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QA are an Official Distributor of CIEH ‘e’ Learning Courses.

admin — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:47:49 +0000

QA are pleased to announce our approval as an official distributor for CIEH ‘e’ learning courses. These first class quality products are ideal for the induction of new employees into the workplace and topics include: Health and Safety, Manual Handling, Food Safety, First Aid and Environmental Awareness.

City & Guilds Level 2 ‘Working in ‘Confined Spaces’ (QCF)

admin — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 20:22:38 +0000

City and Guilds have approved QA to deliver both ‘High’ Risk and ‘Medium’ Risk qualifications ‘Working in Confined Spaces’. This adds to, and compliments, our range of City and Guilds qualifications in the aviation sector.

This is a Level 2 short course qualification on the QCF that is being delivered through our growing partnership with Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service. The first few courses have already been rolled out and Balfour Beatty, one of the first clients to complete the programme have expressed how pleased they are with the course, the standard of delivery and the facilities. The course will be available for delivery in a clients workplace in the near future.

Contact the office for further details.

New Fire Safety Qualifications with ‘Xact’

admin — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:54:21 +0000

Xact Consultancy and Training Limited are recognised as one of the countries leading providers of training for professionals in Fire Protection and Fire Safety.

In partnership with QA Associates, delegates attending these courses may, on successful completion, achieve an accredited qualification such as the new Edexcel competency based qualifications or one of a range of BTECs.

Qualifications include:
Edexcel Level 3 Certificate in Fire Safety (Fire Auditors) (QCF)
Edexcel Level 4 Certificate in Fire Safety (Fire Auditors) (QCF)
Edexcel Level 4 Diploma in Fire Safety (Fire Inspectors) (QCF)
Fire Safety & Building Design – Level 5 BTEC Professional Certificate
Building Regulations And Technical Guidance – Level 5 BTEC Professional Award
Fire Safety And Building Design (Complex Buildings) – Level 5 BTEC Professional Award

QA provides BTEC services for Bond Solon

admin — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:27:02 +0000

Bond Solon is a leading legal training consultancy delivering a range of courses targeted specifically at non-lawyers who are involved in the legal system. Bond Solon provide knowledge and skills based training for those whose roles and responsibilities require them to operate within relevant legislation, regulations and standards.

From April 2011, QA Associates will undertake the assessment of student work on behalf on Bond Solon providing a transparent, independent and quality assured service from our ISO 9001 certificated approved centre.

QA will also manage the registration & certification of students taking ‘BTEC’ qualifications – The Professional Certificate in Investigative Practice and the Professional Award in Complaint Handling and Investigation.

Diploma in Aviation Operations on the Ground

admin — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:51:10 +0000

QA are on the road again delivering the new Diploma in Aviation Operations on the Ground from City and Guilds.

Mark Turner and Ron Drennan our Assessor and Verifier for this award, will be at Heathrow, Manchester, Kemble, Bristol, Liverpool and Teeside airports in the coming weeks assessing candidates for this new qualification.

If your company is interested in this award for your airport personnel, wether they are airside or behind the desks or dealing with baggage, please contact the office.

Mark Heads for Heathrow

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:46:57 +0000

Mark Turner, one of our Assessors in the Aviation Sector has started working with the Airfield Operations team at Heathrow Airport. This work should lead to qualifications in ‘Providing Aviation Operations on the Ground’ from City and Guilds.

The ‘Ops team’ should finish their qualification in February 2011.

Interested in your team getting qualified, then contact us on 01773748866.

More Qualified A1 Assesssors …

admin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:02:33 +0000

A number Firefighters at Gloucestershire and Blackpool Airports have just completed their A1 Assessor qualification. Their Assessors were Ron Drennan and Trevor Whitehead of QA Associates.

QA Associates are specialists in the evaluation & verification of training systems, the design & development of schemes of work & the management of work-based qualifications through our network of ‘Approved Assessment Satellite Centres’.

Why not become one yourself?

QA to deliver Aviation NVQ at Cambridge Airport.

admin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:54:12 +0000

Cambridge Airport Rescue & Fire Fighting Service is the latest employer to sign up for the NVQ ‘Providing Aviation Operations on the Ground’ qualification from City & Guilds.

Due to commence in December 2009, QA Associates will oversee the assessment of 9 personnel from the station.

Cambridge Airport follow Bristol International Airport, Manchester International Airport, Norwich International Airport and John Lennon Airport in Liverpool who have had their firefighters and Airside Operational Personnel complete the award.

Over one hundred personnel have a formal qualification in this arena through the ‘Train2Gain’ programme.

Partnership with West Notts College.

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:13:53 +0000

QA Associates have become a partner provider with West Nottinghamshire College to deliver a number of work-based qualifications throughout the United Kingdom.

West Nottinghamshire College achieved a clean sweep of top grades in the recent round of Ofsted inspections. This impressive result puts the college in an elite group of colleges nationally with only a handful of others achieving the same result.

The Ofsted report highlighted powerful partnerships and in particular, inspectors noted the excellent relationships developed to meet the needs of local and national employers.

This new partnership with the college will enable QA to offer free vocational training to eligible learners through the governments flag ship initiative for improving workforce skills – ‘Train to Gain’.

QA Showcase Electronic Portfolios.

admin — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:09:46 +0000

For the past six months, Jason, our media designer has been developing electronic portfolios. The aim of the project being to remove the need for all the paper that is found in a traditional NVQ portfolio and utilise electronic evidence from other systems found in the workplace. It also reduces bureaucracy as suggested by QCA.

After an extensive period of testing, the paperless portfolio, which is based on a memory stick, is now a resilient product and one that we feel will be well received. Many thanks to all the RFFS’s that have assisted in the development of the product.

Portfolios for V1, A1, L10 & L11 qualifications are now available.