company has more than 700 employees and supplies, manages and maintains in excess of 50,000 vehicles. |
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| 01 March, 2008 |
| Throughout 2007, Edexcel worked in partnership with PEMEX to deliver and certificate PEMEX’s first Edexcel-accredited programme - a Level 4 BTEC Professional Award in Human Resources Management. Licenciada Montserrat López, HR / Training Department Coordinator at PEMEX, says it has improved the business. |
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| 01 March, 2008 |
| Working in partnership with a leading operator in the oil and gas industry based in the Middle East, Edexcel developed an accredited BTEC Diploma designed to ensure that all of the organisation’s technicians possessed the same high levels of competency as their international counterparts. |
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| 01 March, 2008 |
| To help this organisation become fully compliant with industry standards in operations and safe working practices, Edexcel developed a customised learning and development programme benchmarked to international industry standards. |
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| 01 March, 2008 |
| “Our competence assurance system, based on the BTEC customised framework, ensures that our staff are competent in undertaking their roles and responsibilities.”
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| 2006 |
| Frank Edwards, CEO and Principal of MCAST, says that with BTEC you’re able to tailor a programme around the requirements of industry requirements. |
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| Wang Long, Master of Tianjin Professional College, says that BTEC Nationals and Higher Nationals in Hotel Management and in Marketing help his students to get jobs. |
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| Edexcel is working in collaboration with the Egyptian Cabinet of Ministers' Education Development Fund to provide training, qualifications and a range of support services to raise the quality and standard of technical education in the country. |
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| Edexcel is working in Yemen, Qatar and Morocco to enable local people to develop the practical skills and qualifications that will lead to world-class performance across a wide range of practical and vocational careers. |
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| Mrs Zeba Ali, Principal of the Maple Leaf International School, Dhaka, Bangladesh, finds the new IGCSE specifications suited to a modern education system. |
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| 2008 |
| Nairwita Bose is now employed at a top hospitality group as a front office assistant after choosing to study a BTEC HNC in Aviation, Hospitality and Travel Management at Frankfinn Institute for Training. |
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