Cskills Awards and NICEIC form new strategic alliance

CITB-ConstructionSkills and the Ascertiva Group have announced their intention to form a strategic alliance between their certification divisions, Cskills Awards and NICEIC, two of the UK’s largest personnel awarding organisations.

The alliance will bring certification and support activities together to bring consistency of delivery to assessments in a number of schemes, including the Nationally Accredited Certification Scheme (ACS).
 
Emma McCarthy, Chief Executive Officer of Ascertiva Group said: “This alliance brings a great deal of stability and consistency to personnel certification by the introduction of standardisation, which will ultimately benefit all individuals that need to undergo training or assessment to demonstrate their competence.”
 
Colin Evans, Business Services Director for CITB-ConstructionSkills went on to say: “We are looking forward to working together, with input from our customers, to deliver a standardised assessment package which will offer solidity and reliability in an ever changing market.  This alliance will ensure that we have the best possible training and assessment products available to a wide range of occupations.”
 
The two organisations will deliver a standardised set of products. Approved training centres will continue to operate under the existing two brands and will continue to be served by their existing certification body personnel.

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