Employers
33-hours of short online units for adults (19+) and young people (16-18), leading to a Level 3 Award in Essential Work Skills.
The programme teaches knowledge, skills and behaviours valued by employers. Behaviours like enthusiasm, work ethic, humility and integrity are harder to teach, than skills that are specific to particular roles.
"Hire for attitude. Train for Skills."
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Herb Kelleher, Co-founder, Southwest Airlines
Relevant to employers
Our Essential Work Skills programme provides meaningful work-related learning, designed to help learners gain job-related skills and develop confidence, character and resilience. Essential Work Skills are frequently mentioned by employers in Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIPs), including:
The 'hard' version of soft skills
Our Essential Work Skills programme is based on a set of 'hard' criteria so employers can understand the value potential employees bring to the table. The Level 3 Award allows learners to demonstrate these attributes to potential employers:

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8 Portable Skills needed in every industry
Portable Skills
Learners identify their strongest Portable Skill from:
Video CVs

NCFE Certificates
Units available

Partners
T-Level Digital Production, Design and Development learners at South Essex College
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16-19 learners took National Talent Academy within their T Level Digital Production, Design and Development study programme.
Level 3 Award
This qualification has been accredited as a Customised Qualification and we have benchmarked the qualification’s learning outcomes and assessment criteria at Level 3 (using a national framework’s level descriptors) to allow you to demonstrate the difficulty and depth of study.
Customised Qualification
The Level 3 qualification has been developed to meet the specific needs of our learners and has been accredited by NCFE demonstrating the quality and rigor. NCFE is an awarding organisation recognised by the qualification regulators for England (Ofqual), Wales (Qualifications Wales) and Northern Ireland (CCEA Regulation). This is an unregulated qualification and is not a nationally recognised qualification.
Futureproof Careers Framework
National Talent Academy units are based on our Futureproof Careers Framework, which is designed to help learners thrive in environment of rapid change.
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