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Scottish Vocational Qualifications are essential for delivering effective care. We offer a comprehensive range of awards in Social Care and Healthcare, Management, Learning & Development, and Business & Administration. EM Training is an SQA-approved centre with a “high-confidence” performance rating.
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Whether you’re advancing in Social Services and Healthcare, Learning and Development, Management, or Business Administration, we offer a variety of learning pathways tailored to your needs.
You can choose from full SVQ qualifications, individual packages, or specific units for ongoing professional development.
Explore our extensive SVQ qualifications below and take the next step in your career journey by training with us.
Learning and Development SVQs are suitable for people working within training or learning development roles, with individuals or groups of learners. These awards require candidates to demonstrate competence in developing, planning, designing and delivery of training and learning programmes, and assessment and evaluation skills in learning and development contexts.
Level 4 is aimed at senior trainers, or training co-ordinators/managers who plan, deliver and evaluate programmes and/or have some management responsibility for others. Level 4 candidates would be expected to have responsibility for developing and implementing training programmes, and some management of trainers.
Entry is at the discretion of the assessment centre. As these are work-based qualifications, candidates must be working in a training role to ensure they are able to generate the required work-based evidence.
SQA Details: Learning and Development SVQs
Price: £1,925*
Learning and Development SVQ’s are suitable for people working within training or learning development roles, with individuals or groups of learners. These awards require candidates to demonstrate competence in developing, planning, designing and delivery of training and learning programmes, and assessment and evaluation skills in learning and development contexts.
Level 3 is suitable for trainers, facilitators, mentors, tutors, coaches, instructors or anyone with a training responsibility in addition to their main job. Level 3 candidates are expected to have responsibility for planning, delivering and evaluating training.
Entry is at the discretion of the assessment centre. As these are work-based qualifications, candidates must be working in a training role to ensure they are able to generate the required work-based evidence.
SQA Details: Learning and Development SVQs
Price: £1,795*
Assessor Award L&D9DI (For people working in an existing Assessment Centre and Can register own Candidates) All levels
Workers who take on the role of assessing competence of colleagues or team members. Must already hold an SVQ at or above the level which will be assessed by this candidate, and must be occupationally competent in the awards to be assessed.
Price: £3,800*
Learning & Development Qualifications
All levels
Must already hold an assessor's award and have 2 years experience of undertaking the role of assessor within the workplace.
Price: £1,445*
SVQ Learning And Development Level 3 at SCQF 7
SVQ Learning and Development Level 4 at SCQF 9
SVQ Assessor Award L&D9DI (including 2 Candidates)All levels
SVQ Verifier Award (L&D 11)
*funding may be available dependant on individual circumstances
All levels
Workers who have already achieved SVQ Health & Social Care Level 3, HNC in Social Care or HEC in Person-Centred Approaches. This PDA meets the SSSC minimum qualification requirements for registration as a supervisor in Social Care.
Price: £400
Professional Development Award
Professional Development Award (PDA) In Health & Social Care Supervision
At SCQF level 6, candidates have a broad range of activities with significant complexity, responsibility and autonomy, often in a supervisory or team-leading role. Mandatory units cover managing workload, communicating and planning, and improving one’s own performance in a business environment. There is again a wide range of optional units including: work responsibilities, document production and design, managing events, customer service, managing business resources, and managing information and data.
Price £1200
Level 5 involves a greater range of activities with some degree of complexity and limited autonomy. Mandatory units cover undertaking allocated work, and communicating and managing one’s own performance in a business environment. There is a wide range of optional units including: document production, supporting events, meetings and diaries, customer service, IT and various specialist administrative functions.
Price £1100
SCQF level 8 candidates will normally be managers with responsibility for staff and/or financial or other resources. Mandatory units involve managing and being accountable for own performance, and managing work and communication in a business environment. Optional units include business support services, project management, managing business resources, innovation and change, managing Information and data, customer service and communication.
Price £1500*
Business & Administration Qualifications
Business & Administration SCQF 5
Business & Administration SCQF 6
Business & Administration SCQF 8
*funding may be available dependant on individual circumstances
The SVQ Management Level 4 is assessed in the workplace. Examples of the settings or centre’s in which the SVQ is likely to be delivered include: Oil and Gas Industry, the NHS and Private organisations.
Price £2500*
The SVQ Management Level 3 is assessed in the workplace. Examples of the settings or centre’s in which the SVQ is likely to be delivered include the NHS, private healthcare providers and Oil & Gas Industry.
Price £1600*
Management Qualifications
SVQ Management Level 3
SVQ Management Level 4
*funding may be available dependant on individual circumstances
Suitable for candidates who have some experience and are able to work without direct supervision. This level is for candidates who have some autonomy and work unsupervised for some of their day to day activities. for example care at home or key workers roles.
SQA Details: SVQ 3 Health and Social Care (Adults) at SCQF level 7
Price £1,650*
Suitable for candidates who are involved in very practical hands-on care and or support tasks in their day-to-day work. This can be within a residential setting or supporting individuals in their own homes.
SQA Details: SVQ 2 Health and Social Care (Adults) at SCQF level 6
Price £1,350
Suitable for candidates who are working in posts with management and/or supervisory responsibilities. For example, supervisors, team leaders, and managers.
SQA Details: SVQ 4 Social Services and Healthcare at SCQF level 9
Price: £2,100*
Social Service & Healthcare Qualifications
SVQ Social Services and Healthcare (Adults) Level 3
SVQ Social Services and Healthcare (Adults) Level 2
SQA Details: SVQ 4 Health and Social Care (Adults) at SCQF level 9
*funding may be available dependant on individual circumstances