"As well as saving money by not having to keep a large volume of paper records, courses are completed more quickly and drop-out rates have been drastically reduced.

This system has had a huge impact on learning and gaining qualifications for the Armed Forces for over 100,000 service personnel in the last 10 years.

There is no doubt this system has made learning accessible to many thousands of Army and Royal Navy personnel who otherwise would not have gained qualifications, improving their career prospects and giving them greater opportunities to progress when moving on. This product transformed the learning landscape for the MOD.

Note: Servicemen and women were regularly posted part way through the training and assessment of key posts and responsibilities. The solution allows a clear and transparent audit of these skills to take place by the receiving unit, ensuring no doubt is left in their minds that the skills can be accepted without retraining."

Training and Development, Ministry of Defence, 2014

"During our partnership with Vametric we have constantly evaluated other solutions that are in the marketplace. Nothing comes close to this product, and hence we have awarded perhaps the largest ever contract for an Apprenticeship CMS [client management solution] system in the world.

We used to use a previous solution (prior to 2012) and we could only manage 1,000 live learners. Now we can handle 15,000 or more with ease and without the need for additional staff or resources since this product replaced it.

What is critical is the proof of skills and knowledge that is transferable around the country, removing the “doubt” if are they safe to perform. This must be the key element to any successful accepted Apprenticeship program so that stakeholders know of the skills they inherit without wasting months or years in “checking” previously acquired skills. This solution excels in this regard."

Head of Assurance and Compliance, BT Apprenticeship Programmes, 2014

"As the Honda advertising slogan goes……'Hate Something, Change Something!'

Probably a bit strong although at times the traditional assessment process and portfolio, along with all its trimmings, has prompted this thought on more than one occasion!

It was a revelation to hear of the Valid-8 System. There was, I admit, a slight trepidation in leaving the tried and trusted traditional method however I couldn’t help but be drawn to this modern refreshing alternative.

Having worked with this system, I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this as a very efficient assessment and administration tool, easy to use and never missed a beat.

From a candidate’s point of view, the system is easy to work with and explain from recording underpinning knowledge questions to capturing evidence on video of work in progress.

I am, therefore, looking forward to working with future versions of this invaluable system as it has NEVER missed a beat in all these years.

'Hate Something, Change Something!' We did and had our own slogan of 'What If…?' answered."

Honda of the UK Manufacturing Ltd, Honda

"We commissioned Vametric to develop a solution to support 100,000 service personnel.

Allowing them to record attainment and then allow it to export into a record for them to take away from the Army.

We benefited from an interactive design process and we were positively encouraged to improve our suggestions and ideas with their developers.

No other solution provider we had worked with was willing to engage in such a flexible manner and it was clear no other company came close to filling our User Requirements Document (URD) as well VAMETRIC did.

Support during roll out was very responsive and every request was resolved in a timely manner even when some of our requests were in a shorter timescale than what we had agreed.

Their knowledge of competency based solutions went beyond our expectations.

The final product was accomplished, accredited to military standard from a security perspective.

It was achieved on time and on budget."

British Army Educational Training Services, British Army