Business Referral Service
Let us help you find the right quality training provision or skills consultancy to meet your business needs
The business referral system is a web-based referral platform where employers’ specific training and skills consultancy needs are identified, and Accredited Providers and Associates are encouraged to respond with an outline proposal. The Skills Academy then helps the employer select the solution that best meets their needs.
The Skills Academy’s network of Accredited Providers and Associates has the expertise to support a wide range of process industry training and skills consultancy requirements.
“We're delighted that this matchmaking service is working so well for both employers and providers. It means employers can be sure they are getting the best and most cost-effective solution and our Accredited Training Providers are put directly in touch with them to meet those needs.
- Philip Jones, Chief Executive,
National Skills Academy Process Industries
How it works
The Academy will support you to identify your training needs and complete a Business Referral form with your requirements. The Business Referral can be completed during a visit from one of our Regional Managers, or downloaded and emailed direct to the Network Services team.
The referral is stripped of all identifying detail (company, town etc) and provided with a Unique Reference Number. Each referral is then posted on our Accredited Provider Forum, and a copy is emailed out to all our Accredited Providers and Associates.
Our Accredited Providers and Associates are encouraged to produce a proposal based on the information provided in the Business Referral form and submit this to the Academy.
The Academy will work with the employer to filter these and select the solution that best meets their needs based on e.g. the quality of the proposal, costs, availability of funding, and timescales for implementation. The employer may then choose to meet or negotiate with one or more providers before finally awarding the business.
To maintain the quality of the service we ask the employer to provide a summary of the training i.e. rate the provider based on the delivery of the training and to indicate why they awarded the business to the provider chosen.
