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In Construction? You can make sure that your workforce is trained correctly

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It was revealed yesterday that numerous test centres have been caught rigging health and safety exams, enabling workers lacking English to obtain qualifications needed for a CSCS card.

cscs card assessor trainingIf you work in the Construction industry, you will be well aware of CSCS cards. Especially now that they are mandatory for anybody working on a construction site. If you are experienced within the construction industry, then you could do your bit to ensure that every worker on site receives quality training. Whether you are involved with the vocational training of employees so that they can get their gold CSCS card or taking them through their level 1 health and safety training, you should hold the relevant assessor qualification. 

As of the 1st of July last year, the old Green CSCS cards are no longer being issued. It was said that it was too easy to get a green CSCS card, which resulted in incompetent construction site operatives working in a dangerous role without holding the relevant qualifications. Which probably explains the rapid increase in CSCS fraud over the recent years as well; there were 96 reports in 2012, some 264 in 2013 – and 311 last year. However we have had a huge increase in Construction site workers train to become in-house NVQ assessors with us over the last year. It’s clear that there are more and more companies that are now looking to tighten up on the training that their workforce receives. And what better way to do that, than to train up experienced members of staff to become in-house assessors? 

The benefits of training up in-house assessors are two-fold for construction companies; not only can they clamp down on the training being delivered to their employees and ensure that they have a highly qualified workforce, but they can also cut down on training costs, as they won’t need to pay external training providers to come in and deliver the training. 

We have trained in-house assessors for over 10 different construction companies already this year. If you would like to find out more about what in-house NVQ assessors could do for your company, or if you yourself are looking at doing the course to assess construction workers on-site, then please get in touch. 

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Why should your company have in-house assessors?

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Save Money | Quality Relevant Training | More Productive Workforce 

 

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If this is the first time you have heard about in-house assessors then it may be worth giving us a call so that we can talk you through what the role of an in-house assessor is and how your company would benefit from having your own. You can either call us on 01205 805 155 or request a callback and we will get in touch with you within 1 working day. 

There has never been a better time to start training up members of your staff to become in-house assessors either! As you can see from the special offer, for October we are offering discounted prices for our in-house assessor training packages. We could even deliver our unique, bespoke courses at your centre. Find out more about our tailored in-house assessor courses on our In-house Assessor Training Information page. 

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Carry on growing your business with in-house assessors

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If your company has carried on growing since the last time you trained up members of staff to become in-house assessors, then there has never been a better time to train up some more. 

 

special offer in house assessor training.fwAre you one of the 97%? If so, then you will already understand the benefits that in-house assessors can bring to a company. So we aren’t going to write an entire page selling the benefits of in-house assessor training to you. Instead, we want to help you to carry on growing your business by providing you with a quality, bespoke training course that will qualify more members of your team to deliver relevant in-house training. 

Whilst you should be able to find all the information you need for our in-house assessor courses on our assessor training website, we would love to have a chat with you to discuss how we can help you to grow your business. You don’t even need to call us, you can just request a callback and we will call you within 1 working day. Alternatively, you can speak to someone straight away by calling: 01205 805 155. 

If you were to take advantage of our October Special Offer for our in-house assessor training courses then you could even get your employees trained as in-house NVQ assessors ready for the new year! Even better still, if you have over 10 employees which you are looking to train up to become in-house assessors, then we can run a dedicated course just for your company. Find out more about our bespoke in-house assessor courses on our In-house Assessor Training Information page. 

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Presumably, if you just want to see what our exclusive special offer is for our in-house assessor courses, then you are probably already aware of the benefits that businesses can gain from having in-house assessors. So, let’s cut to the chase and talk numbers…

First of all, phone numbers. If you just want to have a chat to find out what we can offer your business, then please call us on 01205 805 155, or get us to give you a call by requesting a callback.

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We can assure you, that you won’t find another NVQ assessor training provider who will be able to tailor an entire assessor course to your company’s needs. If you would like to find out more about what our courses involve or what sets them apart from other in-house assessor training courses, then you can either contact us or have a read of our ‘In-House Assessor Training‘ information page. 

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1 Year, 34 Posts and over 300 trainee assessors!

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Assessor Training Posts

It’s been just over a year since we set up our own dedicated assessor training website. Well, 1 year, 2 weeks and 6 days to be precise! To mark the beginning of a new academic year, we thought we would reflect on a whole year’s worth of articles in one post. For anyone who is currently training to become an assessor, or looking at beginning their training to become an assessor, you may find that a few of our posts could be worth a read.

Whether you would like to make sure that you are choosing the right assessor qualification, find out what all the confusing acronyms are about in assessor job vacancies or if you are just curious about what a career as an NVQ assessor might entail, we have a post that was published with you in mind. 

We have cherry picked some of the most interesting (in our minds) and most useful posts from the 14/15 academic year. Happy reading!

 

Free PTLLS16/10/2014

The New PTLLS Qualification for FREE!

At this point, it was only a month ago since the old PTLLS award had been completely taken over by the Level 3 Award in Education and Training. We have been offering the level 3 tutor training qualification for free as part of our assessor courses ever since. 

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Assessor Training Technology11/11/2014

What is TEA and why is it important to me?

Yes, cups of tea are very important in a working day. But, that wasn’t the tea we were referring to here. Technology Enhanced Assessment (TEA) is extremely important within the modern day role of an NVQ assessor. Which is why we thought it would be very handy for our current and perspective trainee assessors to be aware of what it is, so that they could be ahead of the game. 

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linked newly qualified assessors04/12/2014

The importance of LinkedIn to newly trained Assessors

If you know what LinkedIn is already, then you will probably already know why it is so important that all newly trained NVQ assessors get themselves on there. If you don’t know what LinkedIn is, then it’s a good job we did this post for you to find out what it is and get yourself on there.

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matrix accreditation11/12/2014

Matrix Accreditation

Early December last year we were accredited with the Matrix standard. For anyone who is new to the world of teaching and training, Matrix accreditation will probably be completely alien to you. Find out why it’s reassuring to know that Brooks and Kirk have received Matrix accreditation. 

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03/03/2015

Inexperienced Assessors Gaining Experience

“How am I supposed to gain experience in assessing, when so many assessor vacancies are asking for ‘experienced’ assessors?” We have been asked this question on many occasions, so we thought we would make anyone new to the sector aware of what shadowing an assessor involves.

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CertSelfie16/04/2015

‘Cert-Selfies’

Mid-April saw us introduce the CertSelfie. We are still asking every learner to send in their CertSelfie once they have finished their training. If you have trained with us and not sent us in a selfie of you with your certificate, find out what you are missing out on!

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09/06/2015

Make sure you choose the right assessor qualification

Very few people are aware of the name of the most current assessor qualifications. Even fewer are aware of which one it is that they need in order to become a fully qualified NVQ assessor. Because of this, we thought we would do this post to make sure that everyone is aware of which course it is that they need to do.

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24+ advanced learning loan25/06/2015

Tell me more about the 24+ Loan…

There were very few people that had heard about the 24+ Advanced Learning Loan before they called us up or stumbled across it on our website. We thought maybe a quick question and answer post would help to give people interested in funding their assessor training a better idea of exactly what the loan involves.

UPDATE: Please note, we no longer offer the 24+ loan; but please see our Funding Options page to find out about our other payment methods.

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09/07/2015

In-house assessing for your organisation

What have Dental nurse practices, Care homes, Construction companies and even Restaurants all got in common? They all use in-house assessors! If in-house assessing is new to you, we wrote this post with you in mind. 

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Making Sense of NVQ Assessor Job Vacancies

If you have only just started looking at becoming an assessor then you wouldn’t be the first person to find it incredibly difficult to work out exactly what it is that you need in order to become a fully qualified assessor. That is why we thought we would clear any confusion by explaining it in black and white.

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And that bring us to where we are today! Whilst we like to think that we have probably answered any questions that you may have had in one of our posts over the last year, it will probably be quicker to just give us a call and have a chat with a member of our team. 

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The Apprenticeship Levy vs The Skills Shortage

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A couple of weeks back, as part of the Summer Budget, George Osborne announced that there will be a levy on large businesses to help fund apprenticeship growth. Speaking on apprenticeship growth, Skills Minister Nick Boles said, it was hoped that “by developing the skills of young people, businesses can boost their productivity, employees can harness their talent and we can reach our potential as world beaters.” 

Move forward one week, and the findings from the annual CBI/ Pearson Education and Skills survey is released. This survey included 310 firms employing a total of 1.2 million people in the UK. The survey showed that more than two-thirds of businesses are expected to need more high-skilled staff. However, more than half of these feared that they would not be able to find enough staff with the required skills.

Surely the introduction of the apprenticeship levy will help to reduce the skills gap though?

But will it? Although there is the argument that this survey would have been conducted before any mention of the apprenticeship levy, business leaders are already voicing their concerns on the apprenticeship levy’s effectiveness with regards to reducing the skills gap. 

The Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI) deputy director general, Katja Hall said;

“The government has set out its stall to create a high-skilled economy, but firms are facing a skills emergency now, threatening to starve economic growth.”

Ms Hall went on to say that, “the new levy announced in the Budget may guarantee funding for more apprenticeships, but it’s unlikely to equate to higher quality or deliver the skills that industry needs. Levies on training already exist in the construction sector where two-thirds of employers are already reporting skills shortages”

According the CBI’s deputy director general, 74% of engineering, science and hi-tech firms, 73% of construction firms and 69% of manufacturing firms need more highly skilled workers. Because vocational training is at the heart of most of these sectors, it does seem logical that working on apprenticeship growth is the best way forward for reducing the skills gap in these industries. However, maybe the apprenticeship levy needs to be implemented in conjunction with other changes in order for it to really make a significant impact on the skills shortage. 

We recently did a post on the benefits businesses can gain from having in-house assessors. Businesses use in-house assessors so that they can deliver vocational training internally. Having members of staff that are qualified to carry out in-house assessments can not only be a cost-effective way to up-skill the workforce, but it also means that the training that is being delivered will be more tailored to that organisation. 

Which begs the question, does it not seem to make sense for more employers to train up in-house assessors in their businesses? This way, the funding that employers receive from the apprenticeship levy can be used to take on apprentices that are going to receive more tailored training. If the highly skilled members of staff within an organisation are qualified to assist with the training of new apprentices, then they will be able to pass on the skills and knowledge they have gained from their experience. 

Do you think an increase in in-house assessors would help to maximise the effectiveness of the apprenticeship levy and potentially, in the long term result in resolving the ‘skills emergency’ to an extent?