22 Feb 2011
Cogent, the skills council for the science-using industries, has launched a new online Standards and Qualifications Prospectus www.cogent-prospectus.com. It’s designed to be a helpful web-based guide to highlight what’s available to employers to support their training and development.
his new site allows the user to find out about all the qualifications, Apprenticeships and training standards available across the Cogent science-using sector. It feeds from the “Cogent Library” a database which contains approximately:
30 Standard job roles
18 Training standards
132 Qualifications
Christine Sakhardande, Cogent Products and Services Manager said: “Cogent is working with employers to ensure that the most appropriate qualifications, standards and training programmes are in place and accessible. These are being designed to meet the real skills needs of the Cogent industries".
On average 3,000 vocationally related qualifications are registered to learners on Cogent frameworks. Of these approximately 10% are new recruits through Apprenticeships.
Cogent recently published the results of its Qualifications Insight survey of employers and providers. The survey showed that the majority of employers surveyed (63%) use vocational qualifications to develop their staff. The majority of training providers surveyed (76%) offer vocational qualifications which Cogent is responsible for developing and maintaining.
www.cogent-ssc.com/research/Publications/publications/Qualifications_Insight.pdf
Industry shapes the design of qualifications and standards developed by Cogent through research, consultation and through Industry Advisory Councils.
Access to the right training
The National Skills Academies for the Process Industries and for Nuclear, part of the Cogent Group, are in place to ensure high quality provision around the country - designed to suit every type and size of employer.
To find out more about any of the standards and qualifications listed and how to use them, employers can contact 0845 607 0140 and a Skills Manager will arrange a no obligation visit to find out more about the organisation’s skills needs.
The Online Standards and Qualifications Prospectus was designed in partnership with MyKnowledgeMap (often known as MKM) which develops web-based knowledge systems for the corporate, public and education sectors.
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