National Occupational Standards are a free resource for employers and training providers. They cover the spectrum of different occupations within the security sector and describe the knowledge and skills required to perform work to the nationally agreed standard for each specialism. Those standards are determined by experts in their chosen field.
National Occupational Standards are used by Awarding Bodies to design qualifications, but they are also an invaluable resource for anyone who wants to design a training programme, assess the skills of their workforce, write job descriptions and job advertisements or undertake staff appraisals, because they give you an accurate benchmark to work with.
Explore the range of National Occupational Standards available and download any in which you are interested, free of charge.
S/NVQ Qualification Frameworks
National Vocational Qualifications are neither training courses nor examinations. They are methods of assessing competency and providing recognition to people who have been trained in accordance with National Occupational Standards (NOS).
NOS are used to define the knowledge and understanding required for a role or task and may be used as the basis for vocational qualifications. In S/NVQ's units are grouped together that reflect a particular role. This means that a candidate has achieved the relevant knowledge and understanding, but can also demonstrate workplace competence.
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We are pleased to announce that the final approved versions of the following National Occupational Standards (NOS) are now available:
- Investigations
- Cash & Valuables in Transit
- CCTV Operations
- Common Core NOS for the security Sector
The National Occupational Standards will be available towards the end of June, free of charge, on the UK online occupational standards directory at www.ukstandards.co.uk
We are in the process of disseminating these details as widely as possible within the security sector. Please help us by letting your contacts and colleagues know they are available.
We welcome your feedback - please let us know how you use National Occupational Standards to support your work. You can contact Nos@skillsforsecurity.org.uk with your experiences.
