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Allan Birch Unit 001 Explain own roles and responsibilities, and boundaries of own role as a teacher My actual/perceived role is one of a Training advisor, working for Talent Training UK. I deliver various QCF NVQ awards alongside BTEC Modern apprenticeships. My responsibilities are to provide candidates/learners with an initial assessment to identify the candidates (Accredited prior experience) APE– Accredited prior Learning) APL (also within those responsibilities I have to identify any areas where candidates/learners may require support and qualified teaching for special needs and learning difficulties and referring those candidates who need support/qualified teaching to the relevant agencies for the correct support. I am responsible for following the training plan and the designing of lesson plans and course structures which fulfil the learner/candidate requirements and course outcomes required by the Awarding Bodies for teaching and assessing standards. As an Assessor/Training Advisor I also have responsibilities for teaching and mentoring Assessors in respect to the delivery and completion of the paperwork requirements laid down by QCF NVQ awards in Customer Service, Warehouse and Storage and Team Leading ensuring the Assessor fully understand the standards set by the awarding bodies and the paperwork that the company has to adhere to obtain funding. I am only able to Teach, Assess or train in the areas where I am fully qualified either as a subject matter expert or trained and qualified to teach a subject, i.e. the teaching of Special Needs Learners and learning difficulties. 1. Identify key aspects of relevant current legislative requirements and codes of practice within Teaching and the Learning environment. While teaching or delivering apprenticeships or training, assessing and up-skilling I must adhere to regulations and codes of practice that are set in place by government acts, regulations and laws, also awarding body guidelines or codes of practice and company guidelines and codes of practice. Examples are as follows. a. Health and Safety at work act 1974, including RIDDOR, COSSH etc. b. Data protection act 1998 (revised 2010). c. Equality and Diversity including Acts focusing on Race, Gender, Sex and Age discrimination etc. d. ISO 9000/2009 Quality assurance. e. LLUK Regulations Sept 2007. While preparing or choosing a learning environment you must take in to account the suitability of the area for the learner/candidate and within your learning plan place ground rules to follow such as:. a. No Smoking within public buildings. b. Information of emergency evacuation and assembly points. c. Location of toilet facilities. Allan Birch Unit 001 Explain own roles and responsibilities, and boundaries of own role as a teacher b. Access and egress for disabled candidates. d. Use of mobile phones during learning. e. Breaks/Lunch. f. Questions. g. Talking over others. As a teaching benefit this will set clear ground rules for all learners/candidates to follow making the learning environment safe and comfortable for all learners/candidates to learn in. A.P. Birch A P Birch