Vocational Training Charitable Trust (VTCT) is a specialist awarding organisation offering vocational and technical qualifications in a range of service sectors. With more than 800 approved centres, VTCT has an ever expanding list of centres throughout the UK and Ireland, with increasing international presence. VTCT is a charitable organisation and its objectives are for the advancement of education, research and public dissemination of knowledge. VTCT is involved in many of the new initiatives being introduced into the education system, including the embedding of general education skills and online-assessment.