SOLAR Enhancements

 

As we previously highlighted, we will shortly update SOLAR, our digital assessment system, to improve the process of entering and resulting candidates.
 

We will implement this change on Wednesday 13 September for Street Works qualifications, and the initial assessment units and reassessment units listed at the bottom of this email.

 

In SOLAR, the Street Works assessments are available as standard (HTML) and legacy (Flash) versions. Please follow the steps below from Wednesday 13 September onwards, noting the differences between the standard (HTML) and legacy (Flash) versions.

 

• Entries: Please enter candidate details once, on SQA Connect, rather than entering them on both SOLAR and SQA Connect. The details will then automatically transfer to SOLAR. Please note, you may need to wait up to an hour for updated candidate details to display on SOLAR.

 

• Initial Assessments: The initial assessment units listed below are assessed using a SOLAR assessment and a practical assessment. For this reason, results for the SOLAR assessment will not automatically pass to SQA Connect. Please enter results for these units manually on SQA Connect – Candidate Services when both assessments are completed, as per the current process. 

 

• Reassessments: For the reassessment units below, the results will automatically pass to SQA Connect once the candidate has completed the reassessment, without the need for any further input from you.

 

• Entries: Please enter candidate details once, on SQA Connect, rather than entering them on both SOLAR and SQA Connect. The details will then automatically transfer to SOLAR. Please note, you may need to wait up to an hour for updated candidate details to display on SOLAR. You will have to associate the candidate with the Street Works Initial Assessments or Street Works Re-assessments, as per the current process.

 

• For both the initial assessment units and reassessment units below, you will still need to check results on SOLAR and input to SQA Connect as is the current process.

 

We will provide you with access to the standard (HTML) versions of Street Works Initial Assessments and/or Street Works Re-assessments, depending on which qualifications you have approval for, if you do not already have access to these. This will be completed by Wednesday 13 September.

 

The standard (HTML) assessments work on multiple devices including Windows laptops/desktops, iPads, Chromebooks, and tablets.

If you no longer require access to the legacy (Flash) version of Street Works Initial Assessments or Street Works Re-assessments, please contact the Digital Services Support Helpdesk at DAS.Helpdesk@sqa.org.uk and we will remove these from your account.

 

Any candidates already created in SOLAR and scheduled for an assessment on or after Wednesday 13 September can complete their assessment as normal, but you must ensure they have been entered via SQA Connect.

 

Any candidates already created in SOLAR and scheduled for an assessment before Wednesday 13 September can complete their assessment as normal but must be entered via SQA Connect and their result must be transferred manually as per the current process.

 

• Location and Avoidance of Underground Apparatus (001) - F932 04

• Signing, Lighting and Guarding (002) - F8M5 04

• Excavation in the Road/Highway (003) - F933 04 

• Reinstatement and Compaction of Backfill Materials (004) - F934 04 

• Reinstatement of Sub-base and Roadbase in Non-Bituminous Materials (005) - F935 04 

• Reinstatement in Cold-lay Bituminous Materials (006) - F936 04 

• Reinstatement in Hot-lay Bituminous Materials (007) - F937 04 

• Reinstatement of Concrete Slabs (008) - F938 04 

• Reinstatement of Modular Surfaces and Concrete Footways (009) - F939 04

• Monitoring Signing, Lighting and Guarding (010) - F8M4 04 

• Monitoring Excavation in the Road/Highway (011) - F93A 04 

• Monitoring Reinstatement and Compaction of Backfill Materials (012) - F93C 04 

• Monitoring Reinstatement of Sub-base and Roadbase in Non-bituminous Materials (013) - F93D 04 

• Monitoring Reinstatement in Bituminous Materials (014) - F93E 04 

• Monitoring Reinstatement of Concrete Slabs (015) - F93F 04 

• Monitoring Reinstatement of Modular Surfaces and Concrete Footways (016) - F93G 04

 

• Reassessed Location and Avoidance of Underground Apparatus (101) - F92F 04 

• Reassessed Signing, Lighting & Guarding (102) - F92G 04 

• Reassessed Excavation in the Road/Highway (103) - F92H 04 

• Reassessed Reinstatement and Compaction of Backfill Materials (104) - F92J 04 

• Reassessed Reinstatement of Sub-base and Roadbase in Non-Bituminous Materials (105) - F92K 04 

• Reassessed Reinstatement in Cold-lay Bituminous Materials (106) - F92L 04 

• Reassessed Reinstatement in Hot-lay Bituminous Materials (107) - F92M 04 

• Reassessed Reinstatement of Concrete Slabs (108) - F92N 04

• Reassessed Reinstatement of Modular Surfaces and Concrete Footways (109) - F92P 04

• Reassessed Monitoring Signing, Lighting and Guarding (110) - F92R 04 

• Reassessed Monitoring Excavation in the Road/Highway (111) - F92T 04 

• Reassessed Monitoring Reinstatement and Compaction of Backfill Materials (112) - F92V 04 

• Reassessed Monitoring Reinstatement of Sub-base and Roadbase in Non-Bituminous Materials (113) - F92W 04 

• Reassessed Monitoring Reinstatement in Bituminous Materials (114) - F92X 04 

• Reassessed Monitoring Reinstatement of Concrete Slabs (115) - F92Y 04 

• Reassessed Monitoring Reinstatement of Modular Surfaces and Concrete Footways (116) - F930 04

 

If you need support or information on SOLAR you can contact the Digital Services Support Helpdesk.

There are several ways you can contact the team:

 

• Complete the Helpdesk Support form.

• Email DAS.Helpdesk@sqa.org.uk.

• If you need to contact the team urgently, call 0345 213 5060.

 

Our helpdesk is available from Monday to Friday between the hours of 9 am and 5 pm. Any breaks in this service will be noted in the ‘Latest updates’ section on the homepage of the SOLAR website.

If you need support on SQA Connect with regards to your candidate data, you can contact the Centre Support Team.

There are several ways you can contact the team:
 

• Email candidate.records@sqa.org.uk

• If you need to contact the team urgently, call 0345 213 6015