Qualifications Explained
ASET Certificates
Certificates issued by ASET which do not follow under the City & Guilds 9841 scheme are assessed and issued by ASET Instructing staff, who draw on years of relevant work experience, varied trade qualifications and formal assessing qualifications (A1 or equivalent qualification).
City & Guilds 9841
ASET have devised a series of courses that meet the needs of the oil & gas industry but in order to ensure that they meet and maintain high quality delivery of their programmes they invited City & Guilds, the leading awarding organisation and recognised world wide for it's quality, to carry out an annual audit of their ASET designed short courses. This means that any employer in the oil & gas industry sending their employees through an ASET short course can be assured that the delivery, assessment and monitoring of the programme has met City & Guilds requirements. This means that a high quality training has a world class organisations seal of approval.
Global Maritime Distress Safety System (GMDSS)
Higher National Certificates (HNCs)
HNCs are at a higher level than National Qualifications. Subjects are studied in greater depth and Units are usually of approx. 40 hours duration – i.e. 1 credit.
An HNC award is gained on successful completion of 12 credits. The College offers a wide range of HNC courses on a full-time basis. To achieve an HNC takes from 18 weeks to one year of
full-time study. You can also study on a part-time basis (part-time day study, evening classes or a combination of the two).
Part-time students would normally take two to three years to achieve an HNC, although our Fast-Track courses may allow you to complete it in one year.
Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
Minimum Industry Safety Training (MIST)
National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH)
Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organization (OPITO)
Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF)
The SCQF is a way of comparing the wide range of Scottish qualifications. It covers achievements such as those from school, college, university, and many work-based qualifications. It does this by giving each qualification a level and a number of credit points. The level of a qualification shows how difficult the learning is. The credit points show how much learning is involved in achieving that qualification. Each credit point represents an average of 10 hours of learning.
Scottish Vocational Qualifications (SVQs)
SVQs were introduced to improve the skills of the nation's workforce.
Available for a wide range of occupations, SVQs are offered at levels 1 to 5. They provide an excellent route for those wishing to enhance career development.
SVQs are designed primarily for the workplace but can be studied at ASET (where simulated workplace environments have been established), or by a mix of College attendance and workplace training.
