Posted By Ian_Phillips
Hi all,

Does anyone know the requirements for teaching the NEBOSH certificate. Do you need special qualifications to teach it at a: college / nightschool or b: commercially?

Is anyone aware of a college etc. that requires such a lecturer?

Regards,
Ian

Posted By Bob Youel

it also depends on 'who you know' as many such teachers; I am sure; do not have training etc certificates - unless things have changed very dramaticially in the last few years -remembering that it was very hard a few years ago to get trained teachers etc re the subject as there were very few around

The more certs you get the better able you are to sell yourself irrespective of 'who you know'

Posted By John Middleton
Hi Ian

There are no specific requirements for tutors from NEBOSH, only that a course provider has a 'teaching team comprising people with adequate relevant qualifications and experience in the technical areas covered by the syllabus' and 'comprising people with adequate teaching/lecturing/mentoring experience (which may include new teachers, providing the team taken as a whole is adequately experienced and new teachers receive help and support wherever necessary from more experienced team members)'.

So no formal teaching qualifications are currently required. Appropriate technical qualifications may be membership of the Institute of Fire Engineers for delivery of the fire elements of the syllabus, or TechIOSH plus experience for a particular part of the syllabus.

In September, the Further Education Teachers’ Qualifications (England) Regulations 2007 and the Further Education Teachers’ Continuing Professional Development and Registration (England) Regulations 2007 will come into force and will apply to FE Colleges and all training delivered with funding provided in part or whole by the Learning and Skills Council. I imagine that this will cover the majority of NEBOSH provision. Please note that they do not apply to Scotland and Wales.

These regulations require that all teachers (tutors, trainers etc.) in the sector must join the Institute for Learning for registration, licensing and CPD purposes; this is free of charge if done online from september. All new tutors must undertake a PTLLS course (Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector)and continue teacher training until they achieve the status of Associate Teacher Learning and Skills or Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (ATLS or QTLS) as appropriate. Existing tutors are exempt from taking further qualifications, but the expectation is that clients and employer organisations will push for this formal recognition.

All PGCE/CertEd courses starting this September are working to a syllabus that is fully compliant with these regulations. City and Guilds also have a new suite of courses.

More details on the regulations can be found on the IfL and LLUK websites; www.ifl.ac.uk and www.lluk.org