Use Standards in Education and Careers Advice
Standards are an extremely useful tool for educators, careers advisors and vital to anyone designing qualifications.
Standards are written with industry so that you can be confident that the material you are using is relevant, up-to-date and balanced.
Have a look through the articles below to find out more about how you can use Standards.
What are standards?
National Occupational Standards (NOS) describe what a person needs to do, know and understand in their job to carry out their role in a consistent and competent way.
Read MoreWhy use Standards?
If you are a training provider or advisor Standards can help you flesh out your knowledge base.
Read MoreUsing Standards in education and training
Standards are outcome based - in other words they look at what needs to be done, they are not prescriptive in telling you how to do it. Find out how you can use them.
Read MoreHow careers advisors can use Standards
If you are a careers advisor find out how you can use Skillset's Standards.
Read MoreWhere do I start? With cross sector Standards
Cross sector Standards focus on generic areas such as administration, management and leadership, IT and business skills.
Read MoreCreative Skillset's National Occupational Standards
Use Creative Skillset's Standards to assess your skills and compare your performance to that expected by the jobs market.
Read MoreStandards Case Studies
You can find out here what other people are currently using the Standards for in their own words.
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