NOS Consultation Events

Consultation on Proposed National Occupational Standards for the Events Sector

Background

People 1st, the Sector Skills Council with responsibility for the Events Sector, is working with a number of key organisations to redevelop national occupational standards (NOS) for the industry. The attached information bulletin gives more detail on this important project.

When redeveloped, the standards will contain important information on the essential skills and knowledge that staff require and the outcomes they should achieve. These standards will be approved at a national level and could then be used to inform the content of a wide range of qualifications and education/training programmes.

We now have a draft set of national occupational standards and wish to consult on these as widely as possible within the industry.

Your Chance to Contribute

The following pages contain an outline of the key roles that have been identified and the titles of the appropriate national occupational standards. If you would like a copy of the old standards please contact Ruth Miller (ruth.miller@people1st.co.uk or 01895 817 046).

We would be very grateful if you have a look at the proposed outline and make any comments you feel are appropriate.

When completing the questionnaire, please bear in mind that not all the units identified would be carried out by one person. The outline tries to identify the responsibilities of a wide range of staff working in Events. It also attempts to cover a variety of different types of organisations ranging from dedicated Events Management organisations to hotels or restaurants providing relatively small functions. Not all of the suggested national occupational standards will apply to everyone.

Some of the national occupational standards suggested in the following pages may have to be produced at different levels to take account of different spans of responsibility.

Section one: Your contact details

	Name of your organisation

	Postal address

	Your name

	Your position

	Email address

My organisation is part of the:

Private sector

Public sector

Voluntary sector

Research has so far suggested the key purpose of the Events sector is to:

"Create opportunities for people to come together on a one-off or infrequent basis to achieve shared goals"

Do you feel this key purpose is appropriate?

Yes

	Comments or suggestions

Section two: What needs to happen to achieve the Key Purpose?

Key Purpose:

Create opportunities for people to come together on a one-off or infrequent basis to achieve shared goals.

It is proposed that the following Key Roles will help achieve this Key Purpose.

Key Roles:

A. Research, planning and control
B. Financial and physical resources
C. People and relationships
D. Communication and information
E. Marketing, sales and public relations
F. Production, delivery and closure

In the following section we will look at each of these key roles in slightly more detail. Please indicate by ticking 'yes' or 'no' whether or not you think each role is appropriate. Please also add any further comments which you might have.

Section three: Key Roles in greater detail

In the following pages we will examine the components of each of Key Role in more detail.

Each Key Role heading has been broken down into possible NOS headings.

As before, please tick 'yes' or 'no' to indicate your agreement on the proposed NOS.

In addition please state any further comments or suggestions you might have and note which job title(s) should be responsible for each NOS.