1. NCU Training promotes a culture of quality in its further education and training provision supported by a documented quality framework and a published procedural manual, which allows for the continuous review and enhancement of quality procedures. The Quality Framework enables NCU Training to best meet national guidelines/standards and the regulatory provisions of the awards certification bodies Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI), The Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC), The National Hygiene Partnership (NHP), SOLAS - For Safe Pass and the The Private Security Authority (PSA) Guidelines.

2. NCU Training also promotes a verifiable system of implementing this policy, measuring it through periodic evaluations and keeping it updated at all times through a continuous improvement process as depicted below:

3. Scope of the Quality Assurance System: All activities within NCU Training are subject to Quality Assurance procedures. All staff and tutors undertake a vital role in the management and implementation of quality assurance procedures and assume collective responsibility across a scope of functionaries. Management of the quality system is carried out by the Training and Business Development Manager and the Academic Standards Quality Officer. Responsibility for the approval and monitoring of all quality assurance procedures rests with the Learning, Teaching and Assessment Oversight Committee, and oversight of compliance with quality assurance procedures and legal obligations will rest with the Voluntary Board of Management. Periodic review will be on-going across our Quality Assurance procedures.

4. The Quality Assurance Framework at NCU Training: NCU Training recognises that the efficient and transparent operation of quality assurance is essential to learner and stakeholder confidence and that it is critical to the organisation in achieving its long-term vision. The regulatory and statutory framework for the operation of quality assurance procedures as described in this document are derived from QQI quality assurance policies guidelines and the general national standards, The Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) guidelines, teaching faculty framework, education and training standards and guidelines for quality assurances in the further-education area.

The following principles underpin the development, implementation and continuous improvement of quality assurance procedures at NCU Training: