Construction
as a sector touches all aspects of society from private and social housing,
commercial and industrial buildings, road building as well as public buildings
such as schools and hospitals. The sector is one of the most important areas
affecting the national economy and is made up of “traditional” occupations such
as plastering, bricklaying and joinery but is also at the fore front of new
exciting cutting edge technologies which support the green agenda and GQA are
excited to add construction related qualifications to our already extensive
glass and glazing portfolio.
GQA’s existing centres have been requesting that we offer construction
related qualifications for some time, so that they can continue to benefit from
the same level of advice, support and guidance from GQA across a wider range of
qualifications. So with this in mind GQA Construction related qualifications
were approved from the 1st of
October 2012 and cover occupations such as Painting and Decorating, Steel
fixing, Civil Engineering-Construction Operations, Plastering, Wood and Trowel
occupations and Site Supervision.
Gaining a GQA qualification can lead to an industry competence cards
such as the CSCS card and the GQA Q-Card -the
holder of a Q Card can clearly prove that they have skills and competence to
carry out their job to a nationally recognised standard.
