Training, Assessment & Qualification
The team at Merit Skills understand the importance of ensuring competence of operational staff. We have a wide range of experience in helping clients determine a competency standard and demonstrating that it has been met.
We are very aware that many companies prefer to specify their own competency standards. We can support customers who chose to do this in several ways. We can help them write competency standards and frameworks or we can provide training and support should they choose to use their own resources to carry out the work. We all offer assessment, verification and auditing services should they be required as well as provision of training and assessment towards qualification for in-house assessors.
We are an approved centre to offer qualifications by the following awarding bodies:
City and Guilds
City and Guilds are probably the biggest and best known awarding body in the country. We are currently accredited to offer the following City and Guilds qualifications:
- Team Leading Level 2
- Management Level 3
- Working in Confined Spaces (6150 schemes)
- Street works Excavation and Reinstatement (6156 schemes)
- Business Administration Level 2 and 3
- Customer Service Level 2 and 3
- Maths Entry, level 1 and 2
- English Entry, Level 1 and 2
CABWI
CABWI Awarding Body is a nationally-recognised awarding body, specialising in vocational qualifications for the water and wider utilities industries. We are currently accredited to offer the following qualifications:
Level 1
Level 2
- Diploma in Distribution Control (formerly NVQ)
- Certificate in Leakage Detection (formerly NVQ)
- Diploma in Network Construction Operations (formerly NVQ) all pathways
- Diploma in Operating Process Plant all pathways
- Certificate in Sewerage Maintenance
- Certificate in Utilities Control Centre Operations
- Certificate in Utilities Metering Operations
- Diploma in Water Engineering (Network Construction Operations)
- Diploma in Water Engineering (Water Supply)
- Diploma in Water Engineering (Water Operations)
- Diploma in Water Engineering (Wastewater Operations)
Level 3
- Diploma in Controlling Process Operations (formerly NVQ)
- Diploma in Designing Water Networks (formerly NVQ)
- Diploma in Leakage Control
- Diploma in Managing and Controlling Process Operations
- Diploma in Network Construction Operations
- Certificate in Water Fittings Regulations Enforcement
- Diploma in Water Engineering - all pathways
Level 4
- Diploma in Water Industry Operations and Management
- Diploma in Utilities Network Planning and Management
Click Here to see our qualification table.
Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM)
ILM is the UKs leading provider of leadership, coaching and management qualifications and training
Level 2
Level 3
Energy and Utility Skills Registration Scheme
- National Water Hygiene Scheme
- Water SHEA (Safety, Health and Environment Assessment)
- Safe Control of Mains Connections (SCMC)
- Gas SHEA (Safety, Health and Environment Assessment)
- Excavation Safety (Trench Support) Supervisors
- Excavation Safety (Trench Support) Technicians
BPEC
IOSH
We always liaise with our customers and aim to agree the best approach, ensuring that programmes are delivered efficiently with minimum disruption to candidates normal working life. All of our assessors are industry experienced and used to working with candidates from all aspects of work, taking them through their qualifications in a straight forward stress-free way.
If the qualification is not on our list why not give us a call. We'll do our best to help.
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