The list of standards for the Certification Assessment of Practice Companies according to Practice Enterprise Network. The list will is used to certify practice companies from Kenyan Sote ICT practice companies at twelve high schools in Taita Taveta and practice companies based at Sote Hub in Voi.

1. EUROPEN Practice Firms Certification Assessment
Practice Firm Name
Institution
Address
City
Post Code
Date of Application
Contact Name
Telephone Number
E-mail address
PRACTICE FIRM
Administrative office of the practice firm equipped as the office of the practice firm,
with space and distribution for the different departments, with their respective
equipment (only used for PF).
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2. OFFICE EQUIPMENT Evidence Reference Number
• Telephone line
• Fax
• Telephone for each department
and secretary
• Photocopier
• Calculators for each office
• Letter scales
• All students should have access to
a PC
• Printer/Scanner
• All students should have access to
Internet and practice firm e-mail
• Office Suite Software (up to date)
• Sales and Purchasing SW
• Accountancy SW
• Personnel SW
• Office furniture
• Each trainee has a working area
and has access to archives/files
and consumables
• Business paper
• Business documents
STRUCTURE AND ORGANISATION OF
PRACTICE FIRM
Every practice firm must have:
Evidence Reference Number
• A business organisational structure
• Legal form
• Company registration
• Company policy
• Annual report
• Departmental procedures for all
departments
• Job descriptions for each job in
different
• Departments
• Flow charts
• Business documentation used
• Regular meetings
• Access to the current practice firm
database
• Up to date marketing materials (in
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3. national language and English for
international trade)
COMMUNICATION AND RELATION
WITH OTHER PRACTICE FIRMS
Evidence Reference Number
• Practice firms must trade nationally
and/or internationally.
PEDAGOGICAL TEAM - TRAINERS –
STAFF
Evidence Reference Number
Trainers knowledge of
• Theory part concerning the p.f.
concept and EUROPEN network,
p.f. setting up, functions and roles
within the p.f., communication
tools, learning by doing concept,
problem solving, working within a
national and international network,
mentor company, Central Office
and services offered by C.O.,
relationships with the C.O and
practice firms, softwares used in
the p.f. and C.O., the role of the
trainer in p.f.
• Enclose evidence of knowledge of
practice firm set up and operations
in relations to business
procedures; systems and
documentation
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4. PEDAGOGICAL TEAM -
TRAINERS – STAFF
Evidence Reference Number
Training skills and or managerial skills
• Enclose evidence which guarantees
the achievement of didactic and
training objectives
• Enclose evidence which checks and
controls skills acquired during the
trainees work in p.f., suggesting times
for people to stay in that specific area
and promoting autonomy to the
participants (assessment and
verification process)
• Enclose evidence that there is a
training programme with regular
(personalised) training reviews and
training plans
• Enclose evidence which guarantees
the technical, professional and social
skills acquirement through developing
incentives for each participant in terms
of learning process, learning time,
behavioural social and professional
aspects.
• Enclose evidence of business
procedures
• Enclose evidence which proves that
your practice firm is up to date with
the current business procedures
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5. Assessed by Central Office
Compliant/Non-Compliant
Date
Authorised Central Office assessor
Notified Practice Firm of Decision
Certificate Number issued for
compliant
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6. Assessed by Central Office
Compliant/Non-Compliant
Date
Authorised Central Office assessor
Notified Practice Firm of Decision
Certificate Number issued for
compliant
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