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British Casting Certificate
Re-Certification for Holders of The British
Casting Certificate.
Re-certification has been running for several years now and is an important and
vital element in pursuing our recognition for professional status and
unification for all BCC holders. Regulation would benefit the profession
immensely from remuneration in pay, status within the career pathways for BCC
holders, and full accountability for practice. There would also be a defined
entry into our profession and true professional recognition.
It is therefore essential that we have a current and up to date register.
Without you (the profession), we cannot move forward and achieve the recognition
that is deserved.
It is important to remember that you cannot complete your recertification via
the AOP website, so please apply for recertification through the
BOA website and
follow the instructions.
If you are unsure of your status please contact the database manager by email at
recert@boa.ac.uk or by phone on 0207 406 1762.
British Casting Certificate (BCC)
Update from Mark Rees - BOA
National Casting & Training Advisor (NCTA)
As you may or may not know, all BCC courses and the examination are validated by
the BOA and the AOP and is a joint award with Glasgow Caledonian University. The
joint award started in September 2011 and prior to being accepted as a student
on any of the validated courses there is a requirement for that person to have a
minimum of 1 years’ experience with a minimum of 20 hours per week. Ideally this
would be full time as it then ensures the student is gaining the necessary pre
course knowledge and experience prior to attending a course, and in total it now
takes a minimum of 20 months to achieve the qualification and hold the BCC.
At present I am working closely with the BOA Casting Sub Committee, course
leaders & GCU to explore the development of additional specific modules to the
BCC qualification that is available today, to further support progression to a
full diploma or degree-based qualification. This is at an early stage and I will
keep people updated as we move forward.
So where are we with Regulation?
As many of you will know, for many years my predecessor in conjunction with the
Association of Orthopaedic Practitioners has continued to fight for better
recognition and more importantly regulation for the Orthopaedic Practitioner
Qualification and the profession overall.
Today we have a voluntary register held by the BOA which we encourage all
British Casting Certificate holders to be on, however this cannot be mandated by
the BOA.
We know today that the role of the Orthopaedic Practitioner is one of autonomy,
coupled with a complex role whereby incorrect or poor practice can lead to poor
patient treatment and care, and in certain situations could lead to a public
safety risk, yet today there is no formal recognition of the qualification.
Today we have many Orthopaedic Practitioners working across Band 3-7, in varying
roles right through to the management of multiple NHS Trust plaster rooms, yet
still no national recognition.
At present that the Orthopaedic Practitioner role is one that is not regulated
by statute. Presently it is the UK Government and Parliament who decide which
professions will be regulated and in 2011 the Government published a Command
Paper entitled ‘enabling excellence’ which encourage more voluntary registers,
and as such statutory regulation will only be considered in exceptional
circumstances where voluntary registers are not considered sufficient to manage
the ‘risk’.
As a result of the ongoing challenges, I am working in conjunction with the BOA
& the BOA Executive committee in preparing letters to go to Simon Stevens, the
Chief Exec NHS England, Robert Kirkwood who is Head of the Office of the Chief
Executive NHS Scotland, Andrew Goodall, who is the Chief Executive of NHS Wales,
and Jennifer Welsh who is Chief Executive of the Northern Health and Social Care
Trust in Northern Ireland. This letter will outline the importance of the
British Casting Certificate Qualification and the Orthopaedic Practitioner
Profession, and directly ask for their support in pushing for the Orthopaedic
Practitioner qualification and profession to be reviewed by the HCPC. I will
keep everyone updated on any progress made, which I am sure as you can
appreciate is likely to be slow due to the ongoing challenges the UK continue to
face.
I will continue to work with the BOA, and the Casting Sub Committee In pushing
forward the qualification and gaining the rightly deserved recognition for the
profession. My door is always open, and I am also very open to ideas and
suggestions on how we can continue to move forward. So please do contact me at
markpaulrees@gmail.com or on 0788 411 4191.
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