City & Guilds and EAL work together to provide a new set of qualifications to build a better future in the built environment for you.
Visit our Find a Centre webpage to filter available qualifications and locate your nearest college or training provider delivering them.
Qualifications Wales conducted a review of qualifications in the construction and built environment sector and published their findings in the Building the Future: Sector Review of the Qualification System in Construction and the Built Environment report. They found that a number of changes should be made to the system to simplify the landscape of qualifications making progression routes clearer, and in this fast-developing sector that the qualifications are aligned to what employers are looking for so learners can be prepared for the world of work.
If you already hold a recognised construction competence qualification currently required for your role, and your Skills Card is valid, this will still be recognised and accepted to work on-site in Wales and across the UK.
Qualifications are available at Level 2 and 3, and WJEC have developed a GCSE, AS and A Level. These qualifications provide a number of ways to build your knowledge and skills to continue your learning, and work in the sector. There are routes suited for schools, colleges, employment as well as work-based learning.
Yes. Most of the qualifications offer a route to progress onto further study, while the apprenticeship qualification enables progression into a chosen trade in employment. The Level 2 progression qualification and Level 3 apprenticeship provide a range of pathways to choose from.
Yes. The new vocational qualifications are designed to prepare you for employment. The qualifications are based on nationally recognised occupational standards and because of this, upon completion, you will be qualified to work in Wales and across the UK. The Foundation and Progression qualifications give learners a broad knowledge, understanding and a firm grounding across the sector at Level 2, while the Level 3 Apprenticeship qualification is aligned to the relevant skills card accepted by industry.
Yes, all the new qualifications are available in English and through the medium of Welsh. Please ask your training provider, college or school about how they deliver the qualifications through the medium of Welsh.
City & Guilds and EAL have developed this Skills for Wales website as a single source of information for these qualifications.
You can also talk to your local college or training provider in Wales about them.