The British Quality Foundation has stood for Excellence in Industry for over 30 years and continues to promote best practice, collaborative working and exceptional standards. All our certifications are carried out by licensed bodies who are regularly audited to maintain our high standards
Training agnostic
We do not expect you to have been trained by BQF to get a BQF certification – we just need to know you know your stuff and have successfully implemented a project in your chosen subject. Our rigorous certification process ensures you have the knowledge and real-life skills to be successful.
Continuous progression through our certification pathways
The BQF certification pathway is a progressive set of steps towards official mastery in a topic and come in four levels across all our certifications. You can certify at any level or chose to progress through them as your career develops.
We require proof of implementation at all levels of certification.
Proof of practice
All our certifications require proof of implementation as well as an understanding of the theory and show that recipients have the ability to lift and shift the tools and techniques into new environments. Candidates are required to present and be evaluated on the implementation of real-life projects which have delivered clear business benefits.
Transparency
We require our certification holders to be regularly re-evaluated to maintain their active status and you can look up anybody who has a certificate in our database to check their status.
All our licensed certifiers (associates and partners) are regularly audited to ensure our high standard is maintained.
Associate
6 months’ relevant experience
Playing a role in an initiative, understanding basic tools coached by others
Practitioner
6 months’ relevant experience
Owning an initiative, using a range of tools with confidence, delivering a clear sustainable outcome in a small area
Advanced Practitioner
2-4 years’ relevant experience
Leading initiatives with multiple complexities, dealing with ambiguity using advanced tools delivering measurable sustainable outcomes
Master Practitioner
4 + years’ relevant experience
Using experience and knowledge to coach, teach, mentor and support others to deliver sustainable outcomes, deploying strategy and embedding a culture
I am already trained and would like to be certified
If you are trained, have been practicing your discipline and feel you are ready for a BQF certification, please get in touch to discuss and book your certification. (link to form)
I would like to be trained by a BQF partner or associate
If you are looking for training and certification, please get in touch (link) and we will connect you with the relevant partner for a quote. Please note that your membership discount will apply to any training you receive.
You can see what level of membership your organisation has here (link). For more detail son our partners and their offerings click here.
I am currently being trained by a BQF partner or associate
If you are doing training with one of our licensed associates or partners, they will organise and conduct your certification and request the certificate from us. Each partner and associate is regularly audited by BQF to ensure that they are maintaining the high standards we promise.
How our certification process works
All our certifications require proof of practice as well as proof of knowledge, there are generally two steps to a BQF certification which are carried our partners or associates.:
- An exam
- A portfolio review once you have completed your project is complete
Alongside standalone certifications, also offer a bundle certification where you can showcase your portfolios in any 3 of Project Management, Change Management, Lean and Lean Six Sigma and emerge with multiple certifications at different levels, please get in touch to find out more.
What you will get
On being certified, you will receive a link to your digital certificate and e-mail badge which you can share on social media. These are clickable and link back to our digital credentials to prove the authenticity of your certification. You will also be listed as active on our certification register (click here) which is openly available on our website.
Maintaining your active status
We are passionate about rewarding people who keep their skills up to date and fresh. This is why we introduced the concept of active and inactive certification holders. Whilst your certification does not expire, we do ask for proof that you are regularly using and enhancing your skills to maintain your active status, this allows you to showcase to your employers, your clients and your community that you are continuing to add value and make things better. Individual members, as well as employees of Platinum and Gold organisations are able to reactivate their status free of charge, and there is a small admin fee applicable for all others.
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