Developing and delivering workforce / labour market information, intelligence and insight used to identify skills priorities and inform the development of appropriate policies.

Developing nation-specific occupational standards using expertise from specific industry sectors and identifying potential structures for NOS, including international benchmarking.

Using extensive experience in writing and developing world-class technical and vocational curriculum and qualifications directly linked to workplace standards. Enhancing staff capacity and capability in writing high quality curriculum and qualifications.

Developing quality assurance systems and procedures. Supporting the accreditation of training providers against nationally and/or internationally agreed standards to build and maintain quality provision, and add value to the training for employers and learners. Accreditation can be licensed to internationally recognised bodies or offered through national systems.

Supporting the establishment of networks of training providers to deliver quality training in line with employer need and the skills strategy. The provider network could be shaped to become part of a skills system enabling employers to access training provision simply and effectively.

Offering on-site or UK-based courses, developing and delivering masterclasses for existing and new technical and vocational trainers. Also, programmes to build capacity within the competence assessment system.

Offering an all-encompassing Awarding Organisation certification/ recognition capability. A single point of access as either an Awarding Body or through strategic relationships with a range of high profile and internationally recognised Awarding Organisations.

Enabling promotion of career options, including developing and implementing apprenticeship programmes and providing links between employers and students, tackling youth unemployment as a priority.