NVQ

abbreviation

1. National Vocational Qualification: a qualification that rewards competence in a specified type of employment

Example Sentences

Both artists, Kate O and Wingy, successfully completed an NVQ Level 2 counselling course as part of the programme, to support their professional development in working within the health sector.

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They graduate with an NVQ level 2 diploma in professional cookery, a prestigious work placement and an ongoing support network – their “arm around the shoulder, poke in the ribs team”, as Boyle describes it – “so they can focus on the job”.

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She has also recently completed a NVQ for chimney sweeping in the construction industry and says she was proud to win the "best van" award at the guild's trade show in March - long gone are the days when a chimney sweep would be seen cantering across town in a horse and cart.

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"We have challenges between ourselves to try to up-sell on our tables, selling more premium bottles of wine to customers," says Lucy Cascarina, one of those who has been on an NVQ wine course.

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Balogun earned a catering NVQ there, and became eligible for day-release work towards the end of his sentence.

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