If you're an employer or employee

At Cogent we've worked with employers to define the skills, competencies and qualifications that are required from the workforce in order to keep our sector world-class.

If you're an employer, this website will help you see how similar organisations have trained and developed their employees. It will help you benchmark your organisation against international standards-based roles, so that you can structure job design and qualifications requirements accordingly. You can find out more about Cogent projects and how they can help employers on our main website. You can also make your employees aware of this website so that they can see how they can progress within your organisation.

If you're already an employee in the sector, or are looking to transfer to it, this website will give you a flavour of the opportunities available. You'll see how your existing skills can be applied or developed, the opportunities for progressing to higher posts and find out about available courses.

What can I expect from the Cogent Careers website?

The website will tell you about each of the industries and will show the opportunities for starting a career and progressing. Through the website you can learn about the broad types of work within each industry, find out about specific jobs, how different people started out and progressed, the qualities and qualifications you need - in short everything you need to get a feel for working within the Cogent sector.

 

  • Career Pathways

    This section shows potential career moves from starting out right to the top. It also shows how each role relates to others within the organisation. Choose your industry and see how people progress. From here you can also access information on the different roles.

  • Role Profiles

    These are useful summaries of the typical jobs in each industry. Choose an industry, choose a job, and then find out what the everyday work would be like, what qualities and qualifications are needed, what the pay and working conditions might be. From here you can also click to information on related courses.

  • Courses that could help

    Find Further Education courses in your area. Employees can also assess their current qualification level by using the online Qualifications Calculator.

  • Case studies

    Watch video interviews with people who work in Cogent industries. They tell you how they started, how they've progressed, and what they've set their sights on next. If you'd like to submit your own case study.

  • Tell us what you think

    It's your opportunity to tell us what you think about the website. Just answer our questionnaire.