Standards

Find professional standards and national occupational standards for your sector by using the navigation panel on the left here.

Professional standards

Lifelong learning UK developed new overarching professional standards for teachers, tutors and trainers in 2007. These can be accessed by clicking on this link.

National Occupational Standards

National Occupational Standards (NOS) describe what a person needs to do, know and understand in their job, in order to carry out their role in a consistent and competent way. In essence, they inform 'best practice' by bringing together skills, knowledge and values. Lifelong Learning UK has worked in consultation with a wide range of employers, partner organisations and stakeholders to develop National Occupational Standards. This ensures they are relevant and fit for purpose.

Our aim is that the standards are versatile and support employers in a range of ways, including:

. Performance management (e.g. appraisals)
. Identifying training needs
. Aid in structuring learning programmes (formal and informal)
. Recruitment and selection (e.g. job descriptions)
. Assessing achievement
. Formal recognition of competence (e.g. Continuing Professional Development)
. Careers guidance and counselling.

A wide range of individuals and organisations will find the standards a useful tool for a variety of activities. A good starting point is to look at the titles of the individual standards and then decide which ones will be relevant to meet your needs.

You can find all the National Occupational Standards (NOS) that LLUK has produced on the UK's online national standards directory and by navigating using the panel on the left.