National Occupational Standards can also be used in many different ways to improve the quality of goods and services, increase employee productivity and reduce recruitment costs, through

• Assessing skills already in the workforce and highlighting any gaps.

• Identifying the competencies which bring together the skills, knowledge and understanding necessary to do the work.
• Motivating employees to learn and develop new and existing skills.
• Acting as a benchmark for rewarding experience, knowledge and competence.

National Occupational Standards are highly regarded and many companies will use them as an integral part of their training programmes. The NOS are produced through extensive consultation with industry. NOS are for public use and can be found on the following website www.ukstandards.co.uk

National Occupational Standards have international status and are recognised worldwide.