Cogent Careers Pathways

The Cogent  manufacturing sector needs to attract the very best talent - and inspire young people to take up careers in its dynamic and rewarding industries.  In response to this Cogent has developed Cogent Career Pathways a one-stop-shop web-based careers information, advice and guidance centre which contains information on career progression, jobs and training right across the sector. It is a richly-packed resource which is already proving invaluable to all those involved in giving careers advice and guidance to young people - and young people themselves.  In addition it shows mature learners how they can move around and progress their careers in the sector. 

Cogent Competence Assurance
Cogent’s research showed that its highly-regulated industries are managing their organisational competence with varying degrees of success.  In response it developed a unique universal Self-Assessment Competence Assurance health-check designed so that companies can assess their management of risk, benchmark competence standards against their peers and promote best practice internally.

www.cogent-competence.com contains an initial web-based assessment - and Cogent can also follow up to offer advice on assessment against the standard with accreditation/certification.

The Cogent Gold Standard

Fundamental to Upskilling the workforce in the Cogent manufacturing sector is the Cogent “Gold Standard”. This is an aspirational world class job standard to raise the bar upwards from minimum industry job standards and help companies to compete globally. It covers 6 categories of skills:

• Technical and Competence
• Productivity and Innovation
• Functional Skills
• Health and Safety
• Environment
• Quality

Cogent is identifying the key skills and competence requirements for the core roles in its sector based on these key categories.  It means that employers will be able more effectively define their skill needs and makes it clear what kind of training provision they require.

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