We are delighted to announce that our Managing Director, Candace Miller, has been co-opted as a non-executive director to the Federation of Awarding Bodies (FAB) Board, until the FAB Annual General Meeting in December. As a platinum partner and long-standing supporter of the Federation we have always valued our close working relationship.

This year, we are celebrating initiatives throughout Learning at Work Week with the ‘SFJ Awards Connecting People through Virtual Learning’ Impact Award. The award will recognise winners independently from the public and third/charity sector, as well as L&D programmes put forward by private sector employers.

"I would say the investigating and information gathering aspect is the most enjoyable and interesting when it leads to solving a problem for a Centre or identifying new opportunities to make continuous improvement to our services. "

Employers already have enough to consider when delivering and assessing Apprentices for the Business Fire Safety and Operational Firefighter Standards, often on top of many other training requirements. Apprenticeship leaders can now safely and securely procure sector-specific services from SFJ Awards, taking the hassle out of EPA, in the knowledge that our team will guide you through the robust EPA process, to succeed.

Ofqual has confirmed that awarding organisations (AOs) must introduce a Centre Assessment Standards Scrutiny (CASS) strategy by no later...

The role of an Independent Assessor is to assess an apprentice’s competence & knowledge against the industry-specific standards.  ...