Delivering improved business performance through a competent workforce

Skills Assurance is a comprehensive system to assess workforce capability against the independently verified industry Gold Standard.

Skills Assurance:

  • Benchmarks your workforce skills to the industry Gold Standard.
  • Identifies skills gaps and opportunities for performance improvement.
  • Provides employers with the confidence that any training undertaken is fit-for-purpose, via the Skills Academy's accredited provider network.

Skills Assurance is a process designed to measure and monitor the skills in your workplace, identifying skills gaps and opportunities for performance improvement. A member of the Academy Team will provide you with a customised plan and will connect you with Academy Accredited training providers to close any gaps. 

The Gold Standard

The Gold Standard is a competency framework for individuals. It is delivered through a suite of industry-designed generic job-roles. These range from Level 2 job roles through to professional positions. Each standard describes the competency requirements of the role and the corresponding qualifications and training standards that underpin the delivery of individual competence.

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For a no obligation chat with one of our Account Managers about how we can help with your organisation's competence journey, contact us on, 0845 607 0140 or email, enquiries@process.nsacademy.co.uk

Skills Assurance
When we looked at the direction in which we wanted to take our training, Gold Standard was ideally suited to our needs, as you would expect from a product designed by industry, for industry.

Tony Johnson, Huntsman. A Gold Standard company

    • The online skills management and training record system for the Process Industries

    The Skills Passport provides process industry employers and employees with a user-friendly, online record of their training and qualifications, creating a full skills profile of the workforce.

    • Employers can view their workforce current skills and plan a development path for new skills with clear targets mapped to Cogent Gold Standards
    • Skills Passport supports assessment of an individual's skills and identification of gaps against Gold Standard with signposting to Academy assured training
    • Employers can manage safety, health and environment compliance through a flexible training alert function
    • For the individual Skills Passport provides a means of demonstrating achievement of the skills needed for today's process industries

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    Frequently Asked Questions

    For a no obligation chat with a member of the team, contact us on 0845 607 0140 or email, enquiries@process.nsacademy.co.uk

    Skills Passport

    Workplace Health and Safety Qualifications

    The e-Learning platform, developed with Cogent SSC and NEBOSH, provides a simple, cost effective and engaging way to meet your organisations health and safety training requirements.

    It provides the underpinning knowledge to support the development of the competencies required to operate in key job roles across the high-risk process industries.

    The universal move towards e-Learning is clearly motivated by the many benefits it offers:

    • Improved efficiency and greatly reduced costs associated with training delivery
    • Increased opportunities with the ability to reach new markets
    • It will allow you to increase enrollment numbers without placing a burden on resources and facilities required for traditional classroom training
    • Consistent delivery of content
    • A comprehensive audit trail to remotely track and monitor learner progress
    • NEBOSH Award in Workplace Health and Safety (part Gold Standard)
    • Study time: Approximately 20 hours for units 1 and 2

    If you are interested in finding out more information please phone or email us to arrange a consultation with a Skills Academy professional, T: 0845 607 0140  
    E: enquiries@process.nsacademy.co.uk

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    • National recognition for all your in-house training and development

    ASET (Assessment System for Employer Training) has been designed for employers to enable them to gain important Skills Academy recognition for the content, quality and delivery of their in-house training. It provides a clear demonstration of workforce competence.

    The system benchmarks employer-delivered training against the competency requirements set out in the Cogent Gold Standard for all the key roles in the Process Sector. The assessments are carried out by fully qualified verifiers.

    ASET presents the opportunity for employers to have the training they have developed accredited and greatly expands the ways in which skills gaps can be addressed and learners can gain credit and recognition for their hard work and achievements.

    Cogent is rolling out its industry-endorsed Gold Standard competency framework for the process industries. If you would like to find out how your organisation can join the Gold Standard Roll of Honour visit the Cogent website.

    What does ASET offer employers?

    • ASET provides an easy access route for employers and employees into the life-long learning arena.
    • It supports an employer's journey to develop a world-class workforce through the Cogent Gold Standard.
    • It provides essential recognition for in-house training provision.
    • Funding opportunities can be accessed once an employer is recognised as a training provider.
    • It provides accreditation against National Occupational Standards (NOS), thus reducing duplication in training.

    For a no obligation chat with a member of the team, contact us on 0845 607 0140 or email, enquiries@process.nsacademy.co.uk

    ASET
    The ASET process has helped us in targeting specific areas for improvement in our training and development programmes. The added benefit of our employees gaining official recognition for training undertaken will enhance their own and the business reputation.

    Tony Johnson, Production Support Manager Huntsman

    • Having trouble choosing a training provider?

    We understand the skills landscape and we guide you through it to find the training you need. Where it is available, we can also identify funding for you to apply for, develop the required solution and help you maximise your training investment.

    Our matching service will identify the accredited training provider that best suits the needs of your company.

    What can the Skills Academy do for me?

    • We will help you to determine the type of training that you need.
    • We will identify the most suitable training providers to help you meet your company objectives.
    • We will identify suitable funding opportunities where available.

    The training providers in the Skills Academy's network have the expertise to support a wide range of process industry training requirements - helping employers to address skills gaps and improve the effectiveness of their workforce.

    For a no obligation chat with a member of the team, contact us on 0845 607 0140 or email, providers@process.nsacademy.co.uk

    Alternatively you can download a copy of the Business Referrals form and email a copy to providers@process.nsacademy.co.uk

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