How will a Construction NVQ help your business?

OSAT helps experienced workers get the qualifications to prove they can do the job. It turns their existing skills and knowledge into a nationally recognised qualification such as an NVQ or SVQ.

Having these qualifications also helps qualify them for a construction skills certification scheme card (CSCS). The whole process is carried out whilst your workforce is on site so they don't have to take time off to go to college.

What are the benefits to my company?

Companies, their staff and individuals are already seeing the benefits of OSAT in their workplace. These include:

  • Helping your workers achieve vital skills so they achieve CSCS cards quickly and easily
  • Taking account of existing skills so workers only train towards the things they don't know how to do
  • No downtime because it's carried out on site
  • Being easier for employees for whom reading or writing is difficult
  • Achieving qualifications to show to potential customers
  • More qualified and competent employees, who do the job better, complete work faster, have fewer accidents, and waste less time correcting mistakes

'OSAT confirms quality and competence in the workplace. It also creates greater awareness of health and safety issues. Ultimately the OSAT scheme generates a higher quality and more employable workforce.' Jon Mortimore, Mortimore Construction, The Wirral.

The range of NVQs on offer is vast. They range from engineering to building services, plastering to site supervision.