Invitation for Short Courses for the Process Industries

The Academy invites you to submit your short courses for endorsement – this process involves matching your delivery to employer needs, and where available to the requirements of the Cogent Gold Standard, followed by presentation to an employer panel for final approval.

The Gold Standard is a national framework for continuous professional development setting out the skills required for world class performance in key job roles in the process industries. It describes and maps the competencies required to do each job across four areas of competence:

• Technical Competence
• Functional & Behavioural
• Business Improvement
• Compliance

All endorsed courses will appear on our skills passport system, alerting a wide range of employers to their availability. Additionally, they will be listed in the next available edition of the Process newsletter, which has a current circulation of 8,000.
 
Benefits to providers include:

• A clear assessment of where your courses may deliver towards a particular Gold Standard
  
  
• Promotion of courses to a wide audience in chemicals, pharmaceuticals, polymers, composites and downstream oil and gas industries, indicating their potential contribution towards Gold Standard achievement
  
  
• Access to the Academy skills passport system, which can be used to record and monitor your learners
  

Approval costs are dependent on the size of the course (starting from £750), as are the skills passport costs (starting from £5 per learner). A discounted rate will be applied to multiple submissions and submissions from Academy Accredited Providers. 

If you wish to take advantage of this opportunity, please contact the Academy at providers@process.nsacademy.co.uk or call 01325 740 902 to discuss your ideas.

Endorsed courses will be monitored via the skills passport system, to ensure consistency in delivery to the required standard.

Invitation for Short Courses