Information, Advice & Guidance

How will the Information and Guidance NVQ help your business?

The Information, Advice & Guidance NVQ is for people employed in roles which require that they provide information, advice and guidance. It helps your employees develop into highly skilled, highly effective people.

Communication of effective information and guidance is essential in any business environment. Providing accurate and structured information is becoming a pre-requisite for business survival.

It will help your business by enabling your employees to:

Create, summarise and locate critical business information
Provide and maintain information materials for use in the service
Communicate confidently and contribute to discussions
Enable advise and guidance clients to access referral opportunities
Understand the importance of planning
Negotiate on behalf of advise and guidance clients
Understand the importance of teamwork
Liaise with other services

Who is the Information and Guidance NVQ suitable for?

This NVQ is aimed at individuals providing information and guidance who would like to develop their work-related skills, knowledge and understanding.

What will your staff learn?

Your employees will study a number of units, including:

Working within a business environment
Working effectively with other people
Maintaining customer relations
Organising and supporting meetings
Provide and maintain information materials
Communicate effectively with internal / external partners
Enable clients to explore their issues

Contact

If you are interested in this Train to Gain programme or would like any additional information, please contact one of our Workforce Advisors on 0161 654 4373.

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