Oct 10

ACCREDITATION SCHEMES WITHIN OUR ORGANISATION – SSGT MARCUS MILES

“An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don’t” – Anatole France, French Novelist (1844-1924)

INTRODUCTION

1. Accreditation is available to our Military Administrators throughout their careers via a number of sources; this accreditation incorporates civilian qualifications into military training and is vital to the personal and professional development of our branch and soldiers. It is of extreme benefit to the corps as well as the individual. The aim of my report is to guide and advise administrators on the opportunities available to them via accreditation schemes to enable them to be recognised and rewarded inline with their civilian counterparts, I also intend to remind senior management of the opportunities available, so they are better informed to achieve the requirements of the corps recruitment and retention plan. I will be writing my report in a rank chronological order starting from Pte through to the Officer ranks.

THE ORGANISATIONAL CONTEXT

2. The AGC (SPS) branch delivers administrative support to the entire British Army. The administrative support is from the very bottom, all the way to the top. At the same time civilian business functions are under pinned by administration, no organisation civilian or military can survive without effective administration, The AGC (SPS) continues to support UK business by supplying high calibre HR (Human Resources) administrators and future HR managers, However in order to successfully recruit and retain high calibre individuals within our corps, it is essential, that we have an efficient system in place to attract, train and retain the highest calibre individuals. Within the SPS branch, we have developed the