The passport has been developed alongside NOCN's skills hub, and will provide individuals with a secure record of their skills. It aims to give employers real鈥憈ime insight into workforce competence, connecting training, learning, assessment and certification within a single integrated framework.
The integrated platform architecture works alongside existing systems to improve access to skills information, digital logbooks and records as well as the digital skills passport. By bringing credentials, qualifications, CPD, compliance, skills recognition and development into one integrated environment, hub and passport aim to simplify administration, increase transparency, and support scalable use across employers, providers and individuals.
The passport was trialled in India, where NOCN Group worked with Nettur Technical Training Foundation and technology partner TCS iON, part of the Tata Group, to test the scheme and its technology.
The project was led by NOCN chief executive Graham Hasting鈥慐vans, who previously worked on the London Olympics, where developed the projects' skills strategy. He said, 鈥淔or too long, individuals have struggled to demonstrate what they can do, and employers have struggled to verify it. The Digital Skills Passport changes that entirely."
NOCN Group, an international training and skills charity, acquired the Construction Plant Competency Scheme in 2019. The new digital passport builds on earlier paper based schemes, and on the 2021 DigiKey Pilot to link skills passports through an API to machine controls on HS2 infrastructure projects.
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