Accreditation Pathways

SKA RATING PROFESSIONAL PATHWAYS

Welcome to the SKArating Professional Pathways home, the name for Training and Accreditation routes across all SKArating schemes and competencies. The Pathways have been designed to elevate project team standards, enhance the quality and effectiveness of SKArating, and promote greater transparency for all stakeholders.

The SKArating Pathways are designed to help professionals advance their knowledge and skills within the SKArating scheme, leading to Accreditation via two distinct routes:

SKArating Competent Professional
SKArating Assessor for one or all schemes

Both pathways begin with specialised training courses tailored to develop the knowledge and competencies required for each role, followed by annual accreditation. Selecting the right pathway begins with self-assessment of your current competency level. An online self-assessment quiz based on the competency matrix is included in this page further down and can assist you with this process.

Competent Professional Pathway

This pathway is tailored for those looking to deepen their understanding of the scheme and environmental sustainability in interior fitout without becoming an assessor. It provides in-depth learning of SKArating schemes and practical examples relevant to industry professions, such as designers, project managers, engineers, and is the perfect starting point if you're looking to build expertise and contribute to sustainable fitout projects.

Explore the Competent Professional Pathway

Assessor Pathway

The Assessor Pathway is designed for those who wish to formally assess projects under the SKArating scheme. After completing the Assessor training, candidates can obtain the Assessor Accreditation, which provides them with the licence to formally certify projects and ensure compliance with the SKArating standards.

Explore the Assessor Pathway

Professional Competencies

In the Pathways Guide, you'll find the professional competency matrix outlining the knowledge, skills and experiences required for, and attainable during, each pathway. Use it to evaluate your current competencies and identify the best pathway to pursue. Through the matrix you can determine your current competencies and where you have gaps, and make informed decisions about your next steps to achieve the minimum pathway requirements if not already obtained.

Download the Pathways Guide

Which pathway is right for you?

Follow the competency self-assessment online quiz to help you identify the best pathway and training courses based on your knowledge, skills, and aspirations. This will automatically provide scoring against the full list of competencies set out in the Pathways Guide, and will recommend a suitable pathway.

Self-Assessment Quiz

Need support?

We know that experience and knowledge can be difficult to define at times and if you wish to discuss with us your situation and guide you to the right decision, please do get in touch with our team through [email protected]

We recommend that professionals do not rush onto pathways if there is insufficient competence as this will be problematic in completing the training, and specifically on the assessor route it will create challenges during project auditing. We wish to support all professionals to enter into the sustainability arena but ensure appropriate levels of competence for specific roles. Should someone proceed onto a pathways while ignoring the competencies requirements, the consequences further down the line will apply and information on them can be read under our Quality Assurance.