Frequently Asked Questions

Construction Managers with Level 6 NVQ's can progress to apply for MCIOB status through the full CIOB Professional Review. Those with the Level 7 NVQ in Construction Senior Management are eligible to apply for MCIOB via the fast track CIOB Shortened Professional Review. Either way, Clifton Assessments & Training are a Professional Review Support Provider, accredited by CIOB to receive MCIOB applications; provide professional support, advice, and assessments. Applicants with existing suitable academic qualifications or relevant NVQ's achieved with other training providers can also apply for MCIOB through us, subject to meeting certain eligibility criteria. Please contact us for more information.

There are no pre-set timescales to gain your qualifications. We can help you through each step at your own pace. Some NVQ's can be achieved within a few days, others can be achieved in stages over a few weeks or months.  Realistically, timing greatly depends on where you are now with your career and assessment of best method of assessment that will suit you. Clifton Assessments do not make false or unrealistic claims with respect to timescales....it is greatly up to you and how you are prepared to commit to an assessment plan. We do not waste time, we will guide you to the fastest route based on our assessment of your realistic prospects of success. Contact us for a friendly initial discussion.

Clifton Assessments & Training are a full service training organisation, this means we will carry out an initial assessment to establish where you are with your career at the moment, and based on your personal circumstances advise on the fastest route to gain the qualification you are seeking. After the initial assessment  we will provide you with information, advice and guidance through to completion of your qualification. 

If this works for you, then yes. The learning and assessment package we provide will be bespoke to your needs ranging from completely online, through to face to face assessments on site or hybrid of both. In all cases we provide full support to enable you to gain your qualifications by the fastest route best matched to your needs

Your NVQ Assessor can make reasonable adjustments adapted your learning needs. You can discuss this with your NVQ Assessor at the point of Initial Contact. Your NVQ Assessor is a qualified professional skilled in putting together learning and assessment plans designed to enable you to meet your goals. All discussions are completely confidential.

Thats good! You are in the right place if you don't like exams. NVQ's are NOT exams. NVQ's are qualifications achieved through assessment of your competence against National Occupational Standards (NOS). Competence is the combination of your skills, knowledge, ability, training and experience. Assessments can be measured by observation (either live or by video), products of your work, witness testimony, professional discussion, working documents, personal reflective accounts, oral or written questions and answers guided around your working knowledge, and more.

No NVQ's are life long qualifications without an expiry date. However, to remain competent in any occupation we recommend you keep your knowledge and skills up to date through continuing professional development activities.

You are busy now, but what do you do if circumstances change? We hear stories from people who have worked hard for many years and through no fault of their own find themselves out of work, struggling to find another job because their experience alone is not enough to satisfy new employer requirements. NVQ's are designed to be completed by busy people in the workplace, assessed by experts that know how to get you qualified. 

You think!! NVQ's are a brilliant method of proving your competence. Academic qualifications are only one element of competence alongside skill, knowledge, ability, other training and experience. Laws and Regulations such as the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Construction Design & Management Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015) place an obligation on Employers (which includes Clients) to ensure all employees are competent (which includes Contractors, Sub-Contractors and the Self Employed). We would be happy to discuss how the right NVQ can be your evidence of competence to approved National Occupational Standards. 

Construction Employers registered with the CITB grant and levy scheme will be able to make claims subject to the scheme rules which can be found at citb.co.uk

Clifton Assessments & Training are a CITB Approved Training Organisation (ATO)