Achieve Professional Recognition with City & Guilds Accredited Awards at FLITS
FLITS Vocational Training Institute proudly partners with City & Guilds to offer candidates the exclusive opportunity to attain Professional Recognition Awards (PRA) – prestigious accolades conferred by one of the most renowned names in professional accreditation.
Designed for professionals at the zenith of their careers, PRAs validate your expertise and proficiency within your chosen sector or role. FLITS serves as the trusted conduit for candidates to showcase their capabilities and receive formal recognition from City & Guilds.
What sets our PRA program apart is its accessibility. No courses are required. Instead, candidates simply need to provide evidence of their current qualifications and working progression. FLITS’ expert evaluators will guide you through the process, ensuring a seamless journey to PRA success.
Upon successful completion, you’ll proudly join the ranks of professionals holding City & Guilds accredited awards, marking you as an industry leader.
Seize this exceptional opportunity to earn a distinguished title from City & Guilds through FLITS Vocational Training Institute. Elevate your career and gain the recognition you deserve.
Enroll now and embark on your journey to Professional Recognition Excellence with FLITS and City & Guilds.
The Professional Recognition Awards have been developed for those at the highest professional levels within their chosen careers. The awards enable candidates to demonstrate their knowledge and skills within any sector or role. They can also help candidates working towards higher level qualifications.
Those achieving these awards will be granted an appropriate, internationally recognised post-nominal: LCGI, AfCGI, GCGI and MCGI.
These qualifications are ideal for those working at the highest professional levels in any role or sector and looking for an accredited qualification to provide recognition of their knowledge and skills. A wide range of occupational routes are available, allowing acknowledgement of the skills and experience gained in specific sectors.
The qualifications are designed for those who wish to gain recognition for the practical application of professional skills, knowledge and understanding in employment, offering an employment-based route to higher level qualifications.
Who can apply
| Award | Entry Requirements | Post-nominal letters – to use for life | Fees LKR |
| level 4 Licentiateship | Relevant Level 4 qualification + minimum 2 years work experience | LCGI | 95000 |
| Level 5 Affiliateship | Relevant Level 4 qualification + minimum 5 years work experience or Level 5 with 2 years’ work experience | AfCGI | 120,000  |
| Level 6 Graduateship | Relevant Level 5 qualification + minimum 5 years work experience or degree with 2 years’ work experience | GCGI | 180,000 |
| Level 7 Membership | Degree + minimum 8 years work experience or Post graduate + 5 years’ work experience | MCGI | 270,000 |
A level 4 Professional Recognition Award (Licentiateship) candidate would typically:
• have first line responsibility for managing day to day activities
• manage resources in own area of responsibility
• constructively work with others to develop and maintain good working relationships
• develop and maintain good customer relationships
• identify and access opportunities for professional development
• be able to apply professional standards in own area of responsibility
• communicate effectively and manage information in line with organisational and legal requirements
• consistently meet aims and objectives
• exercise autonomy and judgement in work role
• consider the views and perspectives of others in decision making
• address problems that are well-defined but non-routine
A level 5 Professional Recognition Award (Affiliateship) candidate would typically:
• have line management responsibilities
• anticipate, plan and lead change
• manage resources
• constructively work with others to develop and maintain good working relationships
• set direction and inspire others to work together to achieve challenging outcomes
• generate creative ideas to inform best practice and continual improvement
• monitor compliance with professional standards*
• implement an effective communication strategy
• develop and maintain good customer relationships to support the customer focussed culture of the organisation
• analyse, identify and access professional development
• address problems that are well-defined but complex and non-routine
• exercising autonomy and judgement in decision making which takes into account the views and perspectives of others
A level 6 Professional Recognition Award (Graduateship) candidate would typically:
• have senior management responsibilities
• take responsibility for achieving organisational objectives
• take responsibility for managing a programme of substantial change or development
• identify and manage resources to meet organisational objectives
• take responsibility for motivating, delegating and empowering others
• promote innovation and generate ideas for improvement
• take responsibility for promoting, monitoring and maintaining compliance to professional standards*
• establish, lead and maintaining effective communication
• develop and implement standards for customer service
• evaluate the impact of professional development on self and the organisation
• address problems that are complex and non-routine
• use autonomy to make judgements, demonstrating an ability to understand different perspectives, approaches and schools of thought
A level 7 Professional Recognition Award (Membership) candidate would typically:
• have strategic leadership responsibilities
• articulate a vision for the future of the organisation or own area of responsibility
• take responsibility for leading the organisation or own area of responsibility through complex change
• have an in depth understanding of resources and manage them to meet organisational objectives
• establish a culture of mutual support and cohesion which values the contribution of others and recognises success
• promote innovation and generate ideas for improvement
• establishing an environment and culture that assures and promotes compliance with professional standards*
• develop a communication strategy for the organisation or own area of responsibility
• represent the organisation to communicate on matters of importance and sensitivity and establish robust methods for managing information.
• establish a strategy for putting the customer at the centre of the organisation or own area of responsibility
• champion professional development within the organisation