Information for the Memorial Mason
Please note that you do not have to be a member of NAMM to register with the NAMM Register of Qualified Memorial Fixers
The QCF194 award (Formerly unit VR194) is a unit of the Cskills award L2 NVQ Diploma in Stonemasonry (Construction) - Memorial Masonry. This unit is specific to the fixing and securing of Memorial Masonry and it is the minimum qualification required to allow you to be placed on the NAMM Register of Qualified memorial fixers. For details of the requirements of this unit use this link:
Please note that Unit QCF194 is listed as DY1L 04 by the SQA although the criteria is identical.
The NAMM Fixing a Memorial to the NAMM Code of Working Practice City and Guilds Accredited qualification is now available. To register as a candidate with City and Guilds and make an appointment for an assessment then please contact the NAMM City and Guilds NPTC test centre, either by telephone or e-mail. An information pack shall be sent out to each candidate and an assessor appointed to carry out the assesment. Candidates who require training prior to an assesment can also make arrangements through the NAMM City and Guilds Test Centre.
NAMM City and Guilds NPTC Test Centre
1 Castle Mews
Rugby
Warwickshire.
CV21 2XL
Tel: 01788 542264
Email: enquiries@NAMM.org.uk
If you already hold a VR 194 or QCF 194Certificate awarded by any of the nationally recognised awarding bodies (SQA, City and Guilds, CITB etc) then you will NOT have to be re-assessed to be placed on the NAMM Register and receive a NAMM Registration Card.
If you have a full Stonemasonry Level 2 award or higher qualification then you must check that you have completed the unit VR 194/QCF194 if you have not completed this unit you WILL still have to be assessed and achieve this award or equivalent to allow you to be placed on the NAMM register and receive a NAMM registration card.
If you have a BRAMM (British Register of Accredited Memorial Masons) Fixer Licence, then provided this was obtained by having completed a VR194/QCF194 assessment you will NOT have to be re assessed to be placed on the NAMM Register and receive a NAMM Registration Card.
If your BRAMM Fixer Licence was NOT* obtained through the Vocational Qualification route and you do not possess the VR194/ QCF194 award then you can still be placed on the NAMM register. You WILL have to be assessed within eighteen months of your registration to upgrade your BFL and retain your NAMM Registration Card.
*(The BRAMM Fixer Licence test is not a nationally accredited or recognised test and therefore has not been subjected to the scrutiny or quality assurance required of a vocational qualification assessment. Nor has it been approved by National Occupational Standards. For this reason no National Awarding body can recognise the test even if it is carried out by A1 qualified assessors.)
NAMM can arrange for you to be assesed to have your BRAMM Fixer License transferrred to the NAMM Register at minimal cost to you or your business, please contact the NAMM registrar for further details.
If you are required to gain the NAMM accredited award or the QCF194 unit then you can apply to any test centre in the U.K, which proves the award, or contact the Registrar for further information.
If you already hold the award and it was gained through the Registrar your Registration Card can be issued automatically. If it was gained elsewhere a copy of your award certificate shall be required to allow you to obtain a Registration Card.
For further information on any memorial masonry qualifications contact NAMM enquiries@namm.org.uk
See FAQ’s for information on the Assessment.