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About centres

About centres

How to become a City & Guilds approved center in Pakistan

The diagram below outlines the key stages that an organisation will go through in order to gain Accreditation for their training programme. The City & Guilds Accreditation team will be on hand to further support this process.

First we need to make sure you meet the following City & Guilds new centre criteria:

You need to access and read the City & Guilds Centre Approval Process Quality Assurance Standards making sure the “Centre quality assurance criteria” are understood and in place.

To become a City & Guilds centre you need more than 100 learners within the first calendar year of becoming a centre. If you are expecting to have fewer than 100 learners, you can work with an existing City & Guilds centre. A member of our team can help you find a centre to partner with.

After answering yes to the above criteria then you can progress with your application. Please complete the Customer Application Form with as much information as possible to register your interest.

We will respond you’re your request within five days to talk you through the process and find out whether we think that being a City & Guilds centre is suitable for you, which is subject to our terms and conditions. 

The decision of whether to progress your enquiry is at our discretion, if we decide not to progress your enquiry we will suggest alternative routes for you but there is no right of appeal.

Once we decide to progress with your enquiry, you may need a pre-approval visit.

This section outlines our quality assurance requirements for the Accreditation service in detail. Organizations must demonstrate that they will adhere to the relevant requirements for initial approval to be granted. They must also be able to demonstrate that they continue to do so on an ongoing basis for the approval offer to remain in place. City & Guilds will monitor and evaluate approved organizations according to the relevant quality assurance criteria and there is a requirement that organizations undertake systematic self-assessment to ensure ongoing quality assurance underpins their delivery of accredited training programs. City & Guilds reserves the right to suspend or remove the Accreditation approval offer if organizations fail to meet these quality assurance requirements at any point.

Your local City & Guilds office will arrange a qualification consultant visit to support you with the application process.

Once your application is successful we will send you your centre number and centre approval certificate and you will be ready to go.

Please note: The approval process can take up to 30 working days from receipt of a completed application. This is subject to the timely supply of all necessary information and the centre being able to accommodate an EQA visit within the time period.

How to change centre details

It’s easy to let us know about any changes to your centre. Please complete the centre update form via your Walled Garden Quality Portal, select ‘Quality’ and then ‘Online Forms’. Please then select ‘Centre Update’ from the drop down menu. Tell us if you have made any changes to:

  • Your centre address, phone number or e-mail address
  • Your main contact person for City & Guilds
  • Staff who are involved in delivering, assessing or internally quality assuring City & Guilds qualifications
  • Locations where you undertake assessment.
 

If you have made changes to the way in which you deliver our qualifications – either staff or locations – we may need to undertake some additional external quality assurance activity, so it’s really important you let us know as soon as any changes happen.