GQA Qualifications Ltd

GQA is the long established national awarding organisation for qualifications aimed at Fabricators, Glass Manufacturers, Glass Processors, Glaziers, Installers (Glass Related), Installers of Domestic Facias, Soffits & Bargeboards and Automotive Glaziers in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. GQA has been developing qualifications for the glass industry for 20 years and wrote the current QCF qualifications that are available within the Glass and related industries. All GQA qualifications can be found on the Ofqual Register, SQA’s accredited qualification search and the GQA website.

GQA Qualifications contribute to GQA Q-Cards and CSCS Cards



Glass Related Qualifications
GQA LEVEL 2 NVQ DIPLOMA IN FENESTRATION INSTALLATION (QCF)
GQA LEVEL 3 NVQ DIPLOMA IN FIRE RESISTANT GLAZING (QCF)
GQA LEVEL 3 NVQ DIPLOMA IN FENESTRATION INSTALLATION (QCF)
GQA LEVEL 2 CERTIFICATE IN GLASS RELATED OPERATIONS (QCF)
GQA LEVEL 3 NVQ CERTIFICATE IN FENESTRATION SURVEYING (QCF)
GQA LEVEL 3 CERTIFICATE IN GLASS RELATED OPERATIONS (QCF)
GQA LEVEL 2 NVQ CERTIFICATE IN DOMESTIC FASCIA, SOFFIT AND BARGEBOARD INSTALLATION (QCF)
GQA LEVEL 2 CERTIFICATE IN GLASS AND GLASS RELATED DISTRIBUTION AND WAREHOUSING (QCF)
GQA LEVEL 2 NVQ CERTIFICATE IN CURTAIN WALL INSTALLATION (QCF)
GQA LEVEL 2 NVQ CERTIFICATE IN FABRICATION OF GLASS SUPPORTING STRUCTURES (QCF)
GQA LEVEL 2 CERTIFICATE IN UNDERSTANDING WINDOW & DOOR FABRICATION SPECIFICATIONS (QCF)
GQA LEVEL 3 NVQ CERTIFICATE IN FABRICATION OF GLASS SUPPORTING STRUCTURES (QCF)
LEVEL 2 DIPLOMA IN FIRE RESISTANT GLAZING (QCF)
GQA LEVEL 2 NVQ CERTIFICATE IN FLAT GLASS MANUFACTURE (QCF)
GQA LEVEL 2 NVQ DIPLOMA FOR THE INSTALLATION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS (QCF)
LEVEL 2 AWARD IN KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE GLASS RELATED WORKING ENVIRONMENT (QCF)
GQA LEVEL 2 NVQ CERTIFICATE IN GLASS PROCESSING (QCF)
GQA LEVEL 4 DIPLOMA IN FACADE TECHNOLOGY (QCF)
GQA LEVEL 3 NVQ DIPLOMA IN GLASS PROCESSING (QCF)
GQA LEVEL 3 CERTIFICATE IN GLASS AND GLASS RELATED DISTRIBUTION AND WAREHOUSING (QCF)
GQA LEVEL 2 NVQ CERTIFICATE IN GLAZING (QCF)
GQA LEVEL 3 CERTIFICATE IN KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE GLASS RELATED WORKING ENVIRONMENT (QCF)
GQA LEVEL 3 NVQ CERTIFICATE IN GLAZING (QCF)

Construction Related Qualifications
GQA LEVEL 2 NVQ DIPLOMA IN DECORATIVE FINISHING AND INDUSTRIAL PAINTING OCCUPATIONS
GQA LEVEL 2 NVQ DIPLOMA IN MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS (CONSTRUCTION)
GQA LEVEL 3 NVQ DIPLOMA IN DECORATIVE FINISHING-PAINTING AND DECORATING
GQA LEVEL 2 NVQ DIPLOMA IN STEELFIXINGS OCCUPATIONS
GQA LEVEL 2 NVQ DIPLOMA IN FORMWORK
GQA LEVEL 2 NVQ DIPLOMA IN WOOD OCCUPATIONS
GQA LEVEL 3 NVQ DIPLOMA IN FORMWORK
GQA LEVEL 2 NVQ DIPLOMA IN PLASTERING
GQA LEVEL 2 NVQ DIPLOMA IN TROWEL OCCUPATIONS
GQA LEVEL 3 NVQ DIPLOMA IN CONSTRUCTION SITE SUPERVISION
GQA LEVEL 3 NVQ DIPLOMA IN TROWEL OCCUPATIONS
GQA LEVEL 2 NVQ DIPLOMA IN CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS AND CIVIL ENGINEERING-CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS

National Occupational Standards (NOS), derived by the industry Standard Setting Bodies (SSB) are the basis of national qualifications and are constantly updated. The SSB for the Glass and related industries, Proskills, is constantly working with the sector to update glass and related standards, whilst GQA’s construction related qualifications are underpinned by the NOS developed by Construction Skills.

The GQA website (www.gqaqualifications.com) provides detailed information on the available qualifications, organisations currently approved to offer GQA qualifications, copies of GQA News (published at least once a month) and news items, etc.