CMS Health Check


If you would like an independent health check of your competency management system, we can help.

We can audit your existing system or aspects of your existing systems.  Then we will provide you with a report on non-conformances and other quantified observations. 

And we do this in a way that lets you understand the priorities.  To help you get started, we leave you with our webinar above and a clear action plan to take forward below.

Making Improvements

We often meet people who know they need to make a change to their organisation’s competency management system but they are not sure where to start or what factors to consider.

If this sounds like your organisation, we can help you avoid the risk of over hauling your competency management system only to find that it still does not work well.

Our experience of helping many companies improve their competency management system, enables us to help you identify and address the issues that you might be facing with your CMS.

Please get in touch if you would like more information.

A Global Roll Out

If you have reached the stage that you need your competency management system to work across many locations globally, then we can help make that a smooth transition.

We can guide you through the pitfalls and help you have a clearer view of what is likely to work and what you need to avoid.

Please get in touch if you would like more information.

Going Online

You may reach a stage when you want to move your competency management system online.  This can help with communication, tracking progress, monitoring standards, and internal and external reporting.

We can help you make sure this is a successful transition.

Please get in touch if you would like to chat through your plans or want to find out more.

OPITO Accreditation

If you would like your competency management system to be accredited by OPITO, then we can help with the process. 

The first step is to understand whether your CMS already meets the OPITO requirements.  Then we can advise on what else you need to do.

Please get in touch if you would like more information.

SQA Centre of Excellence

If you have decided that you want to set-up a SQA Centre of Excellence SVQs, then we can help:

… from understanding the requirements of SQA;

implementing procedures to meet the quality assurance requirements;

agreeing roles and responsibilities;

 ….to training assessors and internal verifiers.

Please get in touch if you would like more information.

Reviewing Your Standards

We can help you review your existing standards and competence portfolios.

You might need this help if your standards have changed, you have competence portfolios but you still have too many incidents or you feel your competency management system is not improving levels of competence.

Please get in touch if you would like more information.

Tips for Success

You do not want to change any aspect of your competency management system, only to find that there is no real improvement.

Some of the areas we see organisation’s struggle include:

  • Not having a system for recording the competency framework.  So you can end up with a lack of clarity about who is competent, and difficulties managing quality and reporting on progress.
  • Providing assessor or internal verifier training that is not practical and leaves the assessors and internal verifiers unsure how to apply the training back in the work place.
  • Using competence portfolios that are too long, sometimes too short or not focused on the tasks.
  • Not linking the competency management system to the safety case or safety management system.

We are happy to discuss any of your concerns.   Please get in touch.

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