College of the Sea

This is a vocational award run in conjunction with City & Guilds.

The Membership provides distinctive and formal recognition of personal achievement and the application of professional and technical expertise within the SCC.

Successful candidates must show academic ability, equivalent to that which could be expected of someone holding a Master’s degree or someone who has gained a vocational qualification or NVQ at Level 7. Individuals must be able to demonstrate skills and competencies at a strategic management level.

This award will suit those in a senior management role and is available to any instructor who has completed a minimum of ten years adult SCC service and holds the rank of Lieutenant Commander, Lieutenant with a District Officer’s post Warrant Officer Class One or above.

In order to meet the requirements of the awards candidates will be expected to have demonstrated personal skills and specific competence in:

Working to improve performance and keep abreast of advances in the field

Implementing and maintaining systems correctly to monitor quantity, quality, cost and time

Defining problems and recommending solutions to improve efficiency of operations

Working methods and activities being consistent with current management priorities and organisational objectives

Understanding and being able to critique the organisations mission and the social and economic implications of work undertaken

Managing innovation and change

Exercising responsibility for technical and managerial duties

Providing effective guidance and supervision of colleagues

Communicating clearly and effectively with subordinates peers and line managers

All candidates upon registration will receive the required resource material and appropriate support for the successful completion of this award.

Membership is achieved by the completion of a thesis which must be accompanied by a CV of progressive SCC career development.

Your chosen thesis subject must be on a strategic management topic linked to your cadet service and should include objectives, scope, methodology and outcomes, with appendices and illustrations, as appropriate. Your work will form two parts:

Synposis : outlines proposed scope and methodology for completing the thesis. Approx 400 to 800 words.
Thesis : must be approx 5000 words and support in depth your identified approach outlined in your synopsis.

Candidates have two years in which to complete the award.

Your synopsis and thesis will be internally assessed by a subject specialist who will feed back your results to CVQO. You will be assessed on how you meet the key criteria and how you have applied these to your SCC role.

When conducting the assessment, the assessor will take into account:

The degree to which the evidence presented demonstrates that the performance criteria and standards have been met

The validly and reliability of the evidence

The quality and sufficiency of the evidence

How the work relates back to the original synopsis

The cost of this award is £500.

To register, please download an application form which is available from the CVQO Downloads page.

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