Skills CFA
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| Founded | 1996 |
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| Headquarters | London |
| Website | www.skillscfa.org |
Skills CFA is both the standard setting organisation for business skills and the leading apprenticeship-issuing authority in the United Kingdom.[1] Skills CFA has one of the largest organisational footprints of any standards-setting body or Sector Skills Council representing approximately 11 million UK employees working in pan-sector occupations, and developed apprenticeship frameworks which were expected to be started by over 122,000 learners during 2010-11.[1]
Skills CFA is a registered charity established in 1996 originally under the name Council for Administration. The name was later changed to CfA Business Skills @ Work before its current title: Skills CFA. It is sometimes referred to by the short-hand acronym: CFA.
Standards & Qualifications
Skills CFA are responsible for overseeing the development of UK National Occupational Standards (NOS), National Vocational Qualifications (NVQ), and Scottish Vocational Qualifications (SVQ) for the following sectors:[2]
- Business & Administration
- Consultancy & Business Support
- Contact Centre
- Customer Service
- Enterprise
- Governance
- Human Resources & Recruitment
- Industrial Relations
- Languages & Intercultural Learning
- Management & Leadership
- Marketing
- Sales
NOS define exactly what it is, in terms of performance and understanding, that individuals are expected to achieve when carrying out specific functions in the workplace. They help develop the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) which provides the structure for creating and accrediting qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Apprenticeships
Skills CFA also develops UK apprenticeship frameworks and supplies research statistics for apprenticeship and workplace employment in the UK.[3][4] They develop and certify the most apprenticeships in the UK, and have the largest apprenticeship remit of any skills body with 27% of all qualified apprentices in England having completed one of their business apprenticeships.[1]
Higher Apprenticeships
Skills CFA has developed UK higher apprenticeship programmes (equivalent to the first year of a degree course).
- Higher Apprenticeship in Project Management created in conjunction with the Association for Project Management [5]
- Higher Apprenticeship in Human Resource Management in conjunction with the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development [6]
- Higher Apprenticeship in Recruitment in conjunction with the Recruitment & Employment Confederation [7]
References
- ^ a b c "House of Commons - Business, Innovation and Skills Committee: Written evidence submitted by CFA", House of Commons, London, 5 November 2012. Retrieved on 22 March 2013.
- ^ "Standards & Qualifications", Skills CFA. Retrieved on 21 March 2013.
- ^ "Get organised: How to get a job in admin", Daily Mirror, London, 20 December 2012. Retrieved on 19 March 2013.
- ^ "Job focus: Working in admin", Daily Mirror, London, 15 March 2013. Retrieved on 19 March 2013.
- ^ "APM launches Higher Apprenticeship in Project Management", Association for Project Management, London, 29 June 2012. Retrieved on 19 March 2013.
- ^ "CIPD and Skills CFA launch new Higher Apprenticeship in Human Resource Management to broaden access to careers in business", Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, London, 6 September 2012. Retrieved on 19 March 2013.
- ^ "REC joins forces with Skills CFA to develop first recruitment apprenticeship", The Recruitment and Employment Confederation, London, 17 September 2012. Retrieved on 19 March 2013.