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May/June Issue 61 - Flipbook - Page 17

National Occupation Standards: The
current hot topic for the industry!
They are a non-ministerial government
department who maintain standards and
confidence in qualifications, including
vocational and technical qualifications.
Awarding bodies should be listed with
Ofqual and their courses registered to
ensure they are of the highest standards for
the industries they represent.
In essence a National Occupational
Standard (NOS) is a document that
describes the knowledge, skills and
understanding an individual needs to be
competent at a job.
It is the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI)
who are responsible for setting the NOS for
all sectors of the automotive industry and
in order to have your training accredited by
the IMI you need to submit your course for
assessment.
At NTP, we have carefully selected
the awarding bodies we work with due
to their listing on the Ofqual register
Accreditations & Awarding Bodies:
and membership to the Federation of
As we have mentioned above the word
Awarding Bodies as well as their industry
accreditation is often used by training
relevance and international reputation.
providers but what is an accreditation, who
Our IMI courses for roadside and recovery
is authorised to award it and who regulates operatives as well as our QualSAFE Level
NTP’s Roadside & Recovery Technician’s
it?
course has been mapped to all the
3 in Education and Training, for our trainers,
industry’s legislative and best practice
are listed as government recognised
For compliance it is important to understand qualifications and also meet the JAUPT
guidelines including: PAS43, SURVIVE
and NOS for BOTH roadside and recovery whether your training is accredited by an
and DVSA recommendations for training
external awarding body or certificated by the providers.
operations. Our course was only the third
training provider or organisation themselves.
in the country to be awarded the new
IMI Professional Accredited Certificate
AWARE-Series TV...it’s the Future!
An accreditation is the confirmation that
which awards successful learners a Level
NTP is excited to announce the launch
a training provider’s course has met the
3 accreditation plus IMI Membership at
of AWARE-Series TV, the most up-toAssociate Level (AMIMI) and a listing on the standards set by an awarding body to offer a date method of delivering online courses
qualification or certificate with their approval. and videos for the industry. From live
IMI Professional Register for Roadside &
Recovery Technicians.
demonstrations like ForensicAWARE to
An awarding body is an organisation who is instructor’s green-screened into a busy
regulated by Ofqual to develop, design and roadside setting, AWARE Series TV will
The IMI was very stringent and insisted
certify qualifications. They are charged with change the face of training delivery.
that the course was not only assessed by
implementing the Regulated Qualifications
their own internal auditors but also by an
Framework (RQF) and quality assurance of
independent body to ensure the highest
standard of training and learning objectives those qualifications. They employ external
auditors who regularly visit training providers
were met.
to ensure qualifications are being delivered
to a required and expected standard.
We also applied to LANTRA to have our
course assessed by them (to ensure we
From our studio in Essex and through
Examples of awarding bodies for the
were fully representative of the relevant
collaborations with industry partners and
industry include: The Institute of Motor
external awarding bodies) but were told
automotive stakeholders we’ll be delivering
Industry (IMI), City & Guilds, LANTRA and
that there was no additional benefit for
podcasts and webinars and producing a
QualSAFE Awards. Members are listed on
us. As far as LANTRA was concerned the
range of industry and public information
the Federation of Awarding Bodies website.
course already has the best accreditation
videos to help improve knowledge,
through the IMI that we can achieve and
awareness and H&S.
therefore there was no point in seeking their As part of their assessment criteria an
awarding body will audit a training provider’s
endorsement.
Watch this space for more on AWARE
quality assurance systems and the expertise
Series TV…
NOS are a very effective tool for employers of their staff to ensure their standards are
to help with business planning, training and maintained. It is then the responsibility of
The AWARE-Series Store: last month
the training provider to deliver the teaching,
competence. For auditing and compliance
we launched our online store where you
purposes it is always best to check whether assess the students’ work and check
can book any of our upcoming courses,
the standards of assessment across the
your training provider’s courses meet
pay online and receive joining instructions
different instructors involved. The awarding
the current version of NOS. For more
immediately. All of our courses are listed
information on NOS visit the IMI website or body then provides the certification on
along with a synopsis for each. It couldn’t
successful completion of the training course.
speak to your PAS43 auditor:
be easier to arrange your industry training,
just visit https://www.aware-series.co.uk/
https://www.theimi.org.uk/standards_
store-2/ and see which courses are currently
and_Qualifications/standards/usesavailable.
national-occupational-standards
Use AVRO1 at the checkout to receive £10
off.
Ofqual (The Office of Qualifications and
Examinations Regulation) regulates
awarding bodies and their qualifications,
examinations and assessments in England.
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