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QA are an Official Distributor of CIEH ‘e’ Learning Courses.
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)
Approved Assessment Centre Management, Professional Training & Development•on October 8th, 2011•No Comments
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’
Approved Assessment Centre Management, Professional Training & Development•on September 25th, 2011•No Comments
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
Approved Assessment Centre Management, Professional Training & Development•on June 17th, 2011•No Comments
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
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.
Devon & Somerset Fire and Rescue Service
QA are pleased to announce that Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service have signed a further three year contract for QA to provide BTEC ‘approved assessment centre’ services for the BTEC Level 3 Certiicate and Award in Compartment Fire Behaviour Training.
Apprenticeships
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.
Mark Heads for Heathrow
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.
ISO for QA’s ‘Approved Centre’
On 21st July 2010, the company management systems were certificated to ISO 9001:2008
The scope of the certificate specifically includes the management of our ‘approved assessment centre’ and the quality assurance of our work-based training systems.
After a lot of hard work by our team reviewing our processes and procedures, Moody International gave us the green light.
