Overview of the National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Civil Contingencies
Click on an area of competence on the diagram or use the list below it to get more detail.
A Core functions; preparing for, responding to and assisting recovery from emergencies
Areas of competence
AA Co-operate with others and manage information (3 NOS)AB Anticipate and assess the risk of emergencies (1 NOS)
AC Plan for emergencies (1 NOS)
AD Plan for business continuity (2 NOS)
AE Validate emergency or business continuity plans (3 NOS)
AF Communicate with the community to enhance resilience (2 NOS)
AG Manage response to emergencies (4 NOS)
AH Manage recovery from emergencies (2 NOS)
B Generic functions relevant to Civil Contingencies
Areas of competence
Management and Leadership (27 NOS)Managing justice services (3 NOS)
Managing volunteers (2 NOS)
Learning and development (4 NOS)
Information Technology
Health and Safety (3 NOS)
Governance (2 NOS)
C Sector specific and specialist functions
More information and National Occupational Standards for sector specific and specialist functions can be found at the following Sector Skills Council websites:
Areas of competence |
Sector Skills Council Website |
| Building services engineering | SummitSkills |
| Central Government | Government Skills |
| Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) | Cogent |
| Construction and Built Environment | Construction Skills |
| Crowd control and event safety | SkillsActive |
| Electricity, gas, water and waste management | Energy and Utility skills |
| Environmental and land-based | Lantra |
| Finance and Insurance | Financial Services Skills Council |
| Fire and rescue | SkillsPlus (skills partnership for local government) |
| Health and safety | ENTO |
| Health care and Public Health | Skills for Health |
| Higher and Further Education | Lifelong Learning UK |
| Local Government | SkillsPlus (skills partnership for local government) |
| Moving, handling or storing goods | Skills for Logistics |
| Munitions and explosives | Explosives, Munitions and Search Occupations (EMSO) |
| Passenger transport | Goskills |
| Policing and wider law enforcement | Skills for Justice NOS Finder |
| Port and Harbour Authorities | Port Skills and Safety |
| Science, engineering and manufacturing technologies | SEMTA |
| Security | Skills for Security |
| SMEs | Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative |
| Social care | Skills for Care and Development ENTO |
| Telecommunications and IT | e-skills UK |