NVQ

abbreviation for

1. National Vocational Qualification: a qualification that rewards competence in a specified type of employment

Example Sentences

They graduate with an NVQ level 2 diploma in professional cookery, a prestigious work placement and an ongoing support network – their “arm around the shoulder, poke in the ribs team”, as Boyle describes it – “so they can focus on the job”.

From The Guardian

She has also recently completed a NVQ for chimney sweeping in the construction industry and says she was proud to win the "best van" award at the guild's trade show in March - long gone are the days when a chimney sweep would be seen cantering across town in a horse and cart.

From BBC

"We have challenges between ourselves to try to up-sell on our tables, selling more premium bottles of wine to customers," says Lucy Cascarina, one of those who has been on an NVQ wine course.

From BBC

Balogun earned a catering NVQ there, and became eligible for day-release work towards the end of his sentence.

From BBC

She has finished her NVQ and is now working as a teaching assistant, doing the very job she never thought she would be well enough to do.

From BBC