Training and Qualifications

Two of the business partners are now qualified Qualifications Scotland assessors and deliver the Qualifications Scotland Fix and secure memorial masonry award and the Qualifications Scotland Manage and Maintain Burial Ground Memorials award across the entire UK.

In addition to carrying out assessments, the firm delivers repair and refurbishment training to both trade and local authority personnel as well as safety Inspection and Assessment training.

The training courses are based upon the 2014 Ministry of Justice Guidelines for England and Wales

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/burial-grounds-guidance-on-managing-unstable-gravestones

and the 2019 Scottish Government Guidelines on the Safety of Burial Grounds

https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/advice-and-guidance/2019/06/burial-ground-memorial-safety-guidance-scotlands-local-authorities/documents/burial-ground-memorial-safety-guidance-scotlands-local-authorities/burial-ground-memorial-safety-guidance-scotlands-local-authorities/govscot%3Adocument/burial-ground-memorial-safety-guidance-scotlands-local-authorities.pdf?forceDownload=true