Training and Qualifications

Training and qualifications

It's not just the cadets that we like to see excel. We lead by example, and only by having fully trained, qualified and capable staff can we encourage confident, responsible cadets. We’ll supply all the training you require for the activities you assist with or lead, including health and safety, first aid and leadership courses which are essential to a safe environment in which the cadets can be physically challenged with adventurous training and competitive sports.

Plus, as a volunteer you could be gaining extra qualifications, which you can then use in other career areas. Here's a brief overview of what we offer, in association with the Cadet Vocational Qualification Organisation (CVQO):

The qualifications

City & Guilds Graduateship in Youth Management and Training (Level 6)
A vocational award, the Graduateship provides distinctive and formal
recognition of personal achievement and the application of professional and
technical expertise within the Cadet Forces. You must demonstrate, through
written work, a knowledge and competency equivalent to that which could be
expected of a graduate at Honours degree level, or someone who has gained a
vocational qualification or NVQ at Level 6.

City & Guilds Licentiateship in Youth Leadership and Training (Level 4)
Similar to the Graduateship, this award is suitable for those with a
supervisory/first line management skills level and is available to any
instructor who has completed a minimum of 5 years Adult Cadet Forces service.

ILM Introductory Certificate in First Line Management (Level 3)
The Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) Award in First Line Management
is a concise qualification which gives an introduction to the basic skills,
knowledge and understanding required by today's first line manager. The
mandatory unit 'Solving Problems and Making Decisions' is designed to develop
practical techniques for tackling managerial problems and making decisions from
gathering and interpreting information through to the effective communication
of outcomes.

Edexcel NVQ Verification Award (Level 4)

Edexcel NVQ Assessor Award (Level 3)
National Vocational Qualifications (NVQ’s) are an alternative route to gaining
a qualification that's based on a work role which assesses the skills and
knowledge required to deliver and train First Aid within a Cadet Force. The
Assessor and Verifier NVQs are currently only open to those who attend the
Adult Cadet Forces First Aid Trainers course or to those members of the courses
directing staff.