Why choose a Business & Administration S/NVQ?

Business & Administration skills are essential to many occupations. Employers recognise the importance of these skills and rate them as some of the most difficult to recruit for.

Vocational Qualifications are a great way of boosting skills and knowledge within the work place whilst creating a more competent and effective workforce. Of course, we think that everyone should take a Business & Administration NVQ/SVQ but you might think us biased. Here are 10 good reasons to take up a Vocational Qualification:

 

  • N/SVQs in Business & Administration attract amongst the highest number of candidates in the UK
  • N/SVQs develop employees into more motivated, better skilled and more flexible workers.
  • N/SVQs reduce the margin of administrative error resulting in fewer dissatisfied customers and clients.
  • N/SVQs provide a benchmark to evaluate business performance against national standards.
  • Provide a base for identifying organisational policies, procedures and systems as well as training analysis for employees, departments and entire organisations.
  • N/SVQs link with other quality initiatives such as IiP, EFQM and ISO.
  • N/SVQs support personnel departments in carrying out job analysis, designing job descriptions, recruiting new and training existing staff, designing appraisal and reward systems.
  • Improved administration practices result in significant cost savings, improved performance and increased productivity.
  • N/SVQs provide a structure to deliver quality training schemes for business and administration staff and other employees who need administration skills as part of their job for example; managers, sales, marketing and financial personnel.
  • N/SVQs create a common level of expectation across all employers.

 


What are Vocational Qualifications?

Vocational Qualifications are occupation based qualifications which are developed using the National Occupational Standards (NOS).

What level are you at?

The Business & Administration National Occupational Standards detail five levels of skills, knowledge and understanding. What level are you at?

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