Standards
As a Sector Skills Council, one of Skillset's main roles is to develop and maintain National Occupational Standards for all occupations across the creative media industries.
These Standards define the skills, knowledge and experience required to work in broadcast, film, computer games, video, interactive media, publishing and photo imaging.
Click here to see a list of Skillset's National Occupational Standards
Have your say on the National Occupational Standards
Skillet is undertaking an incremental review of the National Occupational Standards for the Creative Media Industries to ensure their currency and relevance. Please let us know your views on the Standards we're consulting about at the moment
Read MoreMedia jobs
Read about the departments and roles within each sector of the creative media industries.
Read MoreUse of Standards
You can compare your performance to these nationally developed benchmarks of good practice. Standards will help you to be very clear about what you need to achieve. They are outcome based - describing WHAT needs to be done, and specifying HOW to do it, in a not prescriptive manner.
Read MoreUsing Occupational Standards to Develop your Workforce
National Occupational Standards can be an incredibly useful tool to assist employers in developing their workforce. The standards provide recognised benchmarks to assess skills and enhance competent performance.
Read MoreStandards Developments
Skillset develops and maintains a whole suite of National Occupational Standards (NOS) for the majority of occupations across the creative media industries. You can benefit from all Skillset's standards FREE of charge!
Read MoreStandards - FAQ
Everything you ever wanted to know about standards!
Read MoreCross Sector Standards
Cross Sector standards focus on key generic areas of competence such as administration, management and leadership, IT user skills and business enterprise.
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