We are seeking employers wishing to take on apprentices in the Aviation and Fire Sectors in 2010/2011 to work in partnership with QA Associates managing the scheme.
The apprentice must be under 26 when starting the program.
In the case of the Aviation sector, the apprentice will be working in the field of Ramp Services, Airside Operations, or Handling Air Passengers. The apprenticeship will be completed in twelve months.
The Fire Sector includes firefighters in the Local Authority Fire & Rescue Service, the Airport Rescue and Firefighting Service and Industrial Fire Services. Apprentices in the RDS service will also be considered for support. The apprenticeship will be completed in twenty four months.
Please contact the office on 01773 748866 for further details.
After assisting London Fire Brigade in the qualification of a number of watch-based Assessors to A1 standard, QA Associates have been asked to help the brigade with a further pilot project.
The project will establish if firefighters who have completed their Fire-fighter Development Program are eligible for a National Vocation Qualification by using independent verification without the need for separate evidence.
QA Associates have become one of the first Centres to be approved by City & Guilds to deliver the new NVQ Level 2 qualification Co-ordinating Aviation Operations on the Ground.
Although the qualification has four different pathways, QA will initially be focusing upon only three:
• Providing Safe Airside Operations at Airports
• Providing Airside Ramp Services
• Supporting Aircraft Operations
This qualification will compliment our existing vocational standards work with Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting Services, and is aimed at demonstrating the competence of personnel at airports who are involved in Safety Operations, Ground Handling Services and turnaround of aircraft.
Delivery of the award will be available from April 2008. Operations Managers & Ground Handling Service Managers should contact Director Dennis Fretwell for further details on 01773 748866.
The Fire Service College in collaboration with FPM Training, a specialist provider and a partner of the ‘National Youth Agency’, have jointly developed a program that enables the staff of FRSs to meet the challenges faced when working with Children and Young People.
Entitled ‘Safe & Effective Working with Young People’, the aim of the program is to ensure that staff are effective and professional in order to meet the needs of child protection legislation and good practice. The first part of the program is an e-learning package followed by a two day residential course, either at the FSC or on outreach.
Completion of the program enables the Fire Service to start to implement the Government initiative ‘Every Child Matters’. The first courses commenced in January and will be available as a BTEC through the QA Associates ‘approved BTEC centre’.
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health has also approved QA Associates to deliver the ‘Professional Trainer Certificate’ This three day course is ideal for anyone who needs to either understand the basics of training practice, or wants to refine their training techniques. Those who have never delivered training before will find it an ideal basis for their future training activities.
This latest qualification from CIEH expands our range to six courses in health & safety. For further information, please contact Dennis Fretwell.
QA Associates continue to expand its range of services in the Fire, Health & Safety and Learning & Development Sectors with new qualification approvals:
We are extremely pleased to announce the approval of new BTECs from Edexcel:
• BTEC ‘Advanced Award in Facilitation of a Critical Incident Simulation’
The qualification will be delivered exclusively in partnership with Command Dynamics Limited is a Level 3, 40 hour qualification and is appropriate for personnel in corporations, organisations and the emergency services who may have a training role in developing operational managers meet the requirements of being able to deal with an actual or potential risk critical emergency.
The simulator and simulations incorporate the frameworks for ‘Incident Command Systems’ (ICS) and Incident Management Systems (IMS). For further information contact Gordon Gilmour on 01652 648062 or 07951 777289.
• BTEC ‘Advanced Award in Enforcing Fire Safety Legislation’
This qualification will be delivered exclusively in partnership with David Stotesbury and is a Level 3, 30 hour qualification and is aimed at developing the needs of Fire Safety Inspectors who are, or are to be, appointed to carry out the inspections and enforcement functions of Fire and Rescue Services.
QA Associates are currently writing new BTECs for fire safety courses at the Fire Service College. Delivered a Levels 2, 3 & 4, these new qualifications will be available from April 2007.
For further information contact our office on 01773 748866 or The Fire Service College.
