What do you know about NVQs?

Contrary to the popular belief, this is not 'who you know' these days but 'what do you know' and how can you prove it!

Who says so?

Employers all over the UK and abroad are using evidence of practical, work -related skills, knowledge and experience as a measure of how valuable their people are now and for the future. CDM Regulation 2015, which is a basic combination of rules for the health, safety and welfare management of construction projects, has provided guidance for principal designers/principal contractors where they are advised to contract. Appoint workers and provide managers, supervisors and operatives who have the right combination of skills, knowledge, training and experience. You can improve your chances of getting a better job and making a better career by knowing yourself already knowing yourself to commit a national professional ability (NVQ).

Below is the introduction of WSKills from NVQs. What are they, for whom they are, how you get them, what employers think about them and how you know more?

How do you show what you know and what you can do?

The best way to improve the chances of your career is to meet your skills unanimous standards through construction employers across the UK. NVQS is designed to help you do this.

NVQs are national because they represent the standards accepted by the UK. They are professional because they are about your work. They are respected, high quality qualifications that are internationally recognized that give you a certificate to prove that you have reached the standard you have to perform your job in the construction industry.

Does any NVQ include seating exams?

NVQs are not about how good you are in exams, they are about how good you are at work. NVQs never contain written tests, they do not contain questions of tricks - they are designed to shine your skills, knowledge and experience in a practical way. NVQ's Construction Courses has been developed by CITB through consultation with national working groups and practitioner groups from four domestic countries through CITB, so they are manufactured by people who know the construction industry. Yes. They are from the real world and many certificates holders and their employers will tell you that this is their main benefit. NVQS are not about going back to school. They are about to go where you want to go to your career.

Where can you take NVQs in construction?

With a little effort by you, the relevant NVQ can take your career wherever it wants to go. Whatever level your job is NVQ for you. Since your career produces more NVQs at a higher level. The NVQ framework in construction is designed to help you develop in your career. Being an NVQ gives you a better opportunity to change jobs or access abroad. Even you can even take care of a career without starting from the beginning. When you go ahead of a job, you take your identity skills and experience with yourself: By giving you formal identity, NVQs help to advance your career.