National Occupational Standards (NOS)
Skills for Logistics, with industry, is responsible for developing and maintaining the National Occupational Standards (NOS) for our sector. NOS cover specific roles within the logistics industries and can be used across the UK. They focus on what a person needs to be able to do, as well as what they must know and understand to work effectively and can be used to support recruitment, for writing job descriptions, in assessing staff and for developing qualifications and training programmes.
The benefits of NOS:
NOS help individuals, organisations and training providers to improve performance. They are useful for carrying out a variety of activities, for example:
- Describing the minimum standard to which an individual is expected to work in a given occupation
- Providing a statement of competence which bring together the skills, knowledge and understanding necessary to do the work
- Providing a framework for training and development
- Improving recruitment by standardising the selection and interview process
- Helping to identify and fill skills gaps and shortages
Current NOS in development:
Thank you to those who have contributed to the NOS developments and consultations over the last 4 months. We have had a good response to the recent consultations and are now in the final stages of the process taking account of feedback and agreeing the final drafts. These will be submitted the National Occupational Standards database over the next month and should then be available for you to view and use via this database by February 2015. You can access National Occupational Standards free of charge here: http://nos.ukces.org.uk/Pages/index.aspx
- New – Operators Licence Compliance – consultation now closed and final NOS submitted to UK NOs panel
- New – Lean and Green – consultation now closed and final NOS submitted to UK NOs panel
- New – Good Distribution Practice – consultation now closed and draft NOS under review
- New – Bonded Warehousing – final NOS signed off by steering group and approved by the UK NOS panel.
- New – Courier – final NOS signed off by steering group and approved by the UK NOS panel
- New – Driving Assessor – consultation now closed and final NOS submitted to UK NOs panel
- Review – International Trade and Logistics Operations – consultation now closed and draft NOS under review
BONDED WAREHOUSING
The new NOS have now been signed off by the industry, have been approved by the UK NOS panel and are available on the NOS database . Thank you to all those who commented and were involved in the development.
DRIVER ASSESSOR
The consultation is now closed and the draft NOS have been reviewed. The final NOS have been approved by the industry and submitted to the UK NOS panel.
COURIER
The new NOS have now been signed off by the industry, have been approved by the UK NOS panel and are available on the NOS database . Thank you to all those who commented and were involved in the development.
GOOD DISTRIBUTION PRACTICE
The consultation is now closed and the draft NOS are being reviewed. Final NOS are due to be approved by the industry during December.
OPERATORS LICENCE COMPLIANCE
The consultation is now closed and the draft NOS have been reviewed. The final NOS have been approved by the industry and submitted to the UK NOS panel.
LEAN AND GREEN
The consultation is now closed and the draft NOS have been reviewed. The final NOS have been approved by the industry and submitted to the UK NOS panel.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND LOGISTICS OPERATIONS
The consultation is now closed and the draft NOS are being reviewed. Final NOS are due to be approved by the industry during December.
If you require further information on any of the above please contact [email protected].
