Cutting NVQs out would save......not very much as the costs of delivery etc are met by drawing down funds from the Government's education department which is separte and totally different from the MoD's budget. Not doing NVQs would mean this money cannot be gained.
If anything cutting out NVQs would mean that station budgets would have to increase because the wages of the NVQ staff are met from Innsworth via this funding.
What do they achieve - the chance for the lowly paid airman to jump a year in his increments.
BTW if you are an NVQ assessor in the work place - you can now be paid around £45 per unit you sign off.