Training

IQ in tie up with Justice

by Mark Rowe

SFJ Awards, the specialist exam awarding body for the justice and community safety, police, prison, fire and armed services sectors, and the mutual exam awarding body Industry Qualifications (IQ), have made an agreement.

The two are to co-operate and establish collaborative working on issues across the justice and community safety and private security and safety sectors.

Each will become a co-ordinating quality hub) centre of the other, offering the awards of the other that are relevant to their own sectors and customers. The two will also co-operate on product development, technical and IT matters, and with international issues where appropriate.

Raymond Clarke, Chief Executive of IQ said “This is an exciting development which creates a seamless interface for qualifications across both the wider justice family, and areas involved in the management and mitigation of risk, such as fire safety. The agreement will allow each organisation to expand the range of products available to its centres and we expect to be able to work together on the development of qualifications and learning support products where there is a shared interest.”

And Adrian Jackson, Managing Director of SFJ Awards said: “Both SfJ Awards and IQ are committed to providing sector specific qualifications of the highest quality and the relationship is a comfortable fit. The agreement ensures that each organisation can harness its own specialist expertise for the benefit of the relationship and our customers.”

The two add that they have already begun to work on responding to a number of international opportunities, and have established the detailed mechanisms for the operation of hub arrangements. SfJ Awards will also adopt IQ Functional Skills within the coming months.

About IQ, SfJ

Industry Qualifications (IQ) as a mutual awarding organisation is owned by its members. SFJ Awards is part of the Skills for Justice Group. Visit industryqualifications.org.uk <http://industryqualifications.org.uk/>

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