How can employers use National Occupational Standards?

Employers can use National Occupational Standards to help with business planning, staff selection and recruitment, staff appraisals, training development, and benchmarking.

For example, the National Trust used the National Occupational Standards in Cultural Heritage to develop a ‘skills passport’ for their staff. This help their teams rank their skills against their competitors and highlight where they need further training.

You can use National Occupational Standards to:

• Develop job descriptions identifying the key skills for a particular job
• Help retain staff (individuals recruited with the appropriate skills are more likely to stay with an organisation)
• Evaluate and monitor staff performance
• Identify skills needs for your staff
• Develop training and recruitment plans
• Inform the content of in-house training
• Evaluate the benefits of external training courses
• Develop benchmarking exercises (both internally and against similar organisations)

Download our guide to using National Occupational Standards (NOS) here.

Download our National Occupational Standards here.

Tell us how you use National Occupational Standards in your business

If you are using any of our National Occupational Standards in a way that helps you as an employer we would love to hear from you. Please download our short case study form and email your completed version to qualifications@ccskills.org.uk.