National 4/5 Practical Woodworking

Woodwork N4/5 is a badly thought out course, I feel I no longer teach but only give out assessments and gather evidence. There is no progression in this course, pupils have to produce a range of joints at the start of the course to the same tolerances as at the end of the course. 

The other practical course, Metalwork, is even worse than Woodwork. It is not possible to make some of the models from the mistake ridden, confused drawings produced by the SQA. I have had three attempts at getting prior verification for my own three unit models, it has been refused each time. The prior verifier has not once used the right documentation for the course, he has copied and pasted from one unit to another, making it meaningless for one unit, he has completely ignored units on two occasions, he gives wrong names for tools and gives wrong sizes. There are many other mistakes he has made. The SQA has told me to accept this verifiers decision as final despite the above.