Why choose us?
Our qualifications, assessments and skills solutions are designed and maintained by vocational education and training experts who understand the current and future needs of educators, training providers, employers and engineers in the engineering and manufacturing sector, and related industries.
Why are we different?
We act in the best interests of the UK engineering and manufacturing sector, and related industries.
We are experts in designing, maintaining and supporting the delivery of qualifications, assessments and skills solutions for the engineering and manufacturing sector, and related industries, who understand the different requirements in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
We constructively and collaboratively challenge the way things are done, we apply the same quality to everything we do regardless of the size of the market it serves, and through our parent charity Enginuity, we reinvest our surplus in charitable activities to find new solutions to skills gaps faced by employers and sectors.
Who we work with
We are trusted by engineers, schools, academies, colleges, universities, private training providers, employers of all sizes, sector bodies and governments to ensure that people have the right skills in engineering and manufacturing, and related industries.
We are the national provider of Building Services Engineering qualifications in Wales and we support Engineering & Manufacturing and Construction & Building Services Engineering T Levels. We also offer end-point assessments against a large and expanding portfolio of unique standards to meet the needs of engineering and manufacturing employers.
Over the past decade 1.3 million people have embarked on an EAL course.
We are vision & mission driven
Our board supports our senior leadership team in staying true to our vision and mission. It is made up of individuals whose shared knowledge, experience, and insight represents the education, skills and industry landscape.
Our vision
To become the leading skills partner for our engineering and manufacturing sector, and related industries, so UK engineers and employers have the right skills, recognised to the right standards, at the right time, to prosper by playing a leading role in creating a more sustainable world.
Engineering skills for a more sustainable world.
Our mission
To ensure that people have the right engineering skills, at the right time, to keep up with changing industry needs and the net-zero transition.
How we deliver against our mission
We are driven by what is in the best interests of the engineering and manufacturing sector, and related industries.
Representing employers in policy discussions around technical education, and working collaboratively with them to create and review apprenticeship standards, qualifications and training programmes.
Striving to provide service excellence and support to educators, training providers, employers and engineers by placing them at the heart of everything we do.
Evidencing the skills delivered by courses, apprenticeships and training programmes; through recognition services designed and maintained by industry and assessment experts.
Our values
Our values and behaviours are part of everything we do, and all of our colleagues play a part in living them every day.
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Our team
Our team are experts in designing, maintaining and supporting the delivery of qualifications, assessments and skills solutions for the engineering and manufacturing sector, and related industries.
Our impact
Having the right skills, recognised to the right standards, at the right time, creates opportunities for people, businesses and industries within the UK’s engineering and manufacturing sector.
Sustainability
We aim to ensure engineers and employers have the right sustainability skills to seize the opportunities created by green technologies and the net-zero transition.
Case studies
We work collaboratively with educators, training providers, employers, national skills bodies, regulators and funders to help them solve their skills challenges.
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