Employers, employees

This dedicated website presents the roles, qualification requirements and career pathways associated with the main categories in management, scientific, technical and professional roles across the Cogent sector. It provides access to real job profiles, careers options and career pathways mapped out with entry levels, qualifications and standards. It includes relevant courses, qualifications and providers, and will soon offer kite-marking of provision.

Cogent has worked with employers to define the skills, competencies and qualifications required for a world-class sector. Here individual companies can benchmark themselves against these international standards-based roles and structure their job design and qualifications requirements accordingly.

For information on Cogent's strategic projects aimed at ensuring that employers of all sizes across its footprint have the skilled and qualified people they need to survive and prosper, as well as news and events click here.

Please click here to find out more regarding the Cogent Gold Standard

Transfer your skills

There are over 800,000 people working in the industries served by Cogent SSC. This website will give you a flavour of the diverse opportunities available to suitably experienced or qualified people. You'll be able to see that your existing skills can be applied or developed to a huge range of roles, and be signposted to the most courses and learning providers.

Find out what career paths are available.