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Help shape the national standards for Sewerage & Drainage Maintenance

Energy & Utility Skills invites employers, training providers and professional bodies to review the revised Sewerage & Drainage Maintenance National Occupational Standards (NOS).

NOS describe what an individual needs to do and needs to know to perform a work activity, including the skills, knowledge and understanding required. They can be applied across the UK and are used in the development of in-house training programmes, plus they are a key component for qualifications and apprenticeship frameworks.

With support and input from industry stakeholders, the Sewerage & Drainage Maintenance NOS suite has been updated to ensure they reflect current working practices within the industry.

Get Involved

Following a series of industry workshops and drafting of the revised suite, we’re asking industry stakeholders from across the UK to review and comment on the NOS to ensure they reflect industry best practice. To access the online consultation and provide your feedback, please click on the below link:

Scottish Qualification Review

Alongside the consultation on the draft NOS, and using the draft NOS as building blocks, we are progressing with the review of the Sewerage Maintenance and Drainage Operations Scottish Qualification. An industry workshop is being arranged for Scottish stakeholders, and if you’d like to be involved, please email standardsreview@euskills.co.uk .

If you have any questions or would like more information about our programme of NOS, Qualification and Apprenticeship Framework review, please contact us at standardsreview@euskills.co.uk .

Our Standards and Qualification Review Privacy Notice sets out how Energy & Utility Skills uses and protects any information you give us as part of the Consultation.

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