National Occupational Standards

National Occupational Standards (NOS) have been developed for the Legal Advice sector following consultation with those working in the sector. They outline the knowledge and skills needed to deliver advice.

NOS are divided into units. There are units which describe the standards of performance expected of advisers, regardless of any specialist area of law they may be working in (LA Units 1-30). There are also units which describe the knowledge required when working in a particular area, such as welfare rights, or with a particular client group, such as students (LA units 31-62). You can find all NOS, including the legal advice NOS at www.ukstandards.co.uk

Our courses cover the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate meeting the NOS, and we have mapped our courses against the NOS. Under each course we have indicated the most relevant unit which the course relates to. Below we include a key to the units we refer to in this programme.

Detailed descriptions of all units are provided on the Skills for Justice website. We have provided a direct link to the detailed description of each of the units listed below.