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Wales: Revamped playwork training set to be piloted this summer

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A leading play organisation in Wales hopes to trial new training this summer as part of plans to radically revamp play qualifications in the principality.

Play Wales is in the early stages of developing a set of new playworkqualifications, including basic training and Level 2 and 3 courses. Partof the project involves developing new induction training to coverpeople who work for a short time on projects like holiday playschemes.

But the aim is to create a three-stage process that will allow people tobuild on that and get a Level 2 qualification.

"One of the issues regularly mentioned by development workers and playofficers is that training has to be renewed every year," said projectmanager Richard Trew. "You do an induction course that meets inductionstandards and next year you have to do the same thing again.

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