Standards and Qualifications: Tackling skills gaps in the motor industry

National Occupational Standards (NOS)

The Institute of the Motor Industry is responsible for setting the National Occupational Standards for all sectors of the automotive industry. National Occupational Standards have been developed to cover:

• The technical areas of the industry
• Parts operations
• Sales operations
• Management, in the form of the Automotive Retail Management Standards (ARMs).

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Vocational Qualifications Reform

In driving growth for the economy, you need employees with the right skills, in the right place, at the right time. In order to achieve this, work-related qualifications have been reformed to better meet the needs of employers, employees and people entering work.

Qualifications are now based on what employers need and what learners can easily access whilst including the best parts of existing vocational qualifications. Fundamentally, they bring choice, clarity and confidence to vocational qualifications.

Choice, clarity and confidence for employers »