Nuclear Skills Passport welcomes NIS Ltd

NIS Managing Director Richard Penrose has recently signed the charter to commit to implementing the Nuclear Skills Passport scheme.

The passport will allow NIS to provide evidence of the skills and proficiencies of project personnel to nationally recognised standards.  Recent developments in the industry such as the advent of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, growth of the UK’s nuclear deterrent programme and the beginning of a new phase of nuclear power plants, have meant that developing and maintaining a workforce of Suitably Qualified and Experienced Personnel (SQEP) has become imperative.

NIS has made a commitment to identifying and fulfilling the training needs of staff through involvement in initiatives such as the Nuclear Skills Passport.  Until now, individual nuclear sites have trained their contractors to their own standards. However, when staff are transferred to different facilities, the training already completed is not  recognised, leading to unnecessary additional training. In collaboration with the Cogent Sector Skills Council and the National Skills Academy for Nuclear, employers have drawn up the Nuclear
Industry Training Framework which agrees on universally recognised training standards.

This framework will allow NIS to benchmark capabilities against defined job context roles and demonstrate a skilled workforce, qualified to work on multiple sites.