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Enhance your workforce with GQA

Strengthen Your Workforce. Simplify Compliance. Build Skills That Last

GQA helps employers develop competent, confident, and compliant teams through nationally recognised qualifications, streamlined CSCS carding, and practical assessment of real workplace skills. Employers can access Bespoke Qualifications and Accredited Training, both formally assessed and providing evidence of competence, as well as Endorsed Programmes, which recognise existing training without assessment to strengthen consistency, productivity, and compliance. For apprenticeships, GQA delivers End-Point Assessment (EPA) as an independent service, working with employers and centres to assess apprentices’ knowledge, skills, and behaviours at the end of their programme.

Through our network of Approved Centres — and our unique One Stop Shop for qualification, testing, carding, and EPA — you gain a streamlined solution that reduces administration and ensures consistent quality. Whether you want to upskill your people, enhance your existing training with GQA recognition, or strengthen compliance processes, GQA provides the tools, flexibility, and expert support to help your business perform at its best.

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Building Skilled & Compliant Teams

Training, Certification And Compliance Made Clear

GQA is one of the UK’s most successful awarding bodies. We support employers across construction and a diverse range of 16 other industries to improve workforce standards.

Skill
Development

Train staff to recognised national standards.

Competence Verification

Verify workplace competence.

Streamlined Compliance

Simplify compliance and record-keeping.

WHY CHOOSE GQA

  • One-stop Workforce Solution: Qualifications, testing, and CSCS carding integrated through Approved Centres
  • National Credibility:Training backed by a trusted awarding organisation
  • Verified Competency: Skills Cards and assessments deliver trusted, recognised proof of workforce capability – giving you confidence in every hire and every role.
  • Quality Assurance: Every accredited course meets GQA’s rigorous verification standards
  • Real-Time Visibility: GQA Online provides instant access to employee records, qualifications, and certificates
  • Dedicated Support: Direct access to knowledgeable staff at GQA Head Office – ready to provide expert advice and personalised guidance
  • EQA Monitoring: Regular contact with a dedicated EQA to provide ongoing guidance help and support for your programme and to meet GQA’s quality assurance standards
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Work with a GQA Centre

Use GQA Centres to deliver employee qualifications, CSCS Health & Safety testing carding – all managed in one place.

Benefits:

  • Employees gain nationally recognised qualifications and CSCS cards trusted across industry.
  • Centres handle training, assessment, testing, and certification - saving you time and administrative effort.
  • All results, records, and certificates are securely stored in GQA Online, offering access for checking CSCS Cards (via Smart Check) and GQA Skills Cards.

Use GQA Centres to deliver employee qualifications, CSCS Health & Safety testing carding – all managed in one place.

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Become a GQA Approved Centre

Gain the ability to certify your own in-house training and demonstrate workforce competence under the GQA brand.

 

How it works:

  • Develop and deliver internal training programmes with GQA and provide jointly branded certificates and Skills cards.
  • Bespoke Qualifications, Accredited Training and Endorsed Programmes – all tailored to your training approach.
Bespoke Qualifications
  • Unregulated qualifications written and developed by the employer, before being accredited by GQA. They do not form part of the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) however, accreditation by GQA provides recognition of their suitability and quality.
  • Contain learning outcomes and assessment criteria, measured through relevant assessment methods and a structure (units, levels, rules of combination)
  • Candidates have the option to receive an Official GQA Skills Card and/or certificate
Accredited Training
  • Series of formal training activities carried out in-house by the employer endorsed by GQA with activities ranging from seminars to workshops, to online learning which have a method of assessment
  • Do not from part of the RQF but recognition by GQA ensures that any programme is fit-for-purpose and of a high quality.
  • Candidates have the option to receive an Official GQA Skills Card and/or certificate
Endorsed Programmes
  • The programme has been reviewed and benchmarked against GQA’s quality requirements
  • Is suitable for all types of personal development, with no formal assessment process in place
  • Candidates have the option to receive an Official GQA certificate

Benefits:

  • Add credibility to your training by aligning with one of the UK’s leading awarding organisations.
  • Recognise and evidence workplace competency with formal recognition.
  • Maintain consistent quality through GQA frameworks and external verification.
  • Keep all training records and CSCS/ Skills Cards accessible via GQA Online.
  • Retain control and flexibility over course design and delivery – content can be quickly updated to meet changing business needs
  • Protects Intellectual Property – all training programmes and contents remain owned by the employer
  • Consultancy support available at every step of the way, tailored to your specific needs

Best for: Employers who want to enhance the value of internal training, demonstrate
competency, and strengthen compliance with recognised national standards.

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Develop a Regulated Qualification

Work in partnership with GQA to create a new regulated qualification that appears on the RQF and is tailored to your sector or specialist area. This provides long-term value, recognition, and industry leadership.

All qualifications – whether regulated or not – should have clear learning outcomes, assessment criteria, and a structured approach. However, unless the programme is formally submitted to Ofqual for regulation, it is classed as unregulated, even if it closely resembles a qualification in its design and delivery.

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If you have an in-house training programme or are thinking of setting one up, GQA
can elevate your training – Get in touch with us today.

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