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Licence to Control

What is the Licence to Control (Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards) Scheme?

There are three awards for water control room staff The Bronze Award which is the first of the three awards, The Silver Award which is the second of the three awards and The Gold Award which is the final award.  The scheme requirements are derived from the Control Room Operations Competence Framework, and it is aimed at individuals working at operative level carrying out scheduled work and responding to incidents.

The scheme sets out to provide consistent standards which clearly define expectations in terms of performance and knowledge of individuals completing operative control room tasks. The scheme rules set out minimum requirements for programme size and core content, but allow for significant flexibility for organisations to fashion programme design and delivery according to their own needs and requirements.

The benefits of the Licence to Control (Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards) Scheme

For those working in water company control room environments:

• Helps clarify workforce management and development.
• Harmonises skills and knowledge development.
• Supports clearer career progression and greater transferability of skills between roles and companies.
• Creates a minimum standard of ongoing competence for a role(s).

Registration on EUSR

Registration is based on successful completion of a training programme and assessment, delivered by a water company approved by Energy & Utility Skills. EUSR registration for Licence to Control is for 3 years from the date of completion of assessment.