Posted By RP Hi Emyr, UK specific qualifications are undertaken in English. This is given in the NVQ Code of Practice (www.qca.org). To examine any learning outcome training, such as IOSH would not only require the course materials to be translated, but also any reference books and codes of practice. Regulations are often translated by the Welsh Assembly Government and available on thier web site. The Health and Safety at Work Act, along with UK-wide Regs are in English only. Directives are translated into Regualtion by each member state or the union, UK is a member state, which includes Wales. So they are in English too. I am sure there are reasons for using the Welsh medium, but how could you take an IOSH gained in Wales in Welsh to another jobs in England, Scotland and N.Ireland, unless it was examined in English or the outcome can be measured in English if gained using Welsh. You could call Jayne at Corporate Health and Safety Solutions (Connought), they are based near Cardiff. Telephone 0800 072 4667...

Posted By TonyB Hi, Eddy is quite right. What's more IOSH courses are not within QCA so their rules don't apply. (NEBOSH Courses are a different issue). In simple terms it's a translation issue. If IOSH are willing to approve a Welsh version, and translate the tests then I can't see a problem. However, IOSH may not wish to do this. TonyB