Recognition for the job you're already doing. Sonia guides you through every stage of your NVQ, fully evidenced around your real working life, with no time off site.
SAR Consulting was founded by Sonia Alexis Rawlings to give construction professionals a clearer, calmer route to qualification. Whether you've been on the tools for thirty years or are stepping into your first management role, the experience you already hold is the foundation we build on.
Every candidate works with Sonia directly. No call centres, no faceless paperwork, no jargon for the sake of it. Just a structured pathway, evidence gathered around your real working life, and a qualification at the end of it that opens doors.
"Your competence is already there. My job is to help you prove it, in the right way, to the right people."
From your first NVQ to senior management certification, every route is built around the work you're already doing. No textbooks, no time off site, no paperwork hell.
The flagship offer. Site management, contracts management and senior management NVQs for the people running the project, not just working on it. Levels 4 through 7.
Trade and occupational NVQs from Level 2 upward, evidenced around your real day-to-day work. Recognising what you already know on site.
Every NVQ is mapped to the right CSCS card. Once your qualification is in hand, you apply for the card directly through CSCS with Sonia's guidance on the process.
Your day-to-day work is the qualification. My job is to formalise it.Sonia Alexis Rawlings
From the apprentice on their first NVQ to the senior manager working toward Level 7, the same care and structure applies. Click through to see the qualification path for your trade.
From first conversation to certificate in hand, the process is structured and personal. You'll always know where you are and what's next.
A free initial call to understand your role, experience, and the qualification that fits. No pressure, no jargon.
A clear plan mapped to your day-to-day work, showing exactly what evidence we need and how we'll gather it.
Working at your pace, we collect the right evidence (photos, witness statements, documents) and review it together.
Once submitted and approved, your NVQ certificate is issued. You then apply for your CSCS card directly through CSCS. The application itself isn't part of the SAR service.
After two decades in construction, I've watched too many capable people put off the qualification they should already have. Not because they aren't ready — because the route felt unclear. SAR exists to make it clear.Sonia Alexis Rawlings · Founder & Lead Consultant
The questions every NVQ candidate has before they pick up the phone. If yours isn't here, just ask.
A short call is all it takes to know if we're the right fit. No commitment, no pressure, just a clear answer on the route ahead.