Press Release
The National Skills Academy for Nuclear is celebrating the launch of its first online training course, the Award for Nuclear Industry Awareness.
Highlighting the importance of the course for industry, Skills Academy member organisation, the National Nuclear Laboratory has offered to fund up to 20 e-Learning places. The free places are available to people who are looking to move to the nuclear industry from another sector. Anyone wishing to apply for a free place should download a copy of the application pack from the Skills Academy website.
The Award for Nuclear Industry Awareness has been designed with industry involvement to provide people who are embarking on a career in the nuclear sector including, apprentices, graduates, people transferring to the nuclear sector and non nuclear personnel, with a foundation level of understanding of the industry and its specific requirements. The Award will also be of benefit to those in the industry who wish to have a broader awareness and wish to gain recognition of their knowledge of the Nuclear Sector.
As a level 2 qualification, the study time for the Award is around 70 hours. Final assessment is via a 2 hour examination at one of the Skills Academy selected exam centres approved by the Awarding Body PAA\VQ-SET. The exam centres are based throughout the UK and upon enrolment candidates will have a choice of examination venue and date.
The Award for Nuclear Industry Awareness will also be available as a classroom based course via the Skills Academy’s Quality Assured Training Providers from 2010.
Jean Llewellyn, Chief Executive of the National Skills Academy for Nuclear
“It is essential that new entrants to the nuclear sector have a good level of awareness of the industry. The nuclear environment and safety culture is quite unique, and this Award is designed to provide all new entrants with a high level of awareness of these requirements, and ease their induction to the nuclear sector.
Due to the ageing workforce, new entrants need to be attracted to the sector with urgency. With the Government’s commitment to effective decommissioning, defence and now continuing the future of nuclear power generation, the nuclear sector is once again an exciting employment option, with many long term career prospects.
The e-Learning option provides people with the opportunity to study at their own pace and at times which suits their lifestyle, enabling people from outside of the industry to study alongside their current employment or family commitments, providing them with the knowledge that they need to aid in their chosen career choice with the nuclear sector.”
Mike Lawrence, Managing Director, National Nuclear Laboratory said:
“One of NNL’s overarching strategic objectives is to help maintain and improve the UK nuclear skills base. Working in close partnership with the National Skills Academy for Nuclear is clearly an effective way to do this. Their innovative approach to learning is driving forward the process of ensuring the nuclear industry can bring in new people and continue to grow. And that growth is essential in order to help meet the UK Government’s commitment to nuclear power.
“NNL is proud to be able to offer these free places on this prestigious new qualification and hope that it helps successful applicants set out on a great career in the nuclear industry.”
Joanna Woolf, Chief Executive Cogent Sector Skills Council;
“This new qualification has been developed by a dynamic collaboration between Cogent SSC the industry’s standard setting body, the Skills Academy and employers. This latest e-learning innovation from the Skills Academy means that people entering the Sector can gain a complete overview of the UK nuclear industry, it’s an excellent induction tool.”
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