Chartered Management Institute Qualifications
The Institute offers a wide range of flexible, nationally recognised qualifications so you can easily bring relevant management experience to bear, adding genuine value for your employer and enhancing your career prospects by increasing your knowledge, skills and professionalism.
As an approved Chartered Management Institute Centre, we support candidates through workshops, group training programmes, one to one coaching sessions, use of workbooks and handouts as well as access to the OPAL Online Resource Centre to achieve management qualifications.
Broadly speaking:
- Team Leading qualifications are designed for people who either currently lead - or aspire to lead - a team which provides services or produces goods
- Certificate in Management qualifications are designed for practising and aspiring first line managers wishing to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to develop their career in management
- Diploma in Management qualifications are designed to meet the needs of middle managers wishing to cement their career in management
- Executive Management qualifications build upon the past strategic or operational knowledge and experience of managers
We can help you gain the following Introductory Awards:
- Level 2 Introductory Certificate in Team Leading
- Level 3 Introductory Certificate in Management
- Level 5 Introductory Diploma in Management
- Level 7 Introductory Executive Diploma in Management
The Introductory qualifications have been developed to give managers an introduction to each stage of management within an organisation. Whilst each can be taken as a recognised qualification in its own right, they can also be taken as a stepping stone to one of the following corresponding full Certificates or Diplomas:
- Level 2 Certificate in Team Leading
- Level 3 Certificate in Management
- Level 5 Diploma in Management
- Level 7 Executive Diploma in Management
- Level 7 Executive Diploma in Strategic Management
If you would like to find out which is the most appropriate qualification for you, complete one of the following Skill Scans which you feel mostly fits with your job. If you can complete most of the sections but there is still space for development and improvements to your work role and practice, this will be the qualification for you.
- Team Leader Level 2
- Certificate in Management Level 3
- Diploma in Management Level 5
- Executive Diploma in Management Level 7
- Executive Diploma in Strategic Management Level 7
Please click here for an Overview of our Distance Learning Programme for CMI qualifications.
NVQ's
National Vocational Qualifications are competence based qualifications. This means it is linked to the candidate's ability to competently perform a range of tasks connected with their work. Candidates plan a programme of development and assessment with their assessor and compile a portfolio of evidence to prove that they are competent and knowledgeable in their work role.
The OPAL NVQ qualification is very flexible in its structure enabling the organisation and the individual to choose the optional units that best suit their work situation and job role.
The OPAL NVQ model uses a learning framework for quality that gives you:
- Support for individual learning
- Confidence and competence for high performance
- An integrated learning architecture
- A toolkit for professional status
- Pride and personal satisfaction
- Flexibility and challenges
- Focus and a framework for action
All this supported by external credibility by awarding a National Qualification in recognition of your hard work.
We can help you attain the following NVQ qualifications, and to see if it is the one for you click on that Skill Scan to see if your role matches the criteria.
- OCR Mentoring in the Workplace Award - Skill Scan
- OCR Coaching in the Workplace Award - Skill Scan
- A1 Award (Assess Candidates Using a Range of Methods) - Skill Scan
- A2 Award (Assess Candidates Performance Through Observation) - Skill Scan
- V1 Award (Conduct Internal Quality Assurance of the Assessment Process) - Skill Scan
- OCR Level 3 in Learning and Development - Skill Scan
- OCR Level 3 in Direct Training and Support - Skill Scan
- OCR Level 4 in Learning and Development - Skill Scan
- OCR Level 4 in Co-ordination of Learning and Development Provision - Skill Scan
- OCR Level 4 in Management of Learning and Development Provision - Skill Scan
- OCR Level 5 in Management of Learning and Development - Skill Scan
- Team Leader Level 2 - Skill Scan
- Management NVQ Level 3 - Skill Scan
- Management NVQ Level 4 - Skill Scan
- Management NVQ Level 5 - Skill Scan
- Business and Administration Level 2- Skill Scan
- Business and Administration Level 3 - Skill Scan
- Business and Administration Level 4 - Skill Scan
- Customer Service Level 2 - Skill Scan
- Customer Service Level 3 - Skill Scan
- Customer Service Level 4 - Skill Scan
If you interested in pursuing any of the above qualifications further, then please get in touch.
We can also help you develop your business case for funding qualifications, for example
10 Reasons why an Accredited OPAL Programme would give added value to you, your team and your business unit:
- You could gain a professionally recognised national qualification that would give you credibility and status internally and externally
- By being an accredited professional you would be able to show the business you know what you are doing and that you are serious about professionalism in your role.
- A tailor made programme would fit in with your working schedule and would not impact on other people who may need to cover for you.
- A tailor made programme would focus on the areas where you need to improve, and you will be able to choose the modules that are most appropriate to you right now.
- As it is work related, and you will need to provide evidence of what you have achieved, you will get results in your role without having to take time away from your job.
- You will know (and so will the business) how you compare against benchmarked competencies, so your progress can be measured
- As it is competency based, you will know and understand all the components you need to be able to do progress and continuously improve the way you do your role
- As it is evidence based you will be able to show your progress and continuous improvement. You will have a portfolio you can be proud of
- As it is action based and not theory based, you will be able to do new things and old things better as your learning will be experiential
- You will feel more confident and in control, able to contribute more and able to progress more … and who knows you may have some fun doing it!