MOD and FCO vetting process

[rocktronAMP]

Remember that DV is a different beast entirely to SC. But it will have no bearing on your tax status; you're still working for a PS body and I suspect you would be hard pressed to demonstrate a lack of Control and Direction at that particular establishment...

Thanks @malvolio you confirmed my own thoughts on this debacle and given the requirements for SDC any government contract is a complete no go area from now onwards. Sadly, the mandarins, who got fed up with GDS and the GOV.UK revolution have won the days and will force out all of the small players like independent contractors. They will be back to working with big name corporate consultancies and their employees. (the whole point of the creation Government Digital Service in 2010 was break away from the way IT was done with over budgeted projects and deliver projects efficiently with better turnaround, regularly feedback from users, a la agile SDLC, but hey ho ... that's over now for at least contracting folk. C'est la vie!)

[BackupBoy]

I'm not so sure that statement is true. Completely different?

Point taken. Just have my personal experience to go by.

[Welly59]

Still makes no sense to me. I could get vetted by fco then take my current role which usually vets via mod.

[WTFH]

Still makes no sense to me. I could get vetted by fco then take my current role which usually vets via mod.

FCO <> MOD.
Does that bit make sense to you?

[Welly59]

Even though they have different vetting standards and criteria?

[WTFH]

Even though they have different vetting standards and criteria?

FCO and MOD are not the same. They do not have the same standards. There is no compunction on them to have the same standards, apart from in your opinion.

[Welly59]

If a future role requires sc clearance, would the hiring company care that it came via the fco or mod?

[northernladuk]

If a future role requires sc clearance, would the hiring company care that it came via the fco or mod?

Well yes because one would be eligible and the other wouldn't. It's quite possible neither are.

[WTFH]

MOD and FCO vetting process

If a future role requires sc clearance, would the hiring company care that it came via the fco or mod?

A future role, be it 1 week, 1 month, 1 year, 1 decade down the line may require SC.
Depending on who the end client is, the role you are going for, and the rules they have at that time, they might accept the SC you already have, or they might request you get new SC based on their current rules.

Getting SC once for one place does not mean you have SC to work anywhere doing anything for the rest of your life.

[Welly59]

A future role, be it 1 week, 1 month, 1 year, 1 decade down the line may require SC.
Depending on who the end client is, the role you are going for, and the rules they have at that time, they might accept the SC you already have, or they might request you get new SC based on their current rules.

Getting SC once for one place does not mean you have SC to work anywhere doing anything for the rest of your life.

Ok that makes now sense. I was under the impression that sc clearance was a recognised level of vetting that is the same across all areas