Future proof your career - with ILM Qualifications

Where next? For the past 30 years ILM has been supporting ex-military to succeed in the business world, making the process of re-joining civilian life less daunting.

Armed Forces personnel are able to translate the leadership skills and knowledge gained through all types of military training courses into an ILM qualification, making them more meaningful to employers.

So, whether you are a junior leader or a senior officer, your civilian qualifications can grow alongside your military career, creating a CPD portfolio that will demonstrate your capabilities and highlight your transferable skills – without any additional work.

 

 

 

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ILM professional leadership qualifications are the most widely recognised in the UK. Because we’ve worked hard to be the best, we know that our qualifications can support you in proving that you are the best, demonstrating the value of your training and providing a benchmark for whenever you decide to leave the Army.

  • PNCO, JNCO, SNCO and WO CLM courses – Army Reserves JNCO, SNCO, Range Management Qualification (RMQ) - all through Army Education Branch
  • Regular and Reserves Commissioning Course, Career Commission Short (inc Regular & Reserve PQO course, Gap Year Commission Course), JCSC(L), LEOC and the Reserves SCOC – all through RMAS
  • ICSC(LR) & ICSC(L) through JSCSC (Defence Academy)
  • Army Recruiting Course – apply through ASR

Most ILM accreditation can be funded via the Army Skills Offer. You can also self-finance if the ASO does not apply. Some qualifications (Reserves CLM and Reserves SCOC)  may require extra work to be completed and therefore be eligible for SLC funding. 

Find out more about Army Accreditation

 

    • How does it work?

      Through ILM’s Defence Accreditation Scheme, we are able to match the training carried out by military personnel with ILM qualifications through a process of mapping and alignment and are subsequently able to offer Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). As long as the course content is relevant to our current portfolio of qualifications, we can retrospectively accredit relevant training completed. This can be particularly useful if you did not claim your accreditation at the end of your course, where accreditation was not available at the time or where other Awarding Organisations provided a lower level of accreditation.

    • Studying Membership

      All candidates undergoing an ILM accredited military career development course can benefit from 12 months of free studying membership with our partner, the Institute of Leadership & Management, giving access to a range of online benefits. Tutors and instructors delivering military leadership courses can also take advantage of this with free tutor membership, giving access to the same online resources to support you both in delivering training and in keeping up to date with the latest trends in leadership development.

      Professional Membership of the Institute also provides a platform to support you throughout your military service and, when the time comes, it can help you make the transition to a civilian career by recognizing your skills and military rank through provision of post-nominal letters to demonstrate the external verification of your status as a leader and manager. You will also gain access to exclusive member events and forums, letting you engage with a network of like-minded professionals.

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      Membership for Armed Forces

      Find out about the benefits of becoming a member of the Institute

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      Defence Academy

      We’ve mapped the following Defence Academy courses to our qualifications to demonstrate how your learning can transfer into the language of employers

      Find out more about Defence Academy accreditation