NVQs and added value

The frequent assertion that all that NVQs do is to recognise existing skills and therefore they are of less value rather than promote and assess new learning is mixing up the means with the end.
It must be good that people's existing skills are recognised especially when the skills belong to people who are often prone to under sell the skills they have; 'the I just-do syndrome.'
How that acquisition and recognition of skills is paid for and rewarded is a different question. There is a strong case for variable tariffs especially where technology is used to effectively track learner journeys.