EMPI Awards is an independent Awarding Organisation brought to the sector by Philip Brain Associates Limited, widely regarded as industry experts in the development & delivery of occupational & vocational competence assessment, and regional & national winners of the inaugural Institute of Quarrying Excellence Awards.

EMPI Awards are recognised and regulated by Ofqual (RN6010) and accepted by the Education & Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) for Apprenticeship End Point Assessment. (EPAO241), and are associate members of the British Aggregates Association.