Skills Foundation Certificate (3528)

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Last Updated: 03 Jul 2025

The City & Guilds Skills Awards have been designed to provide a broad introduction to essential practical skills in areas of work as diverse as construction, engineering, hospitality and IT.

Employer Benefits:
•City & Guilds works in partnership with organisations like yours, listening to your needs to ensure that together we can deliver the skills and qualifications employers require.
• Identify employees training needs
• Recognise staff achievement
• Develop and retain a skilled workforce
• Enable company to provide better service to customers
• Improve company performance and profitability

The Skills Foundation Awards provide practical skills to enable learners to undertake jobs at a basic entry point.

The Skills Proficiency Awards build on the skills acquired from the Skills Foundation Awards. They also offer the opportunity for formal recognition of practical skills for people already working in occupational areas but with no formal qualifications.

Available to deliver in the following:

International

Interested in delivering this qualification?

Find out more about how to become an approved City & Guilds centre or fill out our online customer application form.

General Information

What Is Involved With Delivering This Course?

The awards are flexible with practical assessment only; this means that language is not a barrier to assessment. The awards can be used either as a complete training programme for new candidates or to assess the competence of more experienced ones. Consequently, programme duration is flexible.

Certificates are awarded for gaining and demonstration of knowledge.

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Skills Foundation Certificate (Basic Carpentry) (3528-01)

Last Registration Date: 31 Dec 2027

Skills Foundation Certificate (Basic Carpentry)

Accreditation No: Data unavailable This is a reference number related to UK accreditation framework
Type: General Education This is categorisation to help define qualification attributes e.g. type of assessment
Credits: Data unavailable Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
Guided Learning Hours: Data unavailable This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
Total Qualification Time: Data unavailable The total time for the qualification
Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
Last Certification: 31/12/2028 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
We are in the process of updating this information. Fee information is available on Walled Garden or from your Account Manager. Our typical price is the one that is most often paid by a centre for a completed learner. Some prices are made up of multiple charging points - therefore taking different units, completing different specialisms and resitting assessments may mean the cost for some learners differs.

Skills Foundation Certificate (Basic Plumbing) (3528-04)

Last Registration Date: 31 Dec 2027

Skills Foundation Certificate (Basic Plumbing)

Accreditation No: Data unavailable This is a reference number related to UK accreditation framework
Type: General Education This is categorisation to help define qualification attributes e.g. type of assessment
Credits: Data unavailable Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
Guided Learning Hours: Data unavailable This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
Total Qualification Time: Data unavailable The total time for the qualification
Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
Last Certification: 31/12/2028 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
We are in the process of updating this information. Fee information is available on Walled Garden or from your Account Manager. Our typical price is the one that is most often paid by a centre for a completed learner. Some prices are made up of multiple charging points - therefore taking different units, completing different specialisms and resitting assessments may mean the cost for some learners differs.

Skills Foundation Certificate (Basic Refrigeration and Air Conditioning) (3528-05)

Last Registration Date: 31 Dec 2027

Skills Foundation Certificate (Basic Refrigeration and Air Conditioning)

Accreditation No: Data unavailable This is a reference number related to UK accreditation framework
Type: General Education This is categorisation to help define qualification attributes e.g. type of assessment
Credits: Data unavailable Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
Guided Learning Hours: Data unavailable This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
Total Qualification Time: Data unavailable The total time for the qualification
Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
Last Certification: 31/12/2028 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
We are in the process of updating this information. Fee information is available on Walled Garden or from your Account Manager. Our typical price is the one that is most often paid by a centre for a completed learner. Some prices are made up of multiple charging points - therefore taking different units, completing different specialisms and resitting assessments may mean the cost for some learners differs.

Skills Foundation Certificate (Basic Electrical Installation) (3528-06)

Last Registration Date: 31 Dec 2027

Skills Foundation Certificate (Basic Electrical Installation)

Accreditation No: Data unavailable This is a reference number related to UK accreditation framework
Type: General Education This is categorisation to help define qualification attributes e.g. type of assessment
Credits: Data unavailable Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
Guided Learning Hours: Data unavailable This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
Total Qualification Time: Data unavailable The total time for the qualification
Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
Last Certification: 31/12/2028 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
We are in the process of updating this information. Fee information is available on Walled Garden or from your Account Manager. Our typical price is the one that is most often paid by a centre for a completed learner. Some prices are made up of multiple charging points - therefore taking different units, completing different specialisms and resitting assessments may mean the cost for some learners differs.

Skills Foundation Certificate (Basic Electronic Engineering) (3528-12)

Last Registration Date: 31 Dec 2027

Skills Foundation Certificate (Basic Electronic Engineering)

Accreditation No: Data unavailable This is a reference number related to UK accreditation framework
Type: General Education This is categorisation to help define qualification attributes e.g. type of assessment
Credits: Data unavailable Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
Guided Learning Hours: Data unavailable This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
Total Qualification Time: Data unavailable The total time for the qualification
Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
Last Certification: 31/12/2028 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
We are in the process of updating this information. Fee information is available on Walled Garden or from your Account Manager. Our typical price is the one that is most often paid by a centre for a completed learner. Some prices are made up of multiple charging points - therefore taking different units, completing different specialisms and resitting assessments may mean the cost for some learners differs.

Skills Foundation Certificate (Food Preparation) (3528-50)

Last Registration Date: 31 Dec 2027

Skills Foundation Certificate (Food Preparation)

Accreditation No: Data unavailable This is a reference number related to UK accreditation framework
Type: General Education This is categorisation to help define qualification attributes e.g. type of assessment
Credits: Data unavailable Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
Guided Learning Hours: Data unavailable This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
Total Qualification Time: Data unavailable The total time for the qualification
Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
Last Certification: 31/12/2028 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
We are in the process of updating this information. Fee information is available on Walled Garden or from your Account Manager. Our typical price is the one that is most often paid by a centre for a completed learner. Some prices are made up of multiple charging points - therefore taking different units, completing different specialisms and resitting assessments may mean the cost for some learners differs.

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