HC Deb 15 May 1995 vol 260 cc2-3W
Mr. Barron

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many, and what proportion of, vacancies advertised by his Department, and by each of his Department's agencies, in the last three years have listed the attainment of NVQs as an acceptable entry requirement; and, of those, how many have required (i) level 1 NVQs, (ii) level 2 NVQs, (iii) level 3 NVQs and (iv) other level NVQs. [22982]

Mr. Norris

The Department of Transport and its agencies accept NVQ qualifications at the following recruitment levels:

  • Administrative Assistant: Level 1 in Business Administration.
  • Administrative Officer: Level 2 in Business Administration.
  • Personal Secretary: Level 2 in Business Administration.
  • Executive Officer: Level 3 in Business Management and Levels 4 and 5 in Management.

A wide range of academic and vocational qualifications are accepted as meeting initial entry requirements. NVQs are not normally specifically listed in recruitment advertising but reference is made to acceptable alternative qualifications. In five campaigns in the past three years for eight personal secretary posts, NVQs were specifically mentioned as a suitable qualification.