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Cadet Vocational College (formerly known as CVQO) is an education charity that provides vocational qualifications to members of uniformed youth organisations and their adult instructors.
Young people and adult volunteers who are members of uniformed youth organisations in the UK learn a wide variety of skills that are often transferable to higher education and the workplace.
Cadet Vocational College offers qualifications that recognise these skills and provide tangible evidence of a learner's achievements. These skills include: leadership, team building, problem solving, communication, health and physical fitness, music, sport, social action, volunteering and community support.
The charity works with a wide variety of educational establishments such as Pearson BTEC, City & Guilds and The Institute of Leadership and Management.
CVQO offers a broad range of vocational qualifications that are designed to recognise the work undertaken by young people within uniformed youth organisations.
Young people aged 13 to 18 and a member of a uniformed youth organisation can enroll with the charity to study for a CV and future-boosting vocational qualification.
Currently offered:
Adult volunteers can also receive the following qualifications:
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