SQMC

SQMC provides direct training to clients but also provides training courses via educational institutions through close partnerships with Technical Colleges. This type of format suits many long term clients including several based in and around Prestwick Airport, who continue to send their staff to SQMC for auditor training directly and via Kilmarnock College's engineering department. SQMC's recent growth stems from its advocacy of constant innovation and adaptation. In 1992, SQMC became the first organisation in Scotland approved by the Institute of Quality Assurance (now Chartered Quality Institute) to provide IRCA-certified Lead Auditor training. Following shortly after, SQMC's Director of Programmes, Ian Hannah, drafted the original "180" Internal Quality Auditor programme on IRCA's behalf.